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what is potential? Potential is the mind’s right to imagine. The body’s right to move. The soul’s right to believe in itself.
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At YMCA Calgary, we believe potential is everyone’s right, everyone’s advantage, everyone’s secret weapon. The one thing about potential is you don’t want it to stay potential. You want it to become everything it can be.
YMCA Calgary is a charitable organization that has been improving the health of the community for over 110 years. We are committed to raising $30 million so we can continue to help all Calgarians achieve a healthy mind, body and spirit so they can all reach their potential. With the help of donors like you, we will make this critical investment into the health and wellness of all Calgarians.
ON OUR MARK. GET SET. GROW!
THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE YMCA FACILITIES IN CALGARY, PLUS ONE OUTDOOR CAMP FACILITY WEST OF CALGARY.
AND WITH YOUR HELP, THREE MORE YMCA FACILITIES WILL OPEN SOON!
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MELCOR YMCA AT CROWFOOT
REMINGTON YMCA IN QUARRY PARK
GRAY FAMILY EAU CLAIRE YMCA
YMCA IN ROCKY RIDGE
SADDLETOWNE YMCA
YMCA IN SETON
SHAWNESSY YMCA
SOUTH HEALTH CAMPUS YMCA
CAMP CHIEF HECTOR YMCA
GIVING A FAMILY STRENGTH Every parent wants to be the hero now and then. When his youngest daughter Grace pleaded to go to Camp Chief Hector YMCA, Muhammad Idrees made it happen thanks to his love, persistence and financial support from the YMCA.
Then a doctor recommended Idrees try using the pool at the Y to ease a back injury.
“I called and called for weeks and finally they had a spot,” he says. “Grace was so excited and she was counting down the days.”
Idrees got a membership back in 2004, his wife got a job babysitting at the YMCA, and the pair was suddenly involved into a welcoming community. Language classes, swimming lessons, badminton games and many more activities followed.
When the time finally came to send her off to Camp, Idrees and his wife asked their 11-year-old if they should call or visit. They were surprised when she said no. “I’d thought she’d be scared to be away from home, but she was so happy and confident.” Idrees says Grace got that confidence through her involvement in other YMCA programs over the years. He believes the same is true of her two older sisters, one of which is working as a YMCA lifeguard while attending university. Influenced by their own family values and their experience at the YMCA, “All three of them are team players who always try to help other people out.” Idrees says even he and his wife are more outgoing and positive thanks to the YMCA. Being part of the YMCA community has made their whole family stronger. The couple moved to Calgary from Pakistan about 14 years ago. Like many new immigrants, they were feeling uneasy and not fully integrated into their new country and community.
“ I was worried it would be extremely expensive, but that’s the great thing about the YMCA, everyone can have access.”
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“ I feel like the Y made it much easier to become a Canadian.” Idrees and his family are still trying to get as much out of the Shawnessy YMCA as possible. “Sometimes it feels we are there every second of the day,” he laughs. “I tell everyone I know to go and don’t worry about the money, the Y will find a way. Just go and learn something today.” And recently he’s noticed more people are going. “There are lots of waiting lists for things and that’s OK for me, I will wait.” “ My wish is for more people to be able experience all of the great things the Y has to offer, so I’m really happy that they are building these new YMCAs.”
Idrees Family
Potential means your strength, your ability to move forward to handle problems. Everything comes from potential and everyone has it. We all just need a little help so we can move in the right direction and become stronger.
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- Muhammad Idrees YMCA Financial Support Beneficiaries
WE’RE LACED UP AND READY TO GO Creating potential isn’t an easy business. But it’s a fun and important one. As a social enterprise, we know that our community impact is only as strong as the support we receive. With over 1,200 volunteers running alongside us, and donors like you, our potential now is stronger than ever.
With your support, more children, youth and adults will have a place to belong, grow, thrive and lead. With your support, our communities have the potential to be even stronger.
We’re growing, and fast. In the next few years, we will more than double our impact in the community. With the support of the City of Calgary, and a number of generous donors, YMCA Calgary will reach three underserved areas of the community: Quarry Park, Rocky Ridge, and Seton.
