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Become a Part of Team Energy
The Volunteer Spirit
It’s alive and well in Saskatchewan. In fact, we have the highest provincial volunteer rate in Canada. More
than half of our citizens get involved in community initiatives, and now it’s time to make your mark. Think
of how volunteerism has affected your life. SaskEnergy will award youth in schools and organizations that take
part in volunteer activities designed to protect their environment or better their communities. Get involved,
start a project, and join Team Energy!
What are Team Energy Grants for Youth?
Community Action Grants
Plan a community service project and you can get up to $1,000 from
SaskEnergy to help make it happen. Help seniors, children, an animal shelter, or your local food bank
– anything you can think of that will improve the quality of life in your community.
Change Your World Enviro-Action Grants
This is an opportunity for groups to tackle environmental projects. We’re awarding grants of up to
$1,000 to fund youth engaged in environmental stewardship projects
that make a difference to their community and to the world in which we live. Take action, change attitudes
and change the world.
Volunteer Leadership Grants
This is a $1,500 award for outstanding and ongoing projects in your school
and community. It recognizes a school or youth organization that has shown outstanding leadership by
volunteering time and effort in its community on an ongoing basis. If your group has demonstrated exemplary
service to others and has been recognized for a track-record of volunteer service over the last two or more
years, you could receive our top honour as the Leadership Award recipient.
How to Apply
Applications will be accepted between October 1st, 2007 and March 31st, 2008. Don’t delay as funding is
limited. Look for the Team Energy logo at saskenergy.com to download an application. Simply print off
the application form and submit it by mail or fax to:
Celebrating Youth Volunteerism:
In 2007, SaskEnergy awarded 21 schools and youth groups for their volunteer spirit under the former program
name of “Global Youth Service Day Awards.” Here are the 2007 award recipients:
Leadership Award
- Estevan Comprehensive School - S.H.O.U.T.S - Estevan
Community Spirit Grants
- L.C.B.I. High School- Take-Out Tuesdays – Outlook
- École Providence – Charity of the Month – Vonda
- Macklin St. Joseph’s Candy Stripers – Get Moving With Music – Macklin
- Macklin School – Golden Pals/ Senior Buddies – Macklin
- Rosthern High School – Terry Fox Run & Community Clean Up – Rosthern
- Dr. Martin LeBoldus – Best Buddies – Regina
- McDermid Community School – Student Leadership Conference – Regina
- Campbell Collegiate – Peace Pole Project – Regina
- Westberry School – Community Involvement Project – Kindersley
- Girl Guides Sparks & Brownies Unit #49 – Rural Senior’s Extendicare Joy Project - Regina
Macklin St. Joseph's Integrated Health Care Candy Stripers, Macklin Make Music program
Rhythm and music will soon fill the halls of the St. Joseph’s Health Care Facility in Macklin. It’s all thanks
to the Macklin Candy Stripers and their “make music” program. The addition of a karaoke machine, CD’s and rhythm
instruments is designed to increase participation, activity, awareness and fitness among residents.
Enviro-Action Awards
- Eastend School – Recycling Project – Eastend
- 1st Martensville Guide Unit- ThINK food/ Phones for food – Martensville
- Girl Guides 28th Unit – Recycling Project – Saskatoon
- St. Jerome School – School Beautification – Regina
- Sedley School – Definitely In Our Back Yard – Sedley
- Invermay School – School Beautification Project – Invermay
- St. Joseph Middle School – Creek Clean Up – Swift Current
- Lumsden Elementary - Green Our School Grounds - Lumsden
- Hafford Central School – Water Monitoring Project – Hafford
Examples of past winners:
Carnduff Education Complex, Carnduff
The students in Carnduff demonstrated amazing volunteer spirit by participating in a long list of activities and
events, ranging from a community-wide recycling program to fundraising. In 2006, CEC earned the honour of being
the number one fundraising school in rural Saskatchewan for their participation in the Terry Fox Walk.
Carpenter High School, Meadow Lake
Students from Carpenter High School have created a successful mentorship program that offers high quality
leadership skills and positive role models for elementary students. They also operated a program called Project
Free Child that helps families in need in times of crisis.
Humboldt Public School, Humboldt
Humboldt students enjoyed planning fun activities with residents at the St. Mary’s Villa facility for the elderly
on a monthly basis, such as writing Christmas cards, playing games and making crafts. These students do not
hesitate to get involved in many different initiatives to benefit and enhance the well-being of their community.
South Shore School, Regina Beach
Students at South Shore School enhanced their already beautiful grounds by expanding the vegetable gardens,
adding more shade with trees to protect against UV radiation, and introducing a First Nations Garden containing
native plants used by Saskatchewan’s First Nation’s peoples.
Silverwood Heights & Sister O’Brien School, Saskatoon
With the help of the Saskatchewan Environment Society, students in these two schools developed the Viriditas Project.
It is aimed at promoting numerous environmentally friendly behaviours in these schools and around the community.
Some of the highlights included: Waste Free Lunches, Lights Out Policy and the Anti-Idling Program, Students achieved
a significant reduction in car idling at their schools.
Norquay Community School, Norquay
Students of Norquay School are “All About Saving Trees” when it comes to their project. The school used its funding
to purchase permanent recycling bins that would serve as constant reminders to recycle. One tree is saved for every
four foot pile of paper that gets recycled!
Hafford Central School, Hafford
The tireless effort and dedication these students exhibit everyday is changing lives across national and international
borders. From assisting the Canadian Wildlife Service in preserving habitats of endangered species, to raising money
for Tsunami relief, Hafford K-12 students are a model of today’s environmental stewards and tomorrow’s human rights
leaders. This community-minded school is the first, and only, Saskatchewan school to become a member of the
Associated Schools Project Network, a network established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization.
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