Roblin items mix store opening toll talks and festival plans
A February 1990 Roblin roundup notes a retail postal outlet planned at the Roblin Food Store to augment the local post office. Town council opposed the outlet amid broader regional notes on phone exchange amalgamation and community events.
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Roblin
Town Counc
MTS
San Clara
Inglis
Grandview
Realty-World Landex
Cory Buleziuk
Campbell's
Parkway Coop
Roblin area notes and community items across decades
A collage of Roblin district items mentions a 1960 school board reconsideration for site choice between the ball park and J. Peats property for Roblin’s new collegiate, 41st annual men’s bonspiel with 42 rinks, and the Roblin Credit Union receiving the Father Benoit Shield in Winnipeg. Other notes cover farm electrification, local obituaries, a hospital donation, price notices, a saw mill accident, tax changes, local trades, and a 1930s market roundup with school arrears debates and community events.
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Intermountains School Division
Roblin
Ball Park
J. Peats
Roblin Credit Union
Father Benoit
Credit Union League
Giving and generosity across Canadian provinces
The text discusses charitable giving as an ongoing habit rooted in Prairie settlers. It cites Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba data showing that small groups of donors contribute large shares of total giving, with percentages and gift ranges illustrating donor concentration and generosity patterns.
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Prairie
Alberta
Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy funding ideas
An author in Brooklyn created a nine-person group called the Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy. Members each received $100 to distribute with a required report at a later gathering. They funded varied projects from student publishing to bikes, pennies, and Haiti aid, inspiring chapters and further generosity.
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Brooklyn
Secret Society For Creative Philanthropy
Haiti
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