2011 - Women`s Centre of Calgary

Women’s Centre of Calgary
2011 Annual Report
“I feel connected
and involved. I
like that I can
help to make a
difference.”
“I can come
and feel like my
voice is heard.”
“The Women’s
Centre gave
me support and
help when I was
alone.”
“As a volunteer I
enjoy contributing
to something that
makes a difference
in my community.”
“The Women’s
Centre is more
like a home to
me. Thank you!”
(FROM LEFT to RIGHT BACK ROW) JESSICA AYALA, DENISE YOUNG, LINDSAY STORM, YVONNE SCHMITZ, ROSEMARY MOORE, FLORENCE OMARA, BEV FRIZZELL, JULIE BLACK, DIANE ALTWASSER. (FRONT ROW) SHARON
GEORGE, LINH BUI, NORA HABAFY, CAROLYN SIMPSON. MISSING: EILEEN BOOTH, JANET MAATEN
Women’s Centre Board of Directors:
Co-Chair Report
I am pleased to bring greetings
es, and Community, and
the committees were active over
the past year working on those
priorities.
Some of the committee highlights have included organizing
meetings with all of the City
Councillors, developing new
fundraising ideas, and updating
Women’s Centre policies and
risk management planning.
resignation of co-chair Lindsay
Storm, but are pleased that she
has been able to stay involved
through the Social Issues committee.
A big thank you to Lindsay for
the great energy and commitment you provided on the board
over the past few years.
The board embraces the values
of inclusion and diversity in
terms of our own membership and work, and remains
committed to supporting
the Women’s Centre as a
whole in every way we can.
Congratulations to all of the
women involved in the Women’s
Centre on another year of great
work and great community!
from the Women’s Centre Board
of Directors.
The Women’s Centre of Calgary is a unique, street-front
organization that provides a
variety of services and
opportunities to the women of
Calgary.
Our mission is to be every
woman’s place for support, connections and com“The last year,
munity.
as always, was a busy one. “
Our vision is women
supporting commuWe have also enjoyed particinities, communities supporting
pating in many of the Women’s
women.
Centre activities and celebraThe last year, as always, was a tions, including workshops,
busy one.
International Women’s Day, the
Our annual board retreat
Stampede lunch, and the Christhelped us to define our priorities mas Toy Room.
in the areas of People, ResourcReluctantly, we accepted the
-Bev Frizzell, Co-Chair
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2011 In Review: Working for Change
At the Women’s Centre
we work in three strategic
areas- helping women to
‘Get Assistance’ with basic
needs; providing a safe
space and opportunities
for women to ‘Connect
With Others’; and supporting women to ‘Work For
Change’ on social issues.
Research over the last
two years has helped us
identify our most promising practices in those areas
and reaffirmed the importance of our ways of work
within our unique peer
model.
We know we have the
greatest impact when
those areas overlap-when
those seeking assistance
speak to the issues affecting them and we are all
able to build community
together. We also know
that any woman may need
assistance at some point in
her life and at other times,
or in other ways, will be
able to give back.
2011 was another
incredibly busy year with
80 phone calls and 160
women coming to the
Women’s Centre a day.
Get Assistance
Thousands of women
came seeking assistance
with the most basic needs.
In response we provided
food, personal supplies,
Christmas and birthday
toys, and bus tickets. We
referred to numerous
community programs for
housing, clothing, furniture,
haircuts and glasses.
We provided Legal
Advice, Commissioner of
Oaths and tax services. We
took messages, collected
mail, and provided access
to phones, computers,
printer, fax and
photocopier.
Connect With
Others
We worked to provide a
safe place for women from
all walks of life to meet
new people, learn new
things and build community. We offered workshops
and groups, hosted special
events such as Stampede
and Solstice lunches and
provided opportunities for
women to volunteer and
to attend events in the
community. Peer support
volunteers listened carefully and shared information and resources.
In order to better connect with our local community we hit the streets
in Bridgeland to talk to
women about how they
would like to get involved
with the Women’s Centre.
We spoke to 95 women
and hosted a community
meet and greet event.
And in order to connect
with the broader
community we developed a
new, more interactive
website which hosts
information about almost
anything you would like to
know about the Centre.
Work For Change
We strengthened our
coalition work on social
issues, joining the Public
Interest Alberta poverty
task force and supporting
the Action to End Poverty
in Alberta.
We worked with the
City of Calgary to include
women’s issues in the
Social Outlook report and
asked women in poverty
what the City could do to
most impact their lives.
We took that information
to City Council along with
the request that women’s
voices continue to be heard
during its upcoming poverty reduction planning.
