3 recipients of Founder's Award in recognition of contributions to Aunts at Large:

• Annemarie Schreiner

• Winona Sinclair

• Ronnie Zurowski

One Charter Member and Hall of Fame Inductee:

• Ronnie Zurowski

One past National President:

• Jean Scott

2007-08 Current Alberta South Zone Governor:

• Ailene Lockhart

One Past Zone Governor & Governor of the Canadian Progress Club Charitable Foundation:

• Joan Gooder
  (deceased Oct 2007) - As a tribute to our dear friend we hosted a golf tournament in July 2008 in support of the Agape Hospice where Joan was lovingly cared for in her last days.

Our Millennium gift to Calgary in the year 2000 was the establishment of endowed scholarships: one at the University of Calgary and one at Mount Royal College.

In April, 1977, the Canadian Progress Club, "Calgary Eves", made history by becoming the first "all women" service club ever chartered in Canada. The Canadian Progress Club, a national organization, was chartered in 1922, with the first club being chartered in Toronto. We now boast clubs in most major cities from Victoria, BC to St. John's, Newfoundland.

Our motto is "It's Great to be a Canadian". Our Mission Statement is "Enhancing the lives of all Canadians through community services, in the spirit of fellowship". As a national organization we support the Canadian Special Olympics.

Clubs are autonomous and are free to support whichever local charities they desire. In Calgary in 1977 Aunts at Large, a "one-on-one" matching program for girls of single-parent families, was founded by the Calgary Eves. This dynamic group of women have given 31 years of service and financial assistance to the community through this program. In 1994 Aunts at Large merged with Uncles at Large and Big Brothers & Big Sisters to become one, as "Big Brother & Big Sisters of Calgary & Area" (formerly Aunts & Uncles at Large). Over the years our club has taken an active role in the management of the program. We are extremely proud of our involvement in such a successful program, which has now expanced to "couple matching" and he ever popular "in-school mentoring program".

For further information on Big Brothers & Big Sisters, please call 403-777-3535 or visit their web site at www.bbbscalgary.com

In recent years the Calgary Eves have also contributed to many other local charities both financially and hands on. These include:

• Feed the Hungry - St. Mary's Church

• The Back Door

• The Mustard Seed

• Hull Home

• Kids' World

• Street Teams

• Calgary Interfaith Food Bank

• Calgary Drop-In Centre
  (we furnished a room!)

• Calgary Homeless Foundation

• Christmas Hampers for Needy Families

• Chrysallis

• ME/FM Society of Alberta

• Opportunity Works

• Big Brothers & Big Sisters Building Fund

• Calgary Food Bank

• Medical Mercy

• Crohn's & Colitis

• Weekend to End Breast Cancer

• Operation Eyesight