CARROT RIVER 鈥� Carrot River residents are getting their last chance to donate to donor鈥檚 choice this year鈥� which is all being done without door-to-door canvassing.
鈥淎s has been tradition, we are once again running a donor鈥檚 choice campaign in the Town of Carrot River and RM of Moose Range,鈥� said Kevin Trew, Carrot River鈥檚 administrator.
鈥淢any people choose it, I think, because they like to annually give to both local charities and national or provincial charities. It鈥檚 a one stop shop kind of thing for them where they can donate with the knowledge that they won鈥檛 be hit up for further donations throughout the year.鈥�
Typically, Carrot River donor鈥檚 choice raises between $20,000 and $10,000 from throughout the community.
鈥淲e used to do a door-to-door campaign where canvases would come to people鈥檚 doors, or they might even do a phone meet-and-greet kind of thing, but this year due to the Covid pandemic we arranged that we鈥檙e not going to be doing any canvassing,鈥� Trew said.
This year, throughout the month of October residents can deliver cheques to specified locations to make their donor鈥檚 choice donations.
These locations are the Carrot River branch of the Diamond North Credit Union, Carrot River town office and RM of Moose Range office.
There are 22 charitable organizations listed, local, provincial and national, but an unlisted charity can be wrote in.
Trew said that by donating this way residents will not be added to any unwanted mailing lists.
鈥淵our donation, through donor鈥檚 choice will not put your name on a mail-out list or a phone list. Therefore, you can donate through this and national charities will not have your name鈥� they will have the Carrot River donor鈥檚 choice name.鈥�
If residents still want to donate after the deadline, Trew said the town office will continue accepting donations for the first week or two of November. The office can be reached at (306) 768-2515.
All cheques should be made out to 鈥淒onor's Choice.鈥澛� Anyone who makes a donation will receive an official tax deductible donation receipt immediately after they make their donations.
