18 Wheels of Christmas: Saskatoon Round Up!

Friday, December 21, 2012

Saskatoon Round Up!

Saskatoon 18 Wheels Of Christmas 2012 Wrap Up

What a great year here in Saskatoon to help support our local Food Bank and Learning Centre. We enjoyed a beautiful sunny day to walk in-front of the truck handing out candy canes along the way. During our Annual Santa Claus Parade. We aired our 18 Wheels of Christmas campaign with Jeff Rogstad and Deborah from The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre. The hospitality we received from Extra Foods on Waneskewin Road and Sobeys Preston Crossing was amazing. There we collected donations and sold raffle tickets. To date we have raised over 16 thousand dollars for the Food Bank. Through our major sponsors we received from Fort Garry Industries; lights to deck out the Christmas trailer and Rawlco Radio sponsored $16,500 in advertising for our campaign. On December 19^th we transported 16 skids to the Food Bank. Great Job SaskatoonJ

Here are the people that we would like to thank for their donations of food and money to make this year a great success.

Back to Your Roots Department Of Highways Nexus Ag

Bridge Carriers Husky Travel Centre Northstar Innovative

Canada West Truck Centre Stevenson Wheel NSC Minerals

ClearTech Victor Chudyk Park Derochie

Comco Systems Rawlco Radio Parrish & Heimbecker

The Comco Systems Staff Heinz Hofman RDK Transport

Epsilon Chemicals Kramer RJ’s Excavating

Extra Foods – Wanuskewin Dr. W R T Equipment Saskatoon Truck Brite

Ghost Transport Maxim Sobeys-Preston Crossing

Kleysen Group LP Fort Garry Titan Transport

Jay’s Moving & Storage Brad’s Towing Traeger BBQ

JBM Transport Tradex Commodity Turner Transport

Lawson Heights Elementary School Matt Fagnou Smokehaus

Malcolm & Mary Legget Watrous Mainline Motors

Volvo The Mall at Lawson Heights Shawn Souster

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How to Contribute

For more information on how you can help and be a part of something exciting and so worthwhile, please contact us at:

18wheels.xmas@rosenau.ca

CALGARY

Colleen Nickel or Janet Wilson

Toll Free 1-800-640-9602 • 403-279-4204

colleen.nickel@rosenau.ca

janet.wilson@rosenau.ca

DAWSON CREEK OR FT. ST. JOHN

Chris Richards or Karen Brisebois

250-782-2901 • 250-719-7528

chris.richards@rosenau.ca

karen.brisebois@rosenau.ca

EDMONTON

Sandra Bottorff or Eduarda Borhen

1-800-371-6895 • 780-431-2877

sandra.bottorff@rosenau.ca

eduarda.borhen@rosenau.ca

GRANDE PRAIRIE

Rosa Harnett

1-877-746-7447 • (780) 814-7447

rosa.harnett@rosenau.ca

SASKATOON

Chico Pobereznek

Toll Free 1-800-448-4594 • 306-244-7088

chico.pobereznek@rosenau.ca

What is 18 Wheels of Christmas?

18 Wheels Of Christmas was conceived in 2002. It was created to give the Global Transportation Community, a way to give something back to the communities in which they live and work.

The concept, though simple, has far reaching effects for the less fortunate in our communities. Our ultimate goal is to use 18 Wheels Of Christmas to stock every Food Bank in every community across the country at Christmas time! Though our collection efforts are centered around the Christmas season, much of what we collect in communities often lasts through the entire year. Every single item or dollar that we collect in a community stays in that community! Many people assume that a Food Bank is utilized by people who lack the ability or ambition to work or succeed in life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Throughout the country, there are many, many families who need Food Banks regularly. Many of these families have two parents working in low or minimum wage jobs and they struggle everyday just to pay the rent and utilities. At the end of the day, there is often not enough left for them to buy groceries for themselves and their children. These are the people that 18 Wheels is dedicated and committed to helping.

Over the past thirteen years, we have refined and built upon this concept, but, to continue it's growth and success, we need the support of all Transportation Companies in Canada. Rosenau Transport Ltd. , a major Western Canada LTL and Full Load carrier spearheads this campaign, reaching out to our competitors, our friends, interline partners and all others including our suppliers in the transportation industry for help.

We invite you to browse our site, read the news stories and check back with us often to read up on our successes and new partners.

And of course, none of this would be possible without the generosity and support of the corporate and public donors who give so generously to this wonderful cause. We thank you for your heartfelt contributions of money and non-perishable food items. It is because of you, that many families across the country, have access to nutritious food, not just at Christmas but year round.

Where Does The Money Go?

First, it is important to note that we are not a registered charity. We are simply providing the means for donations to get to the Food Banks.

We are often asked what happens when a company or individual makes a financial contribution.

100% of every dollar donated goes to the Food Banks in the communities in which it was collected. Sometimes the donation is made in cash to the Food Bank. Other times, your financial donation is used to purchase essential items for the Food Banks such as baby food, diapers or other items that were not contributed. Every corporate donation is acknowledged both at the Food Banks and on this website.

* There are no paid organizers or workers. Everyone's time is donated.
* Our 18 Wheels trailers have been generously donated, decalled, decorated and maintained by our corporate sponsors.
* The fuel we burn in our trucks during collection was provided by our companies.
* Our advertising and promotion is provide by our sponsors or we utilize free media options such as this website.

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