Community Involvement

Royal Ford is proud to partner with different organizations on events with positive impact to the community. Below are just some of the sponsorships we had in the past.

WE SCARE HUNGER 2024 - October 28 to November 1, 2024

Royal Auto Group, in collaboration with local schools - including St. Michael's School, M.C. Knoll School, St. Paul's School, Yorkdale Central School, St. Alphonsus School, Columbia School, St. Mary's School, Dr. Brass School, Yorkton Nursery School Co-operative, Sacred Heart High School, and Yorkton Regional High School - is continuing the annual "We Scare Hunger" Food Drive.

This year, our goal is to collect at least 2,000 lbs of non-perishable food items.

From October 28th (Monday) to November 1st (Friday), we invite you to drop off your non-perishable food donations at any participating school, as well as at Royal Ford or Royal Honda. Every donation will support THE SOUP HAVEN, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing nutritious lunches to over 250 local school children each day.

Your contributions will make a significant difference in our community! Together, we can truly "scare hunger" away!

44th Annual Terry Fox Run in Yorkton

Fire Up for Terry Fox - 2nd Annual Mustang Showcase and BBQ Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2nd Annual Fire Up for Terry Fox - Mustang Showcase & BBQ Fundraiser last Saturday, September 14, 2024.  It was a fantastic day filled with incredible Mustangs, great food, and a strong sense of community.

A special shoutout to our judges, Carey Gleason, Jason Popowich, and Yorkton City Councillor Quinn Haider, for their support and expertise.

Congratulations to our winners:

• Most Unique Winner: Vaughn Cross - 1966 Mustang Coupe
• Loudest Engine Winner: Jayden Dozorec - 1992 Mustang GT
• Best Vintage Winner: Todd Dixon - 1970 Mustang Shelby GT 500
• People's Choice Winner: Todd Dixon - 1970 Mustang Shelby GT 500

Thank you also to the Yorkton Jamaican Community for their amazing BBQ and everyone who came out to support this cause.

Together, we raised an impressive $1,237.80 from this event for the Terry Fox Foundation! Your contributions will make a significant impact in the fight against cancer.

We can't wait to see you all next year for more fun and community spirit!

Community Appreciation Day - Yorkton Aquabatix Fundraiser

BBQ Fundraiser for Parkland Filipino Canadian Association Corp

"WE SCARE HUNGER" Campaign

2023 Yorkton Terry Fox Run

The annual Terry Fox Run in Yorkton was held on Sunday, September 17, 2023 to help raise funds for cancer research. There were approximately 85 participants and we raised $4,065 from both online and in-person donations as well as t-shirt sales. Thank you to everyone who came out and donated! Thank you also to all the volunteers who helped make the event run smoothly. See you all again next year!

Fire Up for Terry Fox

Royal Auto Group's BBQ Grill

Do you need a BBQ for your upcoming community event/fundraiser? 

Royal Auto Group is here to help!

Our Royal Auto Group BBQ is custom-built to serve our community and surrounding areas. Our BBQ has supported various events such as school BBQs, pancake breakfasts, Fire Department fundraisers, sporting events, and many more. 

To reserve our BBQ for your event, please email either Jane Jalmanzar, our Marketing Strategist at jane@royalford.ca, or Randi Jones, our Marketing Assistant at randi@terryortynsky.com. 

ADVISORY: Please note that the BBQ grill will be temporarily unavailable for community events from November 2024 until April 2025. It will be available again starting May 2025. 

Earth Electrified Event

On Saturday, April 22, 2023, our first ever Earth Day - Earth Electrified event - took place!

The main objective of this event was to celebrate Earth Day with a BBQ Fundraiser for Sask Abilities Yorkton. We also had the opportunity to give our customers the riveting experience of an electric vehicle with having our in-stock electric vehicles available for test drives. The EVs we had available were the Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium, Ford Mustang Mach-E GT, and a Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid. 

The result? Royal Ford was able to raise over $300 for Sask Abilities Yorkton! Thank you to all of you for your contributions. 

Royal Ford Yorkton would like to express our gratitude to Randy Goulden, Yorkton City Councillor for gracing us with her presence on behalf of City Council and bringing greetings to the event. Goulden gave a powerful message and emphasized the importance of being environmentally conscious.  

We would also like to thank our EV customers Greg Hall, Saskatchewan's first Ford Mach-E owner and Kelly Kim Rea, Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid owner for attending and sharing their experiences with their electric vehicles. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the stories and knowledge that they shared. 

Thank you all for supporting our Earth Electried event! Royal Auto Group is committed to doing our part in helping make our community a better place to live in. #EarthElectrified #HelpSaveMotherEarth #RoyalAutoGroupCares 

For more details and highlights from our Earth Electrified event, check out Yorkton This Week’s News Features below!

