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PHILANTHROPY AWARENESS WEEK, STARTING NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals
2013
Ten Star AFP Chapter
AB, Calgary & Area Chapter

PHILANTHROPY AWARENESS WEEK
Philanthropy is how dreams take flight.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE • Lorie Abernethy, MA, CFRE, AFP Calgary & Area Chapter President
There is a sculpture by artist Kevan
Leycraft in the lobby of my office
building in downtown Calgary titled
Flying Dreams.
The sculpture is based on the concept
of self-propelled flight, which dates back
to 1485 when Leonardo da Vinci sketched
detailed design plans for a human-powered
ornithopter — a wing-flapping
device intended to fly.
Da Vinci had an incredible fascination
with flight, and the possibility that hu-mans
could one day soar through the air.
The ornithopter was designed so that a
person could strap themselves in and use
their lower torso and legs as the muscle
for manoeuvring during flight.
There is no evidence that he actually
attempted to build such a device, but the
image he presented was a powerful one.
Today air travel has become de rigueur —
and commercial travel to outer space is a
dream we will see in our lifetime!
Dreams drive private and social
enterprise. They are also the fuel that
drives philanthropy. It is said that a dream
without a goal is a wish. A goal without a
plan is just a dream, and a plan without a
vision is just drudgery.
But a vision with a plan can change the
world. The goal becomes a dream with
a deadline. This year’s National Philan-thropy
Day celebrates those who dream,
and dare to do.
This year marks 18 years of celebrating
National Philanthropy Day in Calgary.
The Association of Fundraising Profes-sionals
is the community of fundraisers
that hosts a week of activities celebrating
the critical work that goes on in our city.
We recognize the dreams that have
come to fruition through hard work, the
work of everyday philanthropists.
Across North America and around the
world, more than 30,000 members of AFP
in 235 chapters will gather this coming
week to recognize philanthropy in their
communities.
Since 1960, our organization has helped
advance and build fundraising into a
respected profession that serves the public
good by linking causes and donors. AFP
is the world’s leading organization for
advancing ethical fundraising.
In 1963, the association developed its
Code of Ethical Principles and Standards,
which has been used by countless
non-profits around the world. The code
helps ensure that charities operate under
the highest ethical standards and use
donor money effectively and efficiently.
It was Eleanor Roosevelt who said, “the
future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams.”
Calgarians have brought many dreams
into reality: from the 1988 Olympics and
the National Music Centre, to the new
Central Library.
Our city thrives because our citizens
believe that the dreams that you dare to
dream really do come true. Dream big! Lorie Abernethy; Wil Andruschak photo
CO-CHAIR MESSAGE • Kathleen MacPherson and Mira Boucher, CFRE; Philanthropy Awareness Week Co-Chairs
Calgary is known as a city of doers:
a community that takes action, a
community always willing to roll
its sleeves up and pitch in. A community
never afraid to dare to do.
We are fortunate to live in a city and a
country where volunteerism and philan-thropy
are part of the every day fabric of
our lives. Canada was the first nation to
formally legislate Nov. 15 as National Phi-lanthropy
Day, and we take pride in being
a part of that. The National Philanthropy
Day celebration that takes place in Calgary
is one of the largest in North America. It is
little surprise given we are surrounded by
so many great examples of what philan-thropy
really means.
Take this year’s National Philanthropy
award recipients, for example. A group of
high school students who want to make a
difference for one of their own diagnosed
with a disease; a company that embraces
philanthropy as part of its day-to-day busi-ness;
and an individual who retired from
a long and successful career only to begin
a new one as a philanthropist. These three
are just part of a larger community that has
the courage to make a difference.
This year, we honour the courage of
individuals and groups to take action
on issues that are important to them by
investing their time, talent and treasure. We
recognize and applaud the philanthropists
in our midst who were not afraid to take a
stand, not afraid to make change happen.
As professionals in the non-profit field,
we both deeply admire the commitment
and focus of so many of our local philan-thropists.
We are excited to honour our seven
Generosity of Spirit recipients this year. We
will also be recognizing three professionals
working in our field who work with, and
for, philanthropists to facilitate the great
community work happening locally.
We invite you to join us on Nov. 14 for
the National Philanthropy Day luncheon
at the BMO Centre at Stampede Park. We
will laugh and cry alongside 1,000 others
as we acknowledge those individuals and
groups that inspire us through their desire
to make a difference and take action in
their community.
We thank our Generosity of Spirit Award
honourees for giving us a reason to cel-ebrate,
as well as our colleagues and indus-try
peers in the non-profit community for
their time and commitment in preparing the
excellent nominations this year. We also
thank our valued sponsors for believing in
the power of philanthropy and investing
in the recognition of our honourees and of
course, our many volunteers who work so
hard to make this event a success.
To everyone who has dared to do
something that makes a difference in our
community, we salute you and thank you
for celebrating with us.
Kathleen MacPherson, left, and Mira Boucher; Monique de St. Croix photo

PHILANTHROPY AWARENESS WEEK PAGE 3
Where are they now?
WE CHECK IN WITH PAST AFP GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT AWARD HONOUREES
BY JACQUELINE LOUIE
Stephen McPhee was just 10 years old when
he was honoured by the Association of Fun-draising
Professionals as Outstanding Youth
Philanthropist in 2011.
Stephen received the award for founding
Stephen’s Backpacks Society with his family.
The national charity has helped more than
31,000 children across Alberta and Saskatch-ewan,
providing them with backpacks filled
with good things and the hope for a better life.
The charity now runs four programs: Project
Hope, Christmas Backpacks, Footprints and
Project Education.
“Giving back to other people means giving
something up, like time, to spend on something
else; and giving it to help others, which is what
I do with the backpacks,” says Stephen, who is
now 13.
“The only reason I’m doing it is to get all
these homeless people off the streets, because
no one deserves to go without having a home.”
It all started when Stephen was five years
old and he overheard his parents, Nancy and
James, discussing an article in the Calgary
Herald about homeless families.
“His first comment was, ‘Mommy, I need to
help them,’” says Nancy, who serves as execu-tive
director of Stephen’s Backpacks Society.
