Volunteers suggest many of the causes we support, and even the spare change in the box by the till adds up. When you shop, donate or volunteer, you’re part of every gift on this page.
Where the money goes
Giving Back
Everything the SCORE Store earns goes back into Sandy Lake, Clear Lake, Onanole, Rolling River First Nation and Erickson. Here are the gifts we’ve made, year by year.
2026 2 gifts
- Erickson Care Home Recreation From the spare-change box by the till $145
- Erickson Elementary School Student ski trip
2025 1 gift
- Kiddie College A new shed, chosen by our volunteers $750
2024 1 gift
- Leda Lake Eco Park Our flagship project $20,000
2023 5 gifts
- Brandon & Area Community Foundation Endow Manitoba Giving Week $1,000
- Erickson Endowment Fund Endow Manitoba Giving Week $1,000
- Onanole Foundation Endow Manitoba Giving Week $1,000
- Sandy Lake Endowment Fund Endow Manitoba Giving Week $1,000
- Erickson Endowment Makers Market Sponsor
2022 8 gifts
- Community-owned daycare Playground project $2,000
- Erickson Curling Club Commercial kitchen upgrade $2,000
- Erickson Endowment Fund Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge $300
- Onanole Foundation Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge $300
- Sandy Lake Endowment Fund Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge $300
- Ditch Lake Cottage Association New dock at Ditch Lake $250
- Erickson Curling Club fall supper $250
- Sunrise Credit Union community event $250
2021 1 gift
- Erickson Library Three copies of 13 Ways to Kill Your Community
2020 7 gifts
- Erickson Endowment Fund Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge $500
- Onanole Foundation Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge $500
- Sandy Lake Endowment Fund Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge $500
- Erickson Legion Trick-or-treating at the Legion
- Firearms safety (PAL) course Venue and lunch for 12 local people
- Mental Health First Aid course A course to build resilience in our region
- Southquill Food Bank A home for the food bank inside the store
The big one
Leda Lake Eco Park
Our largest project by far. The SCORE Store put $20,000 of its own toward the park and led the fundraising that has brought in hundreds of thousands more from grants, foundations, businesses and families.
See the park
Thank you
Friends of the Score Store
Businesses, groups and neighbours who helped get the store off the ground and keep it going.
Funders & organizations
- Clanwilliam-Erickson Endowment Fund Start-up grant for the till, pricing gun and signage
- Food Rescue Grocery Store (John Howard Society, Brandon) Partner on our Food Rescue mini mart
- Sunrise Credit Union, Sandy Lake Help getting the store started
- Westman Communications Group $500 through #ConnectingWestman
Businesses
- Campbell Moss Photography A washer, dryer, microwave and more
- Jewels of Siam Stools for the store
- Prairie Insulation Donations, ideas and a hand on Saturdays
- Senate Brandon Hangers and racks
Families & friends
- Pat Rousseau More than 1,000 rescued and restored bikes