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Kristy Anderson Megan Armstrong Christina Bartlett Victoria Bennett Heather B Black Olivia Blundell Jaclyn Bock Leanne Boyd Jason Boyd Robyn Braley Melanie Caldwell Brad Celmainis Jeffrey Cockram Michael Coles Gita Consul Natalie Coombes Linda Cunningham Mariana Cuznetova Janice Desrosiers Jill Dewes Victoria Driver Court Ellingson Karen Ellis Lois Faris Tasneem Fazel Suzanne Ferguson Rob Goodwin Claire Griffin Darren Hailes Kelly Hipkin Margaret Jezierska Maia Jezierska Gordon Kamitomo Fred Katayama Amanda Kemsley Kate Kusza Athena Labercane Jill Langer Deb Lawton Devon LeClair Veronica Lee Melanie Love Kirstie Lush Kai Luu Michael Maltsev Carolyn Martin Pam McCarthy Bob McInnis Ariana McKnire Kathryn McMackin Donna McTaggart Steve Mix Holly Montgomery Jim Nikiforuk Kristin Papillon Pauline Patenaude Sean Phillips Chris Picek Carrie Poirie Paula Rodriguez Mike Ross Arlene Santos Andrea Shandro Shauna Sinclair Colin Smith Marie Somers Lea Storry Christy Switzer Danilo Terra Stephanie Wiebe Leesha Withrow Brian Yu
DOING GOOD IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Entrepreneurs talk about the ways their businesses give back to the community
“One thing that our business does, as do some of these other examples, is it involves the people in the community in the solution. I think that’s really important. It creates a relationship between those not-forprofits in the community and the causes they serve and business who are doing things that they do on a regular basis.” C A R O LY N M A RT I N, f o u n d e r a n d CEO of Sponsor Energy, sponsorenergy.com
“Mealshare is a nonprofit organization that partners with restaurants. The restaurant will choose one, two, three menu items, and off of that menu item, the company or restaurant donates back to Mealshare. It equates to one meal from the customer equals one meal for somebody else … the money that our customers are giving us for our poutine perogies (which quickly became our second top seller when it became a Mealshare item). It’s that connection and (knowing what they do) makes a difference.”
CHRIS PICEK, co-founder at The Grain Exchange Bakery & Pizzeria, thegrainexchange.coop
D E B L AW T O N A N D J I M N I K I F ORUK, co - owners of Perogy Boyz, perogyboyz.com
ONLINE For the full recap of “Doing good in the neighbourhood” including a podcast of the event, visit capitalideascalgary.com.
C A P I TA L B U Z Z Here’s what Capital Ideas members took away from the July 30 panel:
“Feeling the love! I’m in the right place listening to The Grain Exchange share, it’s not just about $$$”
Kelly Hipkin, Owner of Organized Lives Ltd., @KellyHipkin
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“The co-operative model is almost by definition community-orientated. In our case our first priority is to create living wage jobs for our members. Because of the economic democracy component, where the members collectively manage the business, sort of keeping the decision making as well as the profits or the surplus in the business or in the community rather than sending them elsewhere.”
Thank you! Jennifer Wong, manager of entrepreneurship with ATB, left, presents Jaclyn Bock, HR Generalist at Salopek & Associates (salopekconsulting.com), with a door prize after the event.
“Doing good does not adversely impact the bottom line. The opposite is true. @SponsorEnergy has it right.”
Brad Celmainis, president of Brad Celmainis Consulting, @bradcelmainis
“Businesses NEED to share how they give back so they can inspire others. Good advice from @SponsorEnergy #humblebrag” Jill Dewes, managing director at Uppercut, @madebyuppercut
“Younger people are making decisions based on (a company’s) transparency’ Great to see business catching on to this.”
Liz Corderre, @curiousitycode
“You had me at “we work with Mealshare,” @PerogyBoyz”
Claire Griffin, manager of marketing and communications at Calgary Economic Development, @clairesgriffin
Questions? Contact us at hello@capitalideascalgary.com