From the 15 backpacks the McPhee family
provided to children in need that first Decem-ber
eight years ago, the charity has grown
by leaps and bounds, handing out 22,000
backpacks and 12,000 pairs of shoes through
its Footprints program.
Nancy has written two books: On Eagles’
Wings, aimed at families that have a child
with autism, based on her family’s experi-ence
(Stephen is on the autistic spectrum); and
Dream Out Loud, which encourages children
to pursue their dreams of making the world a
better place. Books are available at
stephensbackpacks.com with 100 per cent of
proceeds going to
the charity.
Zaheed Damani
is another past
AFP Generosity of
Spirit honouree for
Outstanding Youth
Philanthropist.
Damani, who
received his award
in 2006 at the age
of 18 for his philan-thropic
work as a Western Canada High School
student, has since volunteered with local,
provincial and national groups and boards.
For his tireless efforts and leadership, he
has received many accolades and awards,
including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee award, Stars of Alberta volunteer
award and Michael Lazar Community Service
award.
“The concept of community, service
and helping others achieve their goals was
always something that was impressed on me.
Whether it was within my faith community
(Ismaili Muslim), my family or my friends,
we’ve always had an outward outlook.”
Damani, who is now enrolled in the
University of Calgary’s Leaders in Medicine
program, is pursuing a PhD as well as an MD.
A forum organized by the Calgary chapter
of Association of Fundraising Professionals
is demonstrating to local youth how they can
make a difference in the world right now.
Living on the Edge: A Closer Look at
Poverty and Philanthropy will be held Satur-day,
Nov. 15, at Fresh Start Recovery Centre.
Approximately 60 Grade 10 to 12 students
from Calgary and surrounding areas will take
part in the National Philanthropy Day forum,
presented by First Calgary Financial in part-nership
with United Way of Calgary and Area,
Youth Central and Fresh Start Recovery.
“We want to create a real group of youth
leaders in Calgary,” says Christina Hemens,
development officer at Ronald McDonald
House Southern Alberta, board member and
chair of AFP Calgary’s Youth in Philan-thropy
portfolio.
Through the youth forum, Hemens hopes
participants will learn about the tools they
can use to volunteer on local, national and
international initiatives.
“We want them to tell their friends and
create a strong cohort to act as ambassadors
for philanthropy.”
Participants in the forum will also learn what
it is like to live for a month as low-income
Calgarians in a poverty simulation led by a
facilitator from the United Way of Calgary and
Area. They will learn about the barriers facing
people living with low incomes and how
community, philanthropy and volunteerism can
help people overcome these challenges.
For more information, please email
AFPYouthYYC@gmail.com or visit
AFPYouthYYC.com.
— Jacqueline Louie
Stephen McPhee, Cam Colclough, Artistry In Motion photo
Youth to attend
philanthropy
forum
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY WEEK EVENTS
PROFESSIONALS FORUM AND
AWARDS LUNCHEON
Wednesday, Nov. 5
Carriage House Inn: 8:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at afpcalgary.
afpnet.org
GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT
RECEPTION
Wednesday, Nov. 12
The Bow
By invitation only
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY
LUNCHEON
Friday, Nov. 14
BMO Centre: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at afpcalgary.
afpnet.org for $95 each or $900 a table
AFP YOUTH FORUM:
LIVING ON THE EDGE
Saturday, Nov. 15
Fresh Start Recovery Centre
Visit AFPYouthYYC.com for more
information
Zaheed Damani

For more than 30 years Community
Natural Foods has been the hub of
Calgary’s holistic health community,
with three full-format grocery stores
offering unrefined and organic foods,
nutritional supplements and sustainable
lifestyle products.
Behind the scenes, Community Natural
Foods has also become a leader in
giving back to the local community, with
donations valued at more than $1 million
going to more than 100 not-for-profit
groups and local food banks in the past
five years.
Supporting local not-for-profit
organizations is an important component
of Community Natural Foods’ business
model, marketing manager Chandra
Morice says.
“I believe it is a model for doing
business right, and is the only way to fulfil
what it is to be good members of the
community. As a business, we give back
to the community.”
Community Natural Foods sings the
praises of local, natural and organic
foods, which Morice says are good for
people’s health, the community and the
environment.
That concern for health is exemplified in
its support of local food banks. Community
Natural Foods donates its short-dated items
such as fresh produce, dairy and meats to
local food banks.
Since canned food or often unhealthy
processed foods are the staples of many
food banks, the chance to receive fresher,
healthier food items is a blessing.
The fresh food is turned over quickly
to needy groups supported by local food
banks, including organizations such as
the Dream Centre, and Morice says they
have been told the food is very much
appreciated.
“I really feel that if all restaurants and
grocery stores took this same action, we
could feed a lot of people,” she says.
Another success, the Change for the
Earth program — which started just over
two years ago as an Earth Day event
— has quickly become a permanent
fundraising effort.
Because Community Natural Foods
did away with plastic grocery bags many
years ago, shoppers bring in their own
bags and receive a five-cent discount for
each bag.
As part of Change for the Earth,
shoppers are given the choice to receive
the discount or donate it to any of three
not-for-profit groups that are featured
each month.
Almost 80 per cent of shoppers donate
their bag savings, and Community Natural
Foods matches the donations 100 per
cent, Morice says.
The total has now surpassed $60,000.
“It’s been really fabulous and has
brought great awareness to not-for-profit
organizations in our community
that are doing great work for people,”
she says.
In addition to collaborating with non-profit
groups, Community Natural Foods
also works business-to-business by
offering its staff’s expertise to companies
with employee wellness programs.
Educational programs such as lunch-and-
learn events discuss topics like how
to buy organic foods on a budget, or
how to live a healthy, whole and holistic
life.
Community Natural Foods’ efforts
have resulted in it being named one of
Canada’s 50 Best-Managed Companies.
It has also received B Corp certification
for meeting social, environmental,
accountability and transparency standards
set by the non-profit, business-based B Lab.
This story was produced by the Calgary
Herald’s Special Projects department
on behalf of Community Natural Foods
for commercial purposes. The Herald’s
editorial department had no involvement
in the creation of this content.
S P O N S O R E D B Y C O M M U N I T Y N A T U R A L F O O D S
Store focuses on building a healthy community
Nathan Froese is the Chinook Station Market Manager with Community Natural Foods, a company that has made donations valued at
more than $1 million to non-profits.
