Let the games begin. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Community support

Third annual Hunger Games sets $15,000 goal

Dec 2, 2025 | 5:00 PM

Featuring more teams and higher stakes, the friendly yet highly competitive Hunger Games returns Wednesday night.

Last year’s event raised over $12,000 in food and funds for the Prince Albert Food Bank and this year Prince Albert Grand Council Director of Justice Rick Sanderson said they aim to raise over $15,000

‘The success we’ve had has been really important especially for this time of year and especially for those in need of food or a little bit of Christmas spirit,” he said.

This event was initially started in 1998 when the original First Nations Cadet Corps in Saskatchewan held a fundraiser event where they challenged the local RCMP to a competition night.

The Prince Albert Division and the Sturgeon Lake Division of the First Nations Cadet Corps (FNCC) have taken this on now and have expanded to include other Police Agencies, First Responders and other organizations. Sanderson said the youth benefit greatly from meeting the professionals on a personal level and recalled his own experience back in 1983 meeting two members of the Melfort RCMP detachment.

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“I started asking questions, got interested in police work and that’s how I chose that career.”

A view of last year’s results. (Submitted photo)

The 14 participating teams this year include Prince Albert Police, Marshals, Prince Albert Fire Dept., federal and provincial corrections officers, First Nations cadets, Parkland Ambulance, PAGC wildlife protection, and Sask. Conservation.

Each organization has been tasked to raise as many funds as possible or food items to give to the food bank for distribution to needy families this holiday season.

Harolds Family Foods has also offered to help and created hampers for purchase which their staff will later hand deliver to the food bank.

“Anything you purchase will count as points towards the team of your choice,” Sanderson said.

The event on Wednesday is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. and should wrap up around 9 p.m.

Once again this year there will be two major trophies.

The Christmas Spirit Award goes to the organization that raises the most in funds and/or food items for the PA Food Bank. (Last Years Winner – First Nations Cadet Corps – Sturgeon Lake Division)

The Hunger Games Competitions Winner – Most Points Earned – (Last year’s winner – Team PAGC)

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