When Kimberly Parent, owner of Saskatoon Salsa, a Trusted Saskatoon Directory partner contacted us about collaborating for a Saskatoon Valentines Day giveaway, we knew we could bring the Trusted Saskatoon community together to put together something great! Like pieces of the puzzle, our local Saskatoon community of trustworthy businesses came together to create an awesome prize package!
Did you wait on making Valentines Day plans for you and your sweetheart, and need some help avoiding a disaster?! We've got your back, bro.
SIMPLY follow the 2 steps below and Enter to win :
1.Comment on Facebook to let us know what your Valentines Day will resort to if you DON'T win.
FAST FOOD IN A PARKING LOT?
NETFLICKS FOR ONE ..bring a tissue!
2. Like our trustedsaskatoon.com facebook page!
It's that easy, folks!We can't wait to hear what you hope you're NOT doing on Valentines Day :) The harder we laugh, the more likely you are to win. Winner will be chosen on Thursday, February 11th, 2016.
All jokes aside, from our community to yours, we hope that you feel the love on February 14th! Thanks for being such an important part of what we do.
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The Trusted Saskatoon TeamThe Trusted Saskatoon Directory team always try to do something for the Saskatoon community, we are committed to helping where we can, but especially at Christmas
On Dec 21st a Trusted Saskatoon Facebook post revealed our cunning plan in full!
Trusted Saskatoon fans on Facebook had been enjoying 5 weeks of giveaways to celebrate the new website. & contests to celebrate reaching 7000 FacebookFans- but this the 8th contest and this time they weren’t going to be the winners....
We love a good rhyme .......
“ Saskatoon... Christmas eve is drawing near Part 8 of our give away is becoming clear.
The Trusted Saskatoon teams Christmas spirit is strongWe could pick 1 person to benefit, but feel that would be wrong So we ask YOU Saskatoon to tell us WHO is in need?
We will select a recipient not based on GREED
A charity, group or family we can gift this year
$700 dollars for them to use or to share.
Please share your thoughts and tell us a reason
Why YOUR nomination should benefit this Christmas season! “
The response was amazing, although some what overwhelming too, as we ONLY had $700 to donate to worthy people or organizations!
HOW AWESOME IT WAS to receive 4 additional donations!
1 from an single mother who wished to remain anon
3 from Trusted Saskatoon partners of $100 each- thank you to:
So,who did we choose and how?
WE AGONIZED over every nomination - but in the end decided to split the $1100 pot 11 ways equally and choose who we thought would benefit most
If we had more, believe us, everyone would have been helped, but we know less than $100/ recipient wouldn’t have made much of an impact! $100 for a family for example is a turkey and all the trimmings on Xmas day for 6+ people
The RECIPIENTS for Trusted Saskatoon’s ANNUAL December Christmas eve comfort are :
‘ organizations’
- Oskāyak High school - $100 donation GC for winter clothes fund for teens - we will be raising more awareness for this after New Year as so needed for this age group!
- Saskatoon Interval house - $100 Walmart GC for personal hygiene items, diapers and grooming items left behindin their urgency.
- Hands on Outreach Saskatoon - $100 Walmart GC - a wonderful grass roots organization in Saskatoon teaching real skills to youth in our city
- Saskatoon Cancer Clinic’s Playroom - $100 Donation ( TBD)- we have friends with cancer, we know kids with cancer- enough said
‘People’ nominated - we will contact individually and will not disclose full names or details.- just to say they will appreciate the $100 help this Christmas.
- Rhonda- Sponsored by anon single mom donor - $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact )
- Tammy - Sponsored by Perfection Plumbing $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact)
- Gail - sponsored by Curtis $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact)
- Deb - sponsored by Solange $100 Superstore GC ( we will contact)
‘OTHER'
- Parkridge Centre - TBD - we want to bring some Christmas into the lives of their residents young and old on Christmas Eve
- A refugee family from Syria - TBD ( $100 Walmart GC)
- Homeless men - $10 Timmies Gift Card x 10 men - they DO get forgotten !!
This November we are running a Trusted Saskatoon Facebook contest event to celebrate reaching 7000 Trusted Saskatoon Facebook fans - we have already sent Sara, a Trusted Saskatoon fan & her guest to the recent Kevin Hart show in Saskatoon. It was a fantastic show, and we know she had a super time!!!
On Monday we launched the 2nd like, share and comment contest for fans of our page , and it was seen by over 34,500 people in and around Saskatoon!
Now we are thrilled to announce our 2nd winner - this lucky fan has won VIP Tickets to the Sold out Steep Panther show in Saskatoon Nov 20th.
We select winners via software - so it is absolutely fair , and we have the video below of the selection!!
