Masonic Temple puts Clean Your Green over $15,000

Earlier today, the Masonic Memorial Temple, members of South Osborne and neighbors to IBEX Payroll dropped off a donation for $1,000 putting IBEX's fundraising efforts over $15,000 plateau.

Getting Ready for May 15th

Clean Your Green is getting ready for the Big Day - this coming Thursday. Volunteers are being prepped and the IBEX team is madly finishing all the last minute details for the event. We are all getting excited about putting all the finishing touches to the sites.

Regarding Thursday, CYG is excited to announce that MLA Diane McGifford and Mr. Tom Ethans of Take Pride Winnipeg will be attending the Press Conference on May 15th. As a result, we will be hosting:
- MLA Diane McGifford (Province of Manitoba)
- Mayor Sam Katz (City of Winnipeg)
- Councillor Jenny Gerbasi (City of Winnipeg)
- Tom Ethans (Executive Director for Take Pride Winnipeg)
- Darryl Stewart (Head of the Herd at IBEX Payroll Services)

Local MLA Puts Habitat Total Over $11,000

A donation from our MLA, Diane McGifford, put the total raised for Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg over $11,000 today. Thanks Diane!

Work Begins

Today the professionals from St. Mary's Nursery started the major work on the South Osborne Underpass. The Southwest Corner, the Red River Co-Operatives corner, was spruced up with fresh mulch and a stand of the "Karl Foerster" grasses that will be planted on the North Side were added to help tie the two areas together.

This area will not be part of the volunteer project next week, due to safety concerns related to the proximity to the CN main line. Many thanks to St. Mary's Nursery for making that call and doing the hard work in this area.

Fundraising Milestone Reached

We crossed the $10,000 mark in funds raised for Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg today. Many thanks to Unionware, whose donation put us over the mark. So far we have raised $10,000 from 45 different organizations and individuals.

Mayor and Councillor to Join the Herd

The Herd was pumped to find out that Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz will join members of the IBEX Herd and the more than 50 volunteers who will be out on Thursday, May 15, to help transform the South Osborne Underpass into a beautiful, sustainable green space for the visual enjoyment of the more than 40,000 commuters and pedestrians who use the underpass every day.

Mayor Katz will be joined by Jenny Gerbasi, city councillor for the area in celebration of the $50,000 project and to illustrate what can be accomplished when business and community work toward a common goal.

Details of the May 15 clean-up include the removal of infill that will be replaced by about 60 yards of top soil that will be home to the shocks of colour in the form of perennials, shrubs, mulch and concrete garden products. The project is possible thanks to the generosity of local companies who have contributed almost $40,000 in gifts in kind as well as more than $12,000 in funding from the South Osborne Beautification Committee, chaired by Councillor Gerbasi.