The Yorkton Farm Toy is back for its 35th year as it takes place from 9 to 5 today at the Yorkton Auction Centre.
Featuring dozens of exhibitors from around Western Canada, there are hundreds of farm toys that are up for sale at the event which kicked off with a great first day yesterday. 100% of the proceeds from the event go to those in need and this year, all the funds will go to Adriaan. He's a basketball-loving, young man who lives in Langenburg with his family.
In April 2022, he suffered a seizure that put him in the hospital where he was intubated into a coma for 3 days. From April to October he suffered many more seizures and the family was told Adriaan had a large tumour on his brain.
In November a biopsy was taken and in December results were shared with the family. The diagnosis was Glioma, a fast-growing cancerous tumour, that is at stage four. Glioma affects vision, creates memory loss, seizures, headaches, a decline in brain function such as critical thinking and understanding information and more.
Adriaan has now just started his six-week, five days a week treatment of radiation in hopes to shrink the tumour and become a cancer survivor.
Kim Mehrer is the owner and organizer of the Yorkton Farm Toy Show and she says they are very happy to be able to give the proceeds from the event to Adriaan's family.
"It's emotional to hear Adriaan's story," said Mehrer. "If we can help out a little bit in some way, it feels like we have done our job.".
New this year is the tractor peddle races for the kids and there are also other activities taking place throughout the day and a canteen will be open. There is no charge to take part.
"It has always been great to work alongside the Yorkton Auction Centre," ended Mehrer.
