Calgary community board
List of Community Board Members
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.