Annual Report the Calgary Flames Foundation
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2016-17 Annual Report The Calgary Flames Foundation The Calgary Flames Foundation strives to improve the lives of southern Albertans through the support of health and wellness, education, and amateur and grassroots sports. Thank you for your support of the Calgary Flames’ charitable arm. on the cover FIONN DALY, MAKE-A-WISH/ ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL opposite (from left) ALBERTA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WHEELCHAIR HOCKEY feature player MARK GIORDANO, SPORT CHEK/CALGARY FLAMES DEVELOPMENT CAMP, ROTARY/FLAMES HOUSE VISIT with HARVEY the HOUND (mascot) this page SPECIAL OLYMPICS CALGARY feature players (from left) DOUGIE HAMILTON, MATTHEW TKACHUK, SAM BENNETT, BRETT KULAK, MIKAEL BACKLUND, FREDDIE HAMILTON CHAIRMAN Board of Directors Letter from Jeff McCaig CALGARY FLAMES FOUNDATION ARE WE making an impact? IS THIS what having a professional sports team means to a community? JEFF MCCAIG KEN KING JOHN BEAN ALVIN LIBIN CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO, COO, PRESIDENT & CEO, THE TRIMAC TRANSPORTATION GROUP CALGARY SPORTS AND CALGARY SPORTS AND BALMON INVESTMENTS LTD. OF COMPANIES ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ARE WE creating positive change? These are all questions we ask ourselves when evaluating We are fortunate to have our players committed to the work of the Calgary Flames Foundation. When the bettering the community and are proud to see captain ownership group brought this team to Calgary over Mark Giordano (Recipient of the ESPN 2017 Muhammad 35 years ago, making a positive impact on the community Ali Sports Humanitarian Award) and Travis Hamonic LAURIE STANG JIM PEPLINSKI SHANE KING JIM BAGSHAW SENIOR VP, PRAIRIE REGIONAL OFFICE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, PARTNER & HEAD OF LITIGATION + FORMER VP, MARKETING & SCOTIABANK HUMBERVIEW GROUP OF COMPANIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICE GROUP, SPONSORSHIP, CALGARY SPORTS AND was at the forefront of the franchise’s objectives. (Recipient of the 2017 NHL Foundation Award) recently MCLEOD LAW ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION Win championships . make Calgarians proud. recognized for their philanthropy. Benefit southern Alberta by being here. Yet the Calgary Flames Foundation could not have reached so many of our charitable goals without you, Improving the lives of southern Albertans through support and we sincerely thank you for your generous support. of health and wellness, education and grassroots and We hope you feel proud of our joint accomplishments amateur sports programs has long since been the mandate when you attend an event, purchase a 50/50 ticket, of the Calgary Flames Foundation. Success has come in participate in an auction or act as an ambassador for our part by the injection of millions into the southern Alberta GORDON NORRIE GEORGE BROOKMAN DOUG MITCHELL JOHN TAYLOR charity. We are proud of the programs and projects we VP, SPORTS PROPERTY SALES & CEO, NATIONAL CO-CHAIR, PRESIDENT & CEO, community: $30 million since 2001 and more recently over MARKETING, CALGARY SPORTS AND WEST CANADIAN INDUSTRIES BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LPP BLACK DIAMOND LAND have created and invested in and we hope you are too. ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION & CATTLE COMPANY $2.1 million in 2016-17. The following pages detail these charitable disbursements, as well as the programs the I encourage you to take the time to review our Calgary Flames Foundation supports. financial report from the 2016-2017 hockey season. If you have any feedback please e-mail us at As we, the organization and charity asks ourselves, “Are [email protected] the Flames making a difference in the community? Are we succeeding in our mandate?,” we hope that you—our Thank you once again for your tremendous support. stakeholders, donors, season ticket holders, sponsors, volunteers and fans—are assured that we are. JEFF MC CAIG JOHN HUFNAGEL CANDICE GOUDIE GEORDIE MACLEOD CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT & GM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHARITABLE SENIOR DIRECTOR, GAME PRESENTATION, CALGARY STAMPEDER FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATIONS, CALGARY SPORTS AND EVENTS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CALGARY FLAMES FOUNDATION ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION CALGARY SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION OUR THREE PILLARS The Calgary Flames Foundation has several annual commitments in support of Education, Health andWhat Wellness, and Amateur and Grassroots Sports.We Do This year the Calgary Flames Foundation distributed over $2.1 million to annual projects and to donations to southern Alberta charities in need. 2016-17 $1,231,983 HEALTH + WELLNESS MarkESPN 2016-17 MUHAMMAD Giordano ALI SPORTS HUMANITARIAN AWARD WINNER $ Congratulations to Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano, recipient