Grande Prairie’s 2Day FM is taking part in a province-wide fundraising effort in support of those affected by the ongoing wildfire situation in Jasper.
On July 31st, the “Alberta Day of Caring for Jasper” fundraiser will see radio stations across Alberta promoting charity options for residents who wish to help support Jasper’s displaced residents after they were forced to flee from their homes earlier in July.
Program Director at 2Day FM Kyle Evans calls the fundraiser a “huge deal” for all of Alberta, saying everyone has a personal connection to the national park.
“So everyone in the province is gathering together to support Jasper, obviously this is a huge deal for everyone, everyone has a personal connection to Jasper,” he says. “It’s not just us that’s going to be doing this, every radio station across the province is going to be joining in as well.”
On top of support from the radio stations, the day will also feature a bottle drive at bottle depots across the Grande Prairie area. Evans says anyone who wants to donate can simply check out 2Day FM’s social media, or donate empties directly at a bottle depot to support Jasper.
“You can go to our social media, that’s one of the big ones, so 104.7 2Day FM on Facebook, you can also find our linktree on all of our platforms,” he says. “They can choose an option locally, or through the Red Cross, one of the local ones that people love is the bottle depots in Grande Prairie and Beaverlodge, all of the bottle depots have an account open for the Red Cross so you can bring your bottles to them, they’ll take it, and all the money will go towards that.”
No fundraising goal has been set; however, Evans encourages everyone who is able to donate to do so, in order to raise “as much as possible” during the event.
“There’s no goal, as much as possible really, whatever amount we get is going to be more than what we started with at the beginning of the week, so we’re happy to just collect as much as possible to give back to Jasper.”
The event will run from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and event organizers say all donations raised on Wednesday will be matched by both the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada.