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Calgarian Nazifa Rahman wants all
young people to do their part to make
this a better world.
“Every child has so much potential.
We should really be encouraging and
nurturing children from a very young age
so they can be future leaders,” says the
17-year-old who is this year’s Generosity
of Spirit Award honouree for Outstanding
Youth Philanthropist.
The first year science student at
the University of Calgary believes
that volunteering is something that’s
important for everyone to do. It’s been an
integral part of the young woman’s life
since childhood.
When her younger brother was
diagnosed with autism, it changed
everything for her family.
She became involved in every program
her brother was a part of, including
accompanying him to a specialized
summer camp for children with
disabilities, run by the Ability Society of
Alberta, eventually volunteering with the
society for three years, before becoming
a part-time program assistant in 2012.
Through Grade 11 and 12, Rahman
was a student leader for the Crescent
Heights high school youth volunteer
corps club, a program of Youth Central,
whose goal is to provide team-based
volunteer opportunities for youth ages
12 to 18.
There, the budding philanthropist
co-ordinated a number of fundraisers
and other school events, encouraging
students to get involved in giving back.
One project raised funds to support
a math teacher who moved to Zambia
to manage an orphanage for a year. The
students held bake sales, bottle drives
and a video game tournament, raising
funds to buy a washing machine for the
orphanage.
In her final year of high school,
Rahman was student president and
helped Crescent Heights hold its
first We Day celebration for youth
empowerment. That same year, the
school’s Shave Your Lid for a Kid event
raised $13,000 for the Kids Cancer Care
Foundation. Rahman donated more than
50 centimetres of her hair for the cause.
The young woman also volunteers with
programs at the Calgary Islamic Centre,
serving as a role model and mentor to
younger children.
Giang Trinh, youth volunteer corps
program co-ordinator at Youth Central,
calls Rahman, “one of the most genuine,
selfless people,” she has ever met.
“She is so giving, so caring and
so humble. She does a lot for the
community she is involved in and she
is a very strong leader. She is good at
motivating her peers to want to give
back. She is a very inspiring person —
she is awesome.”
NAZIFA RAHMAN • Outstanding Youth
Philanthropist Award Honouree
NOMINATED BY:YOUTH CENTRAL AND THE ABILITY SOCIETY
Nazifa Rahman; Monique de St. Croix photo
GEORGE MCDOUGALL HIGH SCHOOL •
Outstanding Philanthropic Group
Award Honouree
NOMINATED BY: ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
Students and staff of George McDougall High School; Monique de St. Croix photo
Giving comes naturally to students
of Airdrie’s George McDougall High
School, according to principal Ed Polhill.
“Airdrie is a very giving, philanthropic
community. It permeates into the school
and the students. The teachers really
stoke that fire and the kids get excited
about it. While we are being recognized
this year, this philanthropic spirit has
been built at George McDougall High
School for the last 52 years. This is gen-erations
of giving, out of this building.”
The high school is honouree for the
Philanthropic Group Award from the
AFP Calgary & Area Chapter.
George McDougall students give a
helping hand to all kinds of local and
national organizations, including the
Calgary Drop-In Centre, Plan Canada’s
Because I am a Girl, Canadian Women
for Women in Afghanistan, Airdrie Food
Bank, Boys & Girls Club of Airdrie, We
Day in Calgary and more.
However, it was one of their own that
drove the school’s largest philanthropic
campaign, the Ride of the Mustang.
The event takes place in the school
gymnasium, with 64 teams riding sta-tionary
bikes for 48 hours, each team of
eight to 12 students riding for one-hour
shifts.
The school has teamed up with Alberta
Children’s Hospital for the past four
years, raising funds for innovative
research in the area of childhood cancer.
Paul Brandt, a former George McDou-gall
student, performed the kick-off song
in 2013, and Canadian country singer
George Canyon sent a video message of
support in 2014. In the past four years,
the school has raised a total of $400,000
for the Alberta Children’s Hospital,
$150,000 in last year’s campaign alone.
It all got going when Dave Henry, the
school’s RCMP school liaison and Mark
Davidson, principal at the time, visited
St. Albert Catholic High School, which
was doing a similar event. They brought
the idea back to Airdrie, and the students
came onboard, spurred by the fact that a
fellow student had been diagnosed with
cancer. The next Ride of the Mustang
will take place March 31 to April 2,
2015.
“It really is inspiring to see a group
of kids who care so much about their
community and about giving back,” says
Sarah Moss, associate with community
initiatives and events at the Alberta
Children’s Hospital Foundation.
“The commitment they’ve had
towards helping the hospital is so inspir-ing.
More than 82,000 children and
families rely on the Alberta Children’s
Hospital every year. Having people
in the community like the students at
George McDougall High School makes
a huge difference for those families and
kids who come here.”

After the birth of her second child,
Lee Horbachewski was suffering from
untreated post-partum depression that
developed into major depression and
a panic disorder. Picking up the phone
and calling the 24-hour crisis line
at Distress Centre Calgary changed
everything.
“It pretty much saved my life.”
That call was the beginning of
Horbachewski’s journey to healing.
Now, she does whatever she can to
give back, advocating for the distress
centre’s crisis line and telling her story.
“I just wanted to say thank you and
to let other people know that when they
are so dark and think there is no one
there, the distress centre is there, and
they’re there 24 hours a day,” says the
blogger and author. Half of the net sales
from her book, A Quiet Strong Voice,
have gone toward benefitting the centre.
The Horbachewski family — Lee and
Neil and their daughters Aubrey and
Taryn — contribute to the centre in dif-ferent
ways, including regular financial
donations, attending functions, fundrais-ing
and raising awareness of the centre
and its teen help line ConnecTeen.
The family also supports the Invermere
Companion Animal Network, a volunteer-run
no-kill, no-cage shelter in B.C.’s
Columbia Valley. Aubrey, 15, and Taryn, 11,
volunteer their time, foster cats, and save
their money to contribute financially to the
organization. To celebrate her 14th birthday,
Aubrey raised more than $4,000 for the
shelter in lieu of asking for gifts.
“As parents, it’s our responsibility to
encourage our children to give back, to
be philanthropic in their character,” says
Lee, who encourages people to give
back as a family.
