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Storyteller, volunteer and medical advocate Brittany Caffet is this year’s winner of the Sterling Award, which was announced at the Silver Spoon Dinner at TCU Place on Monday.
Since 1991 the Sterling Award has recognized women who have enhanced the quality of life in Saskatoon and surrounding area through outstanding volunteerism.
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Caffet was honoured for her years of service as a board member with Ability in Me (AIM), which ensures individuals with Down syndrome have the support and opportunities they need to reach their full potential.
Her volunteerism doesn’t end there. Caffet has also been a tireless advocate for childhood heart diseases.
Caffet said her desire to help medical families stemmed from her own experience. Her son Henry, who was born in 2019, was diagnosed with both Down syndrome and a severe heart defect.
“I don’t think I had ever felt more alone. We stayed at Ronald McDonald House and I felt alone. In those moments, I think that is what led me to try and ensure that other families going through the same thing didn’t feel the way I had felt,” Caffet said.
“I’m very grateful to be recognized in this way.”
Caffet has worked closely with the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital and the Heart and Stroke Foundation, raising awareness for childhood heart disease. Through the Little Wonders Family Program, she has supported other families facing difficult diagnoses with compassion and strength.
Passionate about the stories that can be found in her home province, Caffet works as a feature storyteller for Rawlco Radio. She is the writer and voice behind the chart-topping true-crime podcast The Shell Lake Massacre. In 2025, she launched The Remarkable Klara Belkin, a powerful true story about a Saskatchewan woman’s escape from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Second World War.
The Silver Spoon event, organized by the Congregation Agudas Israel Jewish community, supports Saskatoon Interval House and Ronald McDonald House.