We worked with more
than a dozen community
organizations and unions to
host a variety of International Women’s Day events
highlighting women’s issues and collaborated with
another eight groups to
plan a Women and Poverty
conference in April 2012.
In 2011 our work was
done by 472 dedicated
volunteers supported by 10
full-time and 5 part-time
and relief staff.
Our work is made possible by the generous support of our core funders:
the City of Calgary Family
and Community Support
Services and the United
Way of Calgary and Area,
as well as hundreds of
individual, company and
foundation donors.
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Women's Centre of Calgary
Statement of Operations
For the year ended December 31, 2011
Operating
Fund
FCSS
Fund
AB Law
Foundation
2011
2010
Revenue
City of Calgary Family and Community Support Services
United Way of Calgary
Donations
Grants
Casino
Interest
Fundraising
$
265,716
233,008
63,443
77,456
19,521
19,200
$ 357,228
-
678,344
357,228
342,346
8,587
20,323
18,437
14,579
8,711
14
441
3,499
1,669
1,316
2,090
140
422,152
$
-
$
357,228
265,716
233,008
84,623
77,456
19,521
19,200
$ 357,374
152,267
326,762
152,552
99,027
21,294
18,000
21,180
1,056,752
1,127,276
386,728
35,577
20,070
29,063
172
1,701
6,745
6,421
6,042
2,703
5,563
3,429
3,159
1,211
1,480
211
16,355
2,325
330
1,206
194
400
221
378
202
209
169
423
296
745,429
46,489
40,723
30,269
18,437
14,751
10,606
7,159
7,083
6,420
6,404
5,772
3,598
3,582
2,880
2,796
2,090
647
656,638
47,813
23,634
36,619
9,060
13,844
9,217
7,061
3,821
9,252
3,136
5,129
3,887
1,067
1,846
2,625
2,090
1,845
510,275
22,708
955,135
838,584
21,180
-
Expenses
Salaries, wages and benefits
Rent and maintenance
Professional fees
Office supplies
Emergency fund
Amortization
Utilities
Volunteer appreciation
Training
Printing
Travel
Insurance
Planning
Equipment and software
Interest and bank charges
Dues and memberships
Casino
Advertising and promotion
Excess (Deficiency) of revenue over expenses
$ 256,192
$(153,047)
$
(1,528)
$
101,617
$ 288,692
Donation and fundraising dollars raised in the current year are budgeted in the following year.
The full financial statements, audited by Lo Porter Hetu, are available from the Women’s Centre upon request.
Donation and fundraising dollars raised in the current year are budgeted in the following year.
The full financial statements, audited by Thompson Penner & Lo
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are available from the Women’s Centre upon request.
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2011 Volunteers
Adanna Madu
Adrien Caddick
Aidan Upper-McCleary
Aileen Lajoie
Aimar Baracho
Alan Boykiw
Alana Backer
Alanna Loftus
Albert Johnson
Albi Lidguerre
Alena Watson
Alex O’Rourke
Alexa Grinovitch
Alison Walker
Allison McGinnis
Ally Baxter
Alyssa BootsmanMinions
Amanda Arany
Amanda Edmond
Amanpreet Sidhu
Amarjit Parman
Amy Heidman
Amy Mounkes
Ana Ecal
Analyn Almarez
Anca Micheti
Andre Retuta
Andria W.L.