Keep reading to find out what the Power of Potential is all about, and what it is capable of. In these pages, you’ll learn about the projects that are helping us have more impact in more places for more people than ever before. Get to know some of the people who have been impacted by our important work, and meet some of the people who are making it all possible.
Our potential is changing but our story is not. People are moving less, connecting less, and now more than ever, our community needs your help.
Our story has always been about the people we serve – the true power of potential. And we want you to be a part of it.
Our red shoes are on. We’re moving fast. Are you ready to help get us to the finish line?
Narmin Ismail-Teja
Board Chair, YMCA Calgary
Evan Hazell
Co-Chair, Power of Potential Campaign
Helene Weir
President & CEO, YMCA Calgary
Ian Dundas
Co-Chair, Power of Potential Campaign
WE’RE STEPPING UP A rapidly growing population and a growing child health crisis – both are hard to miss in Calgary, but they can also be easy to ignore. Not at the YMCA.
We are a hard working charitable organization shaping the health of the community today and tomorrow. Our mission to develop healthy communities goes much deeper than the traditional health and wellness model.
We’re already seeing an increased demand for our programs and services. Obesity, inactivity, social issues, and a lack of connectivity are having a troubling effect on our community.
To the YMCA, building healthy communities also includes promoting the spiritual, mental, and social development of the community.
So we’re now taking the greatest strides in our history to do more about these issues.
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YMCA Calgary is committed to raising $30 million to continue to help Calgarians achieve a healthy mind, body and spirit so they can all reach their potential.
Doing this costs a lot of money. Doing nothing costs more.
WHY NOW? BECAUSE WHEN CALGARY GROWS, SO DOES ITS IN 2014 THERE WERE NEEDS. Our city is welcoming dozens of newcomers every single day. As Calgary grows, so will the YMCA. We are committed to growing with the city to better serve the communities we all live in.
43,103 19,740
NEW CALGARIANS WERE NEW IMMIGRANTS
25% ALMOST
OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE YMCA RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR A YMCA PROGRAM, MEMBERSHIP, OR SERVICE. NO ONE IN NEED IS EVER TURNED AWAY
THE YMCA PROVIDES
1 IN 4 KIDS WITH
SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS
1 IN 5 KIDS WITH
SUBSIDIZED MEMBERSHIPS
WITH CALGARY’S FAST GROWING POPULATION, THE YMCA WILL NEED TO BUILD FACILITIES IN UNDERSERVED AREAS AND PROVIDE EVEN MORE SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS AND MEMBERSHIPS
WHY THE YMCA? WE’RE JUST HITTING OUR STRIDE. WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN DO MUCH MORE. YMCA’s programs and services are already influencing the health of Calgarians and helping them on the right path to find their potential. With more funding to support facilities, programs and services, we can help thousands more.
IN
2014 YMCA CALGARY HAD OVER...
36,200
2,000,000
VISITS
MEMBERS
615
ADULT NEWCOMERS
were provided language instruction and settlement strategies through LINC (Learning Instruction for Newcomers)
4666
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
benefited from outreach, youth engagement and Aboriginal programs
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17,000
FITNESS PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SPENT
CHILDREN AND YOUTH HAD OVER
HOURS IN YMCA HEALTH AND COMMUNITY BUILDING PROGRAMS
HOURS OF OUTDOOR PLAY WITH THE HELP OF CAMP CHIEF HECTOR YMCA
174,601 552,000 learning about and celebrating culture, participating in recreation and physical activities, working on math, adapting to life in Canada, social skill development and connecting with peers and positive adult role models
95%
say they spent more quality time with their families as a result of the Y
of parents felt the Y increased their children’s physical development
Children who engage in active outdoor play in natural environments demonstrate resilience, self-regulation and develop skills for dealing with stress later in life
YMCA CALGARY IS
100% DEBT FREE.
THIS MEANS 100% OF YOUR DONATION WILL GO TOWARD BENEFITING THE HEALTH OF CALGARIANS, NOT REPAYING DEBT
WHY YOU? IN PERIODS OF GROWTH, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO BUILD THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. The reasons are clear. And the need is urgent.