Royal Auto Group Highlights Electric Vehicles for Earth Day

Royal Auto to Celebrate Earth Day

2022 "WE SCARE HUNGER" Food Drive - Another Huge Success

Royal Auto Group’s “We Scare Hunger” campaign was another huge success! We were able to exceed our total from last year by having three times the amount of food items this year. The total amount of non-perishable food items that were donated added up to 2278 kilograms, which is equivalent to 5011 pounds! This wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the 10 participating schools - St. Michael's School, St. Paul's School, Yorkdale Central School, St. Alphonsus School, Columbia School, St. Mary's School, Dr. Brass School, Yorkton Nursery School Co-operative, Sacred Heart High School and Yorkton Regional High School! 

The "We Scare Hunger" campaign is an annual food drive initiated by Ford of Canada. However, because of the pandemic, this program was discontinued in 2020. Royal Auto Group has continued this event once again this year by asking all of the schools in Yorkton to participate. After the schools confirmed their participation, boxes for the food items were dropped off at each participating school and placed at both dealerships. The campaign began on October 24th and ran until October 31st, 2022.

On November 1st and 2nd, Royal Auto Group staff picked up the boxes at each of the respective schools and brought them back to the dealership. Yorkton Nursery School Co-operative joined our campaign again this year and dropped off several boxes of food items at Royal Ford! 

All 5011 pounds of non-perishable food items were then delivered to The Soup Haven on November 4th, 2022. A huge thank you to A&S Transport Ltd for making the delivery to The Soup Haven a smooth process by donating at 15 ft U-Haul for the food items!. 

We are truly grateful and overwhelmed with the amount of food donations the participating schools collected this year! Their efforts and commitment to the campaign did not go unnoticed and we cannot thank them enough. 

Royal Auto Group would also like to thank the following for their contribution to our “We Scare Hunger” campaign this year: Yorkton This Week, FoxFM and GX 94, CMM Digital, Yorkton Chamber of Commerce,  yorktonevents.com, Real Canadian Superstore & Save-On-Foods, Royal Auto Group staff, customers, and everyone who supported the event!

Royal Auto Group Supported the Terry Fox Run 2022

Royal Ford supported the annual community Terry Fox Run in Yorkton held on Sunday, September 18, 2022 to help raise funds for cancer research. The goal was to raise $2,000 and we were overwhelmed that we were able to fundraise more than that! Total amount gathered was $2,250! 78 people participated in the run, and including the volunteers, we had around 90+ people in attendance. Thank you to everyone who participated and supported this event for a cause! We look forward to doing this again next year.

If you'd like to donate, you can visit Terryfox.ca

#TerryFoxRun #ImNotAQuitter #CommunitySupport #EventforaCause

Royal Auto Group Donated $25,000 for Yorkton Brick Mill's Project

The Ortynsky Family and Royal Auto Group proudly support the restoration of the Yorkton Brick Mill. On November 24, 2021, Terry and Linda presented the $25,000 cheque donation to help fund the construction of The Interpretative Station. This station will house displays and educational materials, archival documents and meeting spaces to make the mill a gathering place that welcomes visitors and residents, and tells the story of more than 125 years of Yorkton's and our region's history.

With the business being situated in Yorkton for years, this is Royal Auto Group's way of giving back to the community.

Together, "We Scared Hunger"

Royal Auto Group's "We Scare Hunger" Food Drive turned out to be a huge success. This year, over 650 kilograms of non-perishable food items were donated, and this was made possible with the support of the schools in Yorkton.

"We Scare Hunger" is an annual food drive initiated by Ford of Canada. However, because of the pandemic, this program was discontinued last year. Dealer Principal Terry Ortynsky shared the idea of organizing this event once again, and Jane Jalmanzar from our Marketing Team reached out to the elementary schools in Yorkton. Five schools - St. Michael's, St. Paul's, St. Alphonsus, Yorkdale Central and Columbia School - immediately confirmed their participation. Collection boxes were placed at both Royal Ford and Royal Honda and the respective schools from October 25 to 29. The Yorkton Nursery School Co-operative, upon learning about the food drive, joined in and brought several boxes of food donations to Royal Ford.

"It was really heartwarming to see the kids, parents and teachers all participating. Everybody wanted to contribute to a worthwhile cause. The children really learned how to help so it was great," says Terry.

The food donations were presented to the local food bank, The Soup Haven, on Tuesday, November 9. Marilyn Dyck, Program Director of The Soup Haven said that the donations will be used for their lunch program that feeds over 250 school children a day.

Royal Auto Group looks forward to supporting this event again next year.