Sask. Lotteries had a Grant opportunity for the Community to apply for and the Library’s program “Cozy up and Color” was successful in their application. This program gave $750 dollars to purchase coloring packages for the community to pick up. 30 packages all handed out and returned gave the YBID an opportunity to use the artwork in local “gallery” locations which of course are the local businesses. Local businesses signed up with the YBID to be a host location for the available art and have their location visited by the community participating in the Art Walk. YBID also has donated $500 dollars which has been purchased in the local participating businesses as gift certificates to be drawn for on March 26
REGINA -- Just days away from Christmas. Santa Claus took time from his busy schedule at the North Pole to come help collect donations for the Yorkton Salvation Army Food Bank. With COVID-19 protocols at the top of the priority list, the Gallagher’s Centre Agri Pavilion was turned in to a winter wonderland for photo sessions on Dec. 12, 13 and 20. "Doing this actually felt like regular Christmas, nothing's different. It feels normal, it feels happy, it's cheerful, it's what Christmas is about. Seeing all those little kids smiling," Jackie Herman, the photographer who came up with the idea of Simple Shots with Santa to Fill the Food Bank, said,