In 1974, Adam Crossley left $15,604.26 of his estate to serve the people
of Minnedosa and district. With Crossley’s estate and a $100.00 donation
in memory of Maxine Stewart, the Foundation was an
established local charity.
The Minnedosa Town Council appointed James Chipperfield, Ed Taylor,
and Hazel Vellam to the first serving board of the Foundation.
Shortly after the Foundation’s inception in 1975, it created the first
“In Memoriam” donation envelope, a version of which is still
available today to make donations in loved one’s names. Local groups
and people started taking interest in the money the Foundation
was collecting, and that is how the Foundation began giving,
what are now, annual grants.
In the next 30 years, as donations came in slowly, the Foundation tried
to inform the people of Minnedosa and area of its role,
while continuing to give annual grants to local projects and
organizations to better the community.
In 2008, the Foundation sponsored the Minnedosa Homecoming Opening Ceremonies, and began a luncheon to recognize grant recipients each year. It also created annual/semi-annual newsletters, which are still published to date.
Since initial donations in memory of Maxine Stewart and Adam Crossley, the Foundation has relied on the citizens of Minnedosa and area to grow its funds. Historically citizens have made memorial donations, estate donations, and straight tax deductible donations to increase the Foundation’s assets. Today, the Foundation has a wide variety of
donation options you can explore here.
Estate Donations:
| Adam Crossley | $15,604.26 |
| William Burgess | $1,000.00 |
| Art Wilson | $5,000.00 |
| Jack Wareham | $26,846.00 |
| Dora Marsh | $21,956.00 |
| Raymond Girling | $122,619.00 |
| Leonard Averill | $65,673.00 |
| Verna Averill | $1,061,846 |
| Isabel M Stewart | $10,000.00 |
Community Donations of $500 & Over:
| Audrah Caughell | $1,000.00 |
| Ladies Orange BenevolentAssoc. | $600.00 |
| Red River Valley Insurance | $5,000.00 |
| Betty Steffens | $1,050.00 |
| Credit Union Luncheon | $1,125.00 |
| RBC Foundation | $3,000.00 |
| Al Lester | $1,000.00 |
| Pulse Inc. | $2,500.00 |
| Stuart Averill | $2,000.00 |
| Donna Alexander | $500.00 |
| Minnedosa Tribune | $2,217.80 |
| Susan Proven | $1,000.00 |
| Dr. Ajai S. Khandelwal | $145,600.00 |
| Jack Gibbons | $1,500.00 |
| Minnedosa & District Christmas Dinner | $2,890.00 |
| David Tesarowski | $750.00 |
| Bette Paterson | $1,000.00 |
| Minnedosa Chamber of Commerce (for Burgess Family) | $2,000.00 |
| Neil Cameron | $1,000.00 |
| Minnedosa & District Museum & Heritage Village | $2,000.00 |
| Minnedosa Heritage Co-op | $500.00 |
| Dr. Sanjay Khandelwal | $5,000.00 |
| Mrs. Marjorie McLean | $5,000.00 |
| Susan L. Chipperfield & Lawrence Campbell | $1,500.00 |
| Minnedosa Volunteer Fire Fighters (Bill McVey Memory) | $1,000.00 |
| Catherine Wark | $1,000.00 |
| Boyd Walker Grant | $10,000.00 |
| Jean Burton | $1,800.00 |
| Doug & Maxine Laws | $1,600.00 |
| Gary & Jean Garbolinsky | $1,075.00 |
| Gary & Corinne Topham | $575.00 |
| Albert & Edith Parsons | $700.00 |
| Dave Walker | $650.00 |
| Ken & Karen Parenteau | $750.00 |
| Bruce & Lori McNabb | $1,325.00 |
In Memory over $100
| Maxine Stewart | $100.00 |
| Albert Vellum | $127.00 |
| J.W. Menzie | $100.00 |
| Brock Stahan | $125.00 |
| Rick Everett | $2,029.00 |
| Dag Ferguson | $290.00 |
| Mel & Ivy Mummery | $235.00 |
| Craig Stewart | $1,395.00 |
| Jean Wark | $100.00 |
| Jim & Eunice Horn | $740.00 |
| Kirk Woodcock | $1,410.00 |
| Ernie Briese | $120.00 |
| Joseph Marcino | $100.00 |
| Gerald Erickson | $120.00 |
| Larry Bayliss | $125.00 |
| Barb Cook | $150.00 |
| Leonard Wark | $295.00 |
| Carol McCausland | $150.00 |
| Ellen Everett | $200.00 |
| Charlie & Joan Kingdon | $175.00 |
| Keith Robertson | $220.00 |
| Helen Alexander | $100.00 |
| Jim Stevenson | $105.00 |
| Lois Neabel | $365.00 |
| Shirley Delmage | $630.00 |
| Patrick Woodcock | $500.00 |
| Kenneth Harris | $270.00 |
| L. W. Amy | $100.00 |
| Bill McVey | $1,225.00 |
| Bob Robbins | $140.00 |
| Margaret Kingdon | $300.00 |
In Memory Under $100
| Elizabeth St. John | Charlie Delmage |
| K. Stewart | Ron & Don Toovey |
| Milt Campbell | Arla Gowing |
| Joyce Bardsley | Murray Rutledge |
| Mrs. Joselyn Sr. | Claire Reynolds |
| Murray McTavish | Murray Shearer |
| Mabel Carter | Irene Orr |
| Mr. & Mrs. Jack Burgess | C. Cook |
| N. Cameron | Leone Josland |
| Flora Gugin | Annie Brako |
| Tom Bertram | Gordon Boyd |
| Hazel Grant | Irene Chipperfield |
| Joyce Stevenson | Mary Evans |
| Cliff Sneddon | Mrs. Erlendson |
| H. Evans | Ogden Swinson |
| Florence Burgess | Ede Cummins |
| W. Everitt | Helgi Nordal |
| W. Kemble | Irene Evans |
| Les Orr | W. Burgess |
| Allen Bowman | Dorothy Wishart |
| Margaret McLaren | Doris Davies |
| Sam Dillabough | Ernie Scammel |
| Pete Ewasiuk | Wm Hoffman |
| Florence Wilmot | John Johnson |
| Edgar Instance | Ellen McLennan |
| Marj Hopkins | Norrie Rutherford |
| Dick McDonald | R.D. Stewart |
| Connie Alexander | Bert Delmage |
| Judy Walker | Bruno Neufeld |
| Alex McKay | Hilda Goodwin |
| Trish McCallum | Lois Hudon |
| Doreen Lochead | Wayne Currah |
| Ruth Delmage | Phyllis Tolton |
| Ralph Dagg | Dale McFadden |
| George Tomlinson | Alexander Jackson |
| Earl Thompson |
