Giving Back 2024
ActionsWe're dedicated to being community-minded. We work together with local non-profits to make a difference, sponsor events throughout the year, and contribute to the communities we serve in a variety of ways. To keep our members and customers up-to-date on our efforts to give back, we'll continually update this article with information on our initiatives in 2024.
January
McKenzie Place — January Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Centre for Young Parents — January 3% Thursday recipient
Babies Best Start — January 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Transition House — January 3% Thursday recipient
Valleyview Food Bank — January 3% Thursday recipient
Sexsmith Food Bank — January 3% Thursday recipient
Hythe and District Food Bank — January 3% Thursday recipient
Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention — January Coin Box recipient
2DayFm Sock Drive In Support of Wapiti House & Saint Lawrence Center — 580 pairs of socks
Troyanda Society of Ukrainian Culture & Heritage — Liquor Basket for Silent Auction at Malanka
Pregnacy Care Centre — Silent Auction Liquor Basket for Together We Shine Gala
Club E toile D' Age D' or de Girouxville — Gift card to help with Fun Day Event
GP Lions Club — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction item at Wing Night Fundraiser
Valleyview Gymnastics Club — Cupcakes for Daddy Daughter Dance
GP Live Theatre — Youth Summer Camp registration sponsorship and Co-op Food gift in kind
Jean Cote Family Day Event — Prizes for kids
Woking Multiplex — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction Fundraiser
St. Joseph Catholic High School Parent Council — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction Fundraiser
St. Kateri Playground Society — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction Fundraiser
OAP School Valleyview — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Derek Taylor Public School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Rycroft School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Hillside Community School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
St. Stephens School Valleyview — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Grande Cache Community High School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Valhalla School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Summitview School Grande Cache — Gift cards for School Snack Program
February
McKenzie Place — February Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Centre for Young Parents — February 3% Thursday recipient
GP Catholic Family Services — February 3% Thursday recipient
Salvation Army — February 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient
Fairview Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient
Beaverldoge Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient
Wembley United Church Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient
Communities in Mind (Mental Health Foundation) — February Coin Box recipient
Harry Balfour School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Peace Wapiti High School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
South Peace Rural Community Learning — Gift cards for School Snack Program
STARS — S'more kits for Skijoring fundraiser
Town of Valleyview — Hotdogs and buns for Family Day event
Wellington Resource Centre — 2 Full slabs for Seniors Intergenerational Luncheon
Girl Guides of Canada — Wapiti Meadows District — Cookies for thinking day
Alzheimer Society — Nature Walker Sponsorship for Walk for Alzheimer's
Odyssey House — GrandeCon Kidszone sponsorship
Rising Above — Hope Lives Banquet sponsorship
Big Brothers Big Sisters — Ultimate Escape Dinner sponsorship
Northern Redneck Riders — Northern Redneck Riders Finals sponsorship
Northern Rural Chicks — Gift card for Woman's Day Event
Rycroft Arena — Gift Baskets for winter Frolic
St. Kateri Catholic School — Cookie for Winter Carnival
Laglace School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Club Alouette — Gift Card for Seniors Fun Day
Velocity Volleyball Club — Movie Night Gift Basket for Silent Auction fundraiser
ACFA regionale de Grande Prairie — Cookies for Sugar festival
Troyanda Society of Ukraine Culture & Society — Cookies for Vitaemo Festival
FCSS - Hythe & Area — 2 Full slabs for Seniors Intergenerational Luncheon
Club des Pionniers — Gift Cards for Senior's Fun Day
Parkside Montessori — Gift Card to purchase items for concession at school dance
Special Olympics — Silent Auction Liquor Basket for fundraiser
Alzheimer Society — Coffee and cups for Open House
March
McKenzie Place — March Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Babies Best Start — March 3% Thursday recipient
Odyssey House — March 3% Thursday recipient
Wapiti House — March 3% Thursday recipient
Mountain Metis Youth Connections — March 3% Thursday recipient
