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!!!
Here they give great Tips for Building an Outdoor Kitchen:
With warm weather beckoning us outside, why make a meal indoors? If you want to transform your yard into another favourite spot on your property, an outdoor kitchen is a great place to start - and it doesn't have to cost a lot to be functional.
Planning Your Space
Location is the key to an outdoor kitchen that is functional and well-integrated into your deck or yard.
- Consider what you want in your outdoor kitchen. It can be as simple as using your existing barbecue and adding a small counter prep area and storage unit.
- Plan the arrangement of your components. Place them against an existing wall or fence for a galley-style kitchen that takes up the least amount of space. Or use a corner to create a more expansive L-shaped space that works well if you have several cooks in the kitchen.
- Factor in the placement of your outdoor eating area - it should be close enough to the grill to work in tandem with it but not so near that smoke wafts over the dining set.
- Pick a spot close to outdoor electrical outlets and a water source.
- Make sure you have room to expand the kitchen in the future to add more counter space and storage, or perhaps a wood-burning pizza oven or smoker.
Choosing Materials
With a little planning, it's possible to choose materials to create an outdoor kitchen without spending a fortune.
- Use materials that can stand up to sun, water and stains for counter prep area and storage. Durable solid surface Corian®, quartz Silestone® and stainless steel are all great options.
- If you're short on space, use storage units on castors, a serving cart, or build a counter that folds down.
- You'll need a level surface to start. Pavers are the most economical option for creating a patio space and easy to add to if you want to expand your outdoor kitchen space in the future.
- If you're planning to have a permanent grilling area, build your base with affordable brick and stone for decorative emphasis.
- Make sure your outdoor fridge and grill are easy to move so they can be stored inside during the winter.
- If you live in an area with high humidity, choose rust-resistant materials.
Safety Tips
An outdoor kitchen tends to be a high-traffic area, so it's important to follow these safety guidelines.
- Keep a first-aid kit and fire extinguisher on hand.
- Ensure the grill is located at least five feet from the house and not too close to the dining area to restrict movement between the cooking area and the rest of the yard.
- Choose a location that gets some shade so you don't have to worry about always being exposed to the elements.
- Make sure the grill isn't too close to windows and doors to avoid your house filling with smoke when you're cooking.
- To avoid attracting insects and wildlife, choose materials and appliances that are easy to clean.
The 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 !!
This November we are running a Trusted Saskatoon Facebook contest event to celebrate reaching 7000 Trusted Saskatoon Facebook fans - we have already sent Sara, a Trusted Saskatoon fan & her guest to the recent Kevin Hart show in Saskatoon. It was a fantastic show, and we know she had a super time!!!
On Monday we launched the 2nd like, share and comment contest for fans of our page , and it was seen by over 34,500 people in and around Saskatoon!
Now we are thrilled to announce our 2nd winner - this lucky fan has won VIP Tickets to the Sold out Steep Panther show in Saskatoon Nov 20th.
We select winners via software - so it is absolutely fair , and we have the video below of the selection!!
The winner has been a long time Trusted saskatoon fan too!! They know for sure that it ALWAYS pays to be a fan of Trusted Saskatoon!
Our next contest and prize will be announced on Monday, please be sure to like the Trusted Saskatoon Facebook page and follow the instructions, as many people didn't qualify to win as they either weren't fans of the page or hadn't liked , commented and shared on the post !
Wow time sure flies when you are having fun ! TrustedSaskatoon.com celebrated 4 years on June 1st 2011 as did the Trusted Saskatoon Facebook page. ( read the article here). TrustedSaskatoon.com launched our new look website Nov 4th and with over 220,000 of you already passing through our virtual doors, we are the number 1 most visited online directory by the people of Saskatoon.
Our team are thrilled to work with and promote so many of the best businesses in Toon town! Of course if we didn't have the support of our amazing fans we wouldn't be where we are today, so we wanted to thank YOU by having another one of our HUGE contests to celebrate!
7 for 7000 super Saskatoon give away!
Over the course of the next 3 weeks we will be giving away 7 prizes, starting with today - when Sara Doerksen won a pair of great tickets to see Kevin Hart in Saskatoon after our first like and share contest winner was announced!
Our next prize winner will be announced on Thursday, this luck fan will party like a ROCK STAR, they will win 2 VIP tickets to the SOLD OUT STEEL PANTHER Show at O'Briens Event Centre, Saskatoon. ..then we will give away 5 more prizes next week . Every time we reach 1000 more fans, we will give away the same number of prizes , 8 for 8000, 9 for 9000 and so on ...it really does pay to be a FAN of TrustedSaskatoon.com!
Beyond our great contest, it's a really smart thing to do, as you will also have easy access to all our news, helpful tips, videos and advice from the wonderful locally owned and accountable Trusted Saskatoon businesses. Articles for everyone, from all walks of life and covering every interest from road safety trips to the trendiest hair styles.
The Trusted team also supports the
Saskatoon community as much as possible, through donations, time and help with their marketing and spreading the word to our fans about how they can help, be involved and support non profits and groups in the city we LOVE!
Thank you for your continued support Saskatoon!