Sponsors and Partnerships

Sponsorships

Elves Special Needs Society is thrilled to announce the partnership between Elves and the following sponsors for our elves 2008 Red Carpet Gala—Auction & Dinner:

PLATINUM

GOLD

Partnerships

Elves Special Needs Society would like to give a heartfelt thank-you to the following people, organizations and foundations for their assistance in improving the quality of life of our population:

RBC Foundation for their generous donation to help build an Adapted Recreation Area to support our programs at our Elves Adult & Youth Centre. We look forward to our continued growth with RBC and their strong commitment to our community.

Capital City Clean Up - Going Green

Volunteers from Elves are doing their part in cleaning up the streets. This year we have joined The Capital City Clean Up to help the environment and “put litter in its place!”

The Stollery Charitable Foundation for their generous donation to our re-painting project. The population that attends the Elves Adult & Youth Centre will experience a more inviting and encouraging environment thanks to theircommitment to this project.

The Edmonton Optimist Club of Beverly for providing the means to purchase specialized equipment and furniture for the recreation area at the Elves Adult & Youth Centre. Equipment is incredibly important as it is adapted and specialized for our students and clients.

Canada Safeway Limited for choosing Elves Special Needs Society as their Charity of Choice for the 2008 Safeway We Care Program. The campaign has already donated 250 stuffed snowmen to our students for Christmas and has pledged to assist us further through:

Golf Tournament on June 14, 2008

Elves Special Needs Society extends heartfelt gratitude to the following contributors for their support, influence and assistance enabling the Elves' Society to continue providing dependent handicapped persons with unique, individualized, educational day programs, to promote maximum development and enhance the quality of life of the individuals and their families within a supportive and caring environment:

Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission
Services to Children with Disabilities
Minerva Foundation
McDaniel Family Foundation
Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (ACCFCR)
Kids Kottage
Dr. Bruce Miller, MLA Edmonton Glenora
Thomas Lukaszuk, MLA Edmonton Castledowns
Laurie Hawn MP
Ms Janis Tarchuk, Minister of Children's Services
Mr. Ronald Liepert, Minister of Education
Mr. Drew Hutton, Director, Tourism Awareness Development

Elves Special Needs Society truly appreciates the dedication of time, whether it encompasses reading stories to our children for Reading Week, the contribution of grants or the commitment of donations to our various fundraising events, all of which significantly impact the ongoing advancement of our Society. Elves Special Needs Society will strive to develop new strategies for reaching out to families and corporations for the participation in and funding of future projects which prove to be interesting and challenging, not to mention rewarding.

A special thank you to Elves' friends, families, community members, volunteers and staff for their continued support!

Awards of recognition to significant contributors to Elves Special Needs Society are presented during the Annual General Meeting in November of each year.

Canada Safeway District Office representatives Mr. Louis Hudon and Mr. Ken Saunders.
Sister Gabrielle, Archbishop McDonald High School Volunteer Program
NAIT Web Site Design students, Mr. Chris Mitchell, Ms. Maureen Brown, Mr. Kevin Ping-Hong, Mr. Jesse Nash, and Mr. Adam Chaters.

FASD RESPITE CARE PROGRAM

Elves Special Needs Society and the Kids Kottage Foundation are nonprofit agencies which have formed a cooperative association to set up a respite after school project to support families with children between the ages of three (3) and eight (8) years of age, affected with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

A study conducted in March 2003 identified close to 1,000 families in despair who require some reliefin the caregiving of their children. This program is supervised under the "umbrella" of Elves Special Needs Society as a pilot project. The primary funding sources are provided by Kids Kottage, McDaniel Family Foundation, The Minerva Foundatin and Alberta for Child, Family and Community Research (ACCFCR) and a grant from the Community Initiatives Program under the Alberta Gaming Commission applied for by Elves Special Needs Society.

Kids Kottage, is an organization with expertise in providing respite to families in need. Elves Special Needs Society will operate the program and be fiscally responsible for the operation of the program to be held at Elves Schild Development Centre, 10825 - 142 Street, Edmonton. The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (ACCFCR) will conduct a study to find out the impact of the respite on the parents and child.

This program operates for ten (10) months September through to the end of June, two evenings Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 to 7:30 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The Family Respite Care Program has 2 Program Coordinator and Program Assistants. All staff hired for the Family Respite Program adhere to the Policies and Procedures as set out by Elves Special Needs Society.

Intake can be arranged through Elves Special Needs Society's Social Workers at (780) 454-5310.