Spirit River FCSS — March 3% Thursday recipient
Smoky River FCSS — March 3% Thursday recipient
Central Peace Food Bank Society — March 3% Thursday recipient
PARDS — March Coin Box recipient
Valleyview Petroleum Association — Silent Auction Liquor Basket for fundraiser
Saskatoon Lake Ag. Society — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Grande Prairie Council for Lifelong Learning — Gift cards for snack program
Sexsmith Playschool Society — Gift cards for school snack program
Northwestern Polytechnic — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Northwestern Polytechnic — Gift Cards for on campus Food Bank
Hythe & District Agricultural Society — Water for Hythe & District Agricultural Fair
Archie Harvey Memorial Tournament — Bronze Sponsorship
Kleskun Hill Museum — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Hythe Fire Fighter Association — Gift Card for Community Easter Egg Hunt
Threads for Life — Co-op product towards Steps for Life Walk
Riverstone School — Theatre Popcorn for Grade Ones
Webster Community Hall Association — Gift Card for Mother/Son, Father/Daughter Gala
QEII Anniversary Committee — 3 Full Slabs for 40th Anniversary Celebration
Harry Gray School — Cupcakes for Easter Cake Walk
Sexsmith Chauatauqua Days — Gift Cards for Classic Car Show
Burden Bears Counseling Centre — Fuel Sponsorship
Central Peace Fire Fighters Association — Golf Basket for Golf Tournament
Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — Reusable Bags for Food Drive
Beaverlodge High School — Gift Card for Grad Class
Charles Spencer Grad Class — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Grande Prairie Public Library — Donuts for Art Class
GPFC Aboriginal Head Start Program — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Beaverlodge Chamber of Commerce — Art Walk Sponsorship
April
McKenzie Place — April Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — April 3% Thursday recipient
GPYESS — Sunrise House — April 3% Thursday recipient
Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — April 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Transition House — April 3% Thursday recipient
Valleyview Food Bank — April 3% Thursday recipient
Sexsmith Food Bank — April 3% Thursday recipient
Hythe & District Food Bank — April 3% Thursday recipient
Friends of Grande Spirit Foundation — April Coin Box recipient
Hythe Legion #93 — $500 towards Summer Dine & Dance Fundraiser
Camp Tamarack — Friend of Camp Tamarack Sponsorship
City of Grande Prairie — National Aboriginal Hockey Championships Friendship Sponsor
Smoky River FCSS — Gift card for volunteer appreciation
Town of Valleyview — Muffins and Chocolate milk for 5K Colour Run
Northreach Society — Gift cards for 2sLGBTQ+ Youth Camp
Jean Cote Community & Cultural Development Society — Gift cards for Mother's Day brunch fundraiser
Grande Prairie Firefighters Charitable Foundation — Liquor Basket for Bunnock Tournament
Beaverlodge Area Cultural Society — Co-op product for Tea Room
Foundations For Life — Silver Sponsorship for Golf Tournament
Grande Prairie Lacrosse Association — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
No Girl Left Behind — Gift Card for Empowerment Day
Canadian Motorcycle Tourism Association — Co-op water and pop for BBQ
Canadian Mental Health Association NW Region — Gift Card to help with community BBQ
City of Grande Prairie — 3 Full Slab cakes for Seniors Biannual Tea
Grande Spirit Foundation — 6 gift baskets for Seniors Week
Ecole Heritage School — $100 Gift card for the Forest Garden
St. John Paul Catholic High School — $100 Gift Card for Foods class "Farm to Fork"
Bear Creek Folk Music Festival Society — Volunteer Food Sponsorship
Valleyview Gives Helping Hands — Sponsorhip to help feed families in Valleyview
St. Catherine Catholic School — $100 towards Ice Cream Party for Jump for Heart Fundraiser
Beaverlodge High School — $200 Gift Card for the Indigenous Grad Ceremony
May
McKenzie Place — May Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Centre for Young Parents — May 3% Thursday recipient
GP Catholic Family Services — May 3% Thursday recipient
Salvation Army — May 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient
Fairview Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient
Beaverldoge Food Bank — May3% Thursday recipient
Wembley United Church Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient
Alzheimer's Awareness Society — May Coin Box recipient
Cool Aid Society of Grande Prairie — Gift Card for Summer Camp
Friends of the Shannon Library Society — Donuts for Chautauqua Day fundraiser
Ecole St. Gerard School — Donuts for Teacher Appreciation event
Harry Balfour School — Cake for Blast from the Past event
Aspen Grove School — Gift Card for school pancake breakfast
Tee Pee Creek School — Gift card for Far Day
MNP — National Donut Day Partnership raising money for Salvation Army