The Beefeater Plaza was near capacity on Saturday night for the Estevan Family Resource Centre鈥檚 comedy night. The night was aimed at raising funds for the organization.
Board member Amanda Spenst told the more than 200 people in attendance that the family centre does not receive any provincial or federal funding outside of grants, and the majority of their funding comes from the community.
She also noted that the generosity of Estevan has always been welcomed and has done a great deal to keep the family centre open, which has been helping families in the community since its creation.
鈥淎ll of the fundraising that we do for the family centre goes back into providing free programs for the people that use the family centre. Last year when we had this event we almost had the same turnout. This year there was a bit less people but nothing major, moreover, people seemed to have really enjoyed themselves,鈥� said Spenst.
The comedy night had two performers, headliner Jody Peters and opening act Joel Jeffery. Jeffery also started the entertainment for the night after the dinner. The evening ran late into the night and the crowd didn鈥檛 diminish as the evening went along.聽
Spenst believes that the night was very successful.
Ticket sales, a silent auction and a 50-50 draw all raised money for the family centre.聽
鈥淲e have some really great services that we provide to the community, and I know that we have helped out a lot of people and families in their time of need, and that is one the best things the family centre does and wants to continue doing,鈥� said Spenst.
In her speech, Spenst talked about the importance of early childhood education in terms of getting kids ready and prepared to go to school and become successful in the world.
鈥淭he family centre has everything from newborn baby programming, early childhood education programs and we provide individual and family counselling services. I think we have something for everybody, we even have a community kitchen that anyone can use,鈥� said Spenst.
Spenst also applauded the hard work of the family centre鈥檚 staff members and her fellow board members, and talked about how those within the community can donate to and help out with the family centre.
鈥淭he family centre has been open for 15 years and we have a few very dedicated worker base that keeps the place running. Additionally, some individuals we have offer some very valuable and unique counselling services and through their charitable work we have been able to help a lot of people,鈥� said Spenst.
