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OUR COMMUNITY’S VOICE AUGUST 2013 BBroughtrought ttoo yyouou bbyy yyourour TTuscanyuscany CommunityCommunity AssociationAssociation TThehe BBuzzin’uzzin’ BBuddiesuddies KKidsids HHelpingelping OOutut WWithith TThehe FFloodlood TTuscanyuscany HHarvestarvest FFestivalestival ComingCoomminngg inin SeptemberSeeppteemmbeerr THE TUSCANY SUN AUGUST 2013 3 In Our Community www.tuscanyca.ca Tuscany Community Association TCA President’s Report P.O. Box 27030 Tuscany RPO Calgary, Alberta T3L 2Y1 This will certainly be a year to struggle to do so. Insurance coverage remember. We are fortunate to live on varies, of course, and the BCA has President ............................Kelli Taylor [email protected] a ridge well above the river valley, and a reasonably good idea of who will Vice President ................Darren Bender most of our homes are dry in Tuscany. genuinely need assistance. [email protected] Many Tuscany residents showed up Treasurer ..........................Lee Bardwell to help in affected southern Alberta The Red Cross is one option, but if Executive Administrator communities after the fl ood, and you are looking to support Bowness ......................................... Jamie Neufeld [email protected] our efforts are appreciated by those residents directly, you may donate to impacted. Thank you to those who the Bowness Community Association. TCA Committees took evacuees into their homes, rolled If you have a sizeable donation and Youth Council up their sleeves to clear water and would like a tax receipt, please make [email protected] debris from basements, and delivered your cheque payable to the Bowwest Traffi c and Safety Committee .............................. traffi [email protected] supplies to people who were displaced. Community Resource Centre. Either way, please indicate “fl ood relief” on Elected Officials In the midst of all of this, I heard from the cheque to ensure funds will be Alderman: people who wanted to help and from distributed to residents in need. Dale Hodges some who wondered how the TCA 403-268-2445 planned to support our neighbours I have seen a number of lemonade [email protected] MLA: in Bowness. Tuscany residents stands and garage sales, etc., in Sandra Jansen have baked, collected clothing and support of fl ood victims, and I 403-826-1619 household items, and wanted to help in encourage anyone who would like [email protected] so many ways. to offer those proceeds to do so over MP: the summer. The TCA set up a table Rob Anders 403-292-6666 I visited the Bowness Community to accept cash donations at the TRA’s www.robanders.ca Association and tracked down the Stampede Breakfast on July 13, and president to ask what they actually we were impressed with the generosity Tuscany Sun Newsletter needed. He appreciated our offers of Tuscany residents. Editor & Article Submissions: and said that they were in pretty good Darren Bender continued on next page [email protected] shape at that point. In fact, he had Associate Editor: Kelley Kissner re-deployed most of the volunteers, Submission deadlines for this monthly publication are the tools, and equipment to High River. 5th of the month, prior to the distribution month. Because the TCA and the BCA do not have room to store donations of Advertising Sales: clothing and household items, or a Phil 403-660-7324 way to distribute them, we suggest [email protected] people donate to NeighbourLink or the The ad booking deadline is the 14th of the month prior to the distribution month. Drop-In Centre, where people who are This publication is published 12 times a year in need will easily be able to get what by Suburban Journals Publishing and delivered to residents they require. by Canada Post. This publication is also available for pickup from the Tuscany Club. Please note: the information and opinions in this newsletter Some residents want to do something are subject to change, and do not necessarily represent the immediately and directly, so I asked opinions of the publisher or editor. Content contained in this publication may not be reproduced without the written if we could donate money. That is consent of Suburban Journals Publishing. The information herein is believed accurate but not warranted so. Any possible and may be the best way we advertisements, home businesses, babysitters & nannies, can help now that the initial crisis has or other parties listed in the Tuscany Sun should not be interpreted as recommendations or endorsements by the passed. Some people in Bowness have editor or the publisher. the means to rebuild, and others will THE TUSCANY SUN AUGUST 2013 5 In Our Community newsletter. A Tuscany mom also sent TCA President’s in a great photo of three kids that raised TTuscanyuscany Report continued almost $200 for fl ood victims by hosting a lemonade stand. Special thanks to all HHarvestarvest these kids for sharing their stories with Donations left at the TCA offi ce us, and to their parents for fostering (downstairs at the Tuscany Club) such leadership within the community. FFestivalestival will be delivered to the Bowness Please contact us at the Tuscany Sun if offi ce on a regular basis over the you know of any recent or upcoming 22013013 next few months. Please email me at events that we can cover—we would [email protected] if you have love to work with Tuscany residents to questions or comments. communicate more stories like this in Sponsors and volunteers future issues. welcome for this September - Kelli Taylor, President event! Community groups are As we progress into the latter half of encouraged to get involved. the summer, there are a number of fall Please email executiveadmin@ Editor’s Message events to watch for in upcoming issues tuscanyca.ca for more of the Sun. Kids return to school in information and to sign up. September, which is always a busy time July was a busy month for Calgarians, for parents, the TCA Harvest Festival especially with the extensive fl ood returns again next month, Tuscany will recovery and clean-up that impacted so host a civic election candidate’s forum many people. We are fortunate in the for our residents early this fall, and we community of Tuscany to have largely expect more news about new residential avoided the direct effects of the fl ood, developments within and nearby and our thoughts go to our neighbours in Tuscany sometime this fall. communities like Bowness that suffered intensely. Thanks to all the concerned Hope you have a great summer! residents within our community that contacted the Tuscany Community - Darren Bender Association and sent messages to the Editor Tuscany Sun with offers to help our neighbours during the fl ood crisis. In her President’s Report this month, Kelli Taylor speaks about how Tuscany Kids Helping Out With the Flood residents can continue to help with fl ood relief. Grace, Hayden, and Thomas In last month’s Tuscany Sun, I called wanted to help victims of out to members of the community to the fl ood and decided to submit stories, photos, or any form have a lemonade stand to of local content that we can publish raise money. Thanks to the in our community newsletter. One of generosity of the Tuscany the submissions we received was an community, they raised inspirational story of seven Tuscany $188.00, which was donated boys who raised more than $13,000 to to the Red Cross. Thanks, support kids with cancer by ‘shaving Tuscany! their lids for a kid’. We even had one of our Tuscany Youth Council members - Submitted by Jackie Kane attend to report on the event, and you can see her story in this month’s THE TUSCANY SUN AUGUST 2013 7 In Our Community Shave Your Lid for a Kid! email, and post fl yers their hair from the cancer treatments, around the block, and and I want them to know it is just they even had their hair and doesn’t change who they are own website up. inside.” After they shaved The Buzzin’ Buddies are already their heads they said planning a similar event next year and that they would all expect support and participation to Last month, a group of inspiring boys like to do it again grow. Funds raised at this year’s event in Tuscany organized a special event next year. All of them said that it was a will send kids with cancer to camp to help raise funds and awareness great experience and that it felt weird and supports research and scholarship to support Kids Cancer Care. and that their heads felt cold. And they programs. Nicknamed the Buzzin’ Buddies, would encourage more people to join seven Tuscany kids (plus one father them next year!” - Photo credits: Michelle Kisil and one grandmother) gathered donations totaling more than $13,000 Each boy had their own personal by offering to shave their heads in a reasons for wanting to shave their lid backyard in Tuscany on June 22nd. and raise money for kids with cancer. The Tuscany Youth Council had one The founder of the group, Cooper of its members, Sanela Korajec, there Isley, offered this: “I was inspired to report on the event for the Tuscany to raise money for kids’ cancer after Sun: donating some of my money to the Children’s Hospital. This made me “Cooper Isley, Charlotte Kisiliwskl, want to help another charity for kids Noah Hopper, Riley Hopper, Ryder like me… that’s when I decided to Logan, Paxton Geisel, Justin Beland, ‘shave my lid’ for kids cancer.” Riley Ryder Hopper, and Mark Hopper all Hopper had his own message to offer: shaved there lids for kids! It all started “My mom said that lots of people lose with a boy named Cooper who thought it would be a good idea if he shaved his head to help someone else.