ONLY
1/3 AGED 5 -17 44 7% ARE OVERWEIGHT OF CANADIANS
OR OBESE
27%
OF CALGARY’S CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT:
HOURS A
OF CHILDREN
IN FRONT
60 MINS
WEEK
OF A SCREEN
GET THEIR OF ACTIVITY
EACH DAY
• Physical health and well-being • Social competence • Emotional maturity • Language and thinking skills • Communication skills and knowledge
THE DECLINING HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE CALGARY COMMUNITY ARE GROWING EVERY DAY
Promoting spiritual, mental, physical and social development of individuals and fostering a sense of responsibility within the community today will lead to a stronger community tomorrow. WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN BUILD THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND LEAD ALL CALGARIANS TO THE PATH OF REACHING THEIR POTENTIAL
* ALL STATISTICAL DATA FROM 2014.
CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW CAPITAL: $23 MILLION
Three new facilities in Calgary’s underserved areas to support the development of healthy communities. The City of Calgary has selected YMCA Calgary to operate and equip three new facilities; a total investment of $447 million. In order to bring these facilities to life, YMCA Calgary has committed to raising $23 million in donor dollars, a one in nineteen leverage against the total wellness investment.
CAMP: $4 MILLION
Upgrade of camp facilities so more kids can experience an extraordinary outdoor learning environment. Camp Chief Hector YMCA (CCHY) is celebrating its 85th anniversary – that’s 85 years of providing impact in the Calgary community. CCHY programs emphasize community and values-based education, outdoor challenge, fun, individual growth, environmental stewardship, leadership development and service excellence. Donor support will assist in the upgrading of our current facilities at CCHY enabling more children and families to build memorable outdoor experiences.
COMMUNITY: $3 MILLION
Continue to deliver and provide access to programs that support the health and development of the community as the demand increases. YMCA Calgary’s Community branch serves individuals and communities beyond traditional YMCA Health & Wellness facilities. Programs are offered at over 60 sites in all quadrants of the city. Included are youth leadership, after-school programs, health and wellness, recreation, childcare, newcomers to Canada programs, Aboriginal programs and global initiatives. These programs require the generous support of donors in order to expand and ensure all people have access.
Total Project Budget
$477
M I LLI O N
of Calgary $447 City Investment MILLION
$30 MILLION
YMCA Calgary Campaign
$23 Capital MILLION
YMCA Calgary Campaign
$30
$4
Camp
$3
Community
MILLION
M I LLI O N
MILLION
WE’RE MAKING STRIDES.
CAPITAL THREE NEW FACILITIES TO PLAY, LEARN, AND GROW $23 MILLION
The $23 million we raise in capital donations will go toward the three new facilities the City of Calgary has chosen us to equip and operate. That’s three new YMCAs where thousands more people can come to play, learn, grow and connect. We’ll equip these new Ys with all the treadmills and stationary bikes you’d expect, but also with the unexpected
QUARRY PARK (SE) 100,000 sq. ft. Will be known as Remington YMCA 6-lane, 25 metre pool full service library Opening in 2016
ROCKY RIDGE (NW) 300,000 sq. ft. Both indoor and outdoor facilities 300-seat theatre Ice arenas and art spaces Estimated opening in 2017
SETON (SE) 330,000 sq. ft. Largest YMCA in Canada 10 lane competition pool 2 multi-purpose ice rinks Estimated opening in 2018
like ice rinks, theatres and art studios More importantly, we’ll operate these new Ys with decades of experience and expertise. And we’ll do all of this knowing that these are not three buildings. Instead, they are the building blocks for developing the potential of all Calgarians.
