This year has been a year of exciting growth and new development. We have grown from supporting 50 children and youth to 130 young people. This growth is primarily due to two new projects funded by the Safe Communities Innovation Fund and Alberta Justice in collaboration with Children and Youth Services in Edmonton. Our programs in Calgary, Morley, Eden Valley and Big Horn Reserves and Cold Lake are coming along very nicely with Big Horn reserve looking like it might become our test community for our Internet Studio project. We have been contacted by many smaller, remote communities in Alberta and our northern neighbours and we are hoping that we will be able to reach youth in these communities via the internet in 2011.
Legacy’s Gift of Music Programs don’t exist without our many community partners and collaborators, for example – The Boys and Girls Clubs, The YWCA Chillzone Program, The Burns Memorial Fund, Kerby Centre for Seniors, The Calgary Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Four Directions Foster Care Program, Hull Child and Family Services, Woods Homes, City of Calgary Afterschool, City of Calgary Police Services, KickAxe Guitars and our good friends in Cold Lake: The Cold Lake Reserve and the Stoney Nation School Authority. We are also very excited about our new partnership with the Calgary Public Library in Forestlawn where we will be offering a one of a kind HIP HOP program starting in January.
The future for Music Lesson and Studio support looks promising for Legacy with Government Funding secure until 2013 and new funders like Rotary and Lions Clubs coming on board. The Country and Music Association of Alberta has embraced our vision of a Better World Through Music and we are pleased to have the Ranchman’s in our corner for 2011.
Overall our outcomes in relation to 2010 have left us feeling very optimistic and we are thrilled to announce that Troy Black will be joining our team as our Fund Development Consultant. Troy joins us from a very successful career with the Calgary Health Trust and we are optimistic that Troy will be successful in opening doors to new donors and partners throughout the province of Alberta. Like every charity in the province we are continually on the lookout for resources that will either support lessons for children and youth, instrument refurbishment, studio time and opportunities and program coordination...if you are considering a charitable gift in the new year please consider the Gift of Music – “a gift that will last a life time”.
I hope you all have a fantastic Holiday Season and we look forward to making 2011 the best year yet for Legacy’s children and families.
-Darryl Wernham, CEO Legacy Children's Foundation
Legacy’s Gift of Music Programs don’t exist without our many community partners and collaborators, for example – The Boys and Girls Clubs, The YWCA Chillzone Program, The Burns Memorial Fund, Kerby Centre for Seniors, The Calgary Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Four Directions Foster Care Program, Hull Child and Family Services, Woods Homes, City of Calgary Afterschool, City of Calgary Police Services, KickAxe Guitars and our good friends in Cold Lake: The Cold Lake Reserve and the Stoney Nation School Authority. We are also very excited about our new partnership with the Calgary Public Library in Forestlawn where we will be offering a one of a kind HIP HOP program starting in January.
The future for Music Lesson and Studio support looks promising for Legacy with Government Funding secure until 2013 and new funders like Rotary and Lions Clubs coming on board. The Country and Music Association of Alberta has embraced our vision of a Better World Through Music and we are pleased to have the Ranchman’s in our corner for 2011.
Overall our outcomes in relation to 2010 have left us feeling very optimistic and we are thrilled to announce that Troy Black will be joining our team as our Fund Development Consultant. Troy joins us from a very successful career with the Calgary Health Trust and we are optimistic that Troy will be successful in opening doors to new donors and partners throughout the province of Alberta. Like every charity in the province we are continually on the lookout for resources that will either support lessons for children and youth, instrument refurbishment, studio time and opportunities and program coordination...if you are considering a charitable gift in the new year please consider the Gift of Music – “a gift that will last a life time”.
I hope you all have a fantastic Holiday Season and we look forward to making 2011 the best year yet for Legacy’s children and families.
-Darryl Wernham, CEO Legacy Children's Foundation
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