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VITERRA SUPPORTS 4-H ACROSS OUR
ASSET NETWORK At a glance... skills and build relationships with
Viterra supports 4-H across the prairie fellow athletes.
provinces through a variety of programs • Viterra continues to support
both corporately and locally. Agriculture in the Classroom SK’s
Mission Super Human resource
We were pleased to sponsor and which teaches students essential
participate in the 4-H Manitoba Rally knowledge about good nutrition.
which took place in Brandon, MB in Learn more.
May. Those who stopped by our booth
were able to learn about food quality • The Viterra Regina office collected
by doing canola quality strip tests, and donations and hosted a jeans day
participating in a crop identification for the Canadian Cancer Society’s
activity. Viterra staff also provided a grain annual daffodil campaign. Through • Viterra has renewed our partnership
judging tutorial for 4-H members. their efforts staff raised $1,025 with the Regina Food Bank through
which was matched corporately
Kevin Speidelsbach, Assistant Manager for a donation of $2,050, which our Farmers Feeding Families
from our Grenfell, SK facility was the was then matched by the Canadian initiative to provide food insecure
judge at the recent 4-H Regional Judging Cancer Society, for an overall families with more nutritious and
Competition in Whitewood, SK. donation of $4,100! inclusive food choices. To date
we’ve distributed over 600,000
Angela Niehaus, Customer Account bags of lentils to Regina Food Bank
Representative from our Killam, AB facility clients and have extended the
volunteered at the 4-H Alberta Senior program to support hunger relief
Symposium in May, as well as the Flagstaff organizations in Manitoba and
District Beef Show and Sale in June. Alberta. Learn more.
Thank you to all Viterra staff who • The Viterra Regina office
supported these and other 4-H events on participates in the University
behalf of Viterra. We appreciate you taking of Regina and Saskatchewan
the opportunity to connect with youth Polytechnic’s co-op programs,
and teach them about our industry! • The west territory donated funds hiring student to give them hands
to the annual CANstruction event
which took place in Lethbridge, on work experience. This winter
AB in March. The funds were used we had seven co-op students
to purchase canned goods, which working with us for 4 or 8 months
were then used by Lethbridge terms. As part of their work term
College students to build the students, along with a few
structures. At the end of the event members of the HR team, spent
the food was distributed to various an afternoon volunteering at the
food banks in Lethbridge. Regina Food Bank as a way to give
Presenting at the 4-H Manitoba Rally. back to the local community.
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• The central territory donated $1,500 • Viterra is a silver level sponsor for
to Caronport Fire and Rescue to the Saskatchewan Science Centre
FOLLOW US! purchase equipment and take part and contributed an additional
$2,000 to the Discovery Fund which
in BeGrainSafe rescue training.
We regularly feature community • Viterra is pleased to be a sponsor provides financial assistance to
investments, corporate achievements with Maple Leaf Junior Golf to priority and deserving students
and other accomplishments on provide youth across the Prairies and classrooms throughout the
our social channels. Follow us on X the opportunity to participate at province so they can take part in all
(Twitter), Facebook, Instagram and various tournaments to further their the activities the Science Centre
LinkedIn and stay connected. has to offer.
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