Regina bakery raises over $700 to support victims of Turkey, Syria earthquakes – Regina | 24CA News
A Regina business raised over $700 in a single week to donate to Islamic Relief Canada for Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims.
Quakes struck 9 hours aside on Feb. 6 in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria.
Rescuers are nonetheless persevering with to tug survivors from the aftermath.
Islamic Relief Canada does what it may possibly to offer meals, shelter and help to these in Turkey and Syria.
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Last week, Saltine Baking Company donated 5 per cent of its gross sales to assist victims abroad by means of the aid fund.
Ashley Schmalenberg, CEO of Saltine Baking, stated that the assist from town wasn’t shocking.
“The community has always shown up for us in any fundraising that we have made, but we were able to reach a lot of the people that we hadn’t maybe reached before.”
The bakery donated $711 in complete to the aid fund.
“We have two employees in our business, one that is an immigrant from Turkey and one that is an immigrant from Syria. We saw the impact that it was having directly on people in our community, so we wanted to help in any way that we could.”
Customers had been capable of present money donations, in addition to the sale share from the bakery on the finish of the day.
“The goal wasn’t to benefit our business at all. I hope it just brought awareness that we care about the community and help people who are in need,” Schmalenberg stated.
Although the fundraising is over, the bakery will nonetheless have a poster within the store with a QR code for anybody who needs to donate to Islamic Relief Canada.
It was reported by the Associated Press that the dying depend between the 2 international locations is over 35,000 as of Feb. 13.
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