The Horbachewski daughters learned at a
young age how important it is to do some-thing
bigger than themselves, Neil says.
“With my wife, Lee, she has taken
on something larger, making people
aware that it’s OK to ask for help, that
depression is a disease and it should not
be fought alone or in silence. This is why
the centre is so important to us.”
Roxanne Cote, resource development
manager at Distress Centre Calgary, says
the family’s efforts are greatly appreciated.
“We have really been blessed to have
this privilege of working with Lee, Neil
and the girls. Lee is a very passionate
spokesperson at numerous community
events. The whole family is very humble
and very gracious. They have that quiet,
strong, generous spirit that will carry on
with their kids’ generation. Their love
and their spirit of giving is representative
of true and authentic philanthropists.”
NICKI PERKINS • Doc Seaman Individual Philanthropist
Award Honouree
NOMINATED BY: CALGARY HEALTH TRUST
HORBACHEWSKI FAMILY • Outstanding
Philanthropic Family Award Honouree
NOMINATED BY: DISTRESS CENTRE CALGARY
Left to right: Lee, Aubrey, Taryn and Neil Horbachewski;Monique de St. Croix photo Nicki Perkins;Monique de St. Croix photo
“Get busy living, or get busy dying,”
Nicki Perkins’ life philosophy is
straightforward.
“I’m not promised a long life, so I don’t
have a lot of time to sit on my ass. So I
don’t,” says the 42-year-old.
In fact, the philanthropist has already
outlived the expectations of doctors, who
thought she wouldn’t live past the age of
five. She has cystic fibrosis, a progressive,
genetic disease that affects the lungs.
Perkins, who takes 18 different medica-tions,
says it’s a “miracle” she still has her
own lungs. But every day is a struggle.
With her lungs functioning at
30 per cent capacity, Perkins says a task
that takes a healthy person one hour to
complete can take her five.
Despite her personal challenges, Perkins
has raised $750,000 for local cystic
fibrosis research through The Summit
Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis, an
organization she founded in 2005.
Funds raised go toward patient care,
cystic fibrosis research at the University
of Calgary’s Snyder Institute for Chronic
Diseases, lab equipment and research
scholarships.
“We decide where we want to donate
money, where we’ll have the most impact,”
she explains
The foundation also hosts four or five
annual fundraisers, including a golf
tournament in partnership with the Cal-gary
Health Trust, a gala fundraiser and
a unique challenge that sees participants
do an “all-out burpee blitz” for seven
minutes. Perkins estimates she can do 30
burpees; an average person can do 90.
“When you’re done, you’re breathless.
It gives everyone an idea of what it’s like
for me all the time.”
One of the challenges Perkins encoun-ters
fundraising is “convincing people
to take notice when only 70,000 people
worldwide are affected by cystic fibrosis.
Perkins says winning the Doc Seaman
Individual Philanthropist Award gives her
another opportunity to spread awareness
about cystic fibrosis.
“I think being the face of the disease is
my calling. Some days I want to crawl in
a hole and say, ‘I’m done. I’m exhausted,’
but it’s not in my DNA,” says Perkins,
who has been participating in cystic fibro-sis
fundraising initiatives since 1994.
Calgary Health Trust’s Nicole Janke
agrees.
“There is never a day where Nicki gets up
and takes a day off. She is always thinking
of something bigger and better she can do
that will help raise awareness and funds
to help fight her disease and improve the
lifespan and condition of others in the world
who have cystic fibrosis.”
— Kathleen Renne

Building homes is just one way to build
a community, Cedarglen Homes has found.
So when the company, one of the city’s top
builders of new homes, found an opportu-nity
to assist cancer support organization
Wellspring Calgary, its staff jumped at the
chance.
Their support is one of the reasons the
home builder has been named this year’s
Generosity of Spirit award honouree in the
small business category.
For several years, Cedarglen sponsored
part of Wellspring’s annual triWELLathon
fundraiser, an event that combines yoga, Tai
Chi, dance, exercise and expressive arts.
This year, the home builder upped the
ante by placing one of its Auburn Bay
show homes up for auction, with the
home’s full value going to Wellspring. The
$551,000 raised from the show home auc-tion
will become part of a multi-year fund
utilized by Wellspring.
“We build homes, and part of building
homes is building community. It’s part
of our social responsibility, part of what
makes us feel good,” says Cedarglen presi-dent
Howard Tse.
Wellspring held some of its program-ming,
such as yoga classes, in the show
home for several months before the auc-tion.
This gave the organization valuable
exposure, Tse explains.
The support of companies such as
Cedarglen is vital in providing vital emo-tional
support for those fighting cancer,
says Patti Morris, Wellspring’s executive
director.
“It is so significant for us. We rely on the
generosity of corporations, individuals and
other supporters, so this kind of support
from Cedarglen Homes is tremendously
important to us.”
Morris describes the chance to use the
show home as a temporary satellite loca-tion
as “a gift upon a gift,” for an organi-zation
that last year supported more than
2,700 members.
“We’re close to capacity at our current
centre. This allowed us to pilot our
programs there for several months and the
results will be used as we consider and plan
the next steps.”
For the many trades and suppliers who
helped make the Auburn Bay auction
possible, supporting Wellspring really hit
close to home, says Cedarglen sales and
marketing manager Allison Harvie.
“Cancer seems to touch everybody. We
heard so many stories where people had
lost a family member or helped a family
member through a difficult time suffering
from cancer. They could really get behind
the building of the show home.”
— Alex Frazer-Harrison
At FirstEnergy Capital, giving back to
the community is something that’s been
ingrained in the company since its start.
This year’s recipient of the Generosity
of Spirit Award in the corporate category
made philanthropy an important part
from its inception 21 years ago, says
executive chairman Jim Davidson.
“From Day 1, it was our desire to
give back to the community, and we
chose this philanthropic viewpoint
before we even had a name for the firm.
We actually wrote it in stone in our
mission statement.”
A leading energy-focused investment
bank, FirstEnergy provides full-service
investment banking to international
clients from its offices in Calgary and
London. As part of its mandate, the bank
donates 2.5 per cent of its gross profits
to local communities. Between that
and its participation and partnerships
in many charitable causes and events,
FirstEnergy and its partners have con-tributed
more than $35 million to date.