Angy Stimson
Anjelene Mittelnotz
Ann Marie Bootsman
Ann Outhet
Anna Davison
Anna-Marie
La Bossiere
Annie Fortin
April Albrecht
Asha Siad
Ashiana Bibi
Asongfack Heritter
Ateufack
Baharan Moini
Barb Fuller
Barb McVeigh
Barb Robertson
Barrie Thesen
Benita Koochicum
Berkley Downey
Bess Marfoglia
Beth Tweedale
Betty Price
Bev Frizzell
Bev Noulett
Bev Weaver
Brenda Dombrova
Bri Verstraten
Brian Gagnon
Brian Sekiya
Britt Aberle
Brittney Scott
Brooke Stephens
Byron Fredrick
Candace Fahey
Cari Gulbrandson
Carissa Sumka
Carol Joscelyn
Carol Liddle
Carol Markell
Carolina Dalgleish
Caroline Butler
Carolyn Brown
Carolyn Simpson
Carreen Unguran
Carrie Blaug
Carrie McManus
Caterina Gut
Catherine Guindon
Cathy McCloskey
Chantal Garder
Chelsey Schrauwen
Cheri Sinclair
Cheryl Arany
Cheryl Hyatt
Cherry Castillo
Chinyere Aneke
Chris Ryan
Cindy Deschenes
Cindy Levasseur
CJ Jairadh
Clayton Ikuta
Colleen McKelvey
Connie Albanilla
Connie Sharp
Connor Lynch
Conrad Smith
Danielle Kelmen
Danielle MacLean
Darcie Millicen
Dayle Belcourt
Dean Zarazun
Deanne Chrisopher
Deb Johnson
Debbie Chong Monroe
Debbie Jubinville
Debbie Lee
Della Akkerman
Delores Pilsl
Denise Young
Dhekra Al-Basha
Diana Reid
Diane Altwasser
Diane Boorki
Diane Lantz
Diane Zilinski
Dianne Waldner
Dolly Ablitt
Dolores Daley
Dolores Herman
Don Boykiw
Don Debbier
Don Monroe
Donna McLean
Donna Switzer
Doreen Thesen
Doug Cruickshank
Eileen Booth
Eileen Sutcliffe
Eldee Ewywea
Elise Lavigne
Eliza Potter
Elizabeth Cheung
Elizabeth Chong
Ellen Crawford
Ellie Wilmot
Elsie Deus
Elsie Ross
Emily Connell
Erica Welsh
Erin Davies
Erin Kuzyk
Erin McCuaig
Erin Olesen
Ernie Duffy
Esther Kim
Eugenia Alfonso
Eva Ergon
Fartoon Siad
Fawn Fries
Fay Sze-To
Filsan Abdi
Florence Omara
Francine Leroux
Fred Wuotila
Gary Daley
Gary Stimson
George Beally
Georgette Blair
Gethsemane Canlas
Ginger Bennett
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2011 Volunteers (continued)
Gislen Juarez San Elas
Gillian Sinclair
Glecy Cuenco
Glenn vander Brinle
Glo Waters
Hai Li
Hala Dehari
Harjeet Jugdev
Harry Lew
Harvey Woo
Heather Fox
Heather Grant
Heather McKerker
Heather Walker
Heidi Demers
Henry Marvin
Hermann Muller
Hilary Rideout
Hodon Abdi
Holly Heffernan
Holly Luong
Holly Van Veen
Humairo Hasan
Ilka Calafatis
Ioana Stoica
Irene Szol
Ivy Nochasak
Izzy Jack
Jackie Aufricht
Jackie Carrier
Jacqueline Scott
Jaime Bridges
Jaime Emond
Jaime Stevens
James Little
Jamie Cameron
Jamie Stevens
Jan Anderson
Jane Adamson
Janet Hutchinson
Janet Umphry
Janice Brodeur
Janice Kelly
Janice O’Neil
Janine Thompson
Jasmine Blomert
Jeanette Bergen
Jennie Hansen
Jennifer Cranshaw
Jennifer Hawthorn
Jennifer Liddell
Jennifer Lorenzo
Jennifer Pond
Jessica Ayala
Jessica De Guzman
Jessie Lindley
Jill Swingler
Jillian Daviduk
Jim Bradley
Joan Farkas
Joanne Meehan
Jocelyne Wandler
Johan Patrio
John Galotta
John Harwood
John Larsen
John Zanettin
Josh Upper-McCleary
Joti Dhillon
Joy Hutchinson
Judy Hunter
Judy Moore
Julia Nguyen
Julie Beveridge
Julie Black
Karen Wourms
Kathleen Beavis
Kathrine Karaffa
Kathy Holland
Katie Rasmussen
Katie Robertson
Kelley Shinnie
Kellie MaCrae
Ken Moore
Ken Weaver
Kerrie Sullivan
Kiersten Berg
Kim Jaedicke
Kim Thoen
Kim Young
Kimberly Kendrick
Kiran Ruben
Krishna Saha
Krista Deanig
Krista Hill
Kristen Immel
Kristina Roberts
