This holiday season, the Moose Jaw Kinsmen is partnering with the Moose Jaw Kinette Club to offer the annual safe ride home program “Kin-Safe Ride.”
The goal of this program is to prevent drinking and driving and is inclusive to individuals, businesses or for events to consider if alcohol is being served.
The program is volunteer run and all proceeds go towards supporting local facilities, sports groups, parks, equipment, TeleMiracle, and more.
“We want to ensure that the roads are safe, especially through the holiday season. We get hired by businesses for corporate Christmas parties or events and our job is to sit there and offer safe rides home to people. We also take their vehicle home if need be for a tip,” explains Allen Proust, co-chairman for the Moose Jaw Kinsmen and Kinette Club.
The program aids in giving the public more options for a safe ride home.
“They can always call a friend or a cab, but if you have a dedicated person sitting there at your party it leaves no excuse for anyone to get into their vehicle and drive home after drinking,” said Proust.
“We are here for any event where individuals require a safe ride home service. We are open for hire and we have got all of our staff set up to drive and lots of volunteer’s as well,” he said.
The service is not just limited to Moose Jaw but is also offered to all those in a 100 km radius for an out of town rate.
“We have done events at Buffalo Pound or communities close to Moose Jaw, such as the Rowletta Civic Centre. If someone lives out on a farm 20 minutes out of town, of course we are not going to refuse them a safe ride home; we just hope they tip accordingly,” said Proust.
Initially the Kinsmen Club specifically started offering the safe ride home program in the early 2000’s.
“Over the years, we have seen more of a demand for the service and we felt it was a good idea to partner with the Kinette’s to have a bigger pool of volunteers to drive,” continued Proust.
“We have many groups that we sponsor on a yearly rotation. We contribute to some of them with sponsorships and funding so they can continue to run events.”
Bookings can be made by emailing mjkinsaferide@gmail.com . For inquiries please call (306) 631-8893.
For more information check out the Moose Jaw Kinsmen Facebook Page.
