Fundraiser Projects

The Rosetown Photography Club has had several fundraiser projects to raise money for the Club.

In 2001, the negatives from Ritchie Studio, a photo studio which operated in Rosetown and Biggar between 1969 and 1992, were donated to the Rosetown Photography Club. Club members spent several years cataloging the more than 7,000 envelopes to create an alphabetized database. The objective is to return the negatives to the people in exchange for a donation to the Club. If you have had portraits taken during this time (wedding, graduation, family, baby) please contact the club to see if they have your negatives.

Boxes of Negatives from Ritchie Studios

For the 2005 Rosetown Homecoming, RPC member Don Barbour created a DVD slideshow called Rosetown – a Look Back using scanned images from the Rosetown Archives set to music. The DVDs were sold, at $10 each, at the Homecoming and subsequently from two retail stores downtown. A revision is planned for the July 2009 Rosetown Centennial celebration.





Cover of “Rosetown – a Look Back” DVD








Another DVD slide show, called I Am Saskatchewan, was created by RPC member Stan Hingston for Saskatchewan’s 2005 Centennial. This slide show is based on a poem by the late Frances Scholer of Luseland, Saskatchewan. Photos illustrating each line were selected from hundreds submitted for the project by members of many Saskatchewan camera clubs. Copies of this DVD are still available for $5 + postage.


Label of “I Am Saskatchewan” DVD

Scanning, printing and matting jobs for the Rosetown public is an ongoing fundraising activity.