WHY SUPPORT CAPITAL? • By 2019, the population of Calgary is expected to grow by 150,000 • One out of every three Canadians aged 5-17 years old are considered overweight or obese • Only 7% of children are getting their recommended 60 minutes of activity each day • Kids and youth are spending 44 hours per week in front of a screen
SHARING SUCCESS Success came early for Cody Clayton. He was still in junior high school when he found it on his neighbourhood’s snowy streets. “I shoveled sidewalks for whatever people could afford to pay me,” he says. Clayton cleaned up – literally and figuratively. But he never considered keeping all that money. “ My parents taught me that success should always be shared.” And he’s never forgotten it. As a child, he shared a big chunk of his winter wealth with an animal charity. Today he is a businessman sharing an entire company’s success with the YMCA – and Calgarians. Clayton is the president of Remington Development Corporation, which is making a $2 million capital donation toward the new YMCA facility in Quarry Park, a community built by Remington. The nature of the gift provides the facility with access to operational dollars so it won’t be strained if initial occupancy is lower than expected. “We wanted to ensure the long-term success of the facility so it can help make families healthier.” Remington is a strong believer in healthy families and saw enormous potential in a new YMCA to benefit those living and working in the southeast.
But what really sealed the deal was the Y’s willingness to accommodate every family regardless of its finances. That practice first impressed Clayton decades earlier, when he counselled children from low-income families at Camp Chief Hector YMCA. “ They got to have this incredible experience that their parents probably couldn’t have afforded otherwise.” He predicts the YMCA in Quarry Park – which will bear the Remington name – will also mean great experiences for children and parents alike. “ We know that coming from a healthy and happy family gives a child the greatest chance of success.” Clayton now tells his own kids to share their successes, but quietly. “If you’re donating just to be in the newspaper, you’re doing it for the wrong reasons,” Clayton says. The right reasons are obvious, though he adds Remington’s many years of philanthropy have had one surprising benefit. “ Good things happen to good people. You couldn’t build a business case on it, but I believe our company’s been more successful because we donate.” And more success means more to share. Cody Clayton President Remington Development Corporation
Donor & Volunteer Remington YMCA
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Potential is something we look for in business, in family and in life. To me, potential is an opportunity. It’s taking that opportunity to better something, whether it’s a person, a community, a relationship or an experience.
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- Cody Clayton
CAMP BUILDING LIFE-LONG VALUES AND CONNECTIONS THROUGH NATURE
Sometimes it’s what’s on the outside that counts.
$4 MILLION
Operating year-round, Camp offers programs that include an emphasis on community, individual growth and environmental stewardship. It’s also a place to have fun, and more than 200,000
Camp Chief Hector YMCA is an outdoor education branch of YMCA Calgary that offers kids a unique learning experience in Kananaskis Country.
children have experienced much laughter along with their learning since the camp first opened. That was way back in 1930 and now the facilities are showing their age. The $4 million dollars we’re raising will allow us to make much needed upgrades so more kids have the opportunity to experience personal growth and discover their potential at Camp for decades to come.
WHY SUPPORT CAMP? • Each year, Camp provides outdoor skill development, and leadership opportunities to 12,000 children and youth • 90% of Camp Chief Hector YMCA campers say they made new friends and developed meaningful relationships with their peers and program leaders
A NATURAL CONNECTION In his crisp suit and designer tie, Ron Deyholos presents the image you’d expect of a managing partner of a corporate law firm. No wonder then, that when he talks fondly about a week recently spent camping at a lake in a two-person tent with his wife Michelle, some folks might not believe him. “I occasionally have to pull out photos to prove that I really do love camping,” he laughs. The couple’s love of camping, and for each other, began in the same place in the late 1970s. The pair met during a summer at Camp Chief Hector YMCA, where Michelle was a counsellor and Deyholos was training future ones. They’ve been active in many other YMCA programs over the years, but Deyholos says he and Michelle, now a physician, will always be most grateful for the time they spent at Camp. “ Camp just did so much for us,” he says. “We are healthy, goal-oriented and positive, and because of that we’ve had success in our careers and as a family.”