The winner has been a long time Trusted saskatoon fan too!! They know for sure that it ALWAYS pays to be a fan of Trusted Saskatoon!
Our next contest and prize will be announced on Monday, please be sure to like the Trusted Saskatoon Facebook page and follow the instructions, as many people didn't qualify to win as they either weren't fans of the page or hadn't liked , commented and shared on the post !
Wow time sure flies when you are having fun ! TrustedSaskatoon.com celebrated 4 years on June 1st 2011 as did the Trusted Saskatoon Facebook page. ( read the article here). TrustedSaskatoon.com launched our new look website Nov 4th and with over 220,000 of you already passing through our virtual doors, we are the number 1 most visited online directory by the people of Saskatoon.
Our team are thrilled to work with and promote so many of the best businesses in Toon town! Of course if we didn't have the support of our amazing fans we wouldn't be where we are today, so we wanted to thank YOU by having another one of our HUGE contests to celebrate!
7 for 7000 super Saskatoon give away!
Over the course of the next 3 weeks we will be giving away 7 prizes, starting with today - when Sara Doerksen won a pair of great tickets to see Kevin Hart in Saskatoon after our first like and share contest winner was announced!
Our next prize winner will be announced on Thursday, this luck fan will party like a ROCK STAR, they will win 2 VIP tickets to the SOLD OUT STEEL PANTHER Show at O'Briens Event Centre, Saskatoon. ..then we will give away 5 more prizes next week . Every time we reach 1000 more fans, we will give away the same number of prizes , 8 for 8000, 9 for 9000 and so on ...it really does pay to be a FAN of TrustedSaskatoon.com!
Beyond our great contest, it's a really smart thing to do, as you will also have easy access to all our news, helpful tips, videos and advice from the wonderful locally owned and accountable Trusted Saskatoon businesses. Articles for everyone, from all walks of life and covering every interest from road safety trips to the trendiest hair styles.
The Trusted team also supports the
Saskatoon community as much as possible, through donations, time and help with their marketing and spreading the word to our fans about how they can help, be involved and support non profits and groups in the city we LOVE!
Thank you for your continued support Saskatoon!
Reed Security believes when you become a client you will be entering into a relationship – one they want to grow and become long term...they work hard to meet all your Saskatoon Alarm & security needs from day one!
REED SECURITY are Trusted and they are recipients of 2 x 2012 SABEX AWARDS - these Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce awards recognize excellence in business.
Trusted Saskatoon Security expert from Reed Sucurity tip on Theft
from their Trusted Saskatoon Security Blog
Can you outsmart a Thief?
All About Theft
- 66% of break-in's are forced entry and forced entry attempts
- 34% of break-in's are unlawful entry (without force)
- In 2014, Saskatchewan had 8506 break-in's (164/week)
- Break-in's occur in all areas of the City - not just the "bad areas"
- Most Home break-in's occur when you are at work or travelling (daytime)
- Most Business break-in's occur when you are at home (evening and weekends)
- Cabin's and Lake properties are especially attractive
- 98% of break-in's occur though main floor doors and windows (often unlocked)
- Thieves target the Master Bedroom
- Thieves steal:
- Cash and Credit Cards
- Jewelry Designer clothes and sunglasses
- Electronics such as TV's, Stereos, Computers, Video Game systems, Smartphones and Tablets
- Tools
- Sporting Goods
- Cars and Trucks or the contents in them
- Building Materials Alcohol and Prescription drugs
- Your Identity
How to Prevent Theft
- Use Common Sense
- If you lose a key, get the locks changed.
- Ask all strangers for identification.
- Never hide an extra key outdoor - especially underneath a mat or on top of a light fixture. This is the first place the bad guys look. Leave an extra house key with a friend or a neighbor.
- DO NOT advertise on Facebook or other social media that you are on vacation. If you want to post photos, then do it when you get home.
- For insurance purposes take photos of the contents of your home.
- Keep all receipts in a safe and easy to find location.
- Write down the model and serial number of all electronics.
- Make it Difficult
- Door chains are easy to bypass.
- Install deadbolts. Install a stopper or stick on all sliding doors and windows.
- Install window bars on all basement windows.
- Make sure all doors and windows are properly locked.
- Keep your premises well lit at night.
- Install timers that turn lights on at different times. This gives the appearance that someone is home.
- Install a monitored Home Security system
- 400% less likely to have a break-in.
- up to 25% insurance discount.
- optional ALARM.COM with automatic lights.
- In case you do have a break-in:
- If it looks like a door or window was forced open, DO NOT go inside. The Burglar may still be on site.
- Call the Police from your cellular phone or from a neighbor's house and wait.