“A lot of the initiatives come from
within our organization. Ideas can be
brought in by any of our employees, and
ideas can be brought in by our clients,”
Davidson says.
It’s not uncommon for FirstEnergy to
arrange donations to various causes on
behalf of clients in lieu of transaction-closing
events, notes Nicholas Johnson,
managing director of corporate finance.
FirstEnergy has enjoyed a 20-year
relationship with the Calgary
Counselling Centre, which nominated
the company for the award. This support
has included raising tens of thousands of
dollars through fundraisers.
FirstEnergy is one of the centre’s
longest-standing donors, says chief
development officer Katrina Bradley.
“They have invested in many areas
in different ways at our centre. They
have helped us become a leader in the
field of domestic abuse counselling by
boldly supporting these programs and
services early on.”
Bradley notes FirstEnergy also sup-ported
the centre when it faced increased
post-flood demand for services. The
bank’s FirstFlood initiative raised more
than $1 million after the Southern
Alberta floods in 2013, and FirstEnergy
volunteers drove trucks filled with sup-plies
into High River.
Johnson says it’s all about being a
responsible corporate citizen.
“Calgary has been a great city for
FirstEnergy. It’s on us to help make
Calgary a great city for everybody.”
— Alex Frazer-Harrison
CEDARGLEN HOMES • Outstanding Small Business
NOMINATED BY: WELLSPRING CALGARY
FIRSTENERGY CAPITAL • Outstanding Corporate
NOMINATED BY: CALGARY COUNSELLING CENTRE
CEO John Chambers, left, and executive chairman Jim Davidson;
Monique de St. Croix photo
President Howard Tse, left, with members of Cedarglen’s management team;
Monique de St. Croix photo

DAVID BISSETT • Lifetime Achievement Philanthropist Award Honouree
NOMINATED BY: SAIT POLYTECHNIC AND THE RESOLVE CAMPAIGN
David Bissett; Monique de St. Croix photo
David Bissett adheres to a principle about
donating that he learned from fellow philan-thropist
Don Harvie.
“He told me, ‘You should see your money
do good things when you’re alive.’ I want to
do things that have a significant effect in a
relatively short time,” Bissett says, adding
he wants to address needs locally, rather than
looking abroad.
A Prince Edward Island native and graduate
of Dalhousie law school, Bissett started his
own investment-management company in
Calgary in 1982.
“The business did extremely well through
the support of local institutions, and now it’s
time to give back.”
Mount Royal College (now University) was
among Bissett’s first major clients. Bissett
returned the “favour” by donating a total of
$12 million to the university, which named
the Bissett School of Business in his honour.
Earlier this year, the philanthropist gifted
SAIT $5 million to start a scholarship pro-gram
so that financially strapped students
could attend the school.
“You try to think of places where you could
add value to society and that seems like one,”
Bissett says, adding he also started a scholar-ship
program in Halifax to help promising
students study at Dalhousie.
SAIT’s Richard Horbachewski says, “David
is one of the most genuine people I know
when it comes to this. He’s trying to help stu-dents
and help Alberta. He was shocked when
he heard how much money students have to
come up with to have an education.”
In addition to education, Bissett is active in
land conservation initiatives.
“I’ve been an outdoors person all my life.
That is my passion, and that’s where I’ve
spent a lot of time and funds.”
In particular, the philanthropist is worried
about the fragmentation of Alberta’s farmland
into acreages, housing subdivisions and
commercial areas.
“Sooner or later, we’ll have an urban strip
between Calgary and Edmonton on some of
the best farmland in Alberta,” says Bissett,
who has lived on a farm outside of Calgary
for 25 years.
To address this concern, he gave the Uni-versity
of Alberta $4.9 million to establish the
Alberta Land Institute.
The institute studies land use in agricultural
communities and proposes policies “to
address land-use challenges.”
Bissett has also given large donations to
organizations including the Western Sky
Land Trust, a land-conservation organiza-tion
in southern Alberta, as well as Pheasants
Forever, Ducks Unlimited and the Calgary
Foundation.
While many philanthropists choose to
remain anonymous, Bissett says he decided to
act in the public eye “to inspire others.”
In fact, in 2009, he received a Generosity of
Spirit Award in the Individual Philanthropist
category.
And, he says, while he’s honoured to
receive his second Generosity of Spirit
Award, this time in the Lifetime Philanthro-pist
category, he’s also “embarrassed about
being singled out. I’m just one of a very large
number of philanthropists in the community
right now.”
— Kathleen Renne
Congratulations
David Bissett. Your award-winning ‘Generosity of Spirit’
put real roofs over the heads of homeless Calgarians.
Find out how at RESOLVEcalgary.ca
is helping
RESOL
RESOLVE is building affordable rental homes for 3,000 vulnerable
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with the help of people like David – and you.
David
Bissett
Founder
of Bissett Investment Management. Lifetime Philanthropist award recipient.

In 2016, SAIT Polytechnic will celebrate
100 years of training work-ready
graduates for Alberta and beyond.
As the the first publicly funded technical
institute in Canada, SAIT’s success is
thanks in equal parts to its people, industry
partnerships and the philanthropic support
from alumni and friends throughout the
community.
“SAIT has always put students first and
that continues to be a central theme for
us,” says Brian Bowman, director of alumni
and development.
“Philanthropic support has enabled
SAIT to do amazing things that are of
direct benefit to our students. Through
such initiatives as the Promising Futures
Campaign, we’ve built world-class learning
spaces; established a strong student awards
program; developed industry partnerships
with companies who hire our graduates;
and inspired our students to build careers,
not just get jobs.
“We’re excited about embarking on our
second century and being more innovative,
relevant and sustainable, while delivering
more trained graduates to industry.”
The relevance of an applied education
and the demand for trade graduates are
at an all-time high. SAIT saw growth of
eight per cent in its student population
from 2013 to 2014, with 95 per cent of
graduates finding employment.
Calgary philanthropist and business
leader David Bissett has a real appreciation
for the kind of education the school
provides.
Thanks to his $5 million gift to SAIT, the
school has launched the Bissett Scholars
Program which provides high school
students with a full-ride scholarship for a
two-year diploma program at SAIT.
