Originally posted on: Global News Spruce Meadows is teaming up with a country music superstar to help raise money for two youth-based Calgary charities. Norma Reid has the details on how you can help and maybe even win a chance to meet Shania Twain.
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Ward 9 Councillor Gian-Carlo Carra’s visit to Youth Centres of Calgary – Ogden
Published originally on Gian-Carlo Carra youtube channel
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AMA Member Spotlight: Jane Wachowich
BY CARLY PETERS Originally posted on AMA Insider NESTLED IN THE COMMUNITY of Ogden, a little grey house with white trim and a bright green door bursts with laughter, music, love—and opportunity. It’s everything Jane Wachowich imagined in 2018 when she opened Youth Centres of Calgary (YCC), a grassroots charity that provides after-school activities for youth…
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It’s time again to honour the city’s not-so-average citizens for their contributions
Krista Sylvester Originally posted on Calgary Citizen Not all heroes wear capes. Some of them are just average Calgarians—though if you ask Ward 11 Coun. Kourtney Penner, there is nothing average about the people being nominated for the city’s annual Calgary Awards. “I think these aren’t average Calgarians; these are the individuals who are…
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Calgary Awards: ‘It’s an act of kindness to celebrate the people who do good work.’
Darren Krause Originally posted on Livewire Calgary Calgary’s 2022 Citizen of the Year Jane Wachowich had no idea she’d been nominated. When she was invited to a Zoom call with Mayor Jyoti Gondek, Wachowich just assumed it was about pressing social issues. After all, Wachowich has been a stalwart in providing a space for…
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Jane Wachowich Awarded Citizen of the Year 2022
Original Article: CTV News Calgary She’s a corporate lawyer, a businesswoman and a philanthropist for some of Calgary’s most vulnerable young children, but Jane Wachowich can now add ‘Citizen of the Year’ to her incredible resume. The Calgary woman took home the top honour in the city’s annual awards ceremony on Wednesday evening where 11…
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Brooks: CHAS Holiday Luncheon supports Youth Centres of Calgary
Bill Brooks • Originally posted on Calgary Herald Readers may recall I have often opined if you want an event to be successful, best put the ladies in charge. There is perhaps no better example of ‘girl power’ than the Children’s Hospital Aid Society (CHAS). Formed in 1908, the invaluable organization has raised millions of…
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Breaking Cyclical Poverty One Child at a Time
Cyclical poverty is a real thing in Calgary. Urban ghettos are very real. Thousands of our city’s kids have limited exposure or access to opportunity and fight to survive. The reality is that these youth and their families in Calgary struggle, through no fault of their own: medically, economically, socially, and academically. Many experience trauma,…
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Jane Wachowich Receives Women in Law Leadership Award 2021
In addition to a pro bono practice in the areas of corporate law and humanitarian work, Jane is the founder and Executive Director of Youth Centres of Calgary. As soon as Calgary schools closed because of the pandemic, Jane and the YCC began giving out lunches to school children and their parents. The program later…
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Suzanne Tough and Nicole Letourneau: Mentorship programs for youth see results
Suzanne Tough, Nicole Letourneau Published Apr 06, 2017 on The Province Long-time chef Scott Jaeger at the Pear Tree Restaurant with Michael Roszell, a young chef he is mentoring. Youth constitute the promise of the future — and many of our youth are in trouble. They are growing up in a divided society with ethnic,…
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