Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Vanier student companies donate to charities

The Olympia Bath Products company, comprised of
six Vanier Collegiate students in the Entrepreneur 30
class, shows off some of the products they sold on
Jan. 23, 2014. The company donated approximately
$500 to the Moose Jaw Transition House. (From left):
Riley Arseneau,  vice-president of human resources,
Analena Harden, vice-president of marketing and sales,
Kathryn Markewich, vice-president of production, and Tori
Beattie, vice-president of finance. Not shown: Savana
Shanoski, president, and Amber Abbott, shareholder.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Ever since first selling their product at the Whistlestop Craft Show, student-run company Olympia Bath Products ran smoothly.

“We knew that it was going to be a large audience so we had to make a lot of product and when we first started doing that, we were kind of getting frustrated,” said Vanier Collegiate student Kathryn Markewich, vice-president of production. “We had so much product made, but we weren’t making any income, any revenue. So we got to Whistlestop and we just had our hopes up that we would sell and do great and we did.

“We sold almost $1,000 worth of product and that really bumped us up and made us realize we had a good product on our hands. So we were really motivated from that point on.”

The company was one of two student companies in the Entrepreneur 30 class at Vanier Collegiate that donated to charities on Thursday.

Read more