Kristine Latorre
Kristy McDell
Kyle Ikuta
Kylie Joly
Laine Westran
Lalita Singh
Larissia Funk
Larry Tweedale
Laura Buckingham
Laura Cainer
Laura Chant
Laura Toldy
Laurie Anderson
Leena Thomas
Lesley Lem
Lester Ikuta
Levia Quequezana
Leyza Jimenez
Liliana Santiago
Linda Akoakem
Linda Jackson
Lindsay Storm
Linh Bui
Lisa Courtnage
Lisa Daroux-Cole
Lisa Finter
Lisa Hari
Lisa Marie Ellis
Lisa McManus
Lisa Ozgur
Liz Harriman-Crooks
Liza Lorenzetti
Lois Chester
Lois Wozney
Lorene Grier
Lorette Olson
Lori Beneteau
Lori Colwell
Lori Rigby
Lorna Rowsell
Lorraine Mounkes
Lorrie Goulder
Lou Crocker
Louise Anderson
Louise Crane
Luyna Pettigrew
Luz De Jesus Duarte
Lynda Daviau
Lyndon Millar
Lynn Becker
Maen Rashead
Maggie McGee
Mahalia Peter
Maja Rahic
Malinda Yuen
Mandy Bloomfield
Margot Leahy
Maria Beehan
Maria Gutierrez
Maria MacAulay
Maria Nunez
Marian Peterson
Marie Riher
Marilyn Kendrick
Marion Belke
Mark Flynn
Mark McGinnis
Marnie Mitchell
Martina Bevelaqua
Martina Lui
Marvin Henry
Mary Vermeulen
Mary Yaworski
Mauro Dorazieo
Max Flynn
May Haines
Mayra Oveda
Mecoh Bain
Megaly Rincon
Megan Howard
Megan Ross
Megan Somerville
Meghan Steele
Mehreen Kapadia
Melinda Neufield
Melissa Luu
Melissa Rico
Melissa Strong
Michael Bonaparte
Michelle Christopher
Michelle Field
Michelle Prentice
Mickey Ikuta
Miki Asai
Milagros Alba Rocca
Mingge Fu
Miranda Zugelder
Mirona Beg
Mona Ng
Mona Yousif
Monica Huji
Monica Lam
Murray Douglas
Myra Dionne
Nancy Bell
Nancy Mah
Nancy Nguyen
Nancy Smith
Nandini Venkatesan
Natali Tabares
Natasha MacLeod
Naylle Vargas
Neil Armitage
Nellie Henriquez
Nicole Lajoie
Nora Habafy
Olubukola Oguntoyinbo
Olubunmi Oluwole
Owen Wourms
Pam Corbett
Pam Marcil
Pam Won
Pat Lindsay
Pat Martin
Patrice Nedinis
Patricia Etris
Patricia Sealy
Patricia Watson
Patrick Curley
Patrick Deanig
Paul Barlow
Paul Cardiff
Paul Lui
Paula Dijkstra
Peg Hofmann
Peggy Smart
Peggy Walden
Penni Leggett
Peter Marsden
Rache Hofman
Raine Fontanilla
Ratna Shrestna
Reagan Stoddart
Rh’ena Oake
Rhonda Pleskaz
Richard Weetman
Rick Ratcliff
Rida Abboud
Rob Watson
Robin McLeary
Rod Garossino
Ronda LeBlanc
Rosa Alvearez
Rosalba Nina
Rosalia Salazar
Rose Lynn Moen
Rosemary Moore
Rosi Hey
Ruma Chakravorty
S.Kim Young
Sam Casselman
Sandra Campos
Sandy Watson
Sarah Breen
Sarah Bungay
Sarah Hutton
Sarah Marr
Sarah Rodger
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Sarah Webb
Sarah Winstanley
Sasha Wallis
Scott Springman
Shannon Mitchell
Sharon Anderson-Marr
Sharon Fraser
Sharon George
Shelby Leiding
Shri Venkatesan
Simi Dungs
Simona Siad
Stephanie Tozzo
Susan Fisk
Susan Gillies
Susan Harris
Susan Poon
Susan Sagert
Susan Tupakka
Susanne Maxwell
Susano Retuta
Sylvie Lang
Tamara Nedinis
TamaraTerkovsky-Cutts
Tammy Johnson
Tania Lopez
Tara Chisholm
Ted George
Ted Pettigrew
Tenille
Tess Villavert
Thera Cook
Tim Gareau
Tina McKay
Tom McKinstry
Tracey Smith
Trudy Pavan
Valerie Wiebe
Vanda Booth
Vi-an Nguyen
Vicki Parchamento
Virginia Cullen
Vivian Gu
Wanda Black
Wanda Defosess
Wayne Smith
Wendy Malejko
Wendy McRae
Yinka Adedji
Yvette Main
Yvonne Fong
Yvonne Schmitz
Zul Vira
GROUPS
United Nurses of AB
Local 1 PLC
CUPE 38
ATU 583
CUPE 37
CNRL
Imperial Oil
UFCW Local 1118
Telus
Devon Group
Maxxam
Intro The Streets
Individual Donors
Julia, Katie and Maggie (who organized
