Community Foundation of Greater Grande Prairie
October, 2010
Inspire Gala Thank You!
A Personal Note From Our New Chair
Planned Giving 101
Grande Prairie River Rats Donation
Greetings!

Our 8th annual gala evening and auction was a great success! We have so many wonderful friends, supporters, sponsors and volunteers to thank for making it all possible. The way our community has come together for this event year after year has been truly inspiring, your generosity helped us raise over $80,000! This success will result in a stronger and more enriched community. We continue to help those who share a vision of enriching the quality of life in our community. On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff, thank you.

I have to share some wonderful words of a dear friend: "The evening has grown to become one of the highlight nights on the Grande Prairie area social scene, with fantastic gourmet food paired with unique vintage, good friends, good times and all in the name of philanthropy," Fred Rinne, Editor-in-Chief, Daily Herald Tribune.

Special thanks to Dennis Fedeyko of Camp Tamarack and Tom Pura of the Suicide Prevention Resource Centre's Men at Risk Program for providing heartfelt testimonials on how the work of the Foundation has positively impacted their organizations.

Also at the gala we formally introduced and announced our new Chair, Brent Oilund, welcome. We look forward to working with you and are encouraged by your passion to give back to our community.

I also wanted to share with you that the Foundation office now has a credit and debit machine for your convenience.

Tracey Vavrek Tracey Vavrek, Executive Director

Ph: 780.538.2820
Email: tracey@buildingtomorrowtoday.com
"Inspire" Gala Evening & Auction - Thank You

The following gala sponsors made this elegant evening possible:

River of Fire Sponsor:

SS Toyota

Grand Hall Sponsor:

Holiday Inn Express   
Motel 6  Ramada

Reception Sponsor:

Scotiabank

Stage Sponsor:


CIBC Westpoint

Transportation Sponsors:


Cardon Homes
Fletcher Mudryk & Co. LLP
Prairie Villa Insurance
Total Enerflex

Live Auction Sponsor:
Driver Advertising Systems

Silent Auction Sponsor:
Costco Wholesale

Wine Station Sponsors:


ATB Financial
Chrenek Dion & Associates of RBC Dominion Securities
Daily Herald Tribune
Devon Energy Corp.
Meyers Norris Penny
Affordable Elegance, Dar Diachuk, Kelly Buyar & Shawn Shmyr

Entrance Sponsor: Willsey Davis & Co. LLP

Exit Sponsor: Parties & Wishes Unlimited

Special thanks to all attendees, supporters and sponsors of our 8th annual "Inspire" gala. With your support we raised over $80,000 to grow our community!

gala tableCheck out the pictures of our gala on our Facebook page, while you're there we hope you will "Like" us.
Greetings from our new Chair, Brent Oilund Brent Oilund, Chair

"Dear friends, I am not in Grande Prairie just to make a living, I am here to make a difference. I am a home grown Grande Prairie guy with roots back to 1917 in this region. I am proud to be actively involved with the Swan City Rotary Club for the last 23 years.

Ron and our past ambassadors have prepared our organization for
its future and the board and staff are ready to grow the business of the Foundation. I have a vision of wonderful growth for our Community Foundation. With the current economic times your Foundation refuses to participate. We are here to grow our community savings account. We've streamlined operations, reduced costs and are proud to operate with one of the lowest administration costs in the charity world. We are a foundation of institutional integrity and credibility.
We have a tremendously dedicated and energetic staff along with passionate board members.

Christopher Novak said: "Tell people where they are going and they may get there. Inspire them with why they are going there and they will move mountains."

Invest in your community for a very simple reason - you live here.
Invest in the human family and build your community."

Welcome Brent, we look forward to the future!
Planned Giving 101

Grande Prairie Council for Lifelong Learning and the Estate and Financial Planning Institute invite you to attend a public education seminar.

This seminar will cover valuable information on legal matters and planned giving, insurance as a planned giving tool, investments and estate planning.

When: October 16, 2010 (8:30 am - 2:30 pm)
Where: Grande Prairie Regional College, Room D208

$25 registration - includes lunch and one-on-one consultations for interested registrants

For more information or to register please contact:
Grande Prairie Council for Lifelong Learning
Ph: 780.539.6077
Email: lifelongadmin@gppsd.ab.ca
Website: www.gpcll.com
Grande Prairie River Rats Donation

River RatsAlex Figel of the Grande Prairie River Rats presents Tracey Vavrek with a donation of $2,500.


The Community Foundation office now has a debit and credit machine for the convenience of our donors and supporters!
Mission
We inspire philanthropy by providing a way for anyone to leave a lasting legacy through permanent endowment building, responsible grants and leadership to meet our community's needs for today, tomorrow and forever.

Vision
Bringing donors and charities together to enrich the whole community.

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Email: info@buildingtomorrowtoday.com
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