Thanksgiving Saskatoon: Cheer Crates campaign delivers supplies to cash-strapped families [Video]

Hundreds of students and their families will get a hand this Thanksgiving weekend thanks to the Canpotex Cheer Crate campaign, put on by The Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation.

Volunteers got together on Wednesday to put the giving in Thanksgiving by filling shopping bags with essentials for the upcoming long weekend.

With more families struggling in our community than ever, the need is increasing each year for the care packages, and organizers are committed to meet the need.

“Because we know that kids aren’t in school. and that’s a lot of times where they get support for nutrition or sometimes even extra socks, and so we are able to provide that thanks to the generous donors,” Zeba Ahmad, CEO of the Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation, told CTV News.

The Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation has been sending out these cheer crates since 2020, starting during the pandemic when families were sent home. …