an art show fundraiser) pose with
Leah from the Women’s Centre
Aaron Szott
Adam Ramsay
Adelma Neufeld
Aeriol Meinhardt
Aileen Lajoie
Ailleen Runstedler
Akira Masuda
Al Neufeld
Al Sewall
Alaine Barclay
Alana Backer
Alex Flaptopolous
Alex Lawrence
Alex MacDonald
Alicia Morgan
Alison Pirie
Andrea Mann
Andrea Rhodes
Angela Grell
Angela Rees
Angelica Garcia
Ann Habafy
Anna Clarkson
Annabelle Brethour
Anne Backman
Anne Brander
Anne Dawes
Anne Mahoney
Anne Schultz
Anne Spicer
Annemone Haager
Anton Danieis
April Blackmer
April Grosse
Arlene Wolff
Art Danielson
Astra Hamlet
Audrey Palmer
Ayla Treadwell
Baljinder Gill
Barb Shuttleworth
Barbara Biggs
Barbara Frizzell
Barbara Goode
Barbara Robertson
Barry Moore
Bess Marfoglia
Betty McCracken
Bev McCracken
Beverley Ann Unger
Beverly Baldwin
Beverly Frizzell
Bill Broomfield
Birgit Exall
Bob Lefebvre
Bob Lightfoot
Brenda Lieberman
Brenda Simpson
Brett Jensen
Brianne Popowitch
Bruce Seifred
Byron Frederick
Cal Buchanan
Calvin Seaman
Cameron Graham
Candace Atkinson
Candice Menzies
Carl Ekengren
Carly Michie
Carol Daw
Carol Innes
Carol Markell
Carol Whiteside
Carolyn Phillips
Carolyn Simpson
Carolyn Skov
Carolynne Bouey
Shank
Carrie Blaug
Catherine Cox
Cecelia West
Chadwick Dawes
Charlene Wilson
Charles Fischer
Chelsea Limoges-Black
Chelsey Schrauwen
Cheryl Heilman
Cheryl McKelvie
Cheryl Schenk
Chris Marsh-Williams
Chris Shaw
Christie Morden
Christine McGovern
Christine Mueller
Christopher Hayne
Cindy Martensson
Cindy Sandau
Claire Cooney
Claudia Shepherd
Colleen Miller
Colleen McKelvey
Connie McLaren
Corinna Cayer
Corrina McClement
Crystal Leeferink
D. Anne Underwood
Dalyce Cruikshank
Dan Beveridge
Dan Lefebvre
Dana Laliberte
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Dani Koleyak
Daphne Walrath
Darcy Olson
Darin Anderson
Darryl Hovanak
Dave Martin
Dave Payne
David Anderson
David Germscheid
David Lough
David Swann
Deb Green
Deb Tuchelt
Debb Hurlock
Debbie Carignan
Deborah Dobson
Debra Caza
Debra Howe
Degoberrto Corea
Del Rath
Denise Young
Derek Dallen
Diana Brandson
Diane Janzen
Diane Sawa
Diane Altwasser
Diane Danielson
Dianne MacCuspic
Dianne Mongeon
Donald Seager
Donna Calafatis
Doreen Holden
Dorothy McQuoid
Dorothy Sutton
Doug Reid
Douglas Whiteside
Dylan Charbonneau
Edward Johnston
Edward Downard
Eileen Booth
Eileen Mak
Elaine Downard
Eldon MacCuspic
Elena Halmaciu
Elizabeth Chatten
Elsie Ross
Erica Welsh
Erik Chico
Erika Topola
Erika Pochailo
Erin Kozyk
Erin McFarlane
Ethel Kobluk
Eva Boda
Eva Kinnear
Evelyn Bishoff
Fiona Nelson
Flora Malig
Florence Omara
Fran Zaborniak
Frances Iverson
Fumi Ota
Gabriela Danila
Gabriela Ostendorfer
Gael Macleod
Gail More
Gail Rickey
Gail Armitage
Geoff Taylor
Georgette Dziuba
Ghislaine Marion
Gian Carlo Carra
Gillian Ranson
Glen Altwasser
Glenn Kelley
Glenna Blackbourn
Gloria Erhardt
Graham Moore
Grant Henneberg
Gregory Gregory
Hardy Firla
Hazel Sangster
Heather Anderson
Heather Grant
Heather Simonetta
Heather Walker
Helen Uzoka
Hermine Cazely
Hilary Wood
Hillary Sharpe
Holly Heffernan
Ilka Calafatis
J. Ashley Anderson
Jack Lightfoot
Jacqueline Ferguson
James Stanford
Jamie Da Costa
Jamie Stevens
Jane Durango
Jane Fonger
Janeece Minor
Janet Lavoie
Janet Maaten
Janet Yee
Janice Jones
Janice Pasay
Janice Eliasson
Jason Parks
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc
