The Trusted Saskatoon Directory team is proud to support many different community initiatives including this event that two of our Trusted Saskatoon Partners supported! Ricky Iula, Decora Homes Ltd. and Kari Calder, Century 21 Fusion both participated in the Celebrity Bartending Challenge on April 11th at Congress Beer House in Saskatoon in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Local Bartending Challenge in Support of Big Brothers Big Sisters Saskatoon
On April 11th at Congress Beer House in Saskatoon Ricky Iula and Kari Calder showcased their bartending skills and sold their signature cocktail to raise money for this great cause! It was a wonderful evening raising awareness of the importance of positive mentors and supporting youth in our community.
Ricky Iula from Decora Homes Ltd. stepped up in a HUGE for Big Brothers Big Sisters and raised $21,825 earning him the top fundraiser award and bragging rights! Ricky set a goal and exceeded it by reaching out to his amazing team, suppliers, family and friends for support! Ricky puts a 110% into everything he does including the stunning custom homes they build for their clients.
Kari Calder, Trusted Saskatoon Realtor showed off her bartending skills at the Local Bartending Challenge and earned herself the best cocktail award for her Dirty Flamingo! She also raised money for STARS ambulance with every flamingo cup sold and donated hundreds of dollars to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon! Kari is a multi-award winning realtor and she truly cares about the Saskatoon community!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon and Area's mission is "Every Child in Canada Who Needs a Mentor, Has a Mentor." This year alone Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon will change lives for more than 600 children and youth in Saskatoon helping to support them to be more confident, feel secure and become leaders. Many children and youth in Canada struggle with societal barriers and face adversities in their lives. This organization is there to support them by providing positive mentors and experiences. Thank you both for your contributions at the event to support this great organization!
Whether you are looking at custom building or buying/selling these two amazing Trusted Saskatoon Partners have you covered! See client testimonials and more by clicking links below!
Sara Wheelwright TrustedSaskatoon.com Founder Announced as a finalist for the Square One / SREDA Saskatchewan 2017 NEYA Award for Growth!
The Trusted team were contacted by the fine folks at Square One today, to let us know that Sara, our founder is a finalist for the 2017 NEYA Award for Growth! The Saskatchewan NEYA Awards are in their 2nd year, and they celebrate and recognize the success and contribution of 1st generation immigrants to the economy of Saskatchewan!
" Newcomer entrepreneurs play an important role in growing our economy by filling gaps in our business landscape, hiring employees and adding culture and diversity to our communities. "
The NEYA Awards Growth Category recognizes 1st generation immigrant entrepreneurs who are able to demonstrate business success and growth in the following areas:
• Employment growth
• Sales growth (in percentage)
• Community involvement
" I am honoured and excited to be a finalist for a NEYA Award. Saskatchewan has offered so much opportunity to me and my family. I am living my dream, doing what I love with people I respect and admire! The Saskatchewan businesses I work with and my Trusted team of Saskatchewan wonder women have really made my business a success and this recognition possible! i am blessed to be able to give back to the community that has given me so much" Sara Wheelwright, Trusted Founder.
Join the Trusted team and celebrate the success and achievements of all the deserving finalist on June 6th 2017 in Saskatoon at The Sheraton Cavalier hotel! You can get your tickets here : 2017-neya-awards-gala-tickets
Celebrate Success! Trusted Announced as 2016 Award Finalists!
The Trusted Team are absolutely thrilled and honoured to have been selected as finalists for the 2016 SABEX Award for community Involvement. Trusted has been a finalist numerous time for SABEX and won the 2014 Marketing Award, we appreciate the recognition and the accolades that come with being a finalist! The Trusted team believes giving back is always in style. We are proud members of the Saskatoon business community. We love our city and do what we can to support local events, non profits and to help individuals in need, so this Community Involvement award is very close to our heart! To see what we do for our community please visit our community page by clicking here!
MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE GREATER SASKATOON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Finalists are announced today for the 2016 Celebrate Success! Business
Awards, produced by the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce and presented by
PotashCorp.
The Celebrate Success! Awards Gala is a celebration of the exceptional
businesses growing and operating in the Saskatoon region. Finalists announced include the
Saskatoon Awards for Business Excellence (SABEX), the Award of Innovation, the Strategic
Alliance Award, the Community Leadership Award, the Oslo Business for Peace Award and
the prestigious RBC SABEX Hall of Fame.
The SABEX Awards are open to all private sector (non-governmental) enterprises based in
Saskatoon and district, whether large or small. All applications were forwarded to EY for initial
sorting and processing. Applications from each of the various categories were then delivered
to independent and anonymous judging panels. .
