Amid chaotic circumstances, Sunday was an exciting day for Marlee Moospoos and her two young children.
“I’m excited…really excited,” she said.
The three are among the 800 evacuees who had the chance to attend Sunday’s Roughrider game because of a donation from the Saskatchewan Roughrider Association and the Red Cross.
It is the largest evacuation the province has ever seen. The Red Cross is actively working to find way to entertain the thousands in their care.
“…Yes, the entertainment part is the most important beacause I know for a fact their minds are back at home, worried about what’s going on,” said Gerald Ballentine, a volunteer at Evraz Place.
There are 5,600 evacuees are receiving assistance from Red Cross across the province.
"...The basic needs of the evacuees are provided for as the same as our shelters currently operating in our province with items such as cots, blankets, hygeince kits and meals to help people as comfrotabel as possible....", said Cindy Fuchs, director of the Canadian Red Cross in Saskatchewan.
The Red Cross says that Saskatchewan 1,500 spaces remaining for evacuees. They will partner with the Saskatchewan government to evaluate where the next group will go.
"...There is a number of things they have to look at, not just beds or locations, there's other services and whether they can actually provide all those services that are required...It's quite complex. ...." Fuchs said.
Compassion for evacuees is going a long way in a complex situation.
"...The other thing to be, to note, families and communites want to stay together so that's anotehr variable. When we we're evacuating soem families from La Ronge....of course it would be great to keep most of those communities together. So then they have community support while they've been evacuated...." Fuchs said.
