2020 Report to Community - Motivating and Enabling the Next Generation - The Educational Partnership Foundation
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2020 Report to Community
Motivating and Enabling the Next Generation
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What a year!
Table
of Contents
Champions for Education.............................................. 3
Message from Board Chair ........................................... 3
29 Years Strong ................................................................. 4
2020 and Us ....................................................................... 4
Thank You TEPF Board ................................................... 4
Reading... Give It A Shot! ............................................... 5
Environmental Actions .................................................. 5
Trades Careers ................................................................... 6
Facts and Figures ............................................................. 7
Legends for Learners................ 8
Thank you to our Donors ...... 9
Financial Update .....................10
What’s Up Next Year ...............10
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MESSAGE FROM MESSAGE FROM
PRESIDENT & CEO BOARD CHAIR
CHAMPIONS TEPF managed to adapt and SURVIVE
succeed despite all odds,
FOR EDUCATION largely due to the creativity AND THRIVE
This year Alberta faced a perfect storm with a struggling and dedication of the staff, and the deep relationships
economy that was further impacted by a pandemic. with our supporters, partners and donors. On the
With so many changes and challenges, charities like us fundraising side, the team launched a Father’s Day
faced a very uncertain future. Despite this, we are initiative this past year and staged a successful virtual
counting our blessings. We are very grateful because event to replace our Legends for Learners golf
many of our funders and donors went above and beyond tournament. Additionally, we forged funding
by stepping up and continuing to support us. Our donors relationships with new donors, including foundations,
are true champions for education, and we could not corporations and individuals. Relationships with school
continue to serve 740,000 students without thier support districts, Indigenous communities and governments
and dedication. have helped TEFP expand into new areas and different
circles of influence.
In addition, we took responsible action by reducing
operation costs and accessing pandemic supports the From a program perspective, Reading Give It A Shot was
government put in place. While it was a difficult year with adapted to reach students and families at home, and
schools shut down, we continued to work hard to collaboration with the Owen Hart Foundation and
increase literacy levels by offering our Reading… Give it a Calgary Reads allowed us to expand to even more
Shot! program to students in schools, hubs and homes. families. On the Piikani First Nation, 18 students
We also worked diligently on our Trades Careers program successfully completed the Trades Careers program with
expansion in order to provide our students with new all students scheduled to be offered employment when
trades options and additional locations next year. the pandemic hit and paused these offers. We also
brought two new Trades on in 2020 – culinary and
Overall, 2020 has been a carpentry – and will be bringing on two additional Trades
bumpy ride and I can’t thank in 2021 – electricians and insulators. The future of this
our donors, funders, sponsors, program looks extremely bright and it’s well positioned
Board members and my staff to accelerate as our economy reopens.
enough for your commitment
to students in Alberta. From the TEPF Board of Directors, I’d like to say a heartfelt
‘thank you’ to the staff, donors, funders, partners and
Barb Simic supporters for helping the foundation survive and thrive
President and CEO in 2020. Together we’re elevating students’ education
experience.
Julie Baron
Board Chair
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2020 and Us 29 Years Strong
Although this year didn’t go as planned, we were able In 1991, the Calgary Educational Partnerships Foundation
to maneuver through the new COVID environment by (CEPF) was established as a registered not-for-profit
fine tuning our programs, modifying our annual organization to provide support for the students and
fundraiser and putting extra effort into fundraising. teachers in Calgary and the surrounding area. Over the
years, CEPF’s influence broadened – so much so that in
We remodelled the Reading… Give it a Shot! literacy 2016, during its 25th Anniversary year, the organization
program to allow parents to register so students changed its name to The Educational Partnership
could receive the cards at home. Our Trades Careers Foundation (TEPF).
program had already been delivered on the Piikani
F
Nation and some of the other training classes had or 29 years, TEPF has been making a positive impact
started, but unfortunately could not continue due to on the lives of students by playing a key role in
school closures. The Environmental Actions program creating relevant partnerships between the
was suspended after the school closures. business community and educators to create and deliver
strong educational initiatives.
We moved the date of the annual golf tournament,
changed the format to a virtual event, sold With a new name, we now had a new
golf packages and held an on-line goal: to extend our reach beyond the
auction. The generous sponsors Calgary Area, in order to provide
that had committed to the tou- learning and opportunities for even
rnament earlier in the year stayed more than the 200,000 students and
on for the virtual event. In total five school districts we had
we raised $85,000. Our team had already assisted with our
spared no effort this year when it programs.
came to fundraising. As a result, we
were able to secure new funders and Over the last four years we have
by keeping operational costs successfully expanded our programs
down we have ended the year in and we are now serving over 740,000
a good financial position. students in Alberta. Our literacy,
environment and trades programs continue
to transform students lives and we plan to
continue our expansion and impact
even more students.
Thank You! JULIE BARON
BOARD CHAIR Director, Suncor Brand and Reputation, Suncor Energy
Board of KYM FAWCETT
VICE CHAIR Director, Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Parkland Fuel
Directors
Corporation at ATCO Pipelines and Liquids
JAMES COOK
BOARD SECRETARY/TREASURER Energy Broker, Net Energy Inc.
We want to
TIM FLAMAN
give a heartfelt DIRECTOR AT LARGE Vice-President, Carbon Copy Digital
KEN JOHNSTON,
thank you to our DIRECTOR AT LARGE Lawyer
Board of Directors ANDREW KMIEC
DIRECTOR AT LARGE Financial Planner, RBC Royal Bank of Canada
for all their support MARK NICHOLS
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
and guidance.
