Kenneth Brown
of The Clarion

The colour green gets associated with St. Patrick’s Day and organizers of a fundraiser on Saturday hope to generate a special green in the form of greenbacks.

West Central Abilities (WCA) Inc. is hosting the fundraiser on March 17 at the Elks Hall in Kindersley. The agency is in the process of raising money for its new day program building. All proceeds from this weekend’s fundraiser will go to support the project.

Regan Overand, a program administrator for WCA, is a member of the agency’s fundraising committee. She said the St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser is one of several events the committee has been discussing or planning.

She noted that there are still tickets available for the event, and people could contact the WCA at 306-463-2727 to purchase tickets or for information about the project, event or the agency. People could also purchase tickets at the SARCAN Depot or at The Co-operators location in the Kindersley Mall.

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As for the event, the doors will open for cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. Overand said there will be a full evening of entertainment. Comedian Jody Peters will perform at about 7:30 p.m., and then the Matt Davis Band hits the stage to wrap up the evening.

Overand said Peters was born and raised in Aberdeen, Sask., so he is familiar with life in small town, rural Saskatchewan. She said people will be able to relate to his routine because his material features familiar aspects of rural living.

There will be a raffle for a patio set and there will also be a Booze Pull, she said. In the Booze Pull, people will get to pull a random card and they will win a bottle of booze with the corresponding card. The event will help to launch fundraising efforts.

“It’s sort of our first big fundraiser to kick off our large fundraising goal to build our new building,” Overand said, recognizing that the agency has also received donations towards the future building project.

She said the hope is for Saturday’s event to get the fundraising efforts off to a strong start. The agency has secured land for the project and construction is anticipated to start in 2018, but a ground breaking ceremony is on hold awaiting other groups, she added. The agency’s focus is on individuals with developmental disabilities.

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