ALL 2016 award finalists are listed on this LINK.
Award recipients will be named at the
Celebrate Success! Awards Gala on May 19th at Prairieland Park.
2016 SABEX AWARD FINALISTS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
For a business demonstrating substantial support for arts and culture, amateur sport,
education or volunteerism.
We would like to wish our fellow finalists in this category luck and congratulate them on being selected!
We would also like to congratulate
Trusted Saskatoon Alarm & Security partners REED SECURITY who are finalists in the
Customer Service and
Marketing Award category. Virgil and the Reed Security team have a long history of winning awards, and they always strive for excellence in all they do!!!
When Kimberly Parent, owner of Saskatoon Salsa, a Trusted Saskatoon Directory partner contacted us about collaborating for a Saskatoon Valentines Day giveaway, we knew we could bring the Trusted Saskatoon community together to put together something great! Like pieces of the puzzle, our local Saskatoon community of trustworthy businesses came together to create an awesome prize package!
Did you wait on making Valentines Day plans for you and your sweetheart, and need some help avoiding a disaster?! We've got your back, bro.
SIMPLY follow the 2 steps below and Enter to win :
1.Comment on Facebook to let us know what your Valentines Day will resort to if you DON'T win.
FAST FOOD IN A PARKING LOT?
NETFLICKS FOR ONE ..bring a tissue!
2. Like our trustedsaskatoon.com facebook page!
It's that easy, folks!We can't wait to hear what you hope you're NOT doing on Valentines Day :) The harder we laugh, the more likely you are to win. Winner will be chosen on Thursday, February 11th, 2016.
All jokes aside, from our community to yours, we hope that you feel the love on February 14th! Thanks for being such an important part of what we do.
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The Trusted Saskatoon TeamThe Trusted Saskatoon Directory team always try to do something for the Saskatoon community, we are committed to helping where we can, but especially at Christmas
On Dec 21st a Trusted Saskatoon Facebook post revealed our cunning plan in full!
Trusted Saskatoon fans on Facebook had been enjoying 5 weeks of giveaways to celebrate the new website. & contests to celebrate reaching 7000 FacebookFans- but this the 8th contest and this time they weren’t going to be the winners....
We love a good rhyme .......
“ Saskatoon... Christmas eve is drawing near Part 8 of our give away is becoming clear.
The Trusted Saskatoon teams Christmas spirit is strongWe could pick 1 person to benefit, but feel that would be wrong So we ask YOU Saskatoon to tell us WHO is in need?
We will select a recipient not based on GREED
A charity, group or family we can gift this year
$700 dollars for them to use or to share.
Please share your thoughts and tell us a reason
Why YOUR nomination should benefit this Christmas season! “
The response was amazing, although some what overwhelming too, as we ONLY had $700 to donate to worthy people or organizations!
HOW AWESOME IT WAS to receive 4 additional donations!
1 from an single mother who wished to remain anon
3 from Trusted Saskatoon partners of $100 each- thank you to:
So,who did we choose and how?
WE AGONIZED over every nomination - but in the end decided to split the $1100 pot 11 ways equally and choose who we thought would benefit most
If we had more, believe us, everyone would have been helped, but we know less than $100/ recipient wouldn’t have made much of an impact! $100 for a family for example is a turkey and all the trimmings on Xmas day for 6+ people
The RECIPIENTS for Trusted Saskatoon’s ANNUAL December Christmas eve comfort are :
‘ organizations’
- Oskāyak High school - $100 donation GC for winter clothes fund for teens - we will be raising more awareness for this after New Year as so needed for this age group!
- Saskatoon Interval house - $100 Walmart GC for personal hygiene items, diapers and grooming items left behindin their urgency.
- Hands on Outreach Saskatoon - $100 Walmart GC - a wonderful grass roots organization in Saskatoon teaching real skills to youth in our city
- Saskatoon Cancer Clinic’s Playroom - $100 Donation ( TBD)- we have friends with cancer, we know kids with cancer- enough said
‘People’ nominated - we will contact individually and will not disclose full names or details.- just to say they will appreciate the $100 help this Christmas.
- Rhonda- Sponsored by anon single mom donor - $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact )
- Tammy - Sponsored by Perfection Plumbing $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact)
- Gail - sponsored by Curtis $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact)
- Deb - sponsored by Solange $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact)
‘OTHER'
- Parkridge Centre - TBD - we want to bring some Christmas into the lives of their residents young and old on Christmas Eve
- A refugee family from Syria - TBD ( $100 Walmart GC)
- Homeless men - $10 Timmies Gift Card x 10 men - they DO get forgotten !!