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The faces of cancer

Alberta Cancer Foundation Report to Donors 2009 >>

Mission The Alberta Cancer Foundation increases the chance of survival for nearly 16,000 Albertans diagnosed with cancer each year, and lowers the risk others will develop cancer by raising funds for research, prevention and care at the Cross Cancer Institute, Tom Baker Cancer Centre and Alberta’s 15 other cancer centres.

Vision A cancer-free future

Action Investing in • research • patient programs • screening and early diagnosis • access to leading-edge equipment • continuing education for clinicians and researchers • training for the next generation of cancer specialists and researchers

You can help Donate online at albertacancer.ca or call 1-866-412-4222

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WhoCelebrators are we?

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Andrea and Kent Wierenga on their wedding day

Courtesy redwagon photography

Happily ever after Andrea and Kent Wierenga were already living their “happily ever after,” by the time they said, “I do.” It was the perfect wedding, the typical flurry of last-minute fussing about the dress, hair and flowers, before walking down the aisle in front of a warm circle of family and friends. But on this summer day, the bride and groom added a twist to tradition. Guests were asked to “pay” for reception drinks with a donation to the Alberta Cancer Foundation. When Andrea was just 14, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour, oligodendroglioma. “I had no symptoms,” says Andrea. “No headaches or anything. I was camping with my grandma, grandpa and cousins at Sylvan Lake and my cousin noticed I was having a seizure in my sleep.

Research conducted years before Andrea’s diagnosis made it possible for her to survive and be “thrown together on the dance floor at a wedding” with her future husband, Kent, a farmer in Neerlandia, AB.

Although there is a risk of the cancer returning, Andrea has been given a clean bill of health from Dr. Roa and her only follow up is an annual visit to a neuro-ophthalmologist. The road from that diagnosis to her wedding vows took courage and stamina. “I just wanted to be like everyone else,” says Andrea. “That was my attitude the whole time. I just wanted to be a kid.” Andrea, now a Grade 5 teacher at Barrhead Elementary School as well as a farmer’s wife in Neerlandia, is committed to ensuring research continues. “Since Andrea’s treatment,” says Dr. Roa, “additional targeting capability has been developed, where computers help plan the radiation with best possible angles and combinations.” Continued funding is critical, says Roa. “New functional imagings with specific tracers are being developed,” he says. “They can reveal tumor activity even before the eyes can see it on conventional scans. This allows early detection of a tumor and unprecedented radiotherapy precision. This is an exciting time when personalized treatment becomes reality.” For those facing a cancer diagnosis today, “I’m living proof it can be beaten,” says Andrea. “I don’t even want to think about the possibility of my cancer returning. Instead, I concentrate on living life to the fullest.” And with their wedding gift to the future, Andrea and Kent are ensuring many more people will be living proof that a cancer-free future is possible.

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Andrea’s doctor, Dr. Wilson Roa, says “I am happy to see Andrea has done so well and is living life to the fullest. She received a course of 3D conformal radiation therapy based on research conducted in the early 90’s. This treatment helped protect her normal brain and eye functions even though the tumor was situated at a critical location.”

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“The blessing was that I was on the bunk bed with my cousin. Had I been home, no one would have noticed the seizure and the cancer might never have been found,” says Andrea. At that time, the cancer was at an early stage and about the size of a cherry. Andrea had surgery in August that year followed by radiation therapy at the Cross Cancer Institute.

Sharing a life celebration She is only 13, yet Elizabeth Wishart is a long-standing Alberta Cancer Foundation donor and decided to mark an important rite of passage in her faith, by giving even more. Elizabeth started giving while still a student at Edmonton’s Belgravia Elementary School when she created cards for patients at the Cross Cancer Institute. Then she and her friends set up annual lemonade stands and donated the money raised to the Cross Cancer Institute. When her mother, Debby Waldman, suggested asking for donations to be made to the Albert Cancer Foundation instead of gifts for her Bat Mitzvah, it didn’t take much convincing.

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“I looked around at how much stuff my kids have and said to Elizabeth, ‘we will buy you one gift and want you to consider putting everything else towards the Cross Cancer Institute,’” says Debby. “She was happy to go along with it.” So in January, the family started making Bat Mitzvah plans and a month later, their 21-year-old neighbor was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma. He died in June. “Elizabeth didn’t originally decide to ask for donations because of Owen (Schlosser) but he had a big impact on her,” says Waldman. “She is quite aware of how cancer touches people.”

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Elizabeth says Owen’s death made her “really sad,” but was also happy her decision might prevent others from getting cancer in the future. “I knew I didn’t need more gifts and whenever I get the chance to donate it’s been to the Cross Cancer Institute,” says Elizabeth, now a student at McKernan Junior High. “I’m really happy that people listened to me and donated money. It made me feel good.” Almost $2,700 has been raised in Elizabeth’s honour.

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Elizabeth Wishart, long-standing Alberta Cancer Foundation donor

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Why it matters 16,000

Nearly 16,000 Albertans will be diagnosed with cancer this year

6,000

More than 6,000 Albertans will die of cancer this year

1 in 2

Nearly 1 in 2 Albertans will develop cancer in their lifetimes

1 in 4

1 in 4 Albertans will die of cancer

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Boosters

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T HE FACE S OF CANCER 8 albertacancer.ca The Diamond Dazzlers, BHP Billliton Diamonds employees, Weekend to End Breast Cancer particpants

Diamonds – a girl’s best friend Sometimes the only word Barb Thorburn can come up with is, “wow.” When she looks back at what her colleagues at the BHP Billiton Diamonds office in Yellowknife, NT have done since she received her breast cancer diagnosis, she is almost speechless.

The team also knew that whatever it raised would be doubled through the BHP Billiton’s Global Matched Giving program. So their last year’s total of $19,573.01 soon multiplied to $39,146.02, thanks to the corporate support of BHP Billiton Diamonds. In 2008, the company matched contributions totalling US$4.8 million that was distributed among 1150 not-for-profit organizations and included matching for 115,000 hours of volunteering by employees in their own personal time.

“Plus, when you consider the high incidence of breast cancer, the chances of one of the eight of us on the team getting it are high. So we wanted to do something.” They did it again, this year. The team, now named Diamond Dazzlers and with a few new faces, walked 60 km in two days in Edmonton. The company’s Antwerp marketing office donated a stone for this year’s event and raffle tickets for that prize raised $9,000 alone. During last year’s event, Barb was undergoing radiation treatment at the Cross Cancer Institute and couldn’t walk the 60 km (but her husband, Gerald, pitched in and gave foot rubs when he could). This year, she was on the sidelines cheering on her friends that have done so much. “I’m so proud to be a part of the team,” says Barb. “They took on this challenge and it was so beautiful and overwhelming to see them carry through. They’re amazing.”

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“Having that money matched sure helps,” says Rhona Stanislaus, a BHP Billiton Diamonds employee in Yellowknife and last year’s Olympic Goddesses team captain. “This is an important cause.

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Eight co-workers rallied around Barb, who has been with the company for 15 years, to raise money for cancer research. Dubbed the Olympic Goddesses, the women decided that the 2008 Weekend to End Breast Cancer in Edmonton, was one of the best ways to show their support. So they raffled off a donated diamond—they are in the diamond business, after all—held car washes, basket raffles and other fundraising events that would push up their dollar tally. They also brought Barb McDonald’s food when she was recovering at home and three of the women shaved their heads. “The girls were always there for me—we’re like a big family and they made such a difference,” says Barb.

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Getting hairy for the cause ATCO Structures & Logistics employees proved that being creative—and hairy—can work wonders. Last November, as part of ATCO’s Employees Participating in Communities (EPIC), the group raised $15,000 for the Alberta Cancer Foundation in a moustache growing contest. “It was the most popular event last year,” says Spencer Thomas, a sales co-ordinator with ATCO Structures and Logistics. “We had such a great experience working with the Alberta Cancer Foundation. It was ridiculous around here for a month.”

When the group decided to raise funds for men’s cancers such as testicular and prostate, it chose an activity that fell in line. Fifty men signed up and started growing their facial hair while collecting pledges from friends and family. Yet most of the donations came from the staff themselves, says Thomas.

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“It makes a difference when employees choose which charity they want to donate to,” he says. “Cancer affects everybody and sadly, during the event, the father of one of our contestants was diagnosed with prostate cancer so it reminded us even more about why we were doing this.”

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EPIC gives employees the opportunity to contribute to their charity of choice in their home community. Then ATCO matches the funds employees raise and pays administration costs for the event. For 2008, ATCO and its people pledged to give $2.7 million to more than 500 charities around the world.

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Boston Pizza delivers For years, the Boston Pizza Northern Alberta Franchisees have hosted an annual golf tournament to raise funds for varied charitable organizations, rotating the different groups each year. But then franchisee, Bob Adams, lost his wife Elise Gill to cancer and in 2002, asked the committee to direct proceeds from the annual tournament to the Alberta Cancer Foundation and have been supporting cancer research ever since. “It was a way to honour her passing,” says Kelly McClung, business manager for the Northern Alberta Boston Pizza Franchisees. “And now, sadly, we have so many franchisees touched by cancer that this has become near and dear to our heart so that’s where the bulk of our money goes.”

“It’s been exciting to be a part of research, grants and new equipment that can help advance what we know about cancer,” says McClung. “We’re happy to be able to do our part.”

Golf organizer undeterred But the loss of her hair—yet again—was almost too much for this breast-cancer survivor because it reminded her of her 1995 chemo treatments. “When my hair came out after the fire, it took me back to a place I didn’t want to be,” Debra said, adding that her hair grew back and the golf-tournament fundraiser in her name has been an amazing motivator that helped in her recovery, not just once, but twice. In 1997 she organized the first Debra Cantalini-Gallant Golf Tournament. In the first 12 years the event raised $234,453 for the Medicine Hat Cancer Centre. Following the December 2008 kitchen fire that nearly took her life, Debra’s husband Ernie worried that organizing the tournament would be too much for her. She convinced him the tournament must take place and with a strong support group of Royal LePage realtors, as well as from Ernie himself, the July 9 Debra Cantalini-Gallant Golf Tournament went ahead. It took place just weeks before she had to undergo even more skin grafts. “I told Ernie, ‘Don’t take that away from me!’ I didn’t want to lose the tournament. It gives me satisfaction and makes me feel high because I can put something back to a place (the Medicine Hat Cancer Centre) that treated me so well,” Debra said.

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Suffering burn injuries to 20 per cent of her body in a kitchen fire, followed by several surgeries and the resultant pain didn’t stop Debra Cantalini-Gallant from organizing her annual golf tournament in Medicine Hat.

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The event—held in September this year at Blackhawk Golf Club—oversells quickly at $500 per spot and allows the group to give not only to the Alberta Cancer Foundation but to several other charities. Last year, they raised $191,000. To date, more than $460,000 has been raised for the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Cross Cancer Institute by the franchisee group.

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630

Albertans survived cancer last year who would not have survived had they developed cancer 25 years ago



548

Patients and families received financial assistance

1,062

Patients and families participated in the Arts and Medicine program at the Cross Cancer Institute

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Runners, walkers, bikers, spikers

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A triathlon of fundraising Jennifer Minardi was sitting in hospital with her dad, Chris Beer, when she first heard about the Ride to Conquer Cancer. “We heard a commercial about the ride and I asked, ‘Who would do that? Who would bike 200 kilometers?’ He looked at me and said, ‘You would!’” And so Jennifer, who believed the idea was crazy from the get go, began training in an effort to chase away the cancer that made her dad suffer so much. “I signed up the day he got insanely sick. Cycling 200 km is hard, but watching your dad fight for his life, knowing he won’t make it, is harder,” she said.

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None of it was easy for Jennifer, 32, who is married and has two children, Isabella, four and Emily, two. As a young mother, she’d had little time for exercise. Somehow, between visits to the hospital and attending to her family, she began training three times per week, covering more than 50 km each time, even though she hadn’t been on a bike since she was 12. “I started training one month before Dad died, Feb. 8. Then I took three weeks off and started again March 1,” she said.

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Chris Beer was ill with kidney cancer for more than a year before he died. During his final year Jennifer entered every Alberta Cancer Foundation event that came her way. She raised $590 walking 10 km in The Underwear Affair and $6,500 in The Ride to Conquer Cancer. She raised more than $1,200 for the 33 km Weekend to End Breast Cancer. So far, her Jenny Walking, Biking and Running for a Cure grand total is $8,390. “I had so much support from family and friends,” she said, as she explained she wrote letters and solicited individual donations as well as hosting four home-party events with all proceeds going to her campaign to end cancer. “I firmly believe that some day they’ll find something that maybe would have helped my dad. Cancer is ugly. If I can run and bike and walk to help, I’ll do it this year and next year and every year. I hope my kids will never have to go through what he did,” she said. Her training sessions often begin with a hurting, aching, haunted feeling but by the end of a half hour or so, her mind is freed up, almost as if she is on a holiday from cancerous thoughts. “It was a way to process a lot of stuff about dad’s death because even when I trained with the kids in a stroller, I had only my own thoughts. I learned a lot about myself and a lot about my hero, my dad.” When she cycled the 200 grueling kilometers in the Ride to Conquer Cancer, she felt her dad was with her. “I know he was with me. I think he knew and would have been proud. And as soon as I passed the finish line I was able to say ‘goodbye’ to dad,” she said.

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Jennifer Minardi, cancer research fundraiser

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Nicolys and Chris Argue

Pedaling for big brother What a little brother won’t do. Eight-year-old Nicolys Argue’s older brother Chris, 28, had been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma so Nicolys started exploring ways to raise money for cancer research. “At first I thought I’ll run like Terry Fox did but then I thought it would take too long so then I decided I would bike instead because I’m a really good biker,” says Nicolys, who is in Grade 4 at Sherwood Park’s Lakeland Ridge School.

“I’m extremely proud of Nicolys,” says Bonita. “He was just a little trouper and even after the bike ride, he wanted to turn around and ride all the way back. But it would have killed us old people, so we didn’t let him.” Nicolys’ goal was to raise a “couple hundred dollars,” but in the end he collected $3,630 for the Alberta Cancer Foundation to support work at the Cross Cancer Institute.

“They took such good care of him at the Cross Cancer Institute, so it was important for us to give back.” As for young Nicolys, he is thrilled Chris is doing well now and that he was able to raise so much money for such a good cause. “It makes me feel happy because I helped a lot of people,” he says. “I want to do it every year but next time it’s going to be even bigger and better.”

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“When Nicolys told me he wanted to do this, I knew we had to make it happen but now it is so incredible to me that this tiny boy could raise all this money,” says Bonita. “We talked to Chris about where he wanted the money to go.” Chris designated patient services, which administers the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s financial assistance program. “When he had to take time off work for treatment, if he hadn’t had help from us, he could have lost his home, so he realized how important it was that the money go to help patients in financial need,” says Bonita.

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Nicolys told his mom he planned to ride his bike on every street in Sherwood Park and collect one dollar from every house he passed. While his mother, Bonita, encouraged his commitment, she suggested that instead of stopping at strangers’ homes; perhaps he could cycle across Sherwood Park on Lakeland Drive. So Nicolys knocked on the doors of his friends and families, telling him about his brother and also sent a pledge form to his dad’s work. Then on October 12, Nicolys’ sister, Stacy, dropped off his crew—parents, grandfather and friend—and they rode the 7.6 km across town. Chris, in the middle of chemo treatment at the time, picked up the bikes at the finish.

