Staff in the Community
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Bob Coleman before and after. |
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Lisa Page (left) and Ada Materi |
You are invited to participate in the 5th annual Jerry P. Selinger Invitational Golf Tournament on Thursday, June 23rd, 2005 at the Elks Lodge & Golf Club in Calgary. Last year’s event was an overwhelming success! Everyone who participated had a great time and a total of $66,613 was raised for t he Peter Lougheed Centre’s Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Greatest Needs Fund and the HomeFront Jerry P. Selinger Memorial Fund. This brings the total raised by the tournament to over $260,000 in the past four years!
Proceeds from this year’s tournament will, once again, be directed equally to the Peter Lougheed Centre’s Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) Greatest Needs Fund – providing support to patients in Southern Alberta who suffer from PPH, and to The HomeFront Jerry P. Selinger Memorial Fund – providing counseling for children victimized directly or traumatized by witnessing abuse of a parent. A small portion of the funds raised also supports the Jerry P. Selinger Awards – an annual event that recognizes front line workers who have shown courage and dedication in their fight against domestic violence.
The tournament fee of $225 per person includes lunch, golf, cart and evening banquet. To register for the tournament, please contact Bobbi Turko in Events & Sponsorships at the Calgary Health Trust by phone at (403) 943-0619 or email bturko@thetrust.ca. To register online or for more information about the tournament, please visit the Jerry P. Selinger Trust website at www.selingertrust.ca.
Edmonton Police Service Detective Bill Clark was honoured by the Edmonton Kiwanis Club recently with the 28th Annual Kiwanis Oil Capital Top Cop Award for his many years of volunteer work.
The second annual Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run “Free the Fuzz” Fundraiser raised $40,000 for Special Olympics Alberta in September. Members from the Edmonton Police Service, Calgary Police Service, RCMP, Military Police, Fish and Wildlife, and Security Services staff from the Alberta Solicitor General participated in an 11K run from downtown Edmonton to a westend Wal-Mart, carrying the Flame of Hope for Special Olympics. Members passed the torch to three law enforcement members - Cst. Devin Laforce (EPS), Cst. Cliff Reimer (EPS) and Karleen Schenkey (Solicitor General Security Services) - who spent 56 hours on the store’s roof raising collections.
Calgary Police Service Sgt. Dave Harty was honoured by Justice Canada and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police last August with second place in the National Youth Justice Award competition for his efforts to establish the Cops for Kids program two years ago.
Staff within Alberta Justice and Alberta Solicitor General are once again participating in the United Way Campaign and their goal is to raise $50,000. Activities include BBQs, bingos, raffles and payroll deductions.
The Calgary Police Service hosted the 25th annual North American Police Soccer Tournament in September and raised money for the Missing Children Society of Canada. Const. Phil Davis said the tournament featured 32 teams.
Lethbridge’s Acting Chief Crown Prosecutor Bob Coleman raised almost $6,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Donations to see Bob shave his head came in from as far north as Fort Chipewyan and as far east as Winnipeg.
The Medicine Hat Police Cycling team raised about $9,000 during a Cops for Cancer 24-hour cycling relay. Const. Mike Storozuk said among the two dozen participants Lisa Page and Ada Materi both volunteered to shave their heads.
