No Frills North Battleford owner-operators Rob and Kathy Walker (holding the cheque) shown with many of the staff at the store on Friday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Angela Brown

Support for survivors

Rob and Kathy’s No Frills fundraiser supporting residential school survivors society

Aug 13, 2021 | 2:29 PM

Rob and Kathy’s No Frills grocery store in North Battleford is making a donation to help the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) from a recent fundraiser.

Staff and customers together raised $4,662, as part of the “Give A Little” campaign.

Owner-operators’ Rob and Kathy Walker say they decided to give the funds to the society since this issue is felt by the whole community.

“It’s just something that hits close to home,” Kathy said. “The community came right out and supported it.”

In total, the store received over 2,300 individual donations of $2 each for the campaign that ran for two weeks this summer. One customer also gave $20 to show her support.

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Rob Walker says the survivors society will be able to best decide how to use the funding where it is needed most.

“This is the one charity we get to pick as owners,” he said. “We sent it to the main office in B.C. and they can distribute it to wherever it’s needed. They’ll make sure that it gets to the right places, so that’s all that really matters.”

Last year the campaign raised about $4,000 for the Battlefords Humane Society.

“We are the second highest of all No Frills in Western Canada for donations,” Rob Walker said of this year’s tally. “Our cause [received] the second most out of 90 stores.”

Rob said they are proud to be part of the community; that’s why they are helping this charity.

“As a company we always try to find ways to give back to make a difference,” he said

The Indian Residential School Survivors Society is a national organization based in Vancouver, B.C., providing services to survivors throughout Canada.

No Frills’ Rob Walker said the store received an email from the organization thanking them for the support.

“My hands go up to you in gratitude for the heartfelt thoughts and support to the Indigenous communities supported through the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS),” a representative from the society, a registered Canadian charity, said.

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