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Dennis Sprovich Memorial Volleyball tournament fundraiser for cancer research

Honouring a father’s memory Kelly Soprovich had been organizing an annual volleyball tournament in his hometown of Two Hills, Alberta for several years. So when his father, Dennis, died of pancreatic cancer in November 1999, Kelly decided to turn it into an event that would raise money for cancer research. It started out small—the first year it made $1,000—but by the 10th annual Dennis Soprovich Memorial Volleyball tournament at the end of last March, the weekend raised $40,000. The 10-year goal was $100,000, and they exceeded that number, collecting a total of $117,000 in Dennis’ name so far. “This event morphed into something much bigger,” says Kelly, who played volleyball at NAIT and in an Edmonton league, where he now lives. “We’re proud we’ve been able to raise this money for cancer research in memory of our father.” T HE FACE S OF CANCER

Every spring, as many as 28 teams have travelled to Two Hills where participants are treated to social events that include catered meals, auction and dance. Family members spend hours planning and organizing the tournament and every year, when Kelly, his two siblings, mother and friends and family start soliciting for donations, people continue to generously give to cancer research. “We try to make it a really good time for everyone and people keep coming back year after year,” says Kelly, who also plays in the tournament. “But so many people support us because it’s an important cause. It has been great.”

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He lives outside Drumheller, Alberta on a farm with his family. He is not a cancer survivor and has not made any life saving discovery. Yet Ty Christensen, 15, is saving lives and having a great time doing it. It really says something about the young man who ran 10 km in only his best pair of boxer shorts and in front of thousands of people. Ty participated in the 2009 Calgary Underwear Affair to benefit research, prevention, and treatment of the “under there” cancers including prostate and testicular.

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Ty is quick witted, articulate, but most of all, he is proud to honour his late grandfather who died of colorectal cancer when Ty was only six years old. “There are many reasons I registered to participate the Underwear Affair but mostly in memory of my grandpa. Raising money to support the under-funded research of these types of cancers is the best way I can pay tribute to him. “My grandfather lived with us when I was young so we were very close. My favorite memories of him are at Pine Lake. Grandpa had a great spot there so my family used to go with him every summer.” Ty plans to make the Underwear Affair his new annual tradition. Living on a farm has made Ty strong—a 10 km run doesn’t intimidate him. “I was not too worried about the distance of the run. Besides being a farm boy my entire life, I have played baseball for a number of years and am generally pretty active.” Christensen has also taken his fundraising to a creative level. “I put donation boxes around the school and in town with information about my run and the cause. There has been a really positive response. I have heard of people who have actually put newspaper articles about me on their refrigerators. That’s encouraging. “I’m excited to be a part of something this big. Plus, I run in my underwear most of the time anyways,” he jokes, “I might as well do it while raising money for such a great cause.”

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Patients and family members attended Alberta Cancer Foundation funded patient orientations at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre



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Endowed research chairs established in whole or in part by the Alberta Cancer Foundation



37

New Alberta cancer research projects funded by the Alberta Cancer Foundation last year

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Problem-solvers

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Racer trades slopes for a lab and a bike Ten days before Dr. Nigel Brockton moved to Canada from Scotland, he was standing on top of a mountain in France about to ski down at speeds reaching 150 miles an hour. Soon, the world-class athlete would be packing his bags and hanging up his skis to concentrate on his research career as a molecular epidemiologist in Calgary. Two years later, Nigel is more than happy with the move. “When I applied for the job, I thought it was the ultimate position in the ultimate location and it’s been ten times better,” says Nigel. “Regardless of the outstanding research environment, Calgary is even better than I thought it would be.”

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His entry into cancer research came after Nigel received a diagnosis in his final year of high school. In the last week of summer holidays, when a lump kept growing larger in the soft tissue of his jaw, an oral surgeon removed it immediately. At university, he kept skiing competitively while studying to be a marine biologist but then his cancer returned. After nine months of intensive treatment, he started researching ways to tie marine biology and cancer but soon abandoned that idea and focused on the disease.

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Nigel hasn’t done much skiing since the move. Once Britain’s top-ranked speed racer—he broke the British record twice and is that country’s only ski racer to have won an FIS World Cup Race— Nigel’s research has been soaring instead.

Now, the epidemiologist is looking at the role of inflammation in the cause and progression of cancer. Specifically, he is in the middle of a long-term breast cancer study investigating the role of vitamin D and inflammation in the development of bone metastases. Another project on head and neck cancer looks at the effect of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) status. Half of head and neck cancers are caused by HPV and researchers have found a big effect on survival for people who didn’t have the virus. “The stage of disease might not be a good indicator for predicting the outcome in head and neck cancer,” says Nigel. “By looking at HPV in tumours and specific genes, then we should be able to decide on the best course of treatment. It’s exciting work.” And to make up for his lack of time on the slopes, Nigel stays active cycling to and from the Tom Baker Cancer Centre every day (he logs 6,000 km a year). He also coordinated a training group of more than 75 riders and led weekly group training rides for the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s annual two-day Ride to Conquer Cancer. “Training and meeting new people has been such a positive experience,” says Nigel. “On the first day, we were near the front of the pack but on day two, we left the camp a bit later and it gave you a sense of how many people are involved. It was hard for me and I’m fit so I was in awe of so many of these people. It was inspiring.” His commitment is infectious as his son is heard to declare, “I’m going to conquer cancer,” on a home video of him riding a miniature bike in the living room.

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Dr. Nigel Brockton, right, with Lori-Ann Muenzer, Canada’s first Olympic gold medalist in cycling from the 2004 Olympic Games and the Alberta’s Ride to Conquer Cancer head coach

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Luck leads to discovery, recovery and empathy Dr. Carol Cass calls it a “stroke of remarkable luck,” but anyone who knows her can attest to the fact that luck only played a small part in carving out such an outstanding career in cancer research. Now Director of the Cross Cancer Institute, Carol says she walked into an opportunity as a young researcher that shaped her career path.

But it wasn’t just the right place at the right time. Carol soon discovered that nucleoside transporters could carry anti-cancer drugs across human cell membranes and their absence resulted in resistance to anticancer nucleoside drugs—an important finding that demonstrated the role of basic research in improving therapies for human disease. At the time, Carol and Alan Paterson were the only two researchers in the world studying this field. Today, Carol is recognized around the globe as a leader in nucleoside transporter research.

Ironically, along the way Carol was diagnosed with cancer. In 1990, she learned she had a benign brain tumour that was wrapped around the optic nerve and after a craniotomy, lost vision in one eye. “There were consequences for me but when you look at the alternatives, I consider myself to be lucky,” she says. “I don’t think of myself very often as a cancer survivor because the tumor was benign but I am still a patient at the Cross. Every few months, I sit with other patients in the waiting room—it’s been interesting to see the organization from the other side.” Despite being a world-class cancer researcher, Carol has lost several family members to the disease. Her father died of prostate cancer, her mother died of leukemia and her sister and two sisters-in-law have been diagnosed with breast cancer. “Like almost everyone else, I have a personal experience with cancer and as a researcher and a person responsible for the cancer hospital in Edmonton, I understand the complexity of the disease, the funding necessary to advance research and just how it affects people,” she says. That’s why she is a donor as well. Aside from giving annually to various cancer fundraising events, when she and her husband recently rewrote their wills, they named the Alberta Cancer Foundation to be the recipient of half their estate. And now, at 66, Carol plans to work for a few more years at full force, but is starting to shift her research program to one where she mentors young scientists and “passes on the torch” to them. Still involved in the administrative side of cancer care in the province, she is the Scientific Director Designate of the Alberta Cancer Research Institute. “It’s quite remarkable when you think of where I was 40 years ago,” says Carol. “I’m proud of my accomplishments, but there is still much to do, and I’m not finished yet.”

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She says the congruence that developed her career was being involved in the administrative side of being a university researcher. In 1996, she moved from the Department of Biochemistry at the U of A to become the founding Chair of the Department of Oncology and the Associate Director of Research at the Cross Cancer Institute. “I was in an environment where there were clinicians interested in resistance to drugs that enter cells on the transporters that we study,” says Carol. “So over the last 13 years, my research program which still has significant discovery components has become highly translational.”

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In 1970, Carol followed her plant biologist husband, Dave, to the University of Alberta where he took the “only position available in North America in his specialty.” Newly armed with her PhD on cell resistance to drugs, she “walked into Alan Paterson’s lab as a post-doc just as he discovered a process responsible for transporting molecules into and out of cells, which is involved in uptake of an important group of anticancer drugs,” she says. “And 40 years later, I’m still working on it.”

Research to answer, “why me?” “Why me?” is a common question for those who hear the words, “you have cancer.” The Tomorrow Project, a long-term Alberta study is aimed at pinpointing the answer to that question by investigating the role genetics, behaviour and environmental factors have on an individual’s cancer risk. “The most exciting thing is the possibility of what we can do with the large volume of information we are collecting,” says Heather Whelan, research manager of the Tomorrow Project. “This rich source of information will help answer so many really important questions.”

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The Tomorrow Project is the largest population study in Canada and, this year, became the basis for a national study through the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Over the next few years, five main researchers and their host agencies in regions across the country will work together to recruit 300,000 Canadians in this “population laboratory.” So far, more than 31,000 Albertans have completed the three questionnaires: health and lifestyle, diet, and physical activity. The idea is to collect as much information as possible from participants and track them until they are 85. Throughout the study researchers compare almost everything about the lifestyle and history of those who develop cancer with those who do not.

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Scientists have made enormous advances in understanding the causes of cancer, much of it through basic science. But epidemiological studies like the Tomorrow Project are able to unravel more about the complex interplay of genetics, lifestyle and environment, including exposures to pathogens and toxins. While it is now generally accepted that as many as 50 per cent of cancers may be attributable to modifiable behaviours such as smoking, physical inactivity or poor diet, researchers suspect there’s more to the story. Heather says the Tomorrow Project is relentlessly focused on the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s vision of a cancer free future. “We hope to inform cancer prevention strategies and reduce the incidence of cancer we’re seeing in Alberta right now,” she says. Heather is also about to become a mother. Everything she learns reduces the risk of cancer for her child The next step is to recruit people to the study centres in Edmonton and Calgary where researchers collect urine and blood samples, frozen for long-term storage. Researchers will use these samples to examine gene-environment interactions and identify the biologic mechanisms responsible for cancer and other chronic or long-term health conditions. Research volunteers for the Tomorrow Project must be between 35 and 69 years old and cannot have been diagnosed with cancer. Find out how you can participate at albertacancer.ca

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Heather Whelan, research manager, The Tomorrow Project

Research closer to home Even as a young trainee, Dr. Marc Trudeau had an interest in clinical studies. In 1984, he was one of the first doctors to sign up for phase I and phase II clinical research at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. So when he was recruited to Alberta after graduation from the University of Montreal and medical oncology training at the McGill Cancer Centre, he negotiated to set up trials in Medicine Hat as part of his contract. “I truly believe these trials help serve the people of Alberta,” says Marc, medical director of the Medicine Hat Cancer Centre. “It gives more opportunity to the patient and may give them access to drugs they otherwise could not get access to. And patients from Medicine Hat should not have to travel to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary or the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton to access drugs.” T HE FACE S OF CANCER 30

Dr. Bernie Eigl, Leader, Alberta Cancer Clinical Research Unit, agrees. In cancer care, maybe more than in any other medical setting, clinical trials are a vital part of the treatment options that may be offered to a patient, he says. “In some types of cancers there may be no good standard treatments and I would argue that the management of all cancers can be improved upon greatly,” he says. “Research—of which clinical trials are the ultimate step—is the only way to improve upon what we presently have.”

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The Medicine Hat Cancer Centre has been running trials for almost a year. Two studies are currently underway and a third is expected to start shortly. Because of Marc’s affiliation with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) –a clinical trials co-operative run out of the United States—the southern cancer centre is the only one in Alberta testing the drug Avastin in a preventative way on at-risk breast cancer patients. A second one is investigating first line therapy for patients with metastatic breast cancer. He hopes to add another breast cancer and a pancreatic cancer study before the end of the year. Marc says he is a disciple of Bernard Fisher, a pioneering cancer researcher, whose systematic clinical trials changed the way physicians managed breast cancer patients. Bernard Fisher invited surgeons to discuss the creation of the Surgical Adjuvant Chemotherapy Breast Project, which would later become the NSABP. “He always started his lectures by telling people that 99.999 per cent of patients in North America don’t go in clinical trials, yet it was a faster way to get access to treatment,” says Marc. “And now in Medicine Hat, these trials give patients access to drugs that are not indicated or on the market for cancer. “And now it’s a passion for me.” The people of Medicine Hat, and really the province of Alberta, are lucky to have someone of Marc’s caliber in their region, says Dr. Eigl. “It was a coup for us to get Dr. Trudeau here,” he says. “He wants to be the best doctor and the way to do that is to be as close to the research as possible and that is what he is doing now.”

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T HE FACE S OF CANCER 32 albertacancer.ca Innovative philanthropists Diane and Daryl Howard

Investing in a healthy return Daryl Howard remembers looking at a concrete floor in the Health Research Innovation Centre (HRIC) trying to imagine how it would be transformed into world-class research space. Constructed at a time when contractors were difficult to land, the Calgary labs seemed eons away from being ready to open its doors to talented minds and groundbreaking discoveries. But now Daryl is thrilled to see those minds at work in the space, racing to make advances for a cancer-free future in a facility that bears his family name. “It’s very satisfying to see how it all came together,” he says.

Howard became involved with the Alberta Cancer Foundation when his first wife, Bonnie, died of breast cancer 15 years ago. After her death, Daryl, who spent most of his career in the investment end of CIBC World Markets, set up a private foundation in her name and had been looking for something a “bit more significant” to do. He was invited to participate on an Alberta Cancer Foundation advisory board and when he was later told about this opportunity, he learned as much as he could about the research and infrastructure to be housed there before signing on.

“He was an investment banker so he doesn’t see this just as a donation—it’s an investment and he wants to see it earn a return in the form of helping people with cancer.” The Howard Cancer Research Centre has allowed scientists once scattered in different areas to come together, making it easy for trainees to cross a hall to ask a question. “It’s like a virtual watercooler, where you can get instant answers,” says Dr. Forsyth, adding the space has allowed them to recruit four people with room for three more. “It’s about building a machine where you can get ideas into the clinic to test them to see if they are going to be successful. It’s important to know quickly if they are going to be useful in a person—if they’re not, you move on. “Without this, we wouldn’t be able to accelerate discovery the way we are going to be.” Daryl is just happy he and Diane were in a position to help. “This has allowed us to recruit some really significant people that might not have been able to come before,” he says. “It helps to have this space to attract world-calibre scientists who expect world-class equipment and lab space. It’s very good to see it all unfold.”

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The timing couldn’t have been better, says Dr. Peter Forsyth, then director of the Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute. “It was a huge opportunity for us and we are very grateful,” says Dr. Forsyth. “It all took place at a time when there was competition for this space and there was never a guarantee that we would be able to occupy it if we hadn’t come up with the funds. Mr. Howard was at the right place and the right time for us.

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Howard and his wife, Diane, donated funds to help create the Howard Cancer Research Centre, home to the labs of four major research chairs in brain tumour research, DNA damage and repair, molecular cancer epidemiology and pediatric oncology.

