Zak’s Construction Group donates thousands to make new home accessible

Zak’s Building Group is making a donation that’s pulling at the owner’s heartstrings.

The company is donating over $100,000 to renovate a newly-purchased home for people living with disabilities in Hague.

Chad Zacharias, chief construction officer with the company, said one of his aunts is living in the home.

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“We saw the need, and we decided to decided to act on it,” he said.

Zacharias spoke about the donation at Zak’s Home Hardware new store location on 51st Street in Saskatoon, on Thursday. The donation includes building materials and skilled labour to help complete renovations at the Sunshine Housing-operated home.

“We’re helping them renovate the home into accessible space for new residents that will be coming in and living their near end of life,” Zacharias said.

Sunshine Housing is a non-profit that describes itself as a charitable organization that offers supports for “people experiencing disability,” according to its website.

Zacharias said he wants people to live in a place where they can feel supported and connected.

“Local people support us, and that’s the most important part of it,” he said. “We have to give back to the people that support us, and I think it’s a reciprocal thing.”

Renovations began on the home when Sunshine Housing took possession on April 1.

Zacharias hopes the renovations will have a lasting impact for decades to come.

“This one hits close to home,” he said.

Zak’s Home Hardware celebrates new store grand opening on 51st Street

Zacharias spoke about the donation at the grand opening of their new location in Saskatoon on 51st Street in Saskatoon.

Zak’s Home Hardware closed its location in Sutherland after 70 years. It’s new location opened in December.

“We could see some of the inefficiencies creeping in, and a lot of our customers were either shopping in both stores or had migrated over to the bigger store on 51st,” said Lance Zacharias, the company’s chief financial officer said in March.

The store was also seriously damaged when a care plowed through the former location on Central Avenue.