The first nine Scholars started this past
September, and by the 2015-16 school
year, full tuition will be offered to 20
students. Scholars are selected based on
financial need and an interest in continuing
their education at SAIT.
“David Bissett’s gift to SAIT is an example
of how we are removing barriers for
students to gain an education, and go on
to launch careers in areas where industry
needs workers. It’s a program that over
time will make a difference in the lives of
hundreds of Calgarians,” Bowman says.
Chelsea Webster is a Bissett Scholar
enrolled in SAIT’s chemical laboratory
technologies program.
“When I heard it was a full-ride
scholarship, I couldn’t believe it — I actually
cried. I had to get my mom to finish
reading the letter to make sure it was real.”
Bowman says this was part of David
Bissett’s vision for his gift — an investment
in students so as many as possible
can attend SAIT before moving onto
meaningful jobs and careers.
“That is an example of the life-changing
power of philanthropy,” says Bowman.
As SAIT moves into its second century,
philanthropy will continue to play a
significant role in how the institute
addresses the challenges of providing
skilled workers to industry.
Bowman says SAIT will succeed in
maximizing students’ opportunities
through a very clear focus on what it’s
good at, becoming even more innovative
in how it delivers applied education and
applied research, and expanding on the
partnerships it enters into.
“We are so fortunate in this province
to have the spirit of philanthropy alive
and well, making so many of our vital
institutions — among them SAIT —
successful.”
For more information on the school and
the Bissett Scholars program, visit sait.ca.
Herald’s Special Projects department on
behalf of SAIT Polytechnic for commercial
purposes. The Herald’s editorial department
had no involvement in the creation of this
content.
S P O N S O R E D B Y S A I T P O L Y T E C H N I C
Benefactors help students shape futures
Future SAIT students with back row, left to right: SAIT President and CEO Dr. David Ross, past President SAIT Students’ Association
Tegan Cochrane and David Bissett at the announcement of his donation to SAIT; Josie Chu Photography
EDUCATION THAT CHANGES LIVES.
Funding help for a SAIT Polytechnic student like Chelsea Webster means she can immerse herself in an applied education
without financial burden. Chelsea will get training and support from dedicated instructors and industry professionals.
When she and other Bissett Scholars graduate, they’ll hit the ground running in their chosen careers.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING.
SAIT.ca

HAZEL GILLESPIE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Science leaders key to future
community success
Supporting her local community has always
been a priority for Laureen DuBois, recipient
of the Hazel Gillespie Community Investment
Leadership Award, managed by the Associa-tion
of Fundraising Professional Calgary &
Area Chapter in conjunction with the Hazel
Gillespie Community Investment Award
Selection Committee and the Calgary
Foundation.
DuBois, director of human resources and
community investment for Canadian Oil
Sands, grew up in small-town Saskatchewan,
surrounded by a very strong sense of
community.
“When you knew that somebody needed
help, you helped them. I feel that now, in my
community investment role, I’m back to my
roots of being able to help,” says the Univer-sity
of Saskatchewan Bachelor of Commerce
degree holder and chartered accountant.
After joining Canadian Oil Sands in 2001,
she worked as controller until 2008. Presented
with an opportunity to move into the compa-ny’s
human resources department and manage
its donations budget, DuBois jumped at it.
She rolled up her sleeves in her new role,
and set to work researching what her peers
in community investment were doing in their
own organizations.
“I realized we needed to evolve our
program. Canadian Oil Sands has been do-ing
great work in the community providing
financial support to our charity partners. At
the same time, I knew we needed to evolve
the program into something more, to create a
deeper impact.”
The result was Math Minds, a $3 million
community investment initiative co-created
with five other collaborators aimed at improv-ing
student math skills.
A five-year initiative launched at the end
of 2012, the program’s goal is to deepen both
teachers’ and students’ love and understanding
of math, and secure Calgary’s reputation as a
centre of excellence in math education.
“When we look at the industry we work in,
we wanted to pick something that resonates
with our business strategy as well,” says
I’m grateful
to be able
to learn
from the most
❝
talented community
investment
professionals in
Calgary.
DuBois, who believes the program fulfils a
great social need.
“I know there is opportunity for both the
community as well as the company to win. We
felt there was a great space for us to partici-pate
— because we need our next generation
of scientists and engineers to help make our
operations more efficient and more environ-mentally
friendly. Elementary numeracy is
critically important — it’s just as core as
literacy is. You need to understand numbers,
not only for a professional career as an engi-neer
or accountant, but as a basic life skill.”
Because Canadian Oil Sands’ mandate is “to
help the vulnerable become healthy, produc-tive
members of society, so you end up with
a strong, vibrant community,” the company
supports a variety of other community initia-tives
including Inn from the Cold, the Alberta
Children’s Hospital Foundation and women’s
emergency shelters, including Calgary Wom-en’s
Emergency Shelter and the YWCA.
In terms of her community investment
career, “I feel extremely privileged to work in
this field,” says DuBois.
“I’m grateful to be able to learn from the
most talented community investment profes-sionals
in Calgary. We are all inspired by
the work we’re doing, and as a result, our
communities win with innovative, deeply
impactful programs and partnerships that are
being created. And in the case of Math Minds,
we’re using the strengths of each other to build
something great together.”
Laureen DuBois; Monique de St. Croix photo
BY JACQUELINE LOUIE

For Imperial, investing in Canada’s
future is imperative. This commitment
is highlighted by a leadership program
for Indigenous women supported by the
energy company.
The Indigenous Women in Community
Leadership program, offered by the Coady
International Institute at Nova Scotia’s
St. Francis Xavier University, helps First
Nations, Metis and Inuit women become
active leaders capable of strengthening
and developing their communities.
Participants achieve a certificate in
women’s community leadership through
a three-week on-campus course, followed
by a three-month community project and a
final two weeks of programming.
For program graduate Karri-Lynn
Paul, it was a stepping stone to greater
achievements.
Paul, who was born and raised on the
Woodstock First Nation in New Brunswick
but has called the Calgary area, in Treaty 7
territory, her home for the past 11 years,
says she followed up the program in 2011
by successfully running for town council in
her community of Redwood Meadows.