University project grows into a movement In quiet moments, Irfaan Sorathia struggles with the fact that his late mother could not be helped by the almost half million dollars he helped raise in the name of cancer. But he’s come to realize that he changed because of the difference he witnessed in other people’s lives after they contributed to the Providing a Voice/Head Shave Canada fund raiser, which he initiated in 2003. “Maybe at first it was the memory of my mother that was behind the idea, but it was not just for her. None of the money could help her any more but I was doing it for everyone else, so that no one else would go through it,” he said, adding that he hoped funds would go towards cancer prevention. T HE FACE S OF CANCER 34

Irfaan saw how other people were impacted by shaving their heads or by volunteering for the event, which began as a University of Calgary Commerce undergraduate project and eventually was taken on by students at colleges throughout the province. He is quick to add that although he initiated the event, key volunteers at the different schools ran with the idea. So much so, that over six years, almost 1000 participants raised more than $400,000 for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. “People were so eager to help out and aside from the people I knew about, there were so many behind-the-scenes volunteers that became involved,” he says, noting that one volunteer, Aaron Kroontje, was part of the event every year. Irfaan came to see each head-shave has a communal symbol of support for those with cancer.

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“That’s what makes these six years worthwhile – the impact on others. What kept me going was the support it gave to people with cancer but also the reaction I saw from the other volunteers. Those volunteers made a difference and for all their dedication, their sacrifice and their contributions, I am so grateful,” says Irfaan. “Without them, none of this would have been possible.”

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Irfaan Sorathia, Providing a Voice/Head Shave Canada initiator

Silent waiter gets laughs for cancer If John de Munnik knew one thing, it was that his cancer fundraiser, held last October in Sherwood Park’s Smilie’s Village Lounge would be fun. Even before the week-long event at John’s regular hangout, he’d made subtle menu changes, advertising such things as “Lice with pretty close greens,” and for an appetizer “Drunk as a Skunk Pickled Herrings.” By the time his fundraising menu was printed, the puns were stacked as high as a crumby humble pie. John, 66, and a retired engineering technician who now writes a column for the Lac La Biche Post, came up with the idea of his fundraiser by accident. T HE FACE S OF CANCER 36

He is straightforward about the smoking that led to his throat cancer four years ago. Shortly after his 62nd birthday in 2005, he began having trouble speaking. At first, he thought he was suffering from laryngitis. Being a smoker of 50 years, his doctors suspected otherwise and after a lengthy questionnaire and biopsy, John was diagnosed with cancer in his throat. The tumor grew quickly and began to put pressure on his trachea, interfering with his breathing. On May 5, 2005, he needed emergency surgery to create an alternate breathing route. After an eight-hour tracheotomy, John could no longer breathe through his nose or mouth but used a small hole, called a stoma, in his neck instead. “I can’t blow out a candle but at least I can breathe” he explains.

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Now, whenever he speaks, he must hold his thumb or finger over his stoma. His gravelly voice sometimes sounds strained and the round red scar in his throat makes it obvious that speaking is never easy for this man. Going to Smilie’s, a Sherwood Park restaurant and lounge, became a therapeutic way of forcing himself back among the public. “My cancer trip, which I would not wish on anybody, was a rollercoaster of emotions,” he says. “The journey was wracked with pain, fright, endurance, patience, courage, stamina, information, loneliness and of course, love. “While recovering, the good people and patrons of Smilie’s Lounge made the transition a lot easier. At the top of the list was the owner, Paul Jew. I could barely eat and he made it possible for me to nibble away at the buffet table and adjusted the price accordingly.” One day, John offered a helping hand to a Smilie’s server. He delivered a set of condiments to customers who mistook him for their waiter and when his explanation fell silent, the idea was born. John became The Silent Waiter. He served every entrée with a joke and raised more than $12,000 for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Dressed in an oversized checkered hat and bowtie, John served dishes as well as such handwritten one-liners as “your dazzling beauty is fogging up my glasses” to his audience. John does his best to make people comfortable with his obvious discomfort and always, always, to get them to laugh with him at life. “The ‘Silent’ is funny because I couldn’t shut up. One guy promised me a donation if I didn’t talk for 20 minutes and boy was that hard, says John. “It just made me feels so darned good to know people weren’t feeling sorry for me. My sense of humour got me through cancer. People got wrapped up in my enthusiasm and all together, I feel honoured,” he said.

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Quick Facts 25,000

Women expected to have mammography screening next year on mobile digital mammography units funded by the Alberta Cancer Foundation through its Weekend to End Breast Cancer

30,000

Healthy Albertans will help us learn more about cancer by volunteering to participate in the Tomorrow Project research study funded by the Alberta Cancer Foundation

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Givers

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Blessings in the darkness Every Monday morning Susan Carr speaks at the Cross Cancer Institute’s New Patient Orientation meeting to tell people, that for her at least, cancer was not all bad. “Yes, cancer changes one’s life in an instant. Fortunately, there are blessings in the darkness,” she tells the patients as she explains to those scared, frightened people, that in fact she found peace because of her cancer. Indeed, she made life-changes that have led to renewed family relationships and better health. Susan, a single mother with three adult daughters, was a self-described “workaholic” provincial government employee when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2005. T HE FACE S OF CANCER 40

Pancreatic cancer is one of the hardest diseases to cure, but Susan left the worrying and grim statistics to her daughters, while she searched for positive, healing messages. She took early retirement because she wanted to focus on her spiritual, emotional and physical well-being. In her speech to new patients, Susan talks about the six months of chemotherapy treatments she received and how she decided to view those treatments as a life-saving miracle, which it was. “I actually looked forward to the treatments. I viewed the chemo as a healing agent travelling through my body, killing off the cancer cells and leaving me healed.” Almost as soon as she was diagnosed, Susan began a new daily regimen. She took up Tai Chi. She went for massages.

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“I’m still doing all these things and feeling wonderfully well,” she says. Susan became closer to her children. With her daughters, she spent Christmas with her ex-husband, even though they had not been together as a family for 17 years. “Cancer can provide an opportunity for family and friends to demonstrate their love and support – support that otherwise might not surface.” Her once-a-week volunteer speaking assignment at the Cross is just one way of giving back. “I don’t have millions to donate. But the Cross is a wonderful place. I wanted to help and saw the opportunity to speak to others about my journey as a challenge,” she says. She also sits on the Cross Cancer Institute’s Volunteer Board. When she was first diagnosed with cancer, she made changes to her will and named the Alberta Cancer Foundation as one of her beneficiaries. “I just feel so lucky to have survived and the Cross is such an amazing, caring health facility from the first person you meet at the desk right on up to your oncologist. If my giving back helps others, then this is something I can do that is worthwhile. And donating a percentage of my estate will not take too much from my kids because there will be a tax deduction,” she says. Now a cancer survivor, she tells those new patients that she hopes they too will find blessings in the darkness of cancer. “Before my diagnosis, I took life for granted. Now I give thanks for the gift of every single day,” she says.

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Susan Carr, cancer survivor, member of the Cross Cancer Institute Volunteer Board

Ismaili community rallies to fight cancer For 20 years they have hosted the Canada Day Pancake Breakfast (feeding thousands of people in three hours), served the tea for new Canadians at the citizenship ceremony, built homes for Habitat for Humanity and collected food and money for the food bank, to name a few. And four years ago, the Ismaili Volunteer Corps added raising money for the Alberta Cancer Foundation to its list. “We had been looking for a project that was out in the community that fit with our ethics and values,” says Jan Musani, volunteer with the Ismaili Community. “Cancer affects everyone. We all know someone who has been affected by it so it was a natural fit for us.” T HE FACE S OF CANCER

More than 25 members of the IVC—there are about 800 in total—run the silent auction portion of the Cross Cancer Institute Golf Classic, the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s flagship fundraiser. The group, which has existed for more than 100 years, solicits and collects items for the auction and oversees the organization of the silent auction event.

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So far, the IVC, has helped raised a total of $70,000 for the Alberta Cancer Foundation.

“The opportunity to partner with the Alberta Cancer Foundation for such a worthwhile cause each year shows volunteers can really make a difference in community events,” says Jan. “Volunteers are the driving success behind an organization’s ability to host events such as the Golf Classic.”

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Numbers that fuel a vision

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Can it be cured?



How can we make sure other people we love don’t get this?



How do we keep it from coming back?



There must be something I can do.

If these lines sound familiar, then you, like me, probably know and love someone who has had cancer. T HE FACE S OF CANCER 44

Both my daughter and sister faced cancer. My daughter, now the mother of three beautiful children, is alive today thanks to research conducted years before she was born. Sadly, after reaching the boundary of current medical knowledge, we lost my sister to the disease. My family is just one of nearly 16,000 touched by cancer in Alberta every year. We join so many who are thankful for the blessing of survival. And we are just one family of more than 6,000 who meet this same sorrow every year when cancer takes a loved one away.

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It is a privilege for me to lead the Alberta Cancer Foundation as we celebrate 25 years of helping to find answers through research into better treatment, better prevention, screening and diagnosis. It is also a privilege to be a part of providing direct patient support to ease the cancer journey and to offer accelerated access to leading-edge technology. We are progressing. Since the Alberta Cancer Foundation was established in 1984, the cancer mortality rate in our province has dropped 10.6 per cent. This means 630 Albertans each year are now surviving cancers that would have killed them had they been diagnosed 25 years ago. But we can’t stop here. While we celebrate many milestones in the fight against cancer, we owe it to those we love to continue our work until we can prevent or cure all cancers. The Alberta Cancer Foundation is made up of more than 180,000 donors who are showing that something can be done about cancer. In fact, together, we are working to make a cancer-free future possible, in our lifetime.

Linda Mickelson, CEO Alberta Cancer Foundation



Focus on a cancer-free future.

Our relentless focus is the vision of a cancer-free future. We have forged partnerships with cancer experts in Alberta and worldwide on our international advisory panels to determine where donor dollars in Alberta should be invested, to get us to that future in the shortest period of time. Our intent is to realize our vision in our lifetime. In short, our strategic plan for the next 25 years is to do ourselves out of a job. This report to donors shows you just some of the faces of cancer. To show all the faces of cancer in the province, would require more than 45,000 photos and that would not include all the people who love those with cancer and are impacted profoundly by this disease.

On behalf of the Alberta Cancer Foundation, I thank you for 25 years of support. We are privileged to work on your behalf. I invite you to continue the journey with us, to continue support until we can truly celebrate a world without cancer.

Sandy Slater, Chair Alberta Cancer Foundation

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From each of these “faces of cancer” we extend a heartfelt thank you. Your donations have transformed their care. And your donations have ensured that a cancer-free future is not just possible, but inevitable.

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While we mark 25 years of achievement for the Alberta Cancer Foundation, we its Board of Trustees, have our eyes on the next 25 years.

Fund Balances

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2008/2009

2007/2008

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( at fair market value)

Fund Balance $79,135,928

Fund Balance $90,690,332

Unrestricted Fund

Unrestricted Fund

$628,551

$1,070,251

Restricted Fund

Restricted Fund

$ 21,824,429

$31,192,096

Endowment Fund, Principal

Endowment Fund, Principal

$56,257,874

$58,269,443

Capital Asset Fund

Capital Asset Fund

$ 425,074

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Expenditures and transfers to funds Fundraising $3,197,227 Administration and General Costs $1,783,083

Excess Revenues over expenditures $47,960*

Research and Program Grants $16,386,782

*Excess maintained in funds.

Abbreviated Financials for the period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 For complete audited financial statements see albertacancer.ca

Highlights of your dollars at work 2008 May

More than 150 cancer care specialists join with family practice physicians in sharpening professional skills at the Cancer Care conference in Edmonton.

June

Alberta’s Tomorrow Project a cohort study of 30,000 well Albertans, becomes the basis for a national study under the leadership of Alberta’s Paula Robson, PhD.

November Two-hundred sixty four cancer researchers attend the annual research conference in Banff to share knowledge with international experts from around the world December In 2007, Dr. Peter Forsyth, and Donna Senger, PhD, along with their colleagues identified a “switch” that enables brain cancer cells to journey outwards from the primary tumour. This year, working with Stephen Robbins, PhD, and Samuel Weiss, PhD, they discovered a drug already being tested in Alzheimers patients could be the key to preventing the switch from being turned on.

January

Dr. Gino Fallone and his research team at the Cross Cancer Institute are the first in the world to build a prototype MR-linac machine which could dramatically improve the effectiveness of radiation therapy Nineteen senior students receive awards for summer research projects supervised by a senior cancer researcher over the summer. The Alberta Cancer Clinical Research Unit (ACCRU) is established to coordinate clinical trials for cancer province wide. Dr. Berni Eigl, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, is named director.



Dr. Marc Trudeau leads the first cancer clinical trial conducted at the Medicine Hat Cancer Centre investigating a drug designed to treat metastatic breast cancer.

May

The opening of the Howard Cancer Research Centre, housed in the Health Research Innovation Facility at the University of Calgary, is named in honour of community philanthropists Daryl and Diane Howard.

June

Launch of the $11 million digital mammography program made possible by the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. This program includes two mobile digital mammography units to take this advanced screening equipment to 100 rural communities each year.



The purchase of a new confocal microscope including a spectroscope was made possible by the World’s Longest Hockey Game. This microscope enables physicians to see molecular interactions of cancer cells, particularly their movement and speed, which are indicators of the more aggressive malignancies.

Fundraising highlights 2008 More than 2,000 participants in the Underwear Affair held in Edmonton and Calgary raise more than $1.7M for cancers below the waist. More than 2,000 participants raise more than $6.5M in the Calgary and Edmonton Weekend to End Breast Cancer. This brings the total invested from this event to more than $21 million over four years. More than 300 community events and fundraisers were hosted and supported by thousands of Albertans. Collectively they raised $4.5 million. More than $2.1 million was gifted to the Alberta Cancer Foundation through individual wills and 14,545 individuals honored a loved one with a tribute or memorial gift to the Alberta Cancer Foundation.

NEW 2009 June $6.9 million raised by 1,741 riders and more than 200 volunteers in Alberta’s first Ride to Conquer Cancer.

