North Battleford Part-time Firefighters Association president Jonathon Kadler shows some of the sandbags available to purchase to support the fundraiser. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Angela Brown

Community Support

Sandbag fundraiser aims to give drivers and charity or non profit some extra traction

Dec 8, 2019 | 12:00 PM

Safety on the roads, and support for the future.

The North Battleford Part-time Firefighters Association members aim to check off all the right boxes with their Sandbags 4 Sale fundraiser that is running throughout the winter.

People can purchase a sandbag for $5 to give their vehicle some extra stability on the roads for added safety, and support a local non-profit or charity at the same time.

“You are purchasing these bags as traction but they are also going into the community as a donation,” Association President Jonathon Kadler said, adding people may want to put a sandbag or two in the back of their vehicles for extra support when travelling on slippery surfaces.

This is the second year of the annual fundraiser.

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People can order and pick up their sandbags at K and K Glass on 100 St. in North Battleford. The Part-time Firefighters Association members will also deliver them.

Businesses can take advantage of discounted wholesale prices when they order the sandbags in bulk.

The Part-time Firefighters Association members are volunteering their time and energy to make and deliver the bags, with sand donated from Ken and Terry’s Construction in North Battleford. K and K Glass is donating the storage space for the bags as well as a truck and trailer to haul the sand.

People can also use the sandbags for flood protection in the spring.

The fundraiser will wrap up likely at the end of March or April 2020 when the snowfall subsides for the season.

All the funds raised will go to a needy cause that is still being determined. The association will notify the public when that has been decided as the fundraiser wraps up.

Last year the fundraiser collected $1,500, with $1,000 of that amount given to the Battlefords Trade and Education Centre (BTEC) organization and the remaining $500 to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Battlefords.

Kadler recalls when the project first started a year ago.

“I was actually searching for sandbags myself, and I knew that BTEC did them in the past,” he said. “So I contacted them. They were no longer doing them, so I took the idea upon myself to say: ‘Hey, we need these in our community. Why not get our association involved and donate the money from there, just to get our organization’s name out there, to show we are here and we want to be part of the community.'”

Kadler said the association wants to do its part to help local charities and non profits any way it can.

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