Community and social responsibility

Tricia Leadbeater serves on the Board of Directors of Theatre Calgary, and the Theatre Calgary Endowment. Theatre Calgary is a national stage that provokes and delights with ambitious programming created to ignite local, national and international engagement. Theatre Calgary traces its origins to the 1960s, and found its permanent home in the Max Bell Theatre in 1985. The Theatre is a place for all Calgarians to have an extraordinary experience with live theatre. To learn more about Theatre Calgary or how you can support Theatre Calgary, please contact Tricia or visit www.TheatreCalgary.com.

Tricia Leadbeater serves as a director and President of the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation (CAAF), one of the oldest visual arts not-for-profit organizations in the city. Its mandate is to promote visual art in the City of Calgary. CAAF achieves this through an artist-in-residence program and through programming Gallery 505, a free public micro gallery in the heart of the business district, with art from Calgary’s Civic Art Collection. To learn more about the CAAF’s mission and upcoming events, or about Calgary’s Civic Art Collection, please contact Tricia or look at www.CalgaryAlliedArtsFoundation.ca

Jeffrey is an active cyclist and a member of the competitive amateur cycling team Peloton Racing. Through his interest in cycling, Jeffrey is an active supporter of the annual ‘Tour for Kids’ charity ride, which supports the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta and their camp programs at Camp Kindle. Last year Jeffrey raised over $3000 in support of this cause.

For more information on the annual ‘Tour for Kids’ event and Camp Kindle please visit www.TourForKids.com/Alberta.

The Trans Canada trail has an ambitious goal of linking all of Canada with a continuous recreational trail system in time for Canada’s 150th birthday. An inspiring project of nation-building, and a source of public pride, the Mackie Wealth Group supports the ongoing campaign, to which the Richardson Foundation periodically offers a matching campaign. The Richardson Foundation is a founding and key trail builder. To learn more about the trail, or to explore the trail in person please check out the website www.TCTrail.ca/explore-the-trail

As a service to our clients, we hosted the inspirational leader of Charity Intelligence for an educational event on how to maximize the benefits of giving, methods for assessing the success of community investments, and how to identify the most effective and efficient charities in Canada. If you would like to know more about Charity Intelligence and its work, you can learn more at www.CharityIntelligence.ca or contact the Mackie Wealth Group. Charity Intelligence is a not-for-profit organization that depends fully on donors to fund its work.