Saskatchewan’s Day of Caring has raised $643,156.30 for the evacuees that were forced to flee their homes due to nearby wildfires.

Over 45 Saskatchewan broadcast stations harnessed the power of radio on Thursday to raise funds for northern wildfire evacuees.

The province-wide Day of Caring radiothon aimed to raise as much awareness and money as possible to help the nearly 10,000 wildfire evacuees to start rebuilding their lives.

Glenn Rogers is the Saskatchewan Content Lead for Golden West Radio. He says listeners had the chance to tune in throughout the day to learn more about the initiative and the people it is supporting.

All of Saskatchewan’s radio stations from Prince Albert south participated, and Rogers adds that the federal government is helping out too.

“The Government of Canada is matching contributions through the Day of Caring. For every dollar that comes in from donors, the government will be matching that.” The reported total does not yet include the Federal Government’s contributions.

Nutrien also stepped up to match donations to the Red Cross, up to $300,000, for a total contributing $343,156.30. All funds raised will go to the Canadian Red Cross Saskatchewan 2025 Wildfire Appeal and then allocated to individual victims from there.

Rogers says similar initiatives have occurred in neighboring provinces Alberta and Manitoba before, but Day of caring is a first of its kind for Saskatchewan.

For those who still wish to donate, they can do so at www.red cross.ca/day of caring.

Participating radio stations and community portals: 

• • CJWW           cjwwradio.com    Saskatoon

• • 98 COOL       98cool.ca              Saskatoon

• • 929 BULL     thebull.ca              Saskatoon

• • 96.3 Cruz FM (CFWD) Saskatoon

• • 94.1 Cruz FM (CFGW) Yorkton

• • GX94 (CJGX) Yorkton

• • Play92 (CHMX) Regina

• • 104.9 the WOLF (CFWF) Regina

• • 620CKRM Regina

• • SaskToday.ca

• • MooseJawToday.ca

• • SaskAgToday.ca

• • SportsCage.com

• • Saskatchewan Country 1050 CJNB (The Battelfords)

• • Saskatchewan Country 102.3 CJNS(Meadow Lake)

• • Saskatchewan Country 900 CKBI (Prince Albert)

• • Today’s Best Country CJVR FM(Melfort)

• • Power 99(Prince Albert)

• • Q98 (The Battlefords)

• • 750 BEACH Radio (Melfort)

• • Prince Albert’s 101.5 BEACH Radio

• • The Battleford 93.3 BEACH Radio.

• • BattlefordsNOW.com, MeadowLakeNOW.com, PANOW.com, NorthEastNOW.com, LaRongeNOW.com, SaskNOW.com

• • Pure Country 92.7 (Regina)

• DiscoverMooseJaw.com

• 800 CHAB (Moose Jaw)

• Country 100 (Moose Jaw)

• MIX 103.9 (Moose Jaw)

• SwiftCurrentOnline.com

• Country 94 (Swift Current)

• Magic 97.1 (Swift Current)

• CKSW 570 (Swift Current)

• CJSN 1490 (Shaunavon)

• DiscoverHumboldt.com

• Bolt 107 (Humboldt)

• DiscoverWeyburn.com

• Country 106.7 (Weyburn)

• Magic 103.5 (Weyburn)

• AM1190 (Weyburn)

• DiscoverEstevan.com

• CJ1150 (Estevan)

• Country 106.1 (Estevan)

• SUN 102.3 (Estevan)

• WestCentralOnline.com

• Country 104.9 (Kindersley)

• CFYM (Kindersley)

• CJYM (Rosetown)

• 98 CKHD (Assiniboia)