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CEO
Tina Thomas
DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Anna Alfonso
COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE
Andrew Paul
EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
9910 103 St. NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5K 2V7 T 780.426.0015 F 780.425.0121
PUBLISHER
Trudy Callaghan
ODVOD PUBLISHING INC.
10221 123 St. NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5N 1N3 T 780.451.1379 F 780.482.5417 odvodpublishing.com
DESIGN & PRODUCTION
Betty Feniak, Yuliia Syvokin
MANAGING EDITOR
Jodi Glen
CONTRIBUTORS
Eric Beliveau, Christine Bergland,
Lisa Catterall, Joelle Fagan, Caitlin Hart, Jasleen Mahil, Tom Ndekezi,
Liam Newbigging, Cory Schachtel, Mat Simpson
PRINTING
Mitchell Press
ODVOD MEDIA CORP.
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Lessons from Art
Bridging the past and present
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Generosity Education
Community, Connection and Chocolate Tareq Hadhad shares his experiences and how entrepreneurship helped his family give back
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Ecological Superheroes
Bats in Alberta need help from their human neighbours
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To Be Yourself
Camp Dragonfly creates a safe space and community for trans+ and gender-creative youth
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Imagining More
Children’s Autism Services of Edmonton’s new school will provide learning opportunities for kids with autism — and the community
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For Peace
From war to chocolate, Tareq Hadhad has become an entrepreneur, speaker and proud Canadian
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A Little Insurance
How to maximize your philanthropy through gifts of insurance
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All for Dance
Indigenous youth explore their creativity
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From the CEO
Tina Thomas leads the realization of ECF’s Strategic Plan and introduces the new Association of Grantmakers in Alberta
6Bringing History to Life through Art Strathcona County Museum
and Archives welcomes its first artist-in-residence
8A Dream Career
Kathy Hawkesworth leaves
her own legacy with more than 20 years at ECF
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Family Values
The Savard family builds on the legacy of giving back
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Joy in Music
YONA-Sistema provides a free music program, and integral life values
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