(Photo courtesy/Nipawin Kinsmen, Facebook)

By Ben Tompkins

'Crappiest time of the year'

Nipawin Kinsmen dropping deuces and dropping change

Dec 14, 2022 | 3:48 PM

Believe it or not, if you’re in the Nipawin area this December and find a toilet on your front lawn, there’s a good reason for it.

Dubbed ‘the crappiest time of the year’, the Nipawin Kinsmen are hosting their second annual toilet drop fundraiser.

This began with a single porcelain drop, but from there it’s in the hands of the recipients.

“We just started it up last winter and it went over really well, and the people in Nipawin seem to really enjoy it, so we thought we’d bring it back for another round,” said Kinsmen president Spencer Maxwell.

For $10, the Kinsmen will move it away, for $20, you get to tell them where to move it, and for $40 they will guarantee it won’t come back.

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The fundraiser, which began earlier this month, has already inspired a handful of ‘deuce droppings’, having even been decorated in the holiday spirit.

(Photo courtesy/Nipawin Kinsmen, Facebook)

All money raised from the campaign will go directly to Telemiracle, while the Kinsmen themselves will match that donation number and transfer their funds to the Nipawin Oasis Community Centre Co-operative.

Maxwell explained they are able to do this because of other fundraisers they have already done this past year.

The Kinsmen did something similar to this, last week, for the local food bank.

The fundraiser is set to come to a close, next Tuesday, Dec. 20.

Meanwhile, along with the upcoming donation from the Kinsmen, the Nipawin Oasis was also a benefactor of another large donation.

The foundation received over $16,000 from a couple in the community.

According to the post and executive director, Joy Hanson, 100 per cent of that money will go directly to people in need, in the area, this Christmas.

“It’ll make a big difference, it is a large donation,” Hanson said. “We treat all our donations very seriously and responsibly, and we will ensure that it does go to where it’s most needed, and it changes lives for people and gives them hope.”

The Nipawin Oasis provides cultural, prevention, educational, and intervention programming services, such as family support, housing, youth, clothing, food, and help with applications.

Hanson explained the biggest issue, especially this time of year, is something to eat.

“The biggest need that we see for people is food, so that’s where the donations have been going to. Food for people because they have low incomes, and with the costs of everything rising, the income that they do have is going towards bills, and there’s very little left for food.”

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