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	<span style="font-size:22px;">Going Big for the Calgary Food Bank</span></h2>
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	November 20, 2013</h3>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">In a city as prosperous as Calgary, it can be hard to believe there are people who can&#39;t afford one of the necessities of life: food. For the employees of Brion Energy, this is a reality we&#39;d like to see change.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">For the second year in a row, Brion Energy challenged its employees to a competition with the aim of helping those Calgarians who cannot afford meals. We turned each of the floors in our office tower into teams and pitted them against each other in a floor-against-floor challenge to raise the most money for the Calgary Food Bank. The creativity and ingenuity of our employees was unparalleled.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">Over one week, our 220+ employees raised a total of $15,947.20 for the Calgary Food Bank. Each floor was judged on the amount of money they raised, creativity in fundraising, and team spirit / sportsmanship. Our Operations team earned bragging rights this year, bringing in an impressive $4,697.95 through a variety of means, including the ever-popular &ldquo;Dress your boss up as a princess for day.&rdquo;</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">&ldquo;When Brion employees decide to get behind something, they go really big,&rdquo; said Kristi Baron, Senior Communications Advisor at Brion Energy. &ldquo;We topped last year&rsquo;s $12,000 donation by almost $4,000, and had a lot of laughs while we did it.&rdquo;</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">Other fundraising initiatives throughout the week of activities included raffles, a chili cook-off, and ano-holds-barred ping pong showdown. The final fundraiser - and arguably one of the most entertaining - was the Pie-a-Peer event. Employees bought whipped cream pies to send to their colleagues companywide. All purchased pies were &quot;delivered&quot; the lucky recipients in a Public Pieing. Not even the CEO escaped the pieing.</span></p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">The Calgary Food Bank plays a crucial role in the fabric of Calgary. The organization&rsquo;s buying power turns every dollar donated into over $4 worth of food. That means Brion Energy&rsquo;s donation could buy over $60,000 worth of food for the 100,000+ Calgarians who access the Food Bank&rsquo;s Emergency Food Hamper Program every year.</span></p>
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					&nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="font-size:18px;">Calgary Food Bank Fast Facts (from 2012)</span></span></h3>
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							The Calgary Food Bank distributed $27.4 million worth of food</p>
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							There has been a 52% increase in client visits since 2008</p>
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							14,471 new clients approached the Food Bank in 2012</p>
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							136,153 Calgarians received food from their Emergency Food Hamper Program</p>
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							43% of clients were children</p>
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							35% of households requesting a food hamper had at least one person employed</p>
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							81% of clients visited three or fewer times, 40% only once</p>
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							100+ people volunteer every day.</p>
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					<strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;For more information on how you can support the Calgary Food Bank,&nbsp;<br />
					&nbsp; &nbsp;visit their <a href="http://www.calgaryfoodbank.com">web site</a>.&nbsp;</strong></p>
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