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Donors and Champions

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Events List In 2008/2009, more than 300 community events were hosted and supported by thousands of Albertans. Collectively, more than $4.5 million was raised to benefit cancer research, prevention, screening and care. Our sincere thanks and congratulations to the organizers and participants of these special events. Benefactors ($500,000 to $999,999)

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20th Annual Cross Cancer Institute Golf Classic & its Companion Events: 9th Annual Blair Oko Charity Golf Classic 16th Annual Boston Pizza Charity Golf Classic 6th Annual Bryan Mudryk Golf Classic 3rd Annual Cummings Andrews Mackay Don Andrews’ Memorial Golf Classic 4th Annual Digital Communications/ MLC Group/ Jatec Electric Ltd./ Mancap Group/ Raywalt Construction/ Rogers Charity Golf Classic 2nd Annual Ducharme Motors Charity Golf Classic 4th Annual RBC Dominion Securities Golf Tournament 5th Annual Schendel Mechanical Client Appreciation Golf Tournament 11th Annual Uniglobe Geo Sue Foy Memorial Golf Classic Patrons ($100,000 to $499,999)

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Face Off Against Cancer 2nd Annual Motorcycle Ride for Dad 10th Annual Playing For Life – Calgary 11th Annual Short Cut to the Cure 17th Annual Tom Baker Cancer Centre Golf Classic Trinidad Drilling Golf Tournament Partners ($50,000 to $99,999) 4th Annual Bringing Home the Dream Friends to the Max 8th Annual Laughing for Cancer 2nd Annual Lung Cancer Research Charity Golf Classic Shave for Dave – Devon Canada Shoppers Drug Mart – Tree of Life Campaign Builders ($25,000 to 49,999) Breast Impressions Calendar 4th Annual Butch Fischer Family & Friends Golf Tournament Crew Cut’s for Cancer – St. Francis High School Debra Cantalini-Gallant Breast Cancer Golf Classic Title Sponsor Royal LePage Community Realty Folding Mountain Tae Kwon Do Board Breaking 3rd Annual Fore Cancer Golf Tournament 3rd Annual Harvest 1/2 Marathon in memory of Tracey Flagg 5th Annual Linaria & District Fun Golf Tournament 4th Annual Petrocom Construction Golf Tournament 4th Annual Pigeon Lake Pedal Sorrentino’s Garlic Stomp 5th Annual U of A Engineering Head Shave World’s Longest Soccer Game Sponsors ($10,000 to 24,999) 14th Annual Alberta Mobility & Friends Golf Tournament Anonymous 2nd Annual Because We Care – Carstairs Golf Tournament Calabrian Heritage Society Golf Tournament Clearwater Trail Ride Against Cancer Connecting for Cancer 9th Annual Cormark Golf Tournament in memory of Andy Luthin

9th Annual Dennis Soprovich Memorial Volleyball Tournament 2nd Annual Don Laberge Memorial Golf Tournament Effie’s Foundation of Wellness 17th Annual Fort Saskatchewan Motorcycle Association Cancer Rally Franklin’s Pub Annual Charity Golf Classic Grande Prairie Curling for Cancer 3rd Annual Great-West Life Peter Kossowan Charity Golf Classic 3rd Annual Greenland Garden Centre Ladies Night Out Head Shave Canada –University of Lethbridge Help the Cure for Cancer – Walk for Discovery 6th Annual J.H. Picard School Cuts for Cancer Lister Hall Student’s Association Rez Fest Look Homes Inc – Building Cures for Kids John de Munnik – The Silent Waiter Maria’s Head Shave for Breast Cancer 3rd Annual Meridian Valves Golf Tournament Movember – ATCO Structures Parkland Composite High School Head Shave Party for the Cure Playing for Life – Edmonton Rick Kraus Memorial Golf Tournament Ronnie Drew Tribute Save A Limb – Brittany Taylor Sherritt International Corporation Spinning Towards a Cure Sturgeon Valley Athletic Club Golf Tournament in memory of Bernie Giesbrecht The Flower Shoppe Presents. . . The Life Show Vermilion Rock & Prairie EMS Cancer Fundraiser 6th Annual Village at the Lake Bosom Buddies Fundraiser Wagon Buddies for Cancer Western Materials Handling Annual Golf Tournament Women in Seismic Contributors ($5,000 to 9,999) 2nd Annual Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association (AGGA) Fundraiser: Blossoms for a Cure BudgetRewards.ca 6th Annual Butterfly Boutique Golf Tournament Calgary Co-op Bags to Riches Caps for Cancer – Evergreen Elementary School Clayton Hall Headshave Corona Open / Open Corona Cuts for a Cure – U of A Law Faculty 5th Annual Dennis Sernes Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament Digger’s BBQ for Cancer Edmonton Fire Recruit Class 118 Fundraiser 7th Annual Fort Saskatchewan Ladies Bread & Putter Golf Tournament Glendale Women’s Institute Fundraiser Hair Razing In Honour of Arlene’s Breath of Fresh Air 3rd Annual Jack Swanson Memorial Golf Tournament James Bond Gala – Moxies Classic Grill Jason’s 1st Big Give 10th Annual Joad Open Golf Tournament Lakeland District Head Shave Challenge Las Vegas Marathon – Ian Underdown LB’s Pub Cut 4 Cancer Lock-Up for a Cure – Steele Heights Jr High “Lucy-Locks Head Shave Mou “Stache for Cash” Mustache March – University of Calgary Chemistry & Biology Peace River Walmart Fundraising 4th Annual Rosie’s Deer Meadows Golf Tournament Shave My Coach / Bowl for Cancer Spurs to Spas Fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer in memory of Wendi Jenkins 4th Annual St. Paul Home Hardware Golf Tournament THE Beach Party & Cruising for Cancer, Caring for Yourself 6th Annual Snowball Gala Think Pink for Edmonton’s Big Give 4th Annual Tomapalooza

Friends ($1,000 to 4,999)

Mullet for Cancer NAIT Jocks at the Dock Moustache Shave Niton Central School Hair Cutting Phobulous Fundraising Evening Pigeon Lake Regional School Fundraising PM Electric Golf Tournament RBC Dominion Securities Office Fundraiser Red Deer Convenors National Slo-Pitch Tournament Rivers Edge Ladies League In the Pink for Breast Cancer Russell Newby Memorial Golf Tournament Ryan Dixon Head Shave S & P Backhoe Services Fundraising 4th Annual Salisbury Greenhouse Ladies Night Out 2008 Annual Golf Tournament – Salman Partners Inc. 2nd Annual Sean Bayus Memorial Golf Tournament Shane MacKinnon Head Shave 2nd Annual Shave His Head for Cancer Shear Stress – University of Calgary Engineering Spring for the Cure – Ecole St. Angela School St. Stanislaus School Head Shave Tamelle Pilisko Hair cut Teague Holliday Head Shave The Art of Hope The Cookbook Co. Presents Glen Manzer’s ‘A Dinner with Friends’ Tight N’ Bright Tom Baker Cancer Centre Basement Staff Arts & Crafts Show & Sale U of A Ringette Charity Media Game 8th Annual Val Thomas And Dave Simpson Memorial Golf Tournament Voss’s Loss! – Head Shave Warrant Officers’ & Sergeants’ Mess 4 Wing Cold Lake We did what? Headshave – Kathy Dumenko Windermere Wal-Mart Grand Opening Yard Sale for the Cure

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12 Days of Giving 40th Birthday Fundraiser for Patrick Mosca A Klezmer Holiday Concert and Fundraiser A.M.O.A./ Freedom Ford Show 10th Annual A.M.O.A/Healy Ford All Ford Classic Show Adam Gare Head Shave Adams’ Family Fright Fest Fundraiser Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association Memorial Golf Tournament Alberta Wall & Ceiling Association North Region Christmas Dinner Meeting Fundraiser AMEX Green Jacket Golf Tournament Annual B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd. Invitational Golf Tournament Annual Beyersbergen Invitational Golf Tournament Annual Hillbilly Demolition & Mud Bog Barb Adams’ Card Sales Batty Head Shave BCI Tech Employee Golf Tournament Bike to Beat the Beast Bjornerud Automotive Consulting (BAC) Fundraiser Bob Deatherage Memorial Hockey Tournament Brad’s Head Shave Breaker Classic Charity Golf Tournament Brenda Fullerton Head Shave 2nd Annual Brendan Colborne Headshave Brittany Fabbro Head Shave Calgary Marathon – Constance O’Laughlin Canada Day Party – Paul Lavoie & Doug Olafson Carpenter Family Head Shave CCI Thermal Technologies Staff Hot Dog Sales 23rd Annual Centcom Construction Golf Tournament Cinna Bunnies 6th Annual Circle K Topless Car Wash Cochrane Curling Club Golf Tournament Cocktails for Cancer with Charley Cory’s Headshave Cosmo for a Cause Cowboy Trail Ranch Rodeo for Charity Cummins Western Canada Fundraiser Dance Marathon for Cancer Dave Lester Memorial Golf David Ridley 7 Year Hair Cut David’s Walk – Jane Goddard Drayden Insurance Ribbon Campaign Edmonton EMS Annual Fall Classic Edmonton Fire Fighters Recruit Class 122 Edmonton Mopar Show & Shine EuroCanadian Catering Evening 23rd Annual Franco’s Family Dining Golf Tournament Franklin’s Inn Head Shave Fred Fighters Annual Fundraiser 3rd Annual Genah Hys Hawaiian Style Golf Classic Gina & Kaley Siewert Haircutting Event Grampa’s Pub Limited Grrrr….Tuff Enuff Dog Agility Competition Hair Raiser Summer Event Hannah Green’s Locks of Love Harvest Hills Vet Clinic Headshave Irving Oil Project Solutions Christmas Party Jasper’s Edmonton Oilers Fans Fundraiser 5th Annual Joyce Balanecki Memorial Golf Tournament Karen Kimpinski Haircut Kate Garnier’s Hair Cut Kevin, Brad & Travis Rugg Headshave for breast cancer Liliana’s Boutique Fundraising 2008 Lorne Howes Memorial Clay Sport Shoot Lougheed Ladies Curling Club Annual Bonspiel Louie Edgi Head Shave Lysamma’s Hair Cutting Manuary – University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine Matthew Lapinskie Headshave Medicine Hat Beta Sigma Phi Convention 2008 Mom for Tom in memory of Tilly Houston

Donors (by category) We gratefully acknowledge all of our donors for every gift in support of cancer research, prevention, screening and patient care. The following have donated $1,000 or more between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Benefactors ($500,000 to $999,999) The Dianne & Irving Kipnes Foundation Estate of Gary W. Simmons Roche

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All Weather Windows Allard Foundation Ltd. Doug & Laurel Baron Fred Coles Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund Enbridge Inc. Estate of Muriel B. Folger Estate of Sam Goldsmith Ralph & Janet Hutchinson – Daytona Homes Inc. Imperial Oil Foundation The Ledcor Group of Companies Estate of Agnes L. Lee Gordon & Doreen McLean Larry & Wanda Moffat Estate of Margaret “Bunny” Rae Estate of Elma Katherine Spady TELUS Trinidad Drilling Ltd. United Way Alberta Capital Region Donor Directed Program Walmart Canada Partners – ($50,000 – $99,999) Alta-Fab Structures Ltd. Anonymous (1) ATCO EPIC (Employees Participating in Communities) EnCana Cares Foundation Galleon Energy Inc. Golden Gate Lions Club Henry Gusse Foundation Robert R. Hobbs Insignia Energy Ltd. Murray & Karey Koch Malachi 3:10 Foundation Hugh Osler & Geoff Osler Estate of Alexander A.M. Patton Estate of Dan Steel Estate of Angela G. Thomas United Way of Calgary and Area Builders – ($25,000 – $49,999) Jeannie & Jack Agrios Estate of Saran Jit Singh Ahluwalia Rae & Carol Allen Anonymous (4) ARC Resources Ltd. ATCO Gas

The Calgary Foundation Greg & Carol Cameron Kevin & Janet Campbell Paul & Mavis Ann Clark Deloitte Digital Communications Don Wheaton Ltd. James & Magda Dykstra Encana Corporation Exshaw Oil Corp. GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. Peggy & Roger Gouin Estate of Christopher H. Greenwood James & Nancy Hutton Gerry & Kay McFadyen Medicine Hat Kinette Club Stan Milner Mike Myshak Nexen Inc. Pengrowth Energy Trust Reckitt Benckiser Rogers S.C. Johnson and Son, Limited Schendel Mechanical Sorrentino Restaurant Group Sterling Crane Synergy Projects Ltd. Ray & Helen Taillefer TAQA North Ltd. TELUS Vauxhall & District Emergency Services Windermere Ambleside Ltd. Sponsors – ($10,000 – $24,999) A & B Concrete Pumping Anonymous (11) Apache Canada Ltd. ARC Financial Corporation Associazione Trevisani Nelmondo ATCO Structures Inc. Mary Barr Baytex Energy Ltd. BMO Employee Charitable Foundation Trent & Angela Boehm Andrew Boland and Lynn Elston Marc Bombenon Ruth & Dorothy Bower Estate of The Honourable Marjorie Bowker Bruce Burnyeat & Family John & Ewa Burton Glenn R. Carley Cellcom The Clorox Company of Canada Ltd. Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc. Computer Modelling Group Ltd. Crew Energy Inc. Cymru Resources Ltd. Aubrey & Marla Dan DeFord Contracting Inc. Edmonton Community Foundation Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club Edmonton Journal EECOL Electric Corp. Glen Ellis Enerplus Resources Fund FHP Inc. Dr. Robert (Bob) Fujino Gibson Energy Ltd. James Glenn Helen & Peter Haas Glenn & Elizabeth Hamilton HFKS Architects Inc. Hobby Equities

John & Susan Hokanson Ada Hole John & Jane Holmlund Honkel Diane & Daryl Howard Cheryl & Andrew Howden IBM Employees’ Charitable Fund Italian Cultural Society Jatec Electric Ltd JOG Capital Myrtle Dorothy Kelly KLS Developments The KPMG Foundation The Estate of The Rev. James W. Kruger William Lacey and Dawn Evans Mancap Ventures Inc. Allan P. Markin McCarthy Tetrault Foundation Joyce McKinney Menehune Resources Ltd. Meyers Norris Penny MLC Group Ray Moher Mitchell & Kimberly Molloy Molson Canada Nickle Family Foundation Nokia Northlands Park Teresa Ochot John S. Osler PDQ Mechanical Ltd. Pfizer Canada Inc Estate of James Pheasey Angela F. Philips Phoenix Brands Cameron & Janice Plewes Procter & Gamble Inc Progress Energy Trust Qualico Group Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc. Quikcard Elaine Radulski Raywalt Construction RBC Foundation Rexall Drug Stores Ltd. Jim & Gail Richl Salisbury Greenhouse & Lanscaping Samsung Sanjel Corporation Saville Group JR & Carol Shaw Ryan Shay Don Sheeran Sherritt International Corporation Thomas & Constance Sissons Standard General Inc. Stantec J. Frances Sutherland Roger & Mary Swainson Michael & Renae Tims Dennis & Joanne Tremblay Patricia Van Zeyl Viewpoint Charitable Foundation WAM Development Group Dr. Sharon Watanabe Contributors – ($5,000 – $9,999) Stephen Adams Adams & MacGregor Consulting Ltd. Justice John & Ruth Agrios Airways Truck Rentals, Leasing & Sales Alberta Police Golf Association Anonymous (8)

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958117 Alberta Ltd. Acklands-Grainger Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gary Adams Malcolm & Shannon Adams Aero-Dyne Repair Services Ltd. AIM Capital Corp Alberta Blue Cross Alberta Building Trades Council Charitable Foundation Alberta Mustang Owners Association Alberta Truss Alberta Tubular Products Ltd. Lindsay N. Alexander Debora Alexandre Alliance Energy Services Ltd. AltaGas Services Inc. J.C. Anderson Fran Andrews Anonymous (6) Annapolis Capital Limited Apache Superior Printing Ltd. Jim Armstrong Art à la Carte ATB Financial ATCO Athabasca University Avison Young Commercial Real Estate Ayotte Properties Ltd. Mary-Lynn Backstrom Balancing Pool Balmoral Middle School Banting & Best School/Sherwood School Andrea M. Barker The Becker Group Loralee Bell Bentall Real Estate Services LP Jane & Henry Bereznicki Gerry & Beverly Berkhold Big Daddy Tazz Big Top Tent Rentals Mike & Dora Bird Black Mountain Energy Corporation Blue-Con Excavating Ltd. Nils & Sylvia Bodtker Carole & Sheldon Bossert Marc & Elizabeth Boutet Boyd PetroSearch Kevin & Nadine Brown Ron & Phyllis Bryant Bulldog Vacuum Service Ltd Eileen Butler Dr. Charles & Mrs. Sandra Butts C. J. Woods, FCA Calgary Flames Hockey Club Donald & Marlene Campbell Canadian Progress Club of St. Albert Canadian Western Bank Norman & Louise Capper Carmen’s Bigway Foods Gerald Carson, In memory of Ida Carson Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. Century Oilfield Services Inc. CGI Christina Chan Ken & Joan Charbonneau

