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Ag Days Gives Backs 2025 Recipients
Ag Days Gives Backs 2025 Recipients
Manitoba Ag Days enters its second decade of investing in rural communities and agriculture education through the Ag Days Gives Back program. 100% of the funds raised through the Manitoba Ag Days 50/50 are used to support K-12 ag education, post secondary ag education and community organizations throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This represents a commitment of over half a million dollars since the program’s inception in 2013.
Our fifteen 2025 Community Grant Recipients include a wide variety of types of non-profit organizations. Each recipient was awarded $2000 toward the completion of their project.
| Organization | Project funded |
| YWCA Westman | Operating call and text support lines for those experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, particularly in rural, northern and remote areas |
| Samaritan House Ministries Inc. | Purchase 3000 dozen eggs (2 month supply) |
| RM Of Fisher/Fisher Fire Department | Fire wells and pumps |
| Winnipegosis Minor Hockey Association | Storage space for equipment |
| Russell Flying Club | Update aging fuelling system |
| Rosenort Fire Department | Drone with Thermal imaging for Search and Rescue |
| Boissevain/Morton Cherry Creek Place | Stairway chair lift |
| Glenella Fire Department | Human Rescue Basket |
| Oak Lake District Arena | New chairs, eating area and deep fryer |
| Reston Rec Plex | Redo the seating area |
| Roland Fire Department | Light weight generator |
| Sandy Lake Fire Department | Stokes Rescue Basket Stretcher |
| Souris Glenwood Community Garden Inc. | Community Garden Fence and Irrigation System |
| Waskada Parent Advisory Council | Birds nest swing for the Waskada School playground |
| Maryfield Recreation Board | Wheelchair accessible bathroom upstairs |
This year the scholarship criteria expanded to include any post secondary education and training related to agriculture. The recipients of the 2025 Ag Days Gives Back Scholarships of $2000 each were:
Sweet Aurestelle Selma – Assiniboine College
Zoey Murray – University of Manitoba
Gideon Hamstra – University of Manitoba
Manitoba Ag Days also awarded the Education and Leadership Grant in the amount of $15,000 to Agriculture in the Classroom – Manitoba.
Applications for the next round of Ag Days Gives Back grants and scholarships will open in the fall and be awarded at the 2026 show, which runs from Tuesday, January 20 – Thursday, January 22, 2026. A huge thank you goes out to everyone who supported the 50/50 at the 2025 show. The 2025 jackpot was $185,370 which means the winners, Faith, Ken and Melissa, took home $92,685! It also means that the Ag Days Gives Back fund can have a larger community impact than ever before. We look forward to investing these funds in the communities where our exhibitors and patrons live.
For more information or the latest updates please visit https://www.agdays.com/ or follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok @mbagdays.
For all media inquiries please contact:
Teresa Hildebrand – Media Coordinator at (204) 526-0574 media@agdays.com
OR
Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days General Manager at (204)728-4137 coordinator@agdays.com
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