The United Way of Saskatoon and Area is celebrating 60 years in 2019 and November has been proclaimed as United Way month in Saskatoon.

CEO of United Way Saskatoon and Area, Shaun Dyer says the fall season heading towards Christmas time is the busiest for United Way.

Dyer says even though the Day of Caring is held in the summer, many businesses do a Day of Caring during the holidays.

The CEO says when businesses are interested in doing some volunteer work or looking to support an agency, they’ll partner a business with an agency that is in need of some assistance. He adds they match the desire of the business to the need of the agency.

Since 1959, more then $120 million dollars has been raised by the United Way for the city’s most vulnerable people.

A flag raising ceremony was held Friday morning at City Hall to mark United Way month in Saskatoon.