MIKE REZANSOFF
DIRECTOR AT LARGE
BARB SIMIC
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PRESIDENT AND CEO
“Be the change you wish to see in this world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
A 1% increase in literacy in our
population could boost our
national income by $32 billion.
TD Canada Trust, Literacy Matters:
A Call to Action
The Power of Literacy
While our Reading… Give it a Shot! literacy program is
normally delivered directly to schools we knew that
when schools shut down our kids had only moved
locations and would still need a reading motivator.
In fact, we had teachers
and parents asking if we
could provide the collector
cards to home addresses.
We quickly changed our website to allow
both parents and teachers to order the Early in the year
collector cards. In addition, we wanted we had already received
to help parents with home resources and approved seventeen
so we compiled lists of home-learning Environmental Actions
links that could be accessed in one grant applications. Once schools
easy location. closed in March, we unfortunately
had to suspend the Environmental
This year we also sent the Calgary Actions program.
Flames Cards to some higher needs
schools in the Calgary area and Since the launch of this
we partnered with Calgary Reads environmental program we
and the Owen Hart Foundation have funded 66 schools with
to include 1500 cards in back- $1000 each to use for their
packs for local children. Overall, student-led initiatives.
we are pleased to report that
more students than ever used
our literacy program in 2020.
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Trades Careers
Meeting Alberta is facing a shortage of 45,000
skilled trades people by 2025.
School, Student and Our Trades program has successfully completed our third
Provincial year of providing students with a career path in a trades
profession. This year students
Needs
enrolled in Calgary, Edmonton,
Lethbridge and for the first time,
on a First Nations reserve at
Piikani Nation. Unfortunately,
our Calgary and Edmonton programs were cut short and
our Ironworkers in Lethbridge and Culinary Arts program
with Teatro Group in Calgary were unable to start due to
the pandemic.
The Piikani program was the only program that started and
finished with all 18 students from the reserve in Brocket,
Alberta successfully completing the training. This program
provided exposure to three different trades; Ironworking,
Pipefitting, and the Carpentry trade. Our students in
Edmonton were exposed to the Millwrights and Iron-
working trades, and our Calgary students participated in
“This program is Ironworking and Pipefitting.
preparing Devin for a field that he
We are looking forward to 2021 and the continuation of
is excited about entering. This isn’t
our regular programs in Calgary, Edmonton,
just a job for him. It’s his career.” and the Piikani Nation, while incorporating potential
- Parent of Pipefitter Student additions of new trades partnerships with the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the
Insulators & Asbestos Workers Local 110 and
Teatro Group. We are also in discussions to expand the
trades program to Innisfail, Edson and other
locations throughout Alberta.
We are actively committed to expanding the program in
order to change the lives of our students and help guide
them on their career path.
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Facts and Figures
2019/20
program was used by 30,814 students.
739,536 cards collected in 2019/20.
Over 750,000 students have used the
Reading… Give it a Shot! program
over the last 24 years. We serve all Government
Over 18 Million of Alberta School Jurisdictions
Reading… Give it a Shot! cards have been
collected since 1994.
66 Environmental Actions Grants.
Locations:
Calgary,
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Piikani Nation
Trades:
Carpentry
Culinary
Ironworking
Pipefitting
Millwrights
Government of Alberta
School Jurisdictions
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Thank you to our
Legends for Learners Sponsors
Our live tournament could not be held this year due to Alberta Regional
COVID, so we came up with some new ideas and came up
with a variety of ways for donors to participate. This
Council of Carpenters
________________________
included golf and restaurant packages and an on-line Building Trades of Alberta
________________________
auction tied to our virtual event, the Legends for Learners
Fireside Chat and Party held on September 21, 2020. We Calgary Flames Foundation
________________________
live-streamed interviews with a great line up of “Legends,”
Canadian Football League, National Football League CTV
________________________
players and Olympians, gave away prizes and promoted
our on-line auction. With the help of our amazing DCM Communications
________________________
sponsors we were able to raise $85,000!
Digital Radiance
________________________
International Brotherhood
of Electricians local 424
________________________
Ironworkers Local 725
________________________
Owen Hart Foundation
________________________
Pipefitters Local 496
________________________
Shaw Birdies for Kids
presented by Altalink
________________________
Sheraton Eau Claire, Flower
and Wolf Restaurant
________________________
Valley Ridge Golf Club
19th Hole Fireside Chat & Party
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Thank you to our donors
for helping us transform students’ lives
$50,000 and Greater Partners
$10,000 and Greater Partners
Foundation
Significant In Kind Partnerships
Donations $10,000 and under
Julie Baron Ken Johnson Michael Luu
Jonathon Billington Tomasz Kmiec Tony Spoletini
Equs Christina Loc Totem Foundation
Tim Flaman K. & D. Lueers Sylvia Whitworth
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Patrick Forrest
What’s up Next Year
Financial Update
We met our financial target of a million dollars Next year we will be celebrating some amazing
while reducing our spending significantly. milestones. It’s our 30th year of operation, the
We have set ourselves up for a success 25th year of delivering
in 2021. Reading… Give it a Shot! literacy
program and the 20th anniversary of
our Legends for Learners Charity Golf
tournament. We are excited about
planning some special celebrations
STAY TUNED AND to commemorate these
accomplishments. But that’s not
BE SURE TO SHARE, all, we will continue to expand our
LIKE AND FOLLOW US! programs and secure new funders who
are committed to youth and education.
Reaching
740,000 Students in Alberta
If you have a passion and commitment to education, we could use your support.
● Follow, Share and Like us on social media
● Volunteer with us
● Donate an auction item for our Golf Tournament
● Sponsor our golf tournament
● Donate funds to support students
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