In 2013 she was invited to be a mentor
in the leadership program and also offered
a workshop to women in her own First
Nation.
“In that same year, I was invited by the
Province of Alberta to join the First Nations
Women’s Council on Economic Security
and I also volunteer with various local
groups.”
The leadership program helps develop
future leaders by providing Indigenous
women with the time and resources
needed to reach their full potential, Paul
says.
“It truly creates a safe place for women
to cultivate their natural leadership skills
among other women who know their
struggles,” she says.
In addition, the program nurtures positive
relationships between Indigenous women
and successful mentors, which builds
confidence in the women and in turn
benefits their families and communities.
Paul recently started her own education
consulting business in Calgary and says the
leadership program was instrumental in her
recent achievements.
“Without this program, I would never
have had the opportunities or confidence to
pursue elected leadership, the management
positions I have held, or start my own
business,” she says.
“(The program) offered me a sense of
belonging, of sisterhood and an opportunity
to effect change. It offered me tools and
experiences that helped me battle the self-doubt
and lack of confidence that was
present in my everyday life.”
Investing in initiatives such as the
leadership program is just part of Imperial’s
focus on supporting education in science,
technology, engineering and mathmatics,
community and Aboriginal initiatives, as
well as environment and energy literacy.
The company continues to give back
in areas that are most important to its
employees and the communities where
they live and work.
Some examples in 2013 include:
n Company employees, retirees and
contractors, in partnership with Imperial
and ExxonMobil affiliates in Canada,
contributed more than $4.5 million to
United Way-Centraide campaigns.
n Imperial and ExxonMobil provided
$550,000 to support Alberta flood relief
through the Canadian Red Cross and other
community organizations.
n Support was provided for more
than 260 local events, initiatives and
organizations, from local scholarships to
milestone celebrations.
n Under a company volunteer involvement
program, employees, retirees and their
spouses pitched in more than 78,000
hours, resulting in total contributions of
$380,000 to more than 450 organizations
across Canada.
For more information on Imperial,
go to www.imperialoil.ca and click on
Community.
To learn about the Indigenous Women
in Community Leadership program, visit
www.coady.stfx.ca/themes/women/iwcl.
Herald’s Special Projects department
on behalf of Imperial for commercial
purposes. The Herald’s editorial
department had no involvement in the
creation of this content.
S P O N S O R E D B Y I M P E R I A L
Company invests in tomorrow’s leaders
Karri-Lynn Paul is leading women in her community using knowledge gathered from
her time in the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program.
Canada is more than a place
to do business, it’s our home
For more than a century, we’ve supported the communities
where we live and work to help ensure a better tomorrow, today.
imperialoil.ca

OUTSTANDING NEW FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL
Outstanding fundraiser no stranger
to standing out
For Ashlee Hamblin, philanthropy is a
passion.
“As a fundraising professional, I like to
be able to connect donors with passions that
are important to them,” says Hamblin, 26,
and development officer at David Thompson
Health Trust, the fundraising body for the
central zone of Alberta Health Services.
“I like that you can really help somebody
feel good about giving. It makes them feel
they are making a difference.”
And, according to Hamblin, you don’t have
to have a lot of money to be a philanthropist.
“Think about philanthropy as doing what
you can to share your love for humankind.
There are so many ways to do that. You can
volunteer or plan a fundraiser for your
favourite cause, you can be a monthly donor
for an organization you’re passionate about,
or buy a coffee for someone who looks like
they need it on a cold day.”
A career in philanthropy is natural for
Hamblin, whose mother, Sherri, works as
a fundraiser. While growing up, Hamblin
volunteered at fundraising events her mother
was planning and at the age of 11 she was
a volunteer figure skating coach for the
CanSkate program, coaching preschool and
elementary-age skaters.
Hamblin, who holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in sociology from the University of
Calgary, previously worked with Canadian
Cancer Society as the its tributes revenue
development co-ordinator and co-ordinator
assistant before joining the David Thompson
Health Trust in 2011.
It’s been a rapid learning curve for this
award-winning fundraiser. She joined the
health trust when it was still a very new
organization. The organization provides
high-level fundraising leadership services
to health care facilities and programs across
central Alberta.
During her first two years there, the health
trust increased its fundraising revenue by 50
per cent each year.
❝
Named this year’s Outstanding New Fund-raising
Professional, Hamblin says there are a
lot of other outstanding professionals in the
Calgary area, and that this award is “an exten-sion
to everybody who has helped me get this
far — people who have given me chances
when I didn’t have a lot of experience and
people who have given me support when I
didn’t even know I needed it.”
For new, up-and-coming fundraisers, she
recommends joining the AFP Calgary & Area
Chapter, as well as reaching and out and ask-ing
questions.
“One of the best things I did for my career
was join AFP. It opens up this entire wealth
of knowledge and a network I didn’t know
existed. Fundraising professionals are out-standing
when it comes to supporting one
another. They are so interested in helping you
be successful.”
As she looks into the future, Hamblin
would some day like to work in a consult-ing
role, where she can provide leadership to
other fundraising professionals.
While she is passionate about many causes,
she is most passionate about supporting
young people in being able to participate in
organized sports, and supports Right to Play,
an organization that enables children in
developing countries to play sports.
Most recently, Hamblin started her own
blog, Fundraising Life (fundraisinglife.com),
which includes straightforward strategies
that fundraisers can put in place in their own
organizations.
BY JACQUELINE LOUIE
Fundraising
professionals
are outstanding
when it comes to
supporting one another.
Ashlee Hamblin; Monique de St. Croix photo

OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL
Teamwork key to success
in fundraising
Fundraiser Tony Myers has been part of a
winning team for a long time. The veteran
fundraiser, who has worked on capital
campaigns ranging from $15 million to $200
million, insists he’s always done it as a team
player.
“You don’t win a Stanley Cup alone,” says
Myers, the 2014 recipient of the Outstanding
Fundraising Professional award from the
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Calgary & Area Chapter.
Over the years, the fundraiser has served
in a variety of roles, including as strategic
initiatives adviser to the University of Calgary
president; as principal gifts officer at SAIT;
and as associate director development and
senior development officer at the University of
Alberta.
