The annual general meeting of the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours (SIGN) will again be a virtual event this year so participants can continue to observe all Covid‐19 precautions.. . .
For 52 years, the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours has supported the residents of Yorkton. SIGN’s beginnings started in 1968 when Father Paul St. Pierre, Rev. Jack Jones, Rev. William Shank, and Rev. Roland Wood felt a need for an organization to reach the community in a way that was beyond what individual churches could do. On May 1, 1969, SIGN opened its first office with the goal “to produce the product called Community Unity - a community in which people care about people care about people,” according to its first newsletter. The organization first offered five programs, including an Information and drop-in centre, psychological consultant services, a youth hostel, a homemakers program and a radio program. Today, the organization offers over 20 programs that include services for kids, families, adults, and counselling services.
By Ryan Young
Apr 13, 2021 10:26 PM
The Yorkton and District Community Foundation held its first ever annual general meeting, virtually, on March 25th.
Overall, 38 people attended the virtual event.
During the AGM, an election was held for the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation.
Joining the Board for this year are Sharon Tropin, Ray Bailey, Andrew Rae, Candance Tendler, Victor Surjik, Trevor Plews, Lisa Washington, Rob McDill, Dick DeRyk and Jaime Helgason.
Tropin says a presentation of the financials and activity from this past year was made during the AGM.
A link to the presentation will be up on the Yorkton and District Community Foundation’s Facebook Page as well as their website in the next few days.
YDCF is committed to building endowment funds which hold donations in trust in perpetuity. The income earned by the endowment is used to make annual grants. At the AGM the Community Foundation announced the first of what will be annual grants from generated income. The Community Foundation initially received $30,000 from a local mental health organization when it disbanded. Donations since then have increased the endowment fund to just over $100,000. The organization has also been active administering and distributing funds during the Covid-19 pandemic in the past year. YCDF received donations for a local Emergency Community Fund and led a collaborative effort to provide masks to seniors living in housing authority properties. Cash and in-kind donations received were $16,150.