After nearly five decades in the non-profit world, Larry Derkach leveraged retirement to create a new endowment fund. When Larry Derkach was a university student eyeing a career in medicine,
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Stitching a New Future
Global Stitches empowers refugee women with advanced sewing skills and business acumen As a young girl growing up in Syria, Hodan Abdullah loved to sew clothes for her Barbie dolls.
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Fun(d) for the Whole Family
Connecting generations by supporting the community Jeff and Traci DiBattista believe in equal access to education, offering a helping hand to others and bettering their community. To put their beliefs
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King of the Hill
Hilltop House: A gracious Echo of City’s Past Hilltop House, from its vantage point on the north bank of the North Saskatchewan River valley, has overlooked the growing city of
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Preserving Our Past
Museum keeps historic grain elevator in Leduc There was a time when buildings like the crib-style grain elevator in Leduc were the defining structures of small-town Alberta. Sentinels in the
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Bridging Two Worlds
Edmonton’s Chinese Garden connects East and West The best place to stand at the Chinese Garden in Louise McKinney Park, says the garden’s society president Wing Choy, is in the
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Building for the Future
CKUA turned to the Social Enterprise Fund for its big move The CKUA Radio Network is a storied, beloved non-profit organization. These are wonderful attributes until, as its chief executive
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An enduring legacy
The Stollery Charitable Foundation celebrates 25 years Jeff Bryson is proud of the impact his grandparents, Bob and Shirley Stollery, have had on thousands of lives through their legacy, the
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Budding Scientists Get Hands-On with Synthetic Biology
An ECF-supported student club grapples with real-world issues Every Thursday, a group of curious students between Grades 7 and 12 gathers in a science lab at Our Lady of the