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Mc Bain Camera

This year we had a photo fundraiser, this fundraiser was only made possible by two very generous companies, Aaron Pedersen of 3TEN photography donated his time and expertise to take all the beautiful pictures and Mc Bain Camera donated all the prints and printing costs. Riders each paid $20 for a picture package, all the money collected will go directly towards the riding program, in total we raised $2300.00. The pictures turned out great and the riders loved them. We would like to say a big thank you to both of these companies for helping make this a very successful fundraiser.

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UPDATE :: 50/50 Tickets for Oilers:

On February 3rd we will be at the Oilers vs. Flyers game selling the 50/50 tickets. This is our first year being chosen to be the ticket sellers and we are excited about this fantastic opportunity. Looking forward to a fun night with lots of great volunteers and parents helping us out to make this a successful fundraiser.

Update: The Oiler 50/50 night was an enormous success, all 30,000 tickets were sold out and we raised $14,137.26! Long time rider Michael Yaceyko was one of the many people who came out to help make this such a successful event.

This is a picture of him pulling the winning ticket!! A huge thank you to all the parents, volunteers and friends of Little Bits who came out to sell tickets and help in the count room, we could not have done it without you! Thank you to The Edmonton Oilers and Rexal Place for having us it was a great experience.

Quarterly Grants

Community Initiatives, Suncor, Kids N’ Motion, Sears Employee Fund, Altamira Foundation, Alberta Sport Rec & Wildlife

Grants Available Throughout the Year

Edmonton Community Foundation, Global Edmonton, Enbridge, Labatts Breweries of Western Canada, RBC Foundation, Scotiabank, TD Financial, CIBC Group of Companies, ATB Financial, Investors Group, Servus Credit Union, Telus Community Investment, Encana, Jim Prentice Charitable Foundation

January

Tues, 5th: Board Meeting (Prince of Wales Armouries)

Feburary

Tues, 2nd: Board Meeting (Prince of Wales Armouries)
Wed, 3rd: Oilers 50/50 Event (Rexall Place)
Mon, 22nd: GM Making Dreams Possible Grant

March

Tues, 2nd: Board Meeting (Prince of Wales Armouries)
Mon, 15th: Paraequestrian Grant
Tues, 23rd: Bits 'n Bites Roundup, 7 to 8:30 am (Sutton Place Hotel)
Wed, 24th: Volunteer Orientation (WECA)
Wed, 31st: Minerva Foundation
Wed, 31st: Children’s Ability Fund Wed, 31st: STEP Program Grants

April

Sun, 4th: First Day of Riding
Fri, 30th: Suncor
Fri, 30th: Community Initiatives Grant
Fri, 30th: BMO Kids N Motion Grant

May

Sat, 1st: Alberta Sport Rec. & Wildlife Grant
Tues, 4th: Board Meeting
TBA: AGM

June

Tues, 1st: Board Meeting (Prince of Wales Armouries)
Last day of riding, Spring session (WECA)

July

Tues, 6th: Board Meeting (WECA)

August

Tues, 4th: Board Meeting (Prince of Wales Armouries)
Sat, 21st: Daisy Days, Canadian Derby (Northlands Park)
Tues, 31st: Realtors' Community Foundation Grant

September

Wed, 1st: GM Making Dreams Possible Grant
Tues, 7th: Board Meeting Annual Budget approval (WECA)
Thurs, 30th: Minerva Foundation Request
TBA: Volunteer Orientation (WECA)
TBA: Start of the Fall Session

October

Fri, 1st: Alberta Sport, Rec. & Wildlife Grant
Tues, 5th: Board Meeting (Prince of Wales Armouries)
Sun, 31st: Community Investment Operating Grant
Sun, 31st: Community Initiatives Grant
Sun, 31st: Suncor
Sun, 31st: BMO Kids N' Motion
Sun, 31st: Canadian Tire Foundation

November

Tues, 2nd: Board Meeting (WECA)
Wed, 10th - 14th: Canadian Finals Rodeo program sales (Rexall Place)
TBA: Community Investment Operating Grant application deadline
TBA: Achievement Days (WECA)
TBA: End of the Fall Session (WECA)

December

Tues, 7th: Board Meeting (Prince of Wales Armouries)
Fri, 31st: Community Spirit Grant
TBA: Sheriffs Posse Casino
TBA: Ronald McDonald House Grant

A Tribute to Edward Carson

On May 29, 2008, we had to say goodbye to one of our most beloved Instructors at Little Bits, Ed Carson. Ed joined Little Bits in 1976 as a volunteer. He became the Head Riding Instructor in 1983 until 1986 when he went on to dedicate more time to his teaching career at Ecole St. Angela. Read More

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