Our Report To Community
Children need access to books so they can become good readers, but they also need books of their own. Owning a book encourages children to read more and can turn a reluctant reader into a book lover. Research shows the more books a child has at home, the better the chance he or she will grow up to be a confident and enthusiastic reader.
Too many children in Alberta don’t have books to call their own.
In 2018-2019 we worked throughout the community to increase book access for children.
Read the full Report to Community.
96,000
CBC Calgary Reads Big Book Sale
Each year, people donate their books, we sell them and the funds raised are used year-round to support literacy programs, and get free books into the hands of kids who have none.
4133
Students
received support to become joyful readers because of you.
Through our in-school trained volunteer programs and initiatives, like Read Up!, wee read, Read With ELLs,
and our Reading Rally events.
1,145
Volunteers
who donated 10,039 hours to the Big Book Sale.
18,702
Hours
of support to young readers provided by Calgary Reads school- based volunteers
2868
corporate, community, and youth volunteers supported Calgary Reads initiatives.
You helped give away
44,430
Books
to children and their families.
Though our work with the Calgary Food Bank and other family serving agencies, LENA Start, Read with Me, and the Children’s’ Reading Place and Book Bank.
13,165
People
visited the Children’s Reading Place. This includes 7956 children and 85 school class visits
Thank you to our donors
Through our many relationships and partnerships, we are creating a reading revolution to strength childhood literacy. We’d like to thank every member of our community for helping us give every child the opportunity to read, learn and grow.
Leaders – $50,000 +
Anonymous Donor
Calgary Foundation
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Chevron Canada Resources
Prosser Charitable Foundation
Innovators – $25,000 +
ATB Financial
Bearspaw Benevolent Foundation
RBC Foundation
Rotary Club of Downtown Calgary
Builders – $10,000 +
Burns Memorial Fund
Janine Labossiere
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation
Shaw Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink
Believers – $5,000 +
Anonymous Donor
Bordner Ladner Gervais
Calgary South Rotary Partners
Flipp Advertising Inc.
James Kerr Estate Fund at The Calgary Foundation
Painted Pony Energy
Plains Midstream Canada
Sandra Pieri
Friends – $1,000 +
Alan Moon
Alberta Reading Council of the International Literacy Association
Badyal Toor Law Firm
Blu-Planet Recycling Inc.
Calgary Newcomers & Nu-grads
Calgary Stampeders Football Club
Canadian Federation of University
Women Calgary
Chapter Canadian Natural Resources Ltd
Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Carol Smith
Christian Hluchy
Edith Cavell Chapter #25 O.E.S
Edmonton Southgate Lions Club
Elizabeth Marshall
Freehold Royalties Partnership
FYidoctors
George Salahor
Gibson Family Fund at The Calgary Foundation
Heather Johnson
Imperial Oil Resources Ltd.
Iris & Charles Porter Fund at The Calgary Foundation
Jacqui McFarland
J.E. Hodgson Family Fund at The Calgary Foundation
Joan Green
Jodi Nickel
Karen Lynn Pescott Foundation Fund at The Calgary Foundation
Keith MacLeod
Kelly Hewson
Kiwanis Club of Calgary
Klatt Family Foundation
Kristen Brown
Linda Loberg
Lovpreet Mangat
Maggie Malapad
Margo Randles
Martha Parker
Megan Hutton
Mobility Quotient
Monica Mochoruk
Murphy Oil Company Ltd.
NovAtel Inc.
Osum Oils Sands Corp.
Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc.
RGO Products Ltd.
Scarboro Foundation Fund at The Calgary Foundation
Seitel Canada Ltd
Shell Canada
Spartan Controls
Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation
Steacy Collyer
Steve & Marjie Allen
Family Fund at The Calgary Foundation Strategic Group
Suzanne Tough
The McTavish Family Trust
Trans Canada Pipelines Ltd.
Valerie Kapsha
Vicki Reid
Wawanesa Insurance
In memory of Mary & Wilf Bernard
Other Partners and Events
Alberta Ballet
Big Steel Box
Bracko Brothers
Calgary Board of Education
Calgary Catholic School District
Calgary Corporate Challenge
Calgary Food Bank
Calgary Foundation
Campaign for Grade Level Reading
Catholic Independent Schools Kamloops Diocese
CBC Calgary
CF Construction Ltd.
Clearview Public Schools
Concordia University of Edmonton
Edmonton Public Schools
Elk Island Public Schools
First 2000 Days Network
First Book Canada
Foothills School Division
Golden Hills School Division
Goodwill Impact Centre – Edmonton
GrandeYellowhead Public School Division Hi-Way 9
Kyle Stone
LENA
Livingstone Range School Division
Monogram Coffee
Mount Royal University
O2 Design
Pages Books on Kensington
Parkland School Division
Rocky View Schools
Scholastic Canada
St. Mary’s University – Calgary
Theatre Calgary
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
YW Calgary
Please note: Due to space limitations, this list reflects supporters who made financial donations of $1,000 or more.
View previous reports to see how Calgary Reads’ has evolved and expanded to provide more help for young readers.