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Apex Distribution Inc. Donald Archibald Argus ATCO Power ATCO Power Employees Athena Resources Ltd. Jim Baird Leah R. Baird Ian & Gloria Barrigan June Beaumont Bob & Ruth Bentley Barry & Deborah Bentz Donald & Rita Bosch & Family Brownlee LLP Budget Car & Truck Rental of Edmonton Burstall Winger LLP Butler Family Foundation Calgary Co-operative Association Limited Calgary Hon Hsing Musical Society Caron Transportation Systems Ceili’s Irish Pub and Restaurant Raymond & Philomena Chan Cohos Evamy integratedesign Comfort Heating (1981) Ltd. Cougar Fuels Ltd. Howard & Michelle Crone Culane Energy Corp. Malcolm P. Cullen Peter J. Dawson Robert & Susan Desbarats Douglas Printing Ltd. Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation Elizabeth Ann “Babe” Quinton Memorial Fund (at the Calgary Foundation) Jeannette Ellis Eldon Emerson Dr. James T. Enns Euro-Canadian Catering Faithful Friends Foundation Fish Creek Nissan Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. Fort Saskatchewan Motorcycle Association Robert & Barbara Friesen Dr. Lucio Gelmini Barry & Gail Giffen Goldman Sachs & Co. Anne Marie Grant Great-West Life Dixie & Tom Hagerman Stewart & Julie Hamilton Kathie Hankins Elmer & Penny Harbridge Fund (at the Calgary Foundation) Peter & Deanne Henry Hitfar Concepts Harry & Muriel Hole Family & Friends of Tilly Houston IGL Canada Western Ltd ING Insurance Company of Canada Paula Ives & Tonia Hendricks-Ives Barry Jackson Jacobs Family Jomada Ventures Corp. Darrell Jones & Alison Jones Andrew & Suzy Judson Kitikmeot Inuit Association Carol Koch David Kosowan KPMG Foundation Wayne Lynch & Aubrey Lang Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Limited

Monica & Jerry Loomis & Friends – Norman Wells, NT Frank & Agnes Lovsin MacLeod Dixon Magic Tours & Travel Ltd Santo & Catherine Maiorana Mammoth Productions Inc. Dawn Marsh Rob Martin Maunders McNeil Foundation Inc. McCarthy Tetrault Foundation The McKercher Family Mehrotra Family Peter Melnyk Carey & Carrie Mendes Motorola Canada Limited MTL Inspection Group Inc Nabors Canada LP National Bank Financial Estate of Hans Peder Nielsen Alan & Jeanette Olinyk Esmerinda Oliveira Jock & Diana Osler William & Lisa Osler Pacer Management Services Corp. Paramount Energy Operating Corp. Kathy Patterson – Center Stage Jewels PCL Construction Management Inc. Gary Peddle Penn West Petroleum Ltd. Petersen Pontiac Buick GMC (Alta) Inc. Pirie Foundation Clayton & Megan Podrasky John W. Porter Chris, Holly & Chloe Potter ProEx Energy Ltd. Prudential Steel Ltd. PTI Group Inc. Estate of John J. Putnins Paula Quackenbush George & Florette Radmanovich Joseph & Ann Ramsay Redcliffe Exploration Inc. Frank & Charlotte Reilly Jane E. Renaud Rife Resources Ltd Riley’s Reproduction & Printing Ltd. Family & Friends of Willma Lawson Rodgers Rondo Petroleum Inc. Greg & Cindy Royer sanofi aventis Canada Inc. Save Your Skin Foundation Schneider Electric Scotiabank Len & Phyllis Shapiro Michele & Brian Shea Skyline Drywall Ltd. William Oliver Smith Sobeys West Sony Ericsson Spiral of Life Cancer Support – Smith, AB Glenda Sproule & Tim Swailes Anna Marie Strack Suncor Energy Foundation TD Commercial Banking Tidal Energy Marketing Inc. Trican Well Services TriStar Oil & Gas Ltd. Tristone Capital Inc. Union 52 Benevolent Society Vermilion Energy Trust VINES – Riverbend Wine Merchants Louise N. Watt

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Chemco Electrical Contractors Chipman Lions Club CIBC World Markets Cinch Energy Corp. CKB Ventures Sean Clarke Noel & Rollie Cleland Sheelagh Cluney Brett Code Compton Petroleum Corporation Control Installations Crescent Point Energy Trust Steven Csorba Doug & Margaret Cumming Cummings Andrews Mackay Cybertech Automation Inc Paulo M. Dacosta Donald G. & Linda Davies John Carlo Del Piccolo Joni Delaurier Marisa Delbello Delcon Capital Robert & Susan Desbarats Dr. Walinder Dhol Didsbury Daisies Digital Adrenaline IT Services Lorenzo & Donna Donadeo Donate A Car Canada Grant Dunlop & Erika Norheim Bill Dyer Dyer Financial Strategies Inc. E. L. Frazier & Associates Realty Corp Mervyn & Lillian Eastman Economy Landscape Contractors Ltd edatanetworks Inc. Eddie’s Mens’ Wear Ltd. Edmonton Mopar Club Edmonton Public Teachers’ Local 37 Charity Trust Fund Edmonton The City Of Champions Lions Club Elizabeth Metis Settlement – WJ Memorial Fdn Elk Valley Coal Catherine Ellis Emans Smith Andersen Engineering Ltd. Ensign Energy Services Inc. Glenn Farrar Eric Felber Joe P Ladouceur Ferus Finning (Canada) FirstEnergy Capital Corp. Archie & Madeline Fischer Fisherman’s Pride Seafood Ltd Flint Energy Services Ltd Focus Communications Services Inc. Fraternal Order of Eagles Ladies Auxiliary #2098 Frostemp Inc Lorraine Gerling GMP Private Client Griffiths McBurney & Partners Tim Goodwin Cameron D. Grace & Janis McGregor-Grace Graham Group Ltd. Grand Centre Lions Club Buck & Teresa Gregory Stan & Min Hafso Erin Hardy Alexandra A. Harris Harvest Operations Corp. Hillary Hayward Hemisphere Engineering Inc.

Jim & Susan Hill Philip & Maria Hodge Hollimex Products Ltd. J. Leonard Holman Mdm. Wing-Chun Hon & Mr. Chi-Keung Tang Hooters Restaurant Edmonton WEM Sharleen F Horchuk HSE Integrated Ltd. Kirk Hudson Hungarian Veterans Association Inglewood Golf & Curling Club (1980) Interbase Consultants Ltd. Intuit Canada Limited Jaffer Developments Rhoda Jaycox Ashley Johansen Julia Jones Ken Keenleyside Michael Kimmit Shannon Tammy Kimmitt Kinette Club of Claresholm Martin King Vicky Kinsella Rudy & Anne Klawon Dale Klein – Canada West Limited Tina M. Koenig L.J. Mullen Trucking Ltd Janine Labossiere & Kent MacIntyre Ladies Auxillary #2112 Fraternal Order of Eagles Salma & Zaheer Lakhani Marty Larson Donna Latimer Dr. Allan Leboldus Lehigh Inland Cement Limited The Leost Endowment Fund (at the Calgary Foundation) Gwenyth Lewington Lexus of Edmonton LG Electronics Canada The Lions Club of Bearspaw Lions Den Pub Liquor Depot Dorothy Litke Lukey Family Lesley MacGregor Mark’s Work Wearhouse Ltd. The Marr Family Lyall Marshall Martin Equipment Ltd. Mascor Inv. Ltd Mawer Investment Management Ltd. Philip McAvoy Nigel McCarthy McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd. McDonald’s Restaurant McElhanney Land Surveys Ltd. Sandy & Jan McEwan Mercuria Energy Canada Inc. Simone E. Mersereau Paul & Mary Michaud Linda Mickelson Enbridge Inc. Midwest Surveys Inc Teresa Milford Milltech Millwork Ltd. Nadine & Joseph Milos Nina Mitchell Mitchell Jones Tax Consultants Inc. Mixcor Aggregates Inc. Molson Canada Alberta Region Elaine, Wayne & Brady Moses MTL Consulting Services Inc

Ed Muchowski Nearctic Group Chieu Ngo Sandra Nicolaisen Vicky Nielsen Nuloch Resources Inc. Ernie & Terri Ochocki Allan & Fran Olson Pals Surveys & Associates Ltd. Constantin Papadimitropoulos Park Royal Homes Andrew & Michelle Parkkari Pat’s Off-Road Transport Ltd. Pembina Pipeline Corporation Phoenix Group Edmonton Inc. Phoenix Technology Income Fund S. Pickard & C. Quilliam Joan Pitfield & Robert Gouin PricewaterhouseCoopers William & Maggie Pringle Family & Friends of Ed Prodor Provincial Lathing (2001) Ltd. R & D Trailer Rentals Ltd. Bonnie and Jack Rawlyck RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Floyd & Nancy Reynolds Richardson Partners Financial Limited Riverside Spa John & Mary Robbins Robert Tegler Trust Lillian Romaniuk-Ford & Harvey Ford Harold & Catherine Roozen Ross Smith Sousa Advisors Ltd. Michelle Rude-Volk Salvi Homes George Samoil Ron Sanderson SCD Consulting Jo Ann Schmidt Byron J. Seaman Donald & Eleanor Seaman Shane Homes Ltd. Simon & Connie Showell Claus & Tracy Sitzler John David Smith SNC Lavalin Inc. South Rock Ltd. Ron & Marg Southern Spectra Energy Midstream Gay Spence Stanford Hotels & Resorts Karen and Wayne Stanton Stark’s Plumbing and Heating Ltd. Ashley Stevenett David Stokes Liz A. Stormes Stoughton Fire Protecton Ltd. Diane Straile Strategic Group Streamline Construction Co. Ltd. Stuart Olson Construction Ltd. Sureway Construction Management Ltd. The Sutton Place Hotel Swift Family Foundation T.A. Excavating Ltd. Bruce & Donna Tait Bob & Rejeanne Taylor Peter Tertzakian Tiger Moth Energy TMI Consulting Corporation Token Electric & Controls Ltd. Top Draw Total Oilfield Rentals Training Troop

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1015675 Alberta Ltd 1140799 Alberta Ltd 1156324 Alberta Ltd 721927 Alberta Ltd 783 (Calgary) Wing RCAFA 920204 AB Ltd. About Staffing Acrodex Madam Justice Darlene Acton & Donald M. Scott Acumen Capital Partners Barbara & Peter Adams William Adams Rob Adamson Dave Addie Ben Addleman Adesa Edmonton Advance Coating Solutions After Eight Floorings Inc. Aker Well Service AS Alan V.F. Sobey Professional Corp Ann Alberda Albert Blain Performers Aid Society Alberta Exchanger Ltd Alberta Permit Pro Alberta Rebekah Lodge 77 Alberta Ukrainian Self Reliance League Alberta Wall & Ceiling Assocation Alexdawn Buslines Ltd. Dr. Bruce Allan Cam & Dawn Allard Myra D. Allen Alpine Drywall (Calgary) Ltd. Alsike Construction Ltd. AltaGas Utility Group Inc. AMA Administration Center AMEX Bank of Canada Amiri Wealth Management J.C. Anderson Sam & Angela Andriet

Barb Bierman Biomira Inc. Rona Bird Toni L. Bird Bird Construction Todd Bish Craig Bishop Bishop Greschuk School Advisory Council Jack Bittan Tanya Bjarnason Bjornerud Automotive Consulting Debra Black Keith Black Vern Black Black Cat Bar & Grill Ltd Blackie Lions Club Laura-Leigh Blackmore Blackstone Oilfield Services Ltd Camilla Blanchette BMO Bank of Montreal BMO Nesbitt Burns – The Seed Team Boardwalk Reit Boardwalk Rental Communities Bob Miller Trucking (2001) Ltd. Helen Bolton Clayton Bond Penny & Anthony Bone Doug & Rosemary Bonner Jordan R. Bonner Bonnett’s Energy Services, L.P Bonnyville Chuckwagon Assoc Janice Borsa Brian & Jennifer Boulanger Louis Bourassa Dr. Mark Bourdeau Victoria S. Boutilier Bow Valley Electrical Services Ltd Bowness High School Richard & Deborah Boyd Dawn Boyko Thomas Braacx Jennie Brade Marilyn Bradley Todd Bradley Bart & Vicki Brandt Jeff Brant Roger Brassard Brazeau Well Servicing – a division of Builders Energy Services Ltd. Deb Breitkreitz James Bremner Shauna Bremner Sue Brezinski The Brick Warehouse Corporation Bridgewater Associates Inc. The Brightman Family Brinsmead Ziola Kennedy Architecture Daniel & Debra Brisbin Steve & Audrey Brodersen Annette A. Brokenshire Daryl & Rosalinda Brooks Edmond & Gail Brosseau Brosseau & Associates Jim Brown Murray & Julie Brown Diane Browning Bruce Pettersen Trucking Bruins Family Wendy & Al Bryan Del Bryant Ed & Sandra Bryant Rick Brzezowski Jeanne Buckmaster John Buhler

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Family & Friends of Marie Triggs Martin Trotter Kim Van Steenbergen Aarnoud & Monica Van Weelderen Glen & Linda Vaxvick Vegreville Ford Sales and Services Inc. Kelly Verhegge W.Y. Svrcek Engineering Ltd. Valerie Wall Walmart Canada Corp Sandra Wasnea J. Angus & Heather Watt Weber Motors Ltd Western Sterling Trucks Ltd. WestJet Robert A. Wilson The Ron Winkelaar Family Bill & Paulette Winter Witten LLP Harriet Wong & the Estate of Kam Sing Wong Woodridge Ford, Advantage Ford, Big 4 Motors Amy Wotton Cathy Wotton WRD Borger Construction Ltd. XI Technologies Inc. H.N. (Bud) & Mary Joan Yates Ralph & Gail Young Zytech Building Systems

Anne Fitzgerald School Anonymous (39) Gino & Silvana Antonello Apex Oilfield Services (2000) Inc. Armour Resources Inc Cheryl Arndt Mervyn & Lorraine Arnold Arres Capital Inc. Arrow Welding & Industrial Suppliers Inc. Jim Artindale Ashburn Drilling Ltd Ashton Transport Ltd ASM Industries The Assaly Boys John & Maureen Assman ATCO Group ATCO Midstream Ltd. Aurora Construction Group Authentic Wines & Spirits Merchants – Western Canada Avalon Junior High School Avid Controls B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd. B.G.E. Service & Supply Ltd. Paul Baay Pat Babin Rosemary Bacovsky Bruce Bailey Catharine Bailey Jeffrey & Christine Baker Larry & Carol Baker Erik Bakke Megan Balzer Myrnalyn Balzer Christy Bamber The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company Barbara Ann Stewart Prof. Corp. Wendy Barber Jim & Carole Barker Larry Barkley Gregory & Linda Barnes Alan Barrett L. Jo Ann Barrick Eugene R. Barritt Bill Barschel Tad Bartkiewicz Cathy Barvir Kim Bauman B. Margaret Bawden BCI Technologies Ltd John & Rhonda Bean Ajit Bearden Terry & Janice Bearden Beaubien Glover Maskell Engineering Mary Beeksma Sheena Belanger Lee Bell Michelle Bellerose Bellerose Composite High School – St. Albert Refine Renovations Belvedere Golf & Country Club Bennett Jones LLP Bruce & Carol Bentley Larry Benwell Berens Energy Ltd Bering Exploration Company, ULC Robert & Jackie Bertram Antonio Bertucci Berube Financial Services Ltd. Robert Betteridge David W. Betts Bob & Shirley Bexson Beyersbergen Interiors Ltd & Donalco Western BG International Ltd.

