Donation targets food insecurity

PRESS RELEASE MAY 22, 2026

The Brandon-Westman Christmas Cheer Registry, Inc. would like to thank the Honorable Glen Simard, MLA for Brandon East, and the Manitoba Government for its recent $500,000 donation from US liquor sales and for targeting food insecurity in Westman. The provincial donation was received on May 1, 2026.

Since then, the Registry has disbursed $275,000 to seven local charities (Brandon Payout Report) and $125,000 to 38 rural Christmas Cheer Boards and food bank organizations (Rural Payout Report)

We sourced this information from our list of Christmas Cheer Boards and a list of foodbanks from Prairie Mountain Health. The rural portion of the funding was distributed based on the recent number of families served in each case.

It is worth noting that more than 20,000 families in the rural area receive food hampers from Christmas Cheer and food banks annually. On behalf of the provincial government, the Registry congratulates each organization on receiving this additional funding and wishes them success in their missions.