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Calgary community board

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The TELUS Calgary Community Board was officially launched in July 2006 by TELUS President and CEO Darren Entwistle. This dynamic board allocates funding to innovative programs which involve youth and/or technology in Calgary. In 2009, the annual donation budget is $500,000. Charitable organizations whose focus is in the areas of arts and culture, education and sport, or health and well-being in our environment are invited to apply using our online application form.

The following are examples of programs that the Calgary board has funded in our focus areas:

• STARS - Exploring STARS is a children's video designed for grades K-6 across Alberta to teach children in an academic environment about accident prevention. More than 110,000 people visit the STARS website every year and this video will be freely available to parents and their children to learn about the work of STARS with a strong message about safety. The video will tour Alberta, reaching more than 2,000 students and their teachers.
• Hull Child and Family Services - Community Parent Education Program helps kids and families achieve success in their lives by helping them cope effectively with mental health and behavioural challenges. The program works with parents and their children over a 10-week period to attain effective problem-solving skills that promote positive behaviour, improve self-control and reduce antisocial behaviour. It is a unique program in Calgary that offers a holistic approach to families by working with both the parents and their children.
• The Fish Creek Park Society – Art in the Park. The society works with thousands of local volunteers to protect, preserve and enhance the diverse natural and human heritage found in Fish Creek Provincial Park to ensure that the park continues to prosper for future generations. Art in the Park is an environmental education program aimed at grades 1 - 6 that endeavours to awaken the sense of value in our wild spaces, through the use of art as a synthesizing agent for cross-curricular field study. It helps to instil a deeper respect for nature, while students learn how nature inspires art and how natural sciences benefit our society. The program is being further developed to reach as many schools as possible, especially those in communities that don’t otherwise have resources for art or environmental programs.