Through the Bridge City Wildlife Federation Foundation, we hope to promote learning, community programming, and preservation of the North East Swale.

Saskatoon Wildlife Federation Multi-Purpose Building

Saskatoon Wildlife Federation Receives $1,000,000 in Funding from Bridge City Wildlife Federation Foundation for the Construction of a Multi-Purpose Building.

On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, Bridge City Wildlife Federation Foundation honoured a funding request from the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation for $1,000,000 to assist in the construction of a Multi-Purpose/Indoor Archery Facility. This facility will not only benefit the many clubs that currently call the Federation home but also other community led initiatives in Saskatoon.

Patrick Thompson, board member of the Bridge City Wildlife Federation Foundation, says this type of building has been long needed in the city and is pleased the Foundation could help make it a reality. “The Bridge City Wildlife Federation Foundation (BCWFF) was established in 2018 as a charitable foundation to direct funding to not-for-profit organizations that promote wildlife and habitat conservation, education, eco-friendly initiatives, and community programs in Saskatoon and the surrounding area. Our mission also encourages youth and indigenous involvement in these endeavours. To that end, the Foundation will support organizations which concentrate on teaching and facility development for these groups.”

Elton Dutka, Saskatoon Wildlife Federation President, shares, “With the opening of this facility, our Federation will continue to enhance the opportunities for our club and city to host future local, provincial, national, and even international sporting competitions. This facility will also allow us the opportunity to expand our involvement with other community groups such as the Saskatoon Public Schools and the Saskatoon Tribal Council, which we signed an MOU with in 2020 with the mandate of increasing outdoor education opportunities for their youth.”

Lunch Program

Schools Lunch Program

Due to the Covid outbreak in March 2020 Saskatoon schools were forced to close and with that the inner city lunch program. The Foundation helped facilitate, in collaboration with the City of Saskatoon, a donation to the Saskatoon Tribal Council to facilitate a community based lunch program. With the help of many volunteers and the use of the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation kitchen the lunch program saw 300 lunches per day delivered to families deemed needy by the Tribal Council. This program ran from the middle of March to the end of June.
Lunch Program
Lunch Program
Our Challenge
Saskatoon Wildlife Federation
  1. Develop a Community Interpretive Centre to support the preservation of the surrounding North East Swale conservation area. The Federation will relocate, refurbish and repurpose an existing building formerly utilized by the City Police as a training facility. The new interpretive centre will house a classroom to be utilized by schools and other youth groups and the public to promote learning, respect, conservation and preservation of the swale. It will serve as the starting point to guided and self-guided hikes through this beautiful and critical ecological space.
  2. Develop a 10,000-foot community hall expansion to the existing facility built in 1970 to allow for expansion of the youth archery and air rifle youth programs along with opportunities for additional programming and hosting of events and competitions. The expansion will include 22 target lanes, storage, washrooms and upgrades to the multi-purpose space.

Your generous support is requested for this investment in conservation, outdoor sport and education, and to ensure the important legacy of values is passed on for generations to come.

“The area supports rich plant and animal life communities. Two examples are the fescue grassland and natural prairie that serve as a habitat for grassland birds and is a wildlife corridor for mammals and a habitat for numerous bird varieties.”1

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  1. Develop a Community Interpretive Centre to support the preservation of the surrounding North East Swale conservation area. The Federation will relocate, refurbish and repurpose an existing building formerly utilized by the City Police as a training facility. The new interpretive centre will house a classroom to be utilized by schools and other youth groups and the public to promote learning, respect, conservation and preservation of the swale. It will serve as the starting point to guided and self-guided hikes through this beautiful and critical ecological space.
  2. Develop a 10,000-foot community hall expansion to the existing facility built in 1970 to allow for expansion of the youth archery and air rifle youth programs along with opportunities for additional programming and hosting of events and competitions. The expansion will include 22 target lanes, storage, washrooms and upgrades to the multi-purpose space.

Your generous support is requested for this investment in conservation, outdoor sport and education, and to ensure the important legacy of values is passed on for generations to come.

“The area supports rich plant and animal life communities. Two examples are the fescue grassland and natural prairie that serve as a habitat for grassland birds and is a wildlife corridor for mammals and a habitat for numerous bird varieties.”1

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