Kelly Insurance Brokers donates $150,000 to Kids Academy Early Learning Centre

By Joan Janzen

It was a happy moment when Nikki Meschishnick, on behalf of Kelly Insurance Brokers Ltd., presented Jodi Geddes with a cheque for $150,000 for the Kids Academy Early Learning Centre (ELC) on Tuesday morning, September 10th.

When Nikki saw how much work Monique Neigum, Jodi Geddes, and many others were putting into the ELC project, it was very easy for her to decide to step forward and make a commitment.

GENEROUS DONATION! Jodi Geddes (left), on behalf of the Kids Academy Early Learning Centre, accepted a cheque for $150,000 from Nikki Meschishnick, owner of Kelly Insurance Brokers Ltd. PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN

She felt supporting the Kids’ Academy and keeping their earnings local was important. Sufficient daycare allows parents to return to work, employers to maintain full staff, and families to remain in the community and support it. “It makes our town more economical overall,” she noted.

“I think everyone in town has felt the repercussions of the lack of daycare in Kindersley for many years,” Nikki observed. Young parents find it difficult to survive when they aren’t able to return to work. Today’s cost of living often requires two incomes to make ends meet, and at the same time, employers aren’t able to fill positions in their businesses.

“With such a long waiting list to get into daycare, we may also see families moving away from our community so that they can go back to work elsewhere,” she said. “Personally, I’ve felt this in my business, losing two employees within a year.”

Nikki not only saw the need for more daycare spots in Kindersley, but she also stepped forward and committed to help see it happen.