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The family of Gene Krepakevich, longtime Yorkton educator and community advocate, beloved husband of Gladys, sadly announced his passing Saturday, September 9, 2022 at the Regina General Hospital. He was 85 years of age.

In the past two years Gene and Gladys set up the Krepakevich Fund for Families with the Yorkton and District Community Foundation to provide annual grants to a local charity for projects that support families in need. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Yorkton & District Community Foundation Inc. for the Krepakevich Fund for Families (c/o Box 304 Yorkton, SK S3N 2W1) are requested by the family.

Gene Krepakevich obituary

Donation form to be completed and sent to Box 304 Yorkton, SK S3N 2W1

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More about the Krepakevich Fund for Families

Kia Communities in Motion announced nine charities and non-profits across the country that have been selected to receive funding in the program’s inaugural year, including projects in Yorkton and Kamsack submitted by the Yorkton and District Community Foundation.

This comes on the heels of the program’s announcement in December where Kia Canada, in partnership with Community Foundations Canada (CFC), launched Kia Communities in Motion, a grassroots endeavour to invest $1.4M over four years to support local projects that are building inclusive communities through innovative programming that encourages movement.

Nine projects have been selected from coast-to-coast-to-coast, including the two in Yorkton and area:

• Bridging Service Collaborative, a program of SaskAbilities and Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours (SIGN), which will assist those in crisis situations through supports such as overnight accommodation, access to emergency food or emergency transportation;
• Kici Anishinabek Kananakachiwewat Community Service Cooperative of Cote First Nation, an elders group which is starting a language and culture institute to preserve their First Nation heritage through the teachings of their native language and cultural practices to the community youth, based in Kamsack.

Much more information about this program >