Currently an international fundraising con-sultant,
Myers is founder, principal and senior
counsel with Myers & Associates, specializing
in major gift fundraising, capital campaigns,
strategic planning and reviews, with an empha-sis
on sustainable development plans.
“The ability to start a campaign and win a
campaign — to go over the top — is a huge ac-complishment.
I’ve been able to win campaigns
in North America and in Europe,” says Myers,
whose philanthropic work has been recognized
with local, national and international awards.
Myers, who holds a law degree, master’s and
PhD in philanthropy and development and a
Certified Fund Raising Executive designation,
has participated in some of the largest and most
successful fundraising campaigns in Canada.
In the non-profit sector, he has served on
several boards, including for the past four years
as a board member for CFRE International, the
organization that sets the fundraising profes-sion’s
standards worldwide.
Myers, who works in Australia, India,
Europe and throughout North America, is also
dedicated to mentoring others.
“The definition of philanthropy is the love of
humankind. It doesn’t belong to any one
country, nationality, religion or culture.
The
definition of
❝
philanthropy is the
love of humankind.
“Philanthropy is a global belief system and ...
has the potential, as much as any belief system,
to bring together the world as one free and
harmonious people. It has the power to do
amazing things.”
Myers’ dedication to the field of
philanthropy has earned him high praise from
colleagues.
“Tony has gained insight into our field that is
second to none. What I find most extraordinary
is his willingness to share his knowledge,”
says Andrea Morris, senior director with the
University of Alberta’s office of advancement.
“I am in awe of his generosity and
appreciate his continued commitment to the
subject and the craft. This work is not just
a profession for him. It is a genuine calling.
What is remarkable is that his passion for
philanthropy has continued to grow over these
many years.”
And as Scott Decksheimer, founder and
president of Nine Lions Development
Consulting puts it:
“Tony has been a mentor to people both new
to the profession and to senior professionals.
Not only is he respected as having a strong
knowledge base, he is seen as a go-to
professional for people across North America
and around the globe.
“Tony gives time and he gives his talent
to help others really excel in their role as a
fundraising professional .... He is a testament
to our profession as someone we should hold
high among our peers.”
BY JACQUELINE LOUIE
Tony Myers; Monique de St. Croix photo

ATCO staff celebrate the money raised through the Employees Participating in Communities program; photo courtesy ATCO
Philanthropy Awareness Week, Starting Nov. 5, 2014 — Dare To Do!
is a special publication produced by the Calgary Herald’s Special Projects department in collaboration with the
Association of Fundraising Professionals Calgary & Area Chapter to promote awareness of philanthropy for
commercial purposes. The Calgary Herald’s editorial department had no involvement in the creation of this product.
Co-ordinators: Darren Oleksyn, Kelly Zenkewich, Charlene Kolesnik, Calgary Herald;
Kathleen MacPherson and Mira Boucher, Philanthropy Awareness Week Co-Chairs
Whether it’s helping build a home for
a family through Habitat for Humanity or
collecting toys for Inn from the Cold, ATCO
helps people in Calgary and around the
world. Through its Employees Participating
in Communities program, the Calgary-based
company has raised more than $24 million
for more than 500 charitable organizations
over the past eight years.
In recognition of its philanthropic
efforts, ATCO has been selected, via online
voting, as Outstanding Corporation by
Association of Fundraising Professionals, an
international award the company will receive
at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Nov.
15. This year the selection process changed
from being a panel of selected judges to one
using a broader social media-based approach.
“The award is recognition for what ATCO
employees have done. The Employees
Participating in Communities program has
been embraced so wholeheartedly by ATCO
employees worldwide, I think it’s a real
honour for the employees,” says senior vice-president
and chief administration officer
Erhard Kiefer.
“The corporation provided the platform for
(the program) and the employees have made
it what it is today. One of the most unique
things about our charity is that it’s led and
run from the employee base. They choose the
charities and the fundraising events.”
Launched in 2006, the utility company’s
program combines fundraising events, vol-unteerism
and employee pledges to support
charitable organizations worldwide. Dollar
for dollar, ATCO matches donations that
its employees make to human health and
wellness charities. In addition, the company
covers the program’s administration costs,
so that all funds raised go directly toward the
charitable organizations the company and
employees have chosen to support.
As part of the Employees Participating in
Communities program, employees dedicate
their time and money to charitable causes.
Since 2011, ATCO workers have logged
more than 100,000 volunteer hours. For
those employees who volunteer more than
50 hours at a charitable organization, the
company will make a financial donation to a
registered Canadian charity of the employ-ee’s
choice.
Inn from the Cold was the charity that
nominated ATCO for the Outstanding Cor-poration
award. The organization provides
emergency shelter, support and programs to
homeless children and their families.
“Over the years, ATCO and its people have
donated time, resources, skills and dollars to
ensure the Inn can fulfil its mission and that
the city’s most vulnerable children are not
forgotten,” says Janeen Webb, director of
donor relations for Inn from the Cold.
“We felt really strongly that the Employees
Participating in Communities program is so
unique and so impactful for all organizations,
not just ours, that I decided to take the nomi-nation
to the international level. Not only are
they matching dollar for dollar employees’
donations, they are also empowering their
employees to donate to the charity that is
most meaningful to them.”
Webb continues, “For Inn from the Cold
in particular, we have received tens of
thousands of dollars over the years and it is
undesignated funding, which is money to use
as we need it. It is rare these days to receive
undesignated dollars. As a company, ATCO
demonstrates its commitment to philanthropy
from a 360-degree perspective. It truly
focuses on a program that is not only about
dollars; it also donates its employees’ talents
to help organizations build capacity. It is the
epitome of a well-rounded philanthropic
culture. ATCO is living proof that when a
company unites to tackle great issues, these
issues can be overcome.”
In another recent honour, the utility
company received the Corporate Champion
Award from Canadian Cancer Society, which
recognized its role as a long-standing corpo-rate
partner and for donations to the society
totaling more than $1 million over the past
eight years.
ATCO is the fourth Canadian company
in the past five years to win the prestigious
AFP award. Past winners include Telus,
Bell Canada and the Calgary Herald for its
Christmas Fund.
ATCO’s philanthropic work
earns international award
BY JACQUELINE LOUIE
2013
Ten Star AFP Chapter
AB, Calgary & Area Chapter

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