“ Whether a counsellor or a camper, it’s definitely a place where you’re encouraged to think that the glass is half-full, and that environment should be accessible to as many kids as possible regardless of their means.” That’s why Deyholos has been a long-time donor to Camp. He’s also joined the YMCA Campaign Cabinet to help fundraise, because he believes kids need Camp today more than ever. “ The nature of play has changed; there are so many kids tied to video games and indoor activity.” And he says that those who have the means to give those kids the chance to play and learn in the outdoors are helping to make a better community in the long run. “ I’ve always thought Camp rounded me out as a person,” he says. “I’m proud to be a lawyer, but it’s nice to have part of me, and a part of my past, that’s so unconnected to the corporate world.” That part of him is the one that still enjoys sleeping in a tiny tent. Even if sometimes it takes a picture to prove it.
Deyholos credits Camp for helping to instill those same attributes in his children – all four of whom have attended multiple times. Ron & Michelle Deyholos
Camp Alumni & Supporters Camp Chief Hector YMCA
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Potential is the capacity for development and future success. Camp Chief Hector YMCA contributes to that capacity by exposing campers to new experiences and new challenges; it unlocks the potential.
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- Ron Deyholos
COMMUNITY EXTENDING OUR IMPACT THROUGH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
This week, more than 525 young Calgarians will put their leadership skills into action within their communities. Just as they’ll do next week and the week after that.
$3 MILLION
They’ll learn those skills through the YMCA’s Community branch, which operates at dozens of sites all over the city. The branch’s wide variety of programs include health and wellness, recreation, after-school programs, childcare, newcomers to Canada programs, global initiatives and Aboriginal programs. In fact, we’re the largest provider of Aboriginal programs in the
city and all are designed and led by Aboriginal staff. We believe our work is important, and that it’s important to work with more Calgarians. The $3 million we’re raising to expand our Community branch and programs will help us do that. YMCA Calgary’s Community YMCA provides children’s critical hours programming, language instruction, and Aboriginal youth programs in over 60 sites in all quadrants of the city, serving more than 1,200 children, youth and adults each week.
WHY SUPPORT COMMUNITY? •
The Y is shaping the health of the community with more than 4,600 children and youth in Calgary participating in Community YMCA programs through outreach, youth engagement and Aboriginal programs
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There are 615 adult newcomers involved in LINC (Learning Instruction for Newcomers to Canada)
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174,601 hours are spent in YMCA programs by children and youth learning about and celebrating culture, participating in physical activities, working on math, adapting to life in Canada, and connecting with peers and positive adult role models
A LIFE SAVING PARTNERSHIP On an early morning at the Saddletowne YMCA in northeast Calgary, parents watch quietly, and a little nervously, as one child after another rolls head first into the pool. Then there is an eruption of cheering as each kid pops back up to the surface. They’ve just learned how to right themselves in deep water. That may seem like a pretty basic skill, but tens of thousands of Calgary children don’t have it and the consequences can be devastating. About 500 people drown in our country every year and one group in particular is at a significantly higher risk in the water. New Canadians are four times more unlikely to be able to swim than people who are born here. “To be able to help prevent these kinds of tragedies in our city is important to us,” says Jeff Boyd, Regional President of RBC for Alberta and The Territories. Boyd’s company is pledging $250,000 toward the Swim to Survive program being taught at the Saddletowne Y. Different from swimming lessons, and not a replacement for them, the program teaches young newcomers the essential skills they need if they accidentally fall into deep water. “I can’t think of a better program at the Y that aligns with RBC’s own core values of supporting communities, diversity and new Canadians,” Boyd says.
The YMCA works with schools to teach the program to children in Grades 1-4 and more than 3,000 kids have participated since it first became available in 2013. RBC’s gift means Swim to Survive will be able to reach even more kids – and more parents. Many moms and dads who watch their children take this program come back to sign up for swimming lessons for themselves. “We always feel very fortunate to be able to give back and we see such tremendous potential in this initiative.” RBC isn’t just giving money to the Swim to Survive program, it’s also donating its time to the YMCA’s fundraising effort; a senior member of RBC’s leadership team serves on the YMCA’s Power of Potential Campaign Cabinet. “We support the Y because it supports Calgarians, and particularly children,” Boyd says. “It’s pretty clear when you get kids involved in sports and other activities it has positive impacts on the communities we all live in.”
