E-transfers Now Accepted
If you wish to send a donation through your bank using the e-transfer function, please add us at SARUdirect@gmail.com
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If you wish to receive a charitable tax receipt, please add your full name and complete mailing address in the memo section. If your bank does not allow the full information to fit, please send a separate email to the same address.
Inaugural 50/50 Ticket Online sales were a great success! Look to this space for more to come.
Fundraising Efforts
Our current truck has served us well. Purchased with the gracious donations of the community in 2000, it is nearing the end of its useful life as technologies change. The availability of portable cordless tools and the need to hold more options for scenarios such as electric vehicle extrications has us raising money for a new purpose built truck.
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Our three year goal is to raise $500,000 to purchase and outfit a new truck. We will be holding fundraising events such as our Beef On A Bun dinner and dance, and appealing to the public while applying for available grants.
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Follow this page to see how we are doing in our efforts to better serve our communities.
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March 2025:
Our third annual Dinner and Dance fundraiser was a huge success. The support from the community seriously touched our hearts and we are so proud to be able to serve you all. We are now about halfway to our original goal, however we are receiving updated quotes and some items have risen in costs. We are still pushing hard to get the cab and chassis ordered this year so we can start to plan for the custom box and new tools.
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November 2024:
We have surpassed the $200,000 mark and are hoping to order the cab and chassis early in 2025. Many thanks to our recent donors, FortisBC and the Shuswap Brewers' Festival for helping us pass this milestone.
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August 2024:
Closing in on $200,000
We have been busy this summer writing grant applications and sourcing donations. After the Salmon Arm Fair we are looking to be close to $190,000 and are waiting to hear back from many applications. We now can take e-transfer donations as well!
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January 2024:
Nearing Milestone #3​
With extremely generous donations from the Shuswap Brewers Fest and the Eagle Bay Community Association, as well as private donors and successful grant applications, we are now sitting just below $140,000. Our second annual Beef on a Bun Fundraiser is set for March 8th, so look for us there for more opportunities to help us reach our goal!
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May 2023:
Milestone #1 has been reached!
Our first annual Beef On A Bun dinner and dance night, sponsored and organized by Fair Realty, was a resounding success due to the efforts of Jayson Tracey and his crew. We cannot thank them enough for their contributions to our campaign.
The truck is starting to be filled and we are off and running on our way to a new truck.
Sponsorship and Donations