Jean Gillies
Jean Kelley
Jean Lightfoot
Jean Frizzell
Jen Eld
Jenevieve Wollin
Jennette Manhas
Jennifer Burgess
Jennifer Hill
Jennifer McIntyre
Jennifer Grey
Jerri-Lynn Holyoake
Jesse Harper
Jessica Ayala
Jim Betts
Jim Noble
Joan Altwasser
Joan Liland
Joan Ekengren
Joanne Blom
Joanne Cuthbertson
Joanne Flack
Joanne Meehan
Jocelyn Kelln
Jodie Manning
Joe Ellek
Joel Friley
Joelle Robichaud
Joelyn Lawrence
John Borgford
John Hall
John T. George
John Wilson
Jolene Gordon
Josh Lawrence
Joy Norstrom
Joyce Bridgemohan
Joyce Budd
Joyce Hildebrand
Joyce Hornby
Judy Fleetham
Julia Jungwirth
Julia Molaro
Julie Black
Julie Deans
June Martin-Gendron
Karen Anthony
Karen Dickson
Karen King
Karen Smith
Kate Bradley
Kate Dalrymple
Kate Kelly
Kathleen Biersdorff
Kathlyn Hesson
Kathy Dahl
Kathy Holland
Kathy McMurray
Kathy Werenka
Katie Hope
Kayla Schwartz
Keisha Davis
Keli Pollock
Kelly Dowdell
Kelly Chan
Ken Grey
Ken Lawrence
Ken Skingle
Ken Wilson
Kendra Varga
Kerri Cook
Kevan King
Kim Coles
Kim Smith
Kory Taylor
Krista Hill
Krista Keet
Kuikui Xiang
Lanny Stevens
Larry Keller
Launi Elliott
Laura Hansen
Laura Hughes
Laura MacQuarrie
Laura Moore
Laureen Swann
Laurie Brough
Laurie Dodds
Leah Kelley
Leah Turner
Leandra Schrag
Leanne Stevens
Lee-Anne Murakami
Leigh Lyttle
Lemlem Haile
Lester Ikuta
Leonard Jones
Lillian VanGenderen
Linda Drinnan
Linda Johnsen
Linda MacGougan
Linda Regan
Linda Graham
Linda-Rae Treliving
Lindsey Rezansoff
Lisa Gilead
Lisa Hari
Lisa Stevenson
Lisa Anne Rasmussen
Lise Brown
Liza Lorenzetti
Lois Alderdice
Lois Anderson
Lori Disler
Lori Egger
Lori Lambert
Lorna Rowsell Petti
Lorraine Moulding
Lou Fraser
Louise Davis
Louise Aboussafy
Lynda Rath-Bechthold
Lynn Brandt
Lynn Gaudet
Lynn Hardy
M.G. Tourigny
Mabelle Carvajal
Maggie Lamotte
Mandy Prokopy
Marc Coyte
Marcy Bristo
Marcy Gramlich
Marg Quan
Margaret Newall
Margaret Rauhaus
Margaret Kennedy
Margaret May
Margaret Harrop
Margot Leahy
Mari-Anna McCargar
Marian Williams
Marilyn Atkinson
Marilyn Hennessey
Marilyn Kendrick
Marnie Schaetti
Marry March
Marshall Hironaka
Mary Anderson
Mary Barr
Mary Benjamin
Mary Morin
Meg Van Rosendaal
Melissa Westland
Melodie Provost
Michael Danielson
Michael Hogan
Michael Jackson
Michael Kobluk
Michael Moorhouse
Michael Nowlin
Michelle Bradley
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Michelle Clarke
Michelle Danielson
Mickey Ikuta
Miriam Bezeau
Miriam Habafy
Mirona Beg
Misae Masuda
Mo Pavan
Mona Rose
Monika Siegmund Savage
Morny Joy
Murray LeBlanc
Myra Dionne
Nagat Elbabaa
Nancy Hall
Nancy Janovicek
Nancy McFadyen
Nancy Skingle
Nancy Smith
Nancy Sawa
Naomi Feigenbaum
Naomi Tanner
Nathan Schmidt
Neil MacDonald
Nico Zaher
Nicole Boyce
Nicole Saini
Nick Geib
Nilima Sonpal-Valias
Nora Stewart
Norma Westcott
Pam Corbett
Pam Krause
Pat Spiller
Patricia Campbell
Patricia Roome
Patricia Dawkins
Paul Knoll
Paul Valentine
Paule Leemans
Peggy Churchward
Penni Leggett
Penny Young
Peter Morissette
Philip Clark
Phyllis Kyle
Phyllis Treliving
Rachel Mason
Rafaela Cordosa Simgo
Raka Ghosh
Ray Marchand
Raymonde Legault-Smith
Raymonde Smith
Reagen Stoddard
Reg Frizzell
Ria Charbonneau
Richard Hogan
Richard Barrette
Roanna Chui
Robyn McMorris
Roger Wold
Ron Kennedy
Ron McIlwrick
Ron Westcott
Ronnie Joy Leah
Rose Moylan
Rose Lynn Moen
Rose Marie Metz
