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Month: March 2017

The Building for Life Fund

March 31, 2017Leave a comment

Every April, GEF Seniors Housing holds its Building for Life Breakfast Fundraiser, which is the Foundation’s biggest event of the year. In 2016, GEF Seniors Housing raised more than $100,000 in sponsorships and donations from this single fundraising breakfast. “We work with a lot of different contractors and consultants and other companies to help our … Continue reading The Building for Life Fund

GEF Connects at Farmer’s Markets

March 24, 2017Leave a comment

During the summer of 2016, GEF Seniors Housing tried something new to connect with more of the communities surrounding its buildings and construction sites. As GEF Seniors Housing’s Public Relations Manager Chris Schieman explains, the idea came from a bit of an unlikely source. “When we talked about connecting with the community, what popped into my … Continue reading GEF Connects at Farmer’s Markets

Love Grows at Beverly Place

March 17, 20171 Comment

Ruby Gibeault has spent the past 12 years living at Porta Place apartments in Edmonton’s Beverly Heights neighbourhood. She made the choice to move out of her house near Commonwealth Stadium and was immediately drawn to the community around her new apartment. If you ask her what she thinks of the East end area she … Continue reading Love Grows at Beverly Place

GEF Attends ATB Culture Day

March 10, 2017Leave a comment

Every month, ATB Financial holds ATB Culture Day for the newest members of its staff. The event is hosted by Lorne Rubis, ATB’s Chief Evangelist, and is meant to show the newest members of ATB’s staff what they as an organization value. For a bank, it’s easy to assume the values would start and end … Continue reading GEF Attends ATB Culture Day

PEGASIS Rides to the Rescue of Isolated Seniors

March 3, 2017Leave a comment

This is a story that was originally published in the February 2017 edition of Edmonton Prime Times. Shanika Donalds knows better than most the harsh impacts that social isolation can have on seniors. Her role with GEF Seniors Housing as Community Supports Manager was created to help address the issue of social isolation in the seniors living … Continue reading PEGASIS Rides to the Rescue of Isolated Seniors

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