Vehicles & Violins - 11 Years of Giving
The Calgary Motor Dealers Association is once again very proud to host its Vehicles and Violins Gala in support of worthy Calgary charities. This year, our 12th annual event, we anticipate surpassing the magical $2,000,000 mark in donations made through the Gala in its short history!
Vehicles and Violins first appeared on the Calgary scene in the year 2000, supporting the Heartstrings Program of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and in ensuing years has selected as its designated charities:
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• The CMDA Entrance Endowment Fund at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
• Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta
• Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
• Prostate Cancer Institute of Calgary
• The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT and Nunavut
• Canadian Diabetes Foundation
• Calgary Prostate Cancer Foundation
• Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre
• The Missing Children Society of Canada
• Calgary Drop In & Rehab Centre
• The Parkinson’s Society of Southern Alberta
• Alