Kinder Kollege receives generous donation

By Joan Janzen

Kindersley’s Kinder Kollege gratefully accepted a generous donation of $2,000 from the Kindersley Rotary Club on April 2nd. The funds were raised at the club’s November fundraiser, which was a wine and food pairing event. Kinder Kollege was chosen as this year’s recipient.The cheque was presented by Rotary member Sharon Price.

Sharon Price (l) from The Kindersley Rotary Club presented a cheque for $2,000 to Kinder Kollege. Jodi Geddes, along with the staff and children at Kinder Kollege were on hand to accept the generous donation. Photo by Joan Janzen

Kindersley and the area need childcare spaces and have a waiting list of over 120 children. The new, soon-to-be-built Kids Academy ELC child care centre will provide 90 spaces for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. There will also be thirty spaces for before- and after-school children.

“Our land location is 200 Thomson Drive in Rosedale,” Jodi Geddes from Kinder Kollege reported. “The Kids Academy Steering Committee has been diligently working on the building plans, and the Kids Academy fundraising group has been busy raising money to build the centre.” Plans are underway to start construction in the spring of 2025 and open the new Kids Academy in the fall of 2026.

The Kindersley Rotary Club has been in existence since 1996 and has supported many community projects over the years. School scholarships and the food bank are two projects that are supported annually. The club was pleased to identify the Kinder Kollege as this year’s community recipient.