Rosemary Brown
Rosemary Moore
Rosita Thorpe
Sadie Marchant
Salim Dhalla
Salima Daoud
Sally Hironaka
Salma Kanji
Samuel Wainer
Sandeep Alexander
Sandi Carlile
Sandy Harmeson
Sara Sedmak
Sara Taaffe
Sarah Freigang
Sarah Morrison
Sarah Polley
Scott Mooney
Shaida Hussein
Shannon Dunsmuir
Sharon Anderson-Marr
Sharon Barrette
Sharon Butala
Sharon Eyolfson
Sharon George
Sharon Smulders
Sharon Thompson
Shaun Tymchyshyn
Shauna Parks
Shawn Brady
Sheila Crush
Sheila Kaiser
Sheila Taillon
Shelley Werenka
Shellie Taylor
Shemin Adatia
Sherry Neis
Shirley Langan
Sidney Courtice
Stacey Gianakoulas
Stacey Perilli
Stacy Menzies
Stephanie Piovesan
Steve Laut
Stu Chan
Susan Gilbert
Susan Gillies
Susan High
Susan Lightfoot
Susan Macdonald
Susan Mitchell
Susan Wigmore
Susana Takacs
Suzanne Kear
Suzanne Vandervoort
Sylvia Hawkins
Tamara Polianina
Tammy Bott
Tammy Sieben
Tanya Handel
Tara Yates
Terry Lamantia
The Anston Family
The Beagle Family
The Edmunds Family
The Lypka Family
The McCann Family
Tim Kendrick
Tina King
Tina McKay
Toby Tinardi
Tracy Moore
Tricia Wojachowsky
Trisha Lee
Trudy Pavan
Urmie See
Valerie Vanvliet
Vallerie Ross
Verona Rabbit
Veronica Lynn Allen
Victoria McElligott
Viola Demers
Virgie McIntyre
Walter May
Wayne Smith
Wendy Leonenko
Wendy Medley
Wendy Morris
Wendy Charlton
Wilfred Wietgrefe
Wilfreda Thurston
William Bryant
William Cousart
Yvonne Schmitz
Yvonne Stanford
Yvonne Germscheid
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Donations
in memory of
Brenda Aries
Donald L. Shaw
Dr. R.G.Williams
Edna Doerksen
Elizabeth Schroeder
Mary Zanni Egger
Monica Moreau
Nelli Zanni Hildebrand
Trish Danielson
Donations
in celebration of
Andrea
David & Jocelyn McIntyre
Donald L. Shaw
Dorothy Jenkins
Evergreen School Grade 3
Teachers
Heather Walker
Karen Marcus
Laureen Swann
Morgan McKelvie
Nancy Bell
Nicole & Simon Battistella
Pepsi Contest Winner/Cher
gagnant du concours Pepsi
Sharon & Ted George
Sita Chui
Tanya Walker
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Business and community donors
Staff and trainers from World
Health who organized a toy drive
for the Women’s Centre!
Advantage Health Aspen
Advantage Management Inc.
Alberta Ballet
Alberta Law Foundation
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583
ATB Financial
Bank of Nova Scota
Bantrel Co.
Bennett Jones LLP
Big Mountain Coffee
Bikram Yoga South
Bodhi Tree Yoga Center
Bow Valley Caligraphy Guild
BW Technologies By Honeywell
Calgary & District Labour CouncilWomen’s Committee
Calgary Buddhist Temple- Dharma
School Students
Calgary Communities Against Sexual
Abuse
Calgary Disc Golf Association
Calgary Elks Club
Calgary Raging Grannies
Calgary Wildrose Lions Club
Canada Malting Co.
Canada Revenue Agency Women’s
Committee
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Central Memorial High School
City of Calgary Family and Community
Support Services
Cobs Bread - Crowfoot
Cross Wise Communications Ltd.
Customink.com
Delmar College of Hair Design
Delta West Academy Society
Delta West Academy Students and
Teachers
Devon Canada Corporation
Drum & Monkey Pub
Dunphy Best Blocksom
EnCana Cares
EnCana Corporatoion
Engineered Air-Resman Community
Services
FirstEnergy Capital Corp.
Fluor United Way Campaign
Fort Calgary Chapter IODE
Great Northern Data Supply Co. Ltd.
