This Monday (May 16, 2016), Krakit will donate 20 percent of all ticket sales collected in the previous week to the Red Cross’s Fort McMurray appeal. Krakit Escape Room thanks all of its players for their contributions to the donation. To make a further cash contribution, visit the Red Cross here: www.redcross.ca/fort-mcmurray-fires.
Although the fire has begun to move away from the town and into wildland, the journey for Fort Mac’s people is still just beginning. As the evacuees face massive questions like how to start anew in a different place, how to jump into new careers, and how to salvage the infrastructure of an entire town, Krakit joins millions of other Canadians in helping to provide the funds for the more concrete task of replacing lost homes, vehicles, and possessions.
In addition to making cash donations, small Canadian businesses across Canada have been finding other, inventive approaches to helping the folks from Fort Mac out. Here are just a few:
- Anyone who lost their prescription glasses to the fire can get a replacement pair from Urban Vision and Optometrists in Edmonton.
- Also from Edmonton comes one of the most inventive approaches to keeping Fort Mac spirits up: a strip club is offering free lap dances to evacuees.
- Celiac sufferers can go to Kinnikinnick Fresh for a $50 voucher for gluten-free food.
- As the fire has come at the end of the school year, hair stylist Lisa Byrne of Newfoundland has collected hundreds of prom dresses to ship to graduates in Alberta.
- Everyone across the country can by a “Fort Mac Strong” or “Alberta Strong” pillow from Lethbridge-based company Décor Out The Door, with 100 percent of profits going to the cause.
Krakit Vancouver Escape Room challenges all other small businesses, especially those in the Lower Mainland, to pitch in for the people of Fort Mac, who will continue to need our support for months to come.
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