Former Corner Gas star Lorne Cardinal will be the keynote speaker at a major fundraiser in Saskatoon tonight.

The Hearts For Hope gala is a fundraiser for Family Service Saskatoon.

Deborah Byron-Sarauer, the executive director of the organization, says money raised from the event will go toward funding a wide variety of services.

“What we do is we work with kids, men and women, couples, families and extended families,” she says. “We do a number of programs with violence and one them is our intimate violence partner unit.”

She says this year’s event will highlight the organization’s Performing Arts for Youth Program.

The event takes place at Prairieland Park and doors open at 6:30 p.m.