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Community Action, Nov 19, 2007
Simon House Residence Society of Calgary received the $20,000 William H. Donner Award for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services. The Society, which operates substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, also received the $5,000 Peter F. Drucker Award for Non-Profit Management.
Other $5,000 awards for excellence given by the Donner Foundation include:
* Delivery of Alternative Education--Sarnia Lambton Rebound, Sarnia, ON;
* Delivery of Child Care Services--Educational Program Innovations Charity Society, North Sydney, NS;
* Delivery of Counselling Services--Sudbury Action Centre for Youth: Peer Mentoring Program, Sudbury;
* Delivery of Crisis Intervention; Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre, Calgary; Provision of Basic Necessities--Alice Housing, Dartmouth, NS;
* Delivery of Services for People with Disabilities Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada--Calgary Chapter;
* Delivery of Services for Seniors--Community and Primary Health Care--Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Brockville;
* Delivery of Traditional Education--Cornwall Alternative School, Regina, SK.
The selection on behalf of the Donner Foundation was made by the Fraser Institute of Vancouver from among applicants.
donnerfoundation.org
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