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Rose Burchett David & Marlene Burnett Landon James Burt Justine Burton Natalie Burton Marlie Burtt Brent Button Margaret Byl Jeannette Byrtus C & G Hatch Associates C3 North Calgary Cactus Country Consulting Ltd CAG Consulting CalBridge Developments Ltd. Calder Bateman Communications Ltd Elise Calderwood Calgary Mountainview Lions Club Caliber Systems Inc. Caltex Energy Neil Camarta Scott Cameron Bertha Campbell Doreen Campbell Jeffrey Campbell Nick Campbell Robert J. Campbell Campbell Decorating Inc. Can Traffic Canada Hibernia Holding Corp Canada Post Fort Saskatchewan Canadian Cancer Society Canadian Dewatering LP Canadian Fertilizers Limited Canadian Industrial Electrical Supply Ltd The Canadian Motor Co Cantel Mining & Exploration Canwest Flooring/Tri-Jay Carpets Calvin Capar Mark Capowski J. David Carlson Blari Carmichael Carscallen Lockwood LLP Amy Carstairs Gail Carstairs Carstairs and District Lions Club Carstairs RV Carswell Consulting Engineers Ltd Stephen Carter Duane Casat Drs. Carol & David Cass Cattalo Resources Ltd. CatWauk Compression Ltd Clint Cawsey CCI Thermal Technologies Inc CE Franklin Ltd. Cechrite Services Ltd. Cedar Publishing Corporation Ray & Margot Cej Centah Inc. Centennial School – Wetaskiwin CenturyVallen CESSCO Fabrication & Engineering Ltd. Don & Carole Chalmers Wendy Chapman Charchun Welding & Fabricating Ltd. Jack & Margaret Charlesworth Foundation David Charlton Checker Cabs Ltd. Peter Cheung Peter & Florence Cheung William Chidley Chinook Kiwanis Club

Darlene Cholak Jeff Chow & Cindy Wai George & Wendy Chow Calgary Celtic Supporters Club Jim Christodoulis Yuet Sim Chu Glen & Julia Chupik CI Investments Inc. Garry & Kathleen Cinnamon City Chrysler The City of Calgary Dr. Brian & Joanne Clark & Family Debbie & Michael Clark Janet Clark Tim Clark Tony Clark Kelly Clarke Barrie Clayton Fred Cleary Tom Clement Lillian Kennedy Clouston Coast Paper Cochrane Activettes Ronald Codd Cold Lake Northern Lights Lions Club Gordon & Maxine Cole Colin Lawson Projects Ltd. Kent Collingridge Commitments Lingerie Alberta Inc. Joanne Connell Paul & Laura Connolly Sean Connor Construction & General Workers’ Union Local No. 92 Consulting Ltd Contempa Carpet Co Ltd Chris Cook Geoff & Shauna Cook Brenda Cooke Shawna M. Corbin John Cordeau Coronet Equipment Rentals Carolyn Cota Richard J. Cotter Chris L.Cottingham Nadine Cowan Wayne & Joanne Cowan Douglas & Karen Cox Erin Crerar Ron & Lori Cresey Jamie Crysdale CTV Television Inc., CTV Calgary Kara Cubbon Cummins Western Canada Ward Cunningham Brodie & Brenda Cupples Scott & Anita Curran Canadian Western Bank Cyre Seed Farms Ltd. D. A. Lusis Contracting Ltd. Alexis Dallaire John Dane Margo Danforth Deb & Laurie Danielson Troy Dashkewytch Daughter Two Holdings Inc. Cecilia Davie Michael B. Davies Darlene Davis Rodney Dawe Daylight Energy Ltd. DCK Engineering Ltd Jason De Luca Vinciane De Pape Deans Knight Capital Mgmt. Ltd.

Laura Dechaine Donald Deck Deer Bridge Plumbing Deerfoot Mechanical Ltd. Delton Community League Richard Demers Suzanne Demers Dencan Restaurants Inc. David Denoon Dennis Coulson Redco Restoration Specialists Ltd Amy Deren Derrick Exhibit & Trade Show Services Debra Desroche DG Specialty Tankers Arvinder Dhol Gurpreet S. Dhundal & Family Joel DiBartolo Estate of Baxter O’Connor Dick Robert Dick Jan Dingle Beartrice Dinkel DIRTT Environmental Solutions Helen Dittmer Jessie Dodds The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company Gregg Donahoe Lee Donovan Gary & Jocelyne Doran Shirley Dorchester Joseph Dort Linda Douglas Douglas Goss Professional Corporation Dennis Downey Sharon Downs Dragos Hrimiuc Math 101 Students Darrell Drebnisky & Debbie Carruthers Drive Products Driving Force Maurice & Suzanne Dubois Ducharme Motors Ltd. Tammy DuChene Sean & Rhonda Duffee AnnMarie Duffy Erik Dumas Angela Dumont Mike Duncan George Kachuk Durwest Construction Systems Beverly Dutka Jennifer Dutka Raymond Dutka & family Duvernay Oil Corp Wayne Dwyer East Lake Welding Eastern Meat Solutions Edmonton Community Foundation Edmonton Fasteners & Tools Ltd. Edmonton Kenworth Ltd EECOL Electric Corp. Vernon Eisbrenner Rose Ekkelenkamp Elan Construction Limited Elite Electronics Eliuk Transportation Ltd Elk Point Truss Ltd Elkhorn Ranch & Spa Ltd. G. & P.G. Elliott Tom Ellis Brandy Elson Ben Elzen Ember Resources Inc./Thunder Energy Trust

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Hawiuk’s Welding Ltd. Robert Hawkins Wendy Hawryliw Ron & Jacqueline Hayter Ronald Hazelwood Thomas & Linda Heathcott Janine Hebert Heidelberg Canada Astrid Heitmar Sandra Helm June Helmle R. Henning Carol-Ann Henstridge Mark & Sabina Herdman Heritage Harley-Davidson/Buell Helga Hermann Mary M. Hetherington Pat Hethrington Jill Hill Dr. Alex Hillyard Hinton Oilfield Services Ltd Nicole I. Hippe Barbara Hiscock Heather Hodgins Howard Hoffman David and Connie Hollenzer Stan & Polly Hollingsworth Hopkins Construction (Lacombe) Ltd Horizon Resource Management Ltd Fraser & Michele Horne Jean Hotte Dr. Alan R Houghton Tanya Hourigan Dana Howes William & Susan Hsu Scott & Kim Hubbert Dianne Hubelit Maureen Huck Vivian Hudson Luciana Hui Dr. Michael Huk James Hummerston Don & Darlene Hunneman Trevor Hunt The Hunter Family Foundation Huss Mineral Corp Angela Hutchings & Fans of the Medicine Hat Tigers Donald & Heather Hutchison Idylwylde Community League Igloo Building Supplies Group IHS Energy Canada Ltd. Ikaluktutiak Elks 593 Influence Salon Innertech Valves Ltd. Insight Signs Intera Housing Corporation Intercon Messaging Inc. Interspace Construction Ltd. Investors Group Investors Group Matching Gift Program Isometric Mechanical Contracting Ltd J & N Tools Pat Jabusch Grant & Katie Jackson Frank & Shirley Jacobson Jalbert Enterprises Ltd. James Electric Motor Services Ltd Shirley M. Jamieson Jane Davis Consulting Inc Sherri & Larry Janssen Joanne Jansen Rudolf Jaros Jayman MasterBUILT

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Empire Drywall Ltd. Margaret Enders Cindy M. Engel Gord English Helen Enns John Enns Enterra Energy Trust EOG Resources Canada Inc Arthur Evans Rod & Donna Evans Douglas Ewens Executive Centre at Manulife Place Inc. Expedia CruiseShipCenters Harvest Hills Extreme Excavating & Backhoe Services Ltd. Eye Care Group Fairborne Energy Ltd. Cam Fairhurst Robbie Fairhurst FE Advisory Group Anne Falk Charis Farbin Ronald Fath Jaclyn Faulkner Amber Fediuk Andy Fediuk June Fediuk Robert Fediuk Barb Feldberg Nachman Feldman Mark Felzmann Brian & Cindy Ferguson Susan Ferguson Fernleaf Rebekah Lodge No. 36 Michael Ferrey David Fesyk Fidelity Investments Dr. & Mrs. Tony Fields Claudia & Randy Findlay Dr. Adeline Fiorillo Ken Fischer Five Years Thriving James & Helen Flagg Wayne & Evelyn Fletcher Flowline Solutions Ltd The Focus Corporation Ltd. Foothills Little League Baseball Assoc Victor Fordyce Fort McKay Properties Limited Partnership Tom Foss Colleen Foster Gaye Foster-Pender Edmond Fouillard Lionel Fouillard The Foundation Group Inc Fountain Tire Melissa-Anne Frankiw Franklin LTD Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP Mike French Doris Friedenreich Kyle Friesen Steve Fuller G.A.S Analytical Systems Ltd. David & Carolyn Gabriel C. & K. Gachnang Gale Galenza Gallagher Lambert Group Lois Galloway Gap Foundation Gift Match Program Gregory & Nancy Gardner Todd Garman Garnies Holdings Ltd

Gas King Oil Co Ltd Nichole Geleta Genco Metzline Inc. Greg Genge GenMec ACL Inc. Tammy Green Glenn German Auria Geskin Ghostpine Environmental Services Ltd Paul Giannelia Fred Gibson Peter Gibson Robert & Deborah Gilchrist Jamie Gilkison Dr. Janet G. Gilmour Annie Girgulis William & Pauline Girgulis W. Ralph Glass Gledhill Steel Products Inc Global Oilfield Surveys Inc. Greg Redpath Gmack Oilfield Helen Goertzen David & Margaret Goerzen Gold Dust Casino Goldcraft Management & Holdings Ltd Goldray Industries Ltd Goodman Homes Heather Gore-Hickman Shirley Gorman Teresa Gostola Martin & Sarah Gouin Jasmin Gouliquer Melissa Gouveia Robert Gow GPI Inspection Services Inc. GPS Survey and Mapping Corp Jane Grad C Jane Graham Weldon J. Graham Grand Centre Lions Club Nancy Grange-Praderas Great Plains Exploration Inc. Tammy Green Carol Greenhalgh Gregory McClung Architect Ltd Gabriel Grey & Charishe Amante Greywolf Production Systems Inc GRM Flow Products Gruber Construction (1991) Ltd. Roberta Guichon Candace Gutsche Peter Guyan Guye’s Backhoe Service Inc Sam Halabi Donald & Lesley Halcro Bob Hall & Family Ronald Hansen Mary Jollean Hanson Harbar Consulting Ltd. Kathy Harder Katrina Harding David Hardy Hard Wok Buffet, Saskatoon Hargrave Ranching Co. Inc. Cory Hargrove Kristy Harke Lisa Harris Harris Law Harvest Hills CruiseShipCenters Gordon Hasking Shawn Hass Jerome Hastings Tim & Shirley Hauck Richard Hawiuk

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Jeldwen Kaitlyn Jensen Egon & Norma Jean Jensen Jertyne Interior Services Ltd. Stephen Jessome Jim Minich Trucking Ltd. Nadir & Yasmin Jivraj Darcia A. Johnson Olive & John Johnson Robert F. Johnson Christina Johnston Joint Venture Management Inc Dave Jordan Marshall & Elsie Juba Donald Jubinville JV Driver Projects Inc. Kallbom Sand & Gravel Ltd. Richard & Sue Kanegawa Karleb Homes Ltd. Kashia Karzynska Kasian Architecture Interior Design & Planning Ltd. Katch Kan Limited Carolyn Kathol KDM Pipeline Consultants Inc. Dwayne Keehn Kevin Keenan Benny & Brandy Keenleyside Karen Keilty Robert & Hilda Keir Helen Kelleher-Empey Victor & Patricia Kellough Carmen Kelly Stephen Kennedy Kesler Oilfield Consulting David Key Keyera Facilities Income Fund Ki Exploration Inc. Cleo Kilroe Donald & Nella Kimak Larry Kinal Tracy Kjenner Michael Klein Jackie Kletke Jim Klingle Dr. Joseph H. Kluger Knights of Columbus Holy Family Council 4957 Knights of Columbus Holy Trinity Council Knights of Columbus – St. Joseph Assembly #05 Edwin & Isabelle Kohlruss Shelley Korolak KPMG Cam Kramer Blair Kraus Judith E. Kropp KSH Contracting Ltd. Frank Kuhnen Edward & Marjorie Kuly Larissa Kutera Wayne Kwan David La Rocque Ladies Auxiluiary 2102 FOE Lafarge Jessica LaForge Marilyn Lafranchise Lafrentz Road Marking A Division Lagrange Mechanical Services Ltd Lakeland Credit Union Ltd. Winnie Lam Anthony Lambert

Ron & Sue Landels Landmark Homes (Calgary) Inc. Landmark Homes (Edmonton) Inc Darci Lang Ralph Lange Lorraine Langille-Brooke Steve Larke Louise Latremouille Gwen Laverdiere Frank P. Layton Kathy Le Shari Leach Mrs. Myrtle Lecky Legend Drilling Ltd Peter & Sheila Leigh Gary Leong Keith & Patricia Leslie Lessard Callingwood Veterinary Hospital Kim Lewis Raymond W. & Mary E. Lewis Lawrence & Dona Lilje Limetwig Homes Shuxin Lin Lin-Berry Buck 4H Club Lion Shipping Group Inc. Judy Lloyd Les Lloyd Lloyd Sadd Insurance Brokers Ltd. Andy & Sue Lockhart Troy & Carla Lohnes Longbow Capital Inc. Loralta Farms Brian Lorenz Loudmouth Inc Anna Louie Louvic Transport Ltd Jamil Lucman Kenneth E. Ludlow Dr. Christine A. Luelo Arlee Lumgair Eric & Charlene Lumsden Malcolm & Patricia Lund Roland & Gail Lusis Jenna Luthi LXL Consulting Ltd M & N Construction Partnership Arnold & Kathy MacBurnie Shannon D. Macburnie John Macdonald William MacDonald Ronald & Marion MacGarva Dennis & Lois Maciborsky Phil Mackasey Dr. Allan MacKenzie Danielle Mackintosh Lois Macklin Lorna MacLachlan Laura MacMurchy Darcy MacNaughton Michael MacNeill Ruhi & Mohib Madhany & Family Walt Madro Kurt & Violet Madsen David & Donna Magus George & Bebe Mahaffy Karl & Grace Maier Calvin & Leanne Malhiot Michael Mallinson Larry Malpass Man Investments Canada Corp. Michael Mannas Maureen Manning Manning Selvage & Lee Manor Renovations

Greg Mansfield Marathon Farms Marg Johnson Kristy Marke Rod & Jeannie Marlin Jenn Marsh Patrick & Mary Martens David Martin Martin Newby Consulting Ltd. Masonary Contractors Association Of Canada Masonic Foundation of Alberta Ken Masson Cyndi Matthews Lynn Matthews Patricia Matthews Brenda Matusik Michael Maurer Maxim Power Corp. Mazda Canada Inc. Sean McAllister Rob McAlpine Bernie & Jan McCaffery Richard McCalum Ed & Ann McClintock Jim McCoy McCoy Corporation Teresa McCrea Larry & Maureen McDannold Dennis A. McDermott, Q.C. Joclyan McDonnell Lilian McEwen Dr. & Mrs. Lockley McGann Kevin & Lyn McKee Allen & Connie McKenzie McKinnon’s Custom Carpentry Brian & Sandra McLachlan Harvey McLachlan Rhonda McLean McLean Young Construction Ltd. Roderick & Mona McLennan Gordon & Dorothy McMillan Doug & Loretta McMillan Scott McNabb Tom McNeely James McRoberts William McTavish Thomas Medd & Shannon Selbee Medicine Hat Cancer Centre Staff Medicine Shoppe Canada Inc. Mike Meinhardt Melcor Developments Ltd. Jeannette Melnyk Ana Melo Mentor Madeleine Mercier Denis & Marie-Line Michaud June Middleton Millennium Geomatics Ltd. Mark Maclean Millennium Heat Albert & Florence Miller Jeremy Miller Martha Miller & family Miller Thomson Aidan Mills Jeff Mills Dave Minions Doug Miske Dr. Dennis Modry Brian Moench Coleen Mole Roger Mondor Montana’s Beacon Hill Jason Montemurro Alan & Geri Moon