HAB Family Foundation
Halliburton Employee Match
Heritage Time Out
HSAA - Foothills Medical Centre
Imperial Oil Foundation
Kinette Club of Stampede City
Kolor Twist
La Brezza
Laurie M. Anderson Professional Corp.
Law Society of Alberta
Lina’s Italian Market
Luke’s Drug Store Ltd.
M.S. Private Ltd
Magus Consulting Ltd.
Marvel Hair College
Mary Kay - Kathie McGann
Maxxam Analytics
McMahon Stadium
Millrise Dental Clinic Staff
Murphy Oil Company Ltd.
Muttley Crue Inc.
Naked Leaf
Nexen Inc.
Nickle Family Foundation
North Hill Mazda
Organizational Effectiveness - HR
Outlook Health and Fitness Inc.
Parks Painting Inc.
Palliser Hotel
Pure Creations
RE/Max Real Estate Professionals
Royal Bank of Canada
Russel Metals Inc.
SAIT Trojan Women’s Basketball Team
Schlumberger Canada Limited
Sheraton Cavalier
Soroptimist International
South Calgary Health Centre Adult Mental Health
Southern Pacific Resource Corp.
St. Davids United Church
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
St. Vincent de Paul
Summit Kids
Sunrise Community Link
Talisman Energy Inc.
Taqa North Community Investment
Program
Tazza Deli and Grill
Team TELUS Cares
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference
Tenaris Prudential Steel ULC
The Calgary Minerva Foundation
The Newall Family Foundation Trust
Tops AB328
TransCanada Pipelines Limited
TransCanada Corporation
United Steel Workers of America Local
7226
United Way of Calgary & Area
United Way of Calgary & Area-Donor’s
Vendome Cafe
Willow Park On The Bow
Wish Tree Foundation
World Health Club - Bay Club
World Health Club - Edgemont Club
World Health Club - MacLeod Club
World Health Club - Midnapore
World Health Club - North Hill Club
World Health Club - Richmond Club
World Health Club - Sunridge Club
World Health Club - Temple
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2011 STAFF
Our work would
not be possible
without a very
talented and
dedicated staff.
Thank you to the
following staff
members and
students!
We made a difference!
The Women’s Centre gathers feedback from women who use the Centre,
volunteers, Board members and staff to inform our work. Feedback was
collected throughout the year using a variety of tools. In total we collected
input from 1,099 women in 2011.
Here are some of our indicators of success:
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Get Assistance
96% of women report they are treated with respect at the
Women’s Centre
89% of women report they get support at the Centre when they
need it
98% of Legal Advice Clinic respondents report they know their next
steps and feel more in control
Connect with Others
96% of women report they feel safe at the Women’s Centre
73% of women report they made new friends at the Women’s Centre
87% of women report they learned something they needed to know
Work for Change
77% of women report they know more about women’s issues
76% of women report they have discussed community issues with
their friends and family outside the Women’s Centre
75% of women report they understand more about the ways of life of
other women they meet at the Women’s Centre
Aimar Bracho
Carrie Blaug
Carolina Dalgleish
Caterina Gut
Filsan Abdi
Karen Orser
Leah Kelley
Mei-Yuk Mak
Mickey Ikuta
Simona Siad
Susan Gillies
Susan High
Tanya Good
Relief and
Temporary Staff
Linda Akoakem
Lisa Hari
Sarah Winstanley
Vivian Wei Gu
Practicum
Students
Chinyere Aneke
Krishna Saha
Sarah Winstanley
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2011 At a Glance
At the Women’s Centre all of our work is done within our unique Community Capacity
Building Peer Model. It provides the framework for how we do our work.
What we do fits within our three strategic areas of work
- Get Assistance, Connect with Others, and Work for Change.
Get Assistance
We provided women with
food, personal supplies or
bus tickets 8,823 times.
We completed 6,936 basic
needs referrals to other
community programs.
Women came to the
Centre to use computers
and phones 9,549 times.
We provided legal advice
to 209 women at 63 legal
clinics.
Connect With Others
We provided 131 workshops
for 1,478 women.
Women dropped in to the
Centre to connect with others
7,072 times.
1,139 women attended various
groups at the Centre.
We provided information and
peer support to women 10,606
times.
Work For Change
We wrote and distributed
5,000 Fast Facts on
Women and Poverty.
We wrote a position paper
on how the City could
assist women in
poverty and met with 13
City Councillors and 3 senior
City staff.
We researched and wrote a
section on women’s
issues for the City of
Calgary Social Outlook
report.
Women’s Centre of Calgary, 646 First Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 0B6
Ph: 403-264-1155 E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: 403-264-1203 Web: www.womenscentrecalgary.org