Calgary Archives • Page 2 of 3 • Dr. Michele Fugiel Gartner, CAP

Twenty years and counting…Connections Counselling

by mfg | May 17, 2010 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy, Philanthropy

A warm and breezy Sunday evening in May was the perfect backdrop for Connections Counselling’s 20th year celebration at the Yardhouse in Kensington. Greeted by champagne on entry, you felt like family the moment you walked through the door. And that’s...

Do what you can.

by mfg | May 11, 2010 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy, Philanthropy

This quote arrived in my email inbox this week: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. (Theodore Roosevelt) Earlier in the week, I heard it said another way, “Do your share. Know your share.” And this morning, I found a note I wrote last...

Helping to Stretch your Charitable Donations

by mfg | Feb 5, 2010 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy

Over the course of the past year, it has become routine in the sector to hear of funding cuts and shortfalls in fundraising efforts. While there have been some bright spots, for the sector-at-large and for the foreseeable future, funding is weighing heavy on the...

We're in it for the long term.

by mfg | Jan 7, 2010 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy

From Pat Morris, Connections Counselling – in her 2010 New Years Greeting. I once read a quote that loosely translated said “we don’t always realize the impact we have on others -through our words and our actions. We may never know how our interactions and kind...

Let your Heart be Light

by mfg | Dec 16, 2009 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy

Driving around Calgary on sheets of ice and in snow, isn’t something that I love to do. My little Scion slips and slides along the roads – and I hear my father’s voice “shift into neutral”. I grew up in the Mid-West so I know how to...

"How can we help?"

by mfg | Oct 30, 2009 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy

I’m still mulling over my ‘helpful’ theme from my last blog post – we all (usually) have good intentions to be helpful. In my last post, I was asking donors to be helpful – and after two philanthropic conference in one week, I am turning...