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Quadrant Construction Ltd. Susan Quesseth Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc. R.I. Barrigan Management Ltd. Brad Rae Sarah Raiss Ram’s Head Woodworking Ltd Brad Rasmussen Michael Rathje Candi Raudebaugh RBC Financial Group – Employee Volunteers Grants Program RCL Branch 289 Craig Reardon James Reardon Red Earth Creek Community Club Red Wing Tool Co Ltd Laurie-Ann Reddick Kenneth & Barbara Reed ReedHycalog Canada Regent Resources Ltd. Registry Express Inc. Catherine Reid Ernest & Noreen Reid John Reitan & Elizabeth Buysen-Reitan Dave Reschke Resdin Industries Ltd Blanche & Wayne Richards Rose Richardson Richer Realty Ltd Chris Riddell John Ridley & Jenny Monson Riley Resources Inc. Rindal Investments Ltd Rindal Oilfield Const Ltd Matt Rister Gordon & Robyn Ritchie Rachel Rivard River City Developments Ltd Jeff Robbie Carol Robbins Bob Robertshaw Robertson & Associates Engineering Ltd Willard & Bibianne Robitaille Perry & Toby Roch Rock Energy Inc Rockhard Epoxy & Stone Coatings Rocky Ridge Financial Inc. Maxine Rodgers & Howard Knapp Jofre Rodriguez Delynn Rodtka Mike G. Rogers Tracy Rohl Shelley Romanyshyn M Brent Ronald Michele Rondot Round-up Baskart Services Alberta Limited Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 Royal Canadian Legion Jubilee Branch 286 Rugged Heavy Haul Inc. Dave Rush Terry & Joan Rushton Meghan C. Russ Ian Russell Robert Ryder Kira Sage Tim Salangsang Brandon Sam Gary Sandercock Grant Sanderson Karamjit Sandhar Sandy’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd. Erin Sapieha Shafryne Sayani

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Bill Moore Jennifer Morgans Michael Morhart Richard Morland Michele Morley Morris Farms Ltd. Allan Morrison James Morrison Nan Morrison Robert Morrison Carol Morrow Elaine, Wayne and Brady Moses Most Worshipfull Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Alberta Mostar Directional Technologies Ltd Brenda Mounce Bruce Moyes Robert & Gail Muir Ria Mujcin Murphy Oil Company Ltd. Muskwachees Ambulance Authority Ltd Grant Mutch Carmen Mutschall Lorna Mutzbauer Donna Muzychka Joan Myers Gunvor Mygind Lewis & Lindsay Nakatsui Trevor Nakka National Bank National Oilwell Varco D. Craig Natland Leslie Natyshen Nearctic Group Nelco Farms Derek & Sherri Neldner Georgina Y. Nelson Lester & Cora Nelson NetThruput Inc Newalta Corporation Nexus Builder Group LP Bertina Ng Suk Koon Poon Ng Marianne Nicholson, Century 21 Your Realty Dennis A. Nikiforuk Nilex Inc. Ted & Joanne Nitychoruk Laura Noël Norma Gordon Investments Fred North North American Corporation (Canada) Ltd. North East Bulk Transportation Services Northern Homes Northern Metalica Sales CGY Ltd Bob Northey Northgate Industries Ltd. Northgate Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd. Northgate Senior Centre Northside Construction Partnership Notre Dame High School Valerie Nussbaumer OEM Remanufacturing Company Inc. Rob Ohlson Oilmens Lobster Fundraiser Ollerenshaw Enterprises Ltd Allan & Wanda Olszowka Order of AHEPA Omirou Othisia Chapter CJ 11 Laura Orr Darryl Osachoff Darrell Osadchuk Marlo Oschipok

Alex A. Osten George Oswald Outlaw Oilfield Services Clifford & Frances Overbo Bruce & Branca Pachkowski Palm Sales Canada Inc. Barbara Palmer Mary Ann Paradis Paramount Energy Trust Sarita V. Parks Parkside Contractors Parlee McLaws John Parsons James Pasieka Pason Systems Inc. Roxanne Pasternak Alyssa Paron Ralyne G. Patron Paul Kane High School Dorothy Payne Pembina Valley Trucking Ltd Pemoco Ltd. Jose Penalver Erin Penner Cheryl D. Peressini Peter Kiewit Sons Co. Cheri Lynne Peterson Jeff Peterson Peterson Walker LLP Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. David Phillips Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. Phoenix Industrial Maint Ltd Brian & Diane Pientsch Peggy Piett Pigeon Lake Regional School Lucy Pilch Pile Base Contractors 1987 Ltd Pincher Creek Lions Club Herb & Medeleine Pinder Pioneer Press Ltd. Pleasant Homes Ltd. John A. Pollock Family Fund (at the Kitchener & Waterloo Community Foundation) Poot Farms Darlene Popik Jim Popik Jim Popowich Marco Poretti & Lisa Hamdon Julie Power PowerComm Powerful Safety Insights Ltd. Prairie Metal V.N. & A.J. Pratt Fund (at the Edmonton Community Foundation) Precision Drilling Corporation Precision Steel & Manufacturing Ltd. Premay Equipment LP Premier Envelope Arthur Price Sherry Price William & May Ellen Pringle Charlene Probst ProDrill Oilfield Services Production Die-Makers & Machine Professional Medical Associates Dr. Yvonne R. Prokop Proline Pipe Equipment Inc. Prominent Homes Ltd. Doug & Patti Prostebby Doreen Pugsley Ken & Chris Pugsley Mitch Putnam

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Travis Schaab Harry & Joanne Schaefer Elaine Schiewe Allen Schreiber Blair Schweitzer George Schwindt James Scott Jeffrey Scott Dr. John A. Scott Joseph Scott Scott Land & Lease Ltd. Heather E. Screaton Daryl K. Seaman Warren Seaman Chris Seasons Severo Energy Corp. Barbara Shanahan Saundra Shapiro Cooper Sharkey Terry Sharkey Wayne Sharp & Family Cheryl & James Sheard Shebranee Trucking Jamie Sheehan Shoeless Joe’s – Bolton Robert Showell Shrine Legions of Honor Ann & Albert Shubert Dave Shultz Shuttleworth’s Carpentry Bill & Sharon Siebens Michelle Simonin Thomas Simons Debbie Simpson James Sinneave Donna Sipila Herb & Doris Skaret David and Jacqueline Skowronski Noah, Paityn & Craig Skrynyk John & Pauline Slade Jana Slaght R.A. (Sandy) Slator SLM Baker Services Ltd Steve & Cindy Slupsky Andrew Smele Heather Smith J. C. Smith Jim & Cynthia Smith Lee-Anne Smith Randy (C.R.) & Tana Donald Smith Rodney Smith Virgil & Shirley Smith Bill & Carol Smith Smith International Canada Ltd Jim & Tania Smyrl Mavis & Darren Snider Brent & Loren Snyder Source Energy Sales And Rentals Inc Judy Spangler Linda Sparks Spasation Salon & Day Spa Margaret Speelman Speth Drilling Slavko & Connie Spenar Monique Spicer Spiker Equipment Spindle Factory Ltd. Spindle, Stairs & Railings Ken Spooner Stephanie Sputek St. Albert Potters Guild Terrence & Susan St. George

Stampede City Progress Club Stand & Deliver Inc. Stand Easy Standard Life M. A. Stanfield Starvalley Oil & Gas Ltd. Kevin Stashin Gordon & Grace Stensrud Barbara Stewart Caron and Michael Stewart Patty Stinson Stomp Stony Creek Custom Ventilation & Metal Fabrication Ltd. Paul Storwick Stout & Company LLP Robert Strader Michael Straile Strathearn Heights Ltd. Sheilagh Stroud Joe Struck Tina Strudsholm Ronald & Sue Strumelak Sublime Industries Ltd. Albert Sulmistras Wendy Sulzle David & Joan Summers Sun Life Financial Suncor Energy Suncor Energy Canadian Pipeline L.P. V. Glenn & Margaret Sundstrom Sunset Engineering Inc SURGIcorp Inc Darryl Sutter Sutter Fund Julie Swanson Betty Switzer Shawn & Shelley Swords Kevin Szmyrko Dr. Chao Tai & Mrs. Tan-Eng Tai Taiga Forest Products Sarah Tait David G. Tang Sydney Tang Lona Tarney Dr. Anna Wreath Taube Daryl Taylor Debbie Taylor John & Barb Taylor Sabrina Taylor Scott Taylor Taylor Gray Prof. Corp Taylor Hill Exploration Ltd. TD Canada Trust Telephone Connections Inc. Bruce & Sharon Telford Christopher Terrio Rodney Tetreault Asha Thiara Paul Thibault David Thiessen Marg Thompson Rob Thomson Kevin & Kristin Thygesen The Times Press Dawn Tinling The Titsy Chicks TNT Consulting & Welding Ltd. Alexander Todd & Nicholas Todd Sharna Toffan Griffith & Martha Toole Silverline Tools Tooth Replacement Dental Specialty Centre Torske Klubben of Edmonton

Lori Toth Luiba Trahan TransCanada Corporation Patricia Traub Debbie Trelenberg Treval Foundation Spray Tri-Alta Mechanical (1997) Ltd. Trican Partnership Chad Trumbley Jodi Trumbley Marguerite J. Trussler Twin Butte Energy Ltd. Deana Twissell Ty-Jay Enterprise – 724669 AB Ltd. U Of A Ringette Club UCT Calgary North Council Arthur & Rita Ulveland Unique Products Inc. Unisource Canada Inc United Communities United Way of Fort McMurray Workplace Campaigns United Way of Lethbridge and South Western Alberta Univeral Ford Lincoln Jack van Deventer Marcel & Janet Van Hecke Shelley Van Schaik Louis Van Wyk Gera Vanderlinde James Vandermeer Ed VanWieren Varsity Chrysler Vernon Barford Junior High School Jacquie Victoor Victoria Inn Flin Flon Amanda Vigeant Vimy And District Lions Club Vital Energy Ltd. Patricia Vos Glenda Waddingham Katherine Wagner Brittany Wall Robert & Jean Wall Wanda Wallace Allan & Linda Walper Rebecca Walter Walter Dobrovolsky Professional Corporation Edward Walters Wapose Medical Services Inc. Dan & Molly Wares Margaret Warren Dr. Michelle Warren Shelagh Watson C.L. & Margaret Weaver William & Vivian Weaver Gordon I. Webb Tom R. Webb Weir Construction Ltd. John & Shirley Wells Tanis Wendt Laurence & Vivian Wenger Andrew Wenlich Werklund Foundation Wescom Glass & Aluminum Ltd. Harris & Alicia Weseen Lawrence W. West WEST DIRECT EXPRESS LTD Westbrook Veterinary Clinic Ltd Norma & Ron Westcott Wetaskiwin Credit Union Limited Wetlander Bar & Grill Jennie Whelen Elizabeth M. White

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The following donors chose to include the Alberta Cancer Foundation in their estate plans, providing a legacy of hope. Saran Jit Singh Ahluwalia Anonymous Estate(1) Eugene R. Barritt David Paul Beaumont, Sr. The Honourable Marjorie Bowker Bertha Campbell Yuet Sim Chu Lillian Kennedy Clouston Fred Coles Baxter O’Connor Dick Muriel B. Folger Estate of Sam Goldsmith Christopher H. Greenwood Rhoda Jaycox Myrtle Dorothy Kelly Carol Koch The Rev. James W. Kruger

Margaret Kuykendall Agnes L. Lee Lloyd Gordon McLean Peter Melnyk Hans Peder Nielsen Esmerinda Oliveira Alexander A.M. Patton James Pheasey John J. Putnins Margaret “Bunny” Rae Gary W. Simmons William Oliver Smith Elma Katherine Spady Dan Steel J. Frances Sutherland Angela G. Thomas Ralph E. Williams

Alberta Cancer Foundation Legacy Society The following donors chose to include the Alberta Cancer Foundation in their will. Their future gifts will provide a legacy of hope. Anonymous (29) John and Frances Balmer Stella Caithness Susan Carr Drs. Carol & David Cass Betty Lou Docherty Barton & Barbara Foster Milton and Barbara Horricks Dr. Allan Leboldus Chuck & Flo MacNeil Sharon McMinn William & May Ellen Pringle Marg Richardson Gaye F. Ross Bert and Hendrica Schouten Dr. Alexander & Mrs. Geraldine Shachnowich John & Jessie Sveinson Gary & Carol Tribiger Janet Watkinson

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Trina A. Whittle Evelyn Wigham Wildbore Drilling Ltd. Dr. David Wildeboer Doug Wilkins Willco Transportation Ltd William & Florence Lede Family Foundation William H. Ross Architect Ltd. Ed Williams Ian & Noreen Williams Estate of Ralph E. Williams Willow Creek Resources Ltd. Brian & Shelley Wilson Andrew & Sharon Wisse Clayton & Linda Woitas Robert Wolfe Women of the Moose Chapter 853 Dan & Carolyn Woodruff Woodsmere Holdings Corp Bill & Sharon Woodward Kurt Woolf Lana Wright Shaun Wuschke Yamoga Land Corporation YC Ski Club Anonymous Dr. Grant Yiu York Realty Inc. Caroline Young Graeme Young Kristine L. Young Gordon & Rozelle Young Shane Young The Young Family Foundation Bob & Debbie Younger William Zajac Jay & Debbie Zammit Maung Zawwin & Sandra Li Zhen Sharon L. Ziegeman Christine Ziegler Edlynn Zlok

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Tributes In Memory Of We are honoured to acknowledge the following individuals remembered through tribute gifts totaling $500 or more between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009.

