In 2012, we contributed $1.15 million to charitable organizations and programs in communities where we do business.

We help to preserve and strengthen community character, ecology, and cultural heritage in the communities where we do business.

Community investment in 2012 included the following:

• Art Gallery of Alberta, AB
• Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, CT
• Campbell River Salmon Festival, BC
• Castor & District Rodeo, AB
• Citadel Theatre, AB
• Dungannon Truck & Tractor Pull, ON
• East Bay Community Action Program, RI
• Goderich Children’s Festival, ON
• GRID Alternatives Solarthon, CA
• Grizfest Music Festival, BC
• Halkirk Elks Bullarama, AB
• Lucknow's Music in the Fields, ON
• Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport, CT
• Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce Personality Festival, NC
• The Barnum Museum Foundation, CT
• The Free Store - Santa's Helpers Program, ME
• Thorsby Elementary Parents Association - Arrival & Dreams Concert, AB
• Tiverton Lions Charities, RI
• Tumbler Ridge Children's Centre Society, BC
• University of Alberta, AB
• Warburg Cultural Society - Art Gala, AB

Supporting festivals and community events

• Our sponsorship of the annual SalmonFest Celebrations in Campbell River provided free activities and rides for children while supporting the community’s heritage sport of logging.
• As a sponsor of Bullarama in Halkirk, we helped bring the rodeo and family activities to the community.
• In Ontario, near our Kingsbridge I wind-power facility, we supported the Dungannon Truck & Tractor Super Pull. Thousands of community members came together for this popular event.
• For the third year in a row, we were part of the Grizfest Music Festival in Tumbler Ridge. The 2012 summer festival welcomed more than 2,000 people to enjoy the talents of local musicians and artists.
• In the Ontario community of Goderich we supported the annual Goderich Children’s Festival, which offers free activities and programming for elementary school children.
• As presenting sponsor of Race Week Edmonton’s Go Kit Derby, we helped 30 kids race their homemade cars down a 60-metre course. Our employees volunteered by assisting with setup and takedown and by acting as race marshals.

In 2012, we assisted inner-city programs in the following ways:

• Provided in-kind expertise to upgrade software for the Hope Mission’s client intake and reporting process. Hope Mission cares for Edmontonians who are homeless. We also donated a cash contribution on behalf of our Board of Directors, in lieu of the board receiving Christmas gifts.
• Collected more than 350 toys and cash gifts donated by employees in support of Edmonton’s Boyle Street Community’s children program, which also received a donation from Capital Power.
• Sponsored the Bissell Centre’s Memorial Round Dance, a traditional Aboriginal ceremony that honours deceased community members.
• Supported the “Hope for the Holidays” program through the Tiverton Lions Club Charities serving families in need.
• Contributed to the Huron County Christmas Bureau, together with our partners in the K2 Wind project in Ontario.
• Supported the Literacy, Life, and Employability Skills Program at Connecticut’s Mercy Learning Center, which aims to eliminate poverty and illiteracy in the greater Bridgeport area. A record-breaking 626 women were helped in 2012.
• Donated to the Santa’s Helpers program at The Free Store in Rumford, Maine, which provides clothing and toys for Christmas presents to children of needy families in the community.