AEF CAMPAIGN CONNECTION
Investing in People Your donation to the APEGA Education Foundation helps students like Adriana, Kendra, Vidhi and Volodymyr realize their engineering and geoscience dreams
BY CORINNE LUTTER Member & Internal Communications Coordinator
in 2014. The foundation’s long-term goal is to increase the number of APEGA donors from 4,000 to 5,000, and to increase their average donation from $75 to $100. This would boost donations by $200,000 annually. Members like to know they’ve made a difference — and they have. Over the next few pages, we’ll introduce you to four young recipients of AEF funding, who share their dreams for the future, and explain how AEF funding has helped them on their journey.
Each year, the APEGA Education Foundation (AEF) awards approximately 50 engineering and geoscience students almost $200,000 worth of scholarships and bursaries. The foundation — an arms-length, Member-run group — is dedicated to increasing the diversity of the professions and easing the financial burden of students as they pursue their degrees. These scholarships and bursaries wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of APEGA Members, who donated $270,000
HOW TO GIVE
FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE
When you give to the APEGA Education Foundation, you’re investing in the future of the engineering and geoscience professions. Your gift will live on in perpetuity — not only through the endowments created and built through your support, but through the meaningful work of young people entering the profession, creating wealth, sustaining the environment, and enhancing the quality of life in our communities. FOUR METHODS • Attach a cheque for the foundation to your annual APEGA membership renewal form and mail it in. • Donate online any time through the APEGA Member Self- Service Centre. • Donate online or begin monthly donations through CanadaHelps.org. • Download a donation form from the AEF website at apega.ca/AEF and mail in a cheque.
The APEGA Education Foundation’s 2015-2019 business plan aims to: • increase the value of all scholarships and bursaries to $5,000 each, which requires an additional $70,000 annually • double the number of bursaries available to groups that are underrepresented in the professions, including women and Aboriginals, from $55,000 to $110,000 • increase outreach funding from $95,000 to $145,000 annually, to attract more Alberta youth — girls and Aboriginals in particular — into Professional Engineering and Geoscience careers
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