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Kenneth Adkins Elaine Ahrens Clinton B. Ailsby Buffy Ainsworth June Alexander Curtis Allanson Craig Almas Bob Almond James Amirault Gord Anderson Gregory Anderson Don Andrews Flora M. Antrim Paul Apps Anonymous (27) Coralie Arthur Shahla Askari Rick Aslin Victor Auclair Dale Auger Elizabeth Babiuk Rose K. Baird Joyce Balanecki Arcangelo Barbaro Garth Barrick Shary Barschel James Baseden Rosalie Battenfelder Mima Baxter Sean Bayus James Beaver Brian Belec Katie Belitsky Bonnie Bennett Mary Berg Bruce N. Berry Bradford Earl Bjornson Robert (Bob) Wesley Blackstock Solange Blanchette Robert Blewett Florence Blunden Donna Bochinski Michael Bone Daniel Bonner Cornelius Bos Marjorie Boucher Leo W. Bouckhout Marvin Bourque Robert Boutin Lil Boyack Barry Franklin Boyd Fitzroy Boyd Ruth Boyd Sandee Lyn Boyd Ronald Holland Bracegirdle Arlene Brand Edwin Breitkreuz

Patrick James Bremner Jeanne Breton Olga Brewus Edward (Ed) Briggs Bernard Briske Roy J. Brown James Burgess Michael Burke Bob Burkin Dora Cameron Elizabeth Cameron James Archibald Campbell Jeanette Campbell Laurie Campbell Lloyd Campbell William Campbell Maxine Careless Donna Gail Carscallen Gordon Carss Brenda Cavanagh Henry Sai Chan David Bruce Charters Lorraine Chenard Cynthia Chernoff Mathilda Chieduch Sonia Christensen Judy Christiansen Edward Chynoweth Elvin Clark Larry M. Clarke Wilma Clarke Barbara Climie Roberta M. Colbo Fred Coles Christine Colton Theodorus Commandeur Robert Conlin Lorne Ryan Cook Terry Cookhouse Barbara Margaret Cooper George Henry Cornish Audrey Eileen Costigan Richard Cowper Christine Cox Isabel Craig James Crawford Harold Criss Enid Crockett Jack Cummerford Barbara Cummings Murray Douglas Curran Chandnidei Curtis John Paul Dach Maurice Davey Barrie Davis Donald Davis Greg Davis Ron Davis Robert Deatherage Usula Deboer Joyce deHaan Resi Del Piccolo Sonja Delamont James E. Devaney William Devereux Harjeet Kaur Dhundal (Sada Singh Wala) Patricia “Patty” Dickie Mary Diduck Frank Wilson Dobinson Dallas Dorchester Lauraine Doreen Douchet Gladys Doyle Anthony Drozdowski

Darcy Dubetz Julien Dubuc Tannin Dungey Dorothy Dunlap Kristin Durante Salvatore Durante Pauline Dusyk Jo-Anne Dyment Mervyn Eastman Shirley Edel Linda Edey Audrey E. Edwards Douglas Eggen Nina Lydia & Henry Herold Ehret Denise Eisbrenner Barry Eliuk Blaire Ells Marlene S. Emerson Louise Enns Dwight Entner Margaret Eschak Sharon Eskeland Marco Fabris Chor Fan George Farncombe Diane Farquharson Marlene Farquhason Judith Federkeil Margaret (Peggy) Fediuk Edward Feist Don Ferguson Donald Ferguson Karin Elizabeth Fesyk George C. Field Alexander Fika Bonnie Fischer Tracey Renee Flagg David Fletcher Barbara Fogarty Karen A. Forestell Cindy Foss M. “Deane” Fossen Jacquie Fowler James Foy Suszanne Foy Dr. Robert M. Fujino Jon Fyshe Willard B. Gabora Laura Gagne Wilma Galarneau Lloyd Gardiner Ralph & Olga Gardner Clint Garnier Joseph Francis Gau Joyce Gaulin Emil Giering Bernie Giesbrecht Elise Gill Terry Giltner Harry Girgulis Joseph Gluza John (Jack) Golosky Agnes Goping Helen Gordon Desmond Gordon-Carmichael Gord Gorrill Aime Goudreau Pierre Goudreau Susan Graham Dorinne Grant Frederick Greenberg Gerardo O. Grey Delbert Griffith William G. Grimstead

Aloysia Gutek Andy Ha Arthur Hagen Lorraine Hagen Tom Hagerman Patricia Hagg Edward Halicky Earl Hall Donald Halliday N. Vivian Hallier Ellen Hammermaster Jean Harcourt Edna Harke John Harrison Philip Harrison Philip Hart Wayne C. Hart Alley Hassen Lorraine Hastings Gary Haywood Claire Hebert Sebastian Heemskerk Rueben Heine Geneva Helmig Loretta Henchel Norman Henderson Georgina Henke Gertrude Henschel Helga Herbst Thomas Hess Rolande Himschoot Lorraine Aiko Hinatsu-Todd Dennis Hinkle Joie Hinton Sonjia Hodgson Peter Holick Dorothy Holowaty Muriel Holthe Sandra Hopkins Bruce Horte Terry Horwitz Tilly Houston Lorne Howes Albert Huger Paul Humbert Edna Hurteau Henry Husband Catherine Husky Dr. Michael James Hutchison Genah Hys Tom Irvine Steve Iskiw Corbin Jackson Al Jacobs Ellen Jacobs Leander & Ellen Jacobs William B. Jamieson Wendi Jenkins Ben Riis Jensen Robert Jerrard Fred (Eugene) Jobin Merlin Johnson Gary Jones Amina Jovic George Kachuk Rosina Kadatz Willi Kafer Malcolm Kane Wanda Kapusta Dorinda Katerenchuk Robert Kavanagh Herbert Kellaway William R. Kelsay Karen Kennedy

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Garry Pon Norman Pon Maggie Poon Virginia Alice Porter Paul Poulsen Marie Power John T. Prazak John Russell Pretula C. Ralph Pruden Trudy Pysar Lucy Radulski Daryl Ranger George Rathwell Ken Rayment Garth Redmond Shawn Reed Alfred Reeves Abram Reimer Mary Reinhart Roger Renaud Jorge Repreza Cameron Scott Richardson Jeff Rinehart Vlado Risteski Roland Ritter Lynn Roberts Allan Robertson Glen Robinson John W. Robinson Valerie Robinson Ethel & David Rodgers Willma Lawson Rodgers Leon Lee Romaniuk Mary Evelyn Romaniuk Janice Lynn Romans Mary Lou Rossow Tryntje Ruim Margaret Sabourin Susan Saik Terry Saik Craig Samoil Norman George Sarofen Teresa Sawchuk Randall G. Scheirer Mary Schellenberg Victor F. Schiewe Frank Schmidt William John Schmirler Delores Schneider Ken Schneider Herta Schonfelder Evelyn Viola Schultz William Schuster Diane Schutz Reid Glen Schwabe Marie Valerie Schwartz David A. Scott George Sebok Norman Seguin Anne Seidel Sieglinde Seitz Leonard Serediak Giuseppa Sergi Betty Seright Dennis Sernes Bozena Shanahan Anne Shandro Gary Shandro Victoria Shannon Nancy L. Sheeran Loretta Shell Victoria Shewchuk Shellie Shymka

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Barbara Mousseau Gary S. Munkacsi Kalman Munkacsi Richard Edward Murdoch Donna Murray Millie Murray Beverly Myroniuk Robert Myshynuik Elsie Nadeau Fredrick Peter Nash Laurence Nault Alice Navis Leona Margaret Nelson Neil Nelson Arthur Nemetz Miguel Neri Harold Neset Russell Newby Ian Newman Heng NG Don Nicholl Bev Nichols Fausto Cesare Nicola Lance T. Nicolaisen Lisa Nieberding Erik Nielsen Armand Nolette Douglas Norbury Luise Noren Bruce Novotney Sharon Nygaard Walter Nykiforuk Glen Oberhammer Derek O’Brien Sydney Odd Huelda J. Olsen Arne Olson Joan Elizabeth Osler Doris Anne Oxton Mary Ozga Erin Rae Ozirny Judith Padua Liann Pallone-Rae David Panas Charles William Papenhuyzen Hyung Soo (John) Park Ronald Clare Parker Cecil Parrish Linda Partington Bonnie Paterson Debra Lily-Anne Paterson Murray Andrew Patterson John Pauls John Keith Pawson John Pearse Robert Pelletier William Pengilley Jacqueline Mary Helen Pennock Erika Elisabeth Peter Norm Peters Henning Petersen Yvonne Petratur David Petrone Beatrice Phillips Mary Phillips Roger A. Phillips Louise Pickell David Pinch (Goddard) Geraldine Plain Laurier Plamondon Doris Alice Ploof Angela Podrasky Gerald Ronald Polack Ann Polischuk

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Paula Kennedy Edward Kenney Terrence Kenny Robert Kernaghan Herb Kiel Lorna Kiel Shannon Tammy Kimmitt Roy King John S. Kinnaird Jack Kinsella Annie Kisilewich Rudy Klawon Franc Klement Carol Koch Ronald Komishke Leslie Kopchia Maureen A. Kostanuick Valentina Kouznetsova Richard James Krauss Clifford Allen Krishka Salih Krticic William Krytor Frances Kuchera Renee Karen Kuhn Mary Ann Kulak Edward Paul Kuly Susan Kunyk Brenda Kusynir Donald Clarence LaBerge Colette Cecile Labossiere Donald Lacroix Leslie Sterling (Stu) Ladner Bradley Lafleur Thanh Ich Lam Kelly L. Lamrock Robert Lapointe Barbara Larson June M. Larson Irene Lauder Doreen Lavery Louis Lavoie Lech Lawczynski John Leeuw Garry Leithead Ruth Leithoff Robert Lemieux Debbie Lenfesty Patricia Lennox Laurie Karen Lenz Victoria Leonard Yee Ping Leong Eugene (Gene) Lesiuk Dave Lester Frederick Leung Celia Levesque Lois Lewis Barry Liddell Marijo Light Harley Werner Lindquist Carol Lines Gwen Linkewich Gilles Livernois Swee-Kwan Loke Kym Stewart-Longpré Sheila Lorenson August Lorenz Eugene Luhowy Kenneth Stanley Lusignan Andy Luthin

May Ma Grant MacDougall Margery Macleod John MacNeil Rose MacNeill Harry Mah Roy Maine Maren Majeau Rudolph Maki Lester Maleszewski Elsie Malfair Sandra Maltais Michael Mandryk Vyrlene Barbara Manuel John F. Marr Carmela Marrelli Kathryn Marriott Memory Marshall Patricia Marshall Birgit Massey Jim Masuda Kathleen E. Matalski Poul Mathiesen Sylvia Matthews Geraldine Maureen Mayer Rose & John McAlllister Patrick McBrearty Audrey McCaul Josephine McConkey Bernice McCormack Valerie McCuaig Orlin McDonald William N. McDougall Gladys McElhinney Phyllis McElroy Eydie McFee Christine McGregor Brenda McIntyre Rosemary McIntyre Letha McKee Bradley McKim Donald McKinnon Margaret Jean McLachlan Larry A. McLauchlin Pat McLeod Ronald G. McLeod Brian McMinis Edgar McNeil David McNulty Kathleen McPhail Norman McPherson John McVeigh Nettie Meering (nee Meleshko) Mool Mehrotra Arnold A. Melin Irene Melnyk Jerry Melnyk Wesley C. Meyn June Middleton Patricia Millan Dawn Millar Xenia Millard Michael Millenaar Harry Miller Robert Milvain Ada Ming Shirley Mitchell Rudy & Gertie Mizera Carl Molnar Raffaella Montemurro Cindy Morgan Neil Morrison Robert Morrison Dennis Mountford

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Peter Heinrich Sievers David Simpson Don Simpson Alexander Singer Sandor Sirko Donna Slous Gordon Slous Evelyn Small Clark H. Smith Ernie Smith Glenda Louise Smith Michael Smith Shari Lynn Smith Shirley Dianne Smits Eleanor Smyth Alvin Snydmiller Katherine Sokoluk Dorothy Margaret Sombach Dennis Gerald Soprovich William S. Sowa Darlene Spencer-Spreeuw Mary Spot Janet Sprague Raymond St Laurent Thomas Starchuk Douglas William Stecyk Gregg Steenbergen Alden Anthony Stefanizyn Irma Steinke Lynelle Stephanson Robert Steppke Edward Stewart Muriel Storey Holger Storm Michael Sturko Murdeana M. Sucha Prakash Sutaria Livija Suursaar Frank Arthur Swain Wanda Swanek Jack Swanson Larry Swingen John Switzer Andrew Sydor Theodore Szwajkowski Arnold Tebbutt Grace Teolis Val Thomas Margaret Jeannette Thomlinson Gary Thompson Joseph Thomson Basil Tocheniuk Bernard Tompkins & Gladys Gillian Tompkins Brian Topechka Loraine Topilka Tecla Tosto Shelley Towers Arnold Tremere Marie Elizabeth Triggs Ronald Trussler Shirley Tudor James Turley William F. Turnbull Michelle Marie Helen Tussman Bill L. Twible William Unruh Hailey Upshall

Arie H. van der Lee Pat Van Ee Linda Vermeeren Sandra Versteeg-McDougall Doris Vesala Crystal Alison Violante Lenore Vulgan Bryan Jack Walbauer Hal Waldner Ronald Wallin William Wandler David B. Ward Grace Wareham Dr. John Waters Jerry Wauters Frieda Gladys Webb Wilhelmina Webb Peter Weigel Gen Weinmayr Susan Weisgerber George West Michael Wheaton Keith Whincup Ron Wicentowich Russell Wickstrom Kurt Wiedemann Arnold Willett Glynn Williams Yvonne A. Williams Arnold Willumsen Arthur K Wilson Hugh Wilson Ralph Wilson Christine Jane Wilson-Szabo Walter Winter Helene Wlost Heather Wock Kam Sing Wong Wan Heng Wong Grant Harvey Woods Martin Woods Barbara Wotypka Ivy Woytovicz Anita Wright Roy Wulff Evelyn Margaret Wutzke Orville Yanke Barbara Yarema Peter Roman Yarema Penny Hoi Tong Yee Laura L. Young Iris Yuzdepski Dawn Zarowny Ed Zdanowicz Joseph Zeniuk Maria Zoldan Angie Zrymiak John Zrymiak

Tributes In Honour Of The Alberta Cancer Foundation received gifts of $500 or more in honour of the following individuals. Honouring a loved one, friend or colleague with a gift to the Alberta Cancer Foundation is a unique way to mark a special occasion. Kenneth Adkins Marilyn Ahles Glenn Anderson Anonymous (1) Chris Argue Mervyn & Lorraine Arnold Sheila Barthelette Robert Beletic Gerry & Beverly Berkhold Teresa Biasini Darren & Tracy Boger Janice Cain Jo-Ann Champigny Deb Chow-Fagan Miguel Costa & Richard Leibel Audrey Eileen Costigan Darlene Davis Dr. Scot Dowden Charlette Garries Jordan & Jessica Gillespie Carole Gold George & Emily Goulet Gabriel Grey & Charishe Amante Kathy Hayashi Joanne Hembree Rebecca Herman Carly Itzcovitch Paula Ives & Tonia Hendricks-Ives JWP Publishing Limited Partnership Staff Andrew & Anne Koralyi Peter Kossowan Kevin Labrie Cindy & Shane Mackinnon Elaine, Wayne and Brady Moses Angela Moshuk Victoria Norman Lisa Pelzer Chrystal Philips Francine Plante Gary Queen Michelle Remesz & Trevor Place

Gary Riddell Peter & Sheila Rogers Jay Senetchko Michael Seskus Megan Shudra Hans Smit David Stokes Ron & Donna Sylvestre Thomas Taylor Victor Thygesen Bernie & Melissa Tomaszewski Colin & Trisha Ulliac Richard Walencik Patrick & Amanda Warkentin Aalim & Farzana Weljie Susan Yam Maung Zawwin & Sandra Li Zhen

Volunteers Board of Trustees • Mr. Sandy Slator, Chair • Mr. Marc Bombenon, Vice-Chair • Ms. Mary Barr • Ms. Heather Culbert • Mr. Greg Cameron • Dr. Dianne Kipnes • Mr. John Osler

Finance and Audit Committee • Mr. Greg Cameron, Chair • Mr. Marc Bombenon • Mr. Darryl Diletzroy • Ms. Linda Mickelson • Mr. John Osler • Mr. Sandy Slator

Event Committee Chairs • Cash and Cars Lottery (Sandy Slator) • Cross Cancer Institute Golf Classic (Harry Kipnes) • Playing for Life – Calgary (John Osler) • Playing for Life – Edmonton (Lyle Best and Dr. Dianne Kipnes) • Tom Baker Cancer Centre Golf Classic (Malcolm Adams)

Lee Elliott, Chief Communications Officer, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Alberta Cancer Foundation Writing: Phoebe Dey |

Main photography: Doran Clark, Richard Siemens, iStockphoto, Getty Images

Printing: Moore Canada d/b/a RR Donnelley | Design & production: Helix Design Communications

Provincial Office 710-10123 99 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3H1 albertacancer.ca 1-866-412-4222 The Alberta Cancer Foundation fundraises for Alberta’s 17 cancer centres >> Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary | Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton Associate Cancer Centres Central Alberta, Red Deer | Grande Prairie | Lethbridge | Medicine Hat

Community Cancer Centres Barrhead | Bonnyville | Bow Valley | Camrose | Drayton Valley | Drumheller High River | Hinton | Lloydminster | Fort McMurray | Peace Region