Jeff Boyd Regional President RBC, Alberta & The Territories
Donor RBC Active Life Fund
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Potential is possibilities, and those possibilities almost always require some level of support, capability building, coaching or mentoring. Everybody has potential and sometimes you just need a bit of help to unleash it.
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- Jeff Boyd
LEAVING A LEGACY From step aerobics to feeling the Jane Fonda burn, the fitness fads came and went at the old YMCA on 6th Avenue. But Murray Pyke stuck to the tried and true. For 40 years, the good old-fashioned calisthenics and cardio drills he taught each morning never changed, and rarely did the music. He built a loyal following who loved the class and especially its teacher. “ He was kind of legendary,” says Jacqueline Pyke about her father, who passed away in 2009. Now the legend is leaving a legacy. After running stairs with his class every day, Murray would head to the office to run the energy companies he founded. His hard work there is what has allowed his wife and children to make a $2 million donation to the YMCA in his memory. “ He never lived a flashy life,” says his daughter. “He always appreciated the simplest things for himself, like the camaraderie he found at the Y.” This is the largest individual gift in the Calgary YMCA’s history, a fact that surprises Pyke who, along with her brother David, is a long-time member. “ We just wanted to make a donation that he would be proud of and that would reflect his values,” she says.
Chief among those values was giving back, with an emphasis on helping others to reach their potential by providing a strong foundation that included health and wellness. Murray, also a one-time YMCA Board Director, was doing that back in the day with each sweaty workout he led. His family is hoping to do it now with this significant donation. “The Y’s roots are so broad and so deep,” says Pyke. “I can’t think of another organization that touches as many people, and these three new facilities will expand its reach even more.” Pyke says the organization helps people tap into their potential by being about much more than physical health — it’s also about nurturing mental wellness in a diverse and inclusive place where anyone can feel they belong. “The Y is not just a gym,” she says. “The Y is a gathering place, a second home, a community.” And Murray Pyke was not just a fitness teacher. He was a friend, a mentor, a role model. He was also a much loved husband and father, and with this generous gift, his family is ensuring he remains a contributor to a community he cared so deeply about.
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You can only realize your potential if you have a strong foundation, and the Y is an important part of building that foundation, particularly in children. It’s so important for young people to have these positive influences for their physical health and mental well-being.
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- Jacqueline Pyke Legacy Donors in Honour of Murray Pyke
REALIZING POTENTIAL When asked what her life would have been like without the YMCA, Ana Lucia Lobos is clearly stumped. “ Life without the Y. It’s just impossible to imagine,” she says. Lobos was a toddler when she left Argentina with her mother and grandmother to settle in Calgary. At the Eau Claire YMCA, the two women found work in childcare and Lobos found a second home. “It’s been the strongest community in my life and it’s given me a place where I can feel safe, supported and encouraged,” she says. From being a kid in its childcare to now its employee (she’s leading the fundraising for Camp Chief Hector YMCA), the 25-year-old says the Y has profoundly shaped her character. “ The YMCA pushed me to develop new skills and realize my potential.” Lobos first discovered what she was capable of when, through the help of donations, she joined the Y’s swim club at age 8. “ I’d never thought I could excel at anything, but swim club made me realize I could.” The first and second place ribbons quickly stacked up and so did the friendships. “The YMCA is such an equalizer,” she says.
“ We didn’t have a lot of money, but I never realized until much later that some my Y friends came from wealthy families, because we were all participating in the same programs.”
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Her confidence got another boost when, through an international partnership with YMCA Calgary, she travelled to Kiev to help set up the first YMCA branch in the Ukrainian capital. “So again, that was the YMCA opening these doors for me and providing these life-changing experiences, just in a different context.” Lobos is now applying to law schools with the goal of becoming a human rights lawyer. Already a YMCA donor, she hopes to be in a position to give a lot more, because she knows first-hand the impact it can have. “ It’s not just one swim program or one week at Camp. It’s the building blocks needed to become strong, independent and healthy people for their entire lives.”
Potential is quite simply the capacity that a person has to grow into their best self; it’s the endless possibility that surrounds us and waits to be seized.
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- Ana Lucia Lobos
She thinks again about a life without the YMCA and the words suddenly come tumbling out. “ I would have grown up knowing what I didn’t have, and wouldn’t have had as many influential role models. Where else would I have hung out with so many healthy and supportive people?” Ana Lucia Lobos Campaign Staff
Former YMCA Strong Kids Recipient
YMCA CALGARY IS ON A MISSION
YMCA Calgary is a charitable organization driven by its mission to facilitate and promote the spiritual, mental, physical and social development of individuals and to foster a sense of responsibility within the community.
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT. TAKE THE NEXT STEP You can help Calgarians of all ages lead healthier, more active, more connected lives—regardless of their background or financial situation.
PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP
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Provide a charitable donation to support a specific area of the Power of Potential Campaign
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Make an undesignated gift to the area of greatest need
• Provide financial support in exchange for benefits such as corporate naming and brand visibility in new and existing facilities
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Opportunities for naming recognition are available
Cash, stocks or multi-year pledges
One time or multi-year pledges
• Engage in multi-year partnerships to match your corporate strategy
LEGACY GIFTS
Wills and trusts, bequests or life-insurance •
Consider YMCA Calgary in your estate plans
CAMPAIGN CABINET Ian C. Dundas – Campaign Co-Chair President and CEO Enerplus Corporation
Karen Hill-Chow, CFRE Vice President, Fund Development YMCA Calgary
Chris Seasons Senior Advisor and Director ARC Financial
Evan Hazell – Campaign Co-Chair Community Volunteer
Clarke Hunter Partner Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Mike Shaikh Independent Business Person
Angela Avery General Counsel & VP of Law Legal and Business Development ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp.
Narmin Ismail-Teja Director Western Management Consultants
Cody Clayton President Remington Development Corporation
Andy Melton Executive Vice Chairman Melcor Developments Limited
Ron Deyholos Managing Partner Torys LLP
James McCreath, CIWM, CIMR Associate Portfolio Manager BMO Nesbitt Burns
Trevor Gardner Co-head, Canadian Energy Global Investment Banking RBC Capital Markets
Andy Radler Community Volunteer
Rod Heard Proprietor Heard Management Solutions
Howard T. Shikaze, FCPA, FCA Howard T. Shikaze Professional Corporation John Williams Managing Director Alvarez & Marsal Global Forensic and Dispute Services Deborah Yedlin Business Columnist Calgary Herald Helene Weir President & CEO YMCA Calgary
Rob Savin Managing Director Wealthbridge
YMCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Narmin Ismail-Teja Director Western Management Consultants
Ross Bentley Partner Blake, Cassels, & Graydon LLP
Rod Heard Proprietor Heard Management Solutions
Bill Slavin Managing Director ARC Financial Corp.
James K. Gray O.C., A.O.E. Lifetime Director YMCA Calgary
Tania Corbett VP, Talent Management Services Optimum Talent/ Conroy Ross Partners
John Mawdsley Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Canadian Oil Sands Limited
Zain Velji Sr. Engagement Strategy Consultant Hill + Knowlton Strategies
Helene Weir President & CEO YMCA Calgary
Marco De Iaco VP, Sales, Sports & Major Events Tourism Calgary
Meenu Ahluwalia Immigration, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Commercial Litigation Merani Reimer LLP
Tish Doyle-Baker Associate Professor, Kinesiology University of Calgary
Angela Avery General Counsel & VP of Law Legal and Business Development ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp.
Trevor Gardner Co-head, Canadian Energy Global Investment Banking RBC Capital Markets
Doug Banert Vice President Integro
Evan Hazell – Campaign Co-Chair Community Volunteer
Glenn Menuz Vice President and Controller TransCanada Corporation Adam Pekarsky Founding Partner Pekarsky & Co. Barbara Pitts Strategic Advisor Howard T. Shikaze, FCPA, FCA Howard T. Shikaze Professional Corporation ara Pitts Strategic Advisor