Fundraiser a success

Hanna’s ATB branch had a successful fundraiser on Fri. Dec. 9 with money raised from ‘dog photos with Santa’ going towards the Harvest Sky Animal Rescue. ATB staff member Kala Walton (right) assisted Rick Anderson of Anderson photography who donated his time for the fundraiser. ECA Review/Submitted
Written by Cheryl Bowman

Deneen Anderson was in her manager’s office after the success of the market in September, with his boss on the other end of the line.

“I want you to come up with something, an event each quarter we can do here, it doesn’t matter what it is,” said the voice on the other end of the line.

Then she said, “I’m kind of excited since Christmas is coming.”

Anderson went home to come up with ideas and thought, why not four festive Fridays in December?

Since no one had ever done one before in Hanna she thought for the second Friday in December why not dog photos with Santa?

Hanna ATB branch held a successful dog photo with Santa fundraiser on Fri. Dec. 9 with proceeds going towards the Harvest Sky Animal Rescue.

“There were big dogs, little dogs and everything in between,” said Anderson.

For the event it was $25 to book a session with 20 sessions available with the hope of raising $500 for the local animal shelter, said Anderson.

For Harvest Sky Animal Rescue events like the one done by the ATB are very important, said Trevor Kerr, chair of the board of directors.

“It’s actually huge for us, it shows that the community supports what we’re doing on a scale I guess a little bit larger than just individuals supporting us.”

All money donated to the rescue goes towards the animals, said Kerr.

“We have no paid staff so it’s all volunteers so none of the money goes towards people, it all goes towards the care of the animals whether that’s veterinary fees or lights, food and litter.”

Sarah Baker
ECA Review

About the author

Cheryl Bowman

Cheryl spent most of her childhood in Stettler, growing up on a quarter section north of town. After graduating from Stettler Composite High School she moved to Calgary where she worked in various industries, attended The University of Calgary and raised a family.

She enjoyed volunteering and contributed in a variety of ways, such as writing articles for the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and covering charitable events as a photographer.

She moved back to Stettler in 2023 where she still has family.