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Community Foundation News


No. 71 July 26, 2007



Since the last Newsletter:

New Directors:
  • JoAnn Chisholm - Souris
  • Marie Salomoun-Dunne - Summerside

Executive for 2007:
  • President - Norman Carruthers
  • Past President - John Robinson
  • Vice president - David Campbell
  • Treasurer - Myron MacKay
  • Secretary - Don Glendenning

Annual Report for 2006 available at Foundation office (892-3440)

The Second Annual Reception for US visitors was held at the Culinary Institute of Canada on July 4, 2007

The Living Memorial Trust was launched on July 21 at The Wood Islands. entrance to the Confederation Trail

The inaugural planting, in memory of Dr. Charles Keuper, under the Living Memorial Trust, was held at the entrance to the Confederation Trail at Wood Islands on July 21.

Regional Conference
Norman Carruthers and Don Glendenning attended the recent Regional Conference of the Community Foundations of Canada at Memramcook, NB


  The Summer Islanders Committee held its first two lectures at Victoria Playhouse, the first with Wade MacLaughlan, President of the University of Prince Edward Island and the second with David Keenlyside, Executive Director, PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation

Upcoming activities include:

July 31 - Victoria- Protecting the Island's natural places so PEI stays special - Dianne Griffin, Chair, Atlantic Board, The Nature Conservancy of Canada
Aug.6 - UPEI- A social for Summer Islanders
Aug.14 - Victoria- Whose shore is it? The uncertain future of the PEI coastal landscape - David Sisam, Founding Partner, Montgomery Sisam Architects, Toronto, and PEI Summer resident.

New Funds
  • Women.s Probus Fund of Charlottetown
  • Arts and Heritage Stabilization Fund Endowment

Community Reporter
The latest Community Reporter is now being distributed. Phone the office (892-5859) if you have not received a copy.


The Foundation News is an informal newsletter edited and published electronically by, and at the whim of, Don Glendenning. Think of it as a letter from a friend. Feel free to send it to a friend or otherwise let me know that you want to be on the mailing list. Address: don@glendenning.net the foundation email address is foundation@cfpei.ca.


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