of 162,925 EDUCATION the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award at the 2017 ESPN Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards in Los Angeles, California. This prestigious award recognizes an athlete whose continuous, demonstrated leadership has created a positive impact on their community through sports. AMATEUR + $ Mark Giordano, along with his wife Lauren, is a stand-out amongst leagues, 730,147 GRASSROOTS teams, individuals and members of the North American sporting community SPORTS that are using the power of sport to make a positive impact on society. To date the Giordanos, in partnership with the Calgary Italian Open golf tournament and the Calgary Flames Foundation, have directed half a million dollars to Calgary schools in need through their Team Giordano program— $ the cornerstone of their portfolio of community work with the Calgary Flames GRAND TOTAL 2,125,055 Foundation. The Team Gio program is proudly supported by Pizza 73 and ATB Financial. this page (from top left) MARK GIORDANO at the ESPN SPORTS HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS, TEAM GIORDANO SCHOOL VISIT with MARK GIORDANO and LAUREN GIORDANO 2016−17 AMATEUR + EDUCATION GRASSROOTS SPORTS Flames@School ............................................................ $50,000 Flames EvenStrength Program ............................. $150,000 HEALTH +Distribution WELLNESS of Funds Team Gio (Calgary Board of Education) ............. $50,000 Honoraria for Minor Sports Teams (50/50 Raffles) ............................................................$180,606 Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation The Organ Project ..........................................................$12,500 Calgary Stampede Foundation ................................ $18,000 (Rotary/Flames House) .............................................$251,075 Flames Novice Program (Hockey Calgary) ............... $100,000 YMCA of Banff ...............................................................$10,000 Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation ...... $10,000 YMCA Calgary Grade 6 HEROS .............................................................................. $50,000 MS Society—Calgary Chapter ..................................$10,000 Education Matters ............................................................$8,425 Free Membership Program .................................... $250,000 Hockey Alberta Foundation ....................................... $30,145 The Buckspring Foundation ......................................$10,000 Red Deer College ............................................................$3,000 Camp Kindle— Comrie’s Sports Equipment Bank .......................... $25,000 Kids Cancer Care Foundation ............................... $150,000 Graham and Ruby DeLaet Foundation .................$10,000 University of Lethbridge ..............................................$3,000 KidSport Alberta .............................................................$23,182 Ronald McDonald House ............................................. $76,195 Dreams Take Flight .......................................................$10,000 Lethbridge College .........................................................$3,000 Canadian Women’s Hockey League Cystic Fibrosis Canada .................................................$49,210 $ Medicine Hat College .....................................................$3,000 Special Olympics Canada Foundation .................... 9,300 (Calgary Inferno) .....................................................................$23,100 Branch Out Neurological Foundation .................. $46,000 $ Harley Hotchkiss Scholarships Foothills Medical Centre—NICU ................................ 9,200 University of Calgary (Dinos Hockey).......................... $22,000 University of Calgary .................................................$3,000 ARBI .................................................................................. $35,000 $ Breaking Free Foundation ............................................ 7,500 Mount Royal University (Cougars Hockey) ................. $22,000 SAIT .................................................................................$3,000 ALS Society of Alberta .................................................$27,015 $ Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society ...... 5,000 SAIT (Trojans Hockey) ........................................................ $22,000 Mount Royal University ............................................$3,000 Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter ................. $25,000 $ The Prep Program ........................................................... 5,000 KidSport Calgary ........................................................... $20,433 Calgary Arts Development Authority Ltd. ............ $2,500 NHL Foundation—Hockey Fights Cancer ........... $25,000 $ Sick Kids Foundation ..................................................... 4,063 Calgary Canucks ..........................................................