Cameco Announces $19,000 for Local Mental Health Initiatives

(Blind River, Ontario, Canada – October 10, 2023) – Organizations working on mental health initiatives in the Blind River area are invited to apply to the Cameco Fund for Mental Health starting today.

The second annual Blind River Refinery Cameco Charity Golf Tournament raised $17,000 for the Cameco Fund for Mental Health. This amount, along with donations, brings the total fund to $19,000.

“We have an amazing community that came together with us to raise these funds,” said Terry Davis, general manager of Cameco’s Blind River Refinery. “And we know these funds will go on to help support the important work being done by local organizations to address mental health needs through services and programming.”

The Cameco Fund for Mental Health is established through the Saskatoon Community Foundation. Applications for funding will be adjudicated by a panel that includes local mental health professionals and representatives from Cameco. The grant program is open to registered charities, non-profits, and organized groups. The deadline for online applications is 5 p.m. on November 2, 2023.

All funds will be disbursed to organizations undertaking projects that promote or protect mental health in the Blind River area. 

For more information on applying to the Cameco Fund for Mental Health, please visit https://saskatooncommunityfoundation.ca/grants/cameco-fund-for-mental-health-ontario/ or call 306-665-1766.

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Cameco is one of the largest global providers of the uranium fuel needed to energize a clean-air world. Our competitive position is based on our controlling ownership of the world’s largest high-grade reserves and low-cost operations. Utilities around the world rely on our nuclear fuel products to generate safe, reliable, carbon-free nuclear power. Our shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. Our head office is in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

For more information please contact:

Sara Forsey
Cameco Fuel Services Division
Sustainability & Stakeholder Relations 

905.800.2023

Sara_forsey@cameco.com