A huge shout out to the kind folks up at Roblin Forest Products for their donation of the wood mulch for our 2019 Bull Congress at the Manitoba Ag Days Show. Our Bull exhibitors were very grateful for clean knees and less stressed animals. We appreciate your support.
2019
Manitoba Ag Days is proud to announce that the Kick Off Breakfast raised $3000 for the Manitoba Farm Rural and Northern Support Services.
The breakfast is sponosred by the Canad Inn, Aaltos, Tavern United, The Great Western Roadhouse Bar and Grill.
2018 was a challenging year for growers and we just want to make sure they know that there is always someone available to talk. Please call 1-866-367-3276.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people that helped make our 2019 Manitoba Social a huge success.
Thank you to all of the people who purchased tickets and came out to support the social.
Thank you to all of the companies who donated prizes, auction items and swag! You made the social an incredible evening. Please see the attached Thank you Poster with all of the contributing organizations.
Thank you to all of the people who purchased prizes in the live auction. The live auction raised $17205.00 A Big Shout out goes to: Fraser Auction Services (Scott & Jesse Campbell), Bill Klassen Auction Ltd. (Bill & Karen Klassen) and Ritchie Bros. (Mason Richaud) for volunteering your time and energy in auctioning off all of the prizes. A special thank you to Minister Ralph Eichler and his team of spotters which included: Reg Helwer, Larry Maguire and Len Isleifson.
Thank you to all of the people who purchased prizes in the silent auction. The silent auction raised $5650.00
Thank you to everyone who purchased raffle tickets. The players choice raffle raised $4010.00
Thank you to everyone who purchased 50/50 tickets. The 50/50 tickets raised $505. The winner of the 50/50 was Trevor Scherman and he donated $260.00 of his winnings back to AITC-MB.
Some of the prizes were reauctioned by the winners and this raised an additional $425.00
This year we decided to make Agriculture in the Classroom – Manitoba our recipient of the social profits because of our Theme of “Tell Your Story – Be An Agvocate” We still have to figure out all of the logistics but we are very proud to announce that Manitoba Ag Days will be presenting AITC-M with $28,055 from all of the social prizes that were donated by our exhibitors and friends. We would like to thank AITC-M for all of their work packaging and preparing the social prizes; it was a huge task and we are grateful for their help.
On behalf of the Management and Board of Manitoba Ag Days we would like to say thank you to our incredible industry!
The 50/50 ticket was drawn at Manitoba Ag Days and the winning ticket was 7121! This ticket was purchased by Carrie Denbow. Carrie has been contacted and has claimed her prize. Carrie took home $12,775.00. Thank you to everyone who purchased 50/50 tickets at the show – your support of our Ag Related Chairities is phenomenol. We are proud to donate the money back into the communities where our exhibitors and patrons live.
The 2019 Ag Days Gives Back Recipients were:
Community Improvement – Local Community Infrastructure Upgrades and Improvements
Central Community Club Inc. $5000
Community Improvement – Ag and Heritage
Rapid City Museum Inc. $4000
Cypress River Agricultural Society Inc. $1000
Community Improvement – Safety and Emergency Services
RM of Whitehead Fire Department $5000
Education and Leadership – Agricultural Youth Education
Agriculture in the Classroom -Manitoba $8000
ACC Diploma Scholarship – Amber McNish $1000
U of M’s Diploma Scholarship –Megan Major $1000
U of M’s Degree Scholarship – Annabelle Calcott $1000
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Education and Leadership – Agricultural Youth Education
ACC Diploma Scholarship – Amber McNish $1000
U of M’s Diploma Scholarship –Megan Major $1000
U of M’s Degree Scholarship – Annabelle Calcott $1000
Education and Leadership – Agricultural Youth Education
Agriculture in the Classroom -Manitoba $8000
