With the Aboriginal Services Fund, two private individuals are helping people they care about deeply For Indigenous people from First Nations and rural communities, arriving in Edmonton presents unfamiliar challenges.
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Everlasting Hugs
Lois Hole’s legacy fund supports, in perpetuity, her love of kids, their education and the arts “How does a child know they’re a ballerina?” asks Tracy Patience, executive director of
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Remembering Shirley
Friends of outstanding science teacher fundraised online to quickly create academic award in her name For 26 years, Shirley Brauer taught chemistry. She was a passionate educator who challenged high-achieving
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Supporting the Staff
The van Woudenberg family believes a charity’s operational costs should be as well-funded as its programming for clients These days, Els and Walter van Woudenberg live in the mountains of
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A Legacy of Caring
ECF Board Secretary Marshall Shoctor, Q.C. was inspired by the community contributions of his late father, Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor It’s hard to believe that there was a time when
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True Grit
A new endowment fund is JudyLynn Archer’s latest contribution to her life’s passion – Women Building Futures If you want something, it’s up to you to make it happen.” For
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Rooted in Service
Dr. Stanley Milner launches fund in memory of late wife in support of the ‘Alberta’ regiment The South Alberta Light Horse Regiment traces its roots in this province to 1885.
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Beyond the Front
Inspired by their family’s history, a couple starts a fund to help veterans and their families We all know that our comfortable lives come from the sacrifice made by other
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Come Sail Away
An avid sailor created an endowment fund so that he could share his love of the water with young people When the Wabamun Sailing Club was founded in March 1960