Saskatchewan artist featured on Purolator limited-edition holiday box
2022 holiday box collection showcases local talent and supports Saskatchewan food banks
TORONTO, Nov. 1, 2022 /CNW/ - Today Purolator unveiled its 2022 limited-edition holiday box designs that celebrate emerging Canadian artists, including Saskatchewanian Gabrielle Giroux. Once again, last year's artists each nominated a local artist to design the holiday boxes.
The unique boxes provide a festive way to ship during the holidays. This year's collection spotlights the diverse ways families and communities eat, drink and celebrate the season together.
Giroux is a proud Déné woman from Hatchet Lake First Nation and the owner of Encore Graphics in Saskatoon, Sask. Having completed a diploma in graphic design, she is also earning her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Saskatchewan.
"This design features the northern area of Saskatchewan – which is rarely showcased – and the Athabasca Denesuline culture," said artist Gabrielle Giroux. "Holiday traditions include hunting caribou, fishing, making dry meat and the sharing of one's harvests. The remoteness of the communities in northern Saskatchewan results in high grocery prices and difficulty getting fresh foods. This makes country foods very important for food security for the Denesuline. By feeding everyone in the community in need, and sharing meals together, the community relationships are strengthened and the holiday spirit shines."
Saskatchewanian artists, Emily M. Kohlert and Chris Morin, have also been featured on past Purolator holiday boxes.
As part of this year's campaign, Purolator is donating $5,000 to Food Banks of Saskatchewan through its Purolator Tackle Hunger® program. This is to help ensure that everyone in Saskatchewan has access to nutritious meals during the holidays. Since 2003, the grassroots program has delivered more than 18 million pounds of food to Canadian food banks.
The Food Banks of Saskatchewan serves all food banks within the province. The 36 food banks support approximately 40,000 people each month. Donations are used to purchase food for hampers and for the transportation of food across the province.
"All of the 36 food banks we support across the province are seeing an increase in visitors. The rising costs of living are impacting so many people," said Michael Kincade, Executive Director, The Food Banks of Saskatchewan. "The critical help from this campaign and our community supporters goes to purchasing food for hampers and for transportation of food across the province."
All holiday boxes are available nationwide at Purolator Shipping Centres and select Mobile Quick Stop locations. For more information on the artists and how Purolator is delivering for the holidays, visit purolator.com/holidayspirit.
Purolator Inc. is Canada's leading integrated freight, package and logistics solutions provider. Celebrating over 60 years of delivering its customers' promises, Purolator continues to expand its reach and renowned service levels and reliability to more people, more businesses and more places across the country and around the world. Purolator is proud of its Canadian heritage and is focused on sustainably positioning itself for future growth and success. Purolator is also committed to contributing to the well-being of the communities it serves and where more than 14,000 of its employees live, work and play.
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Media contact: Courtney Reistetter, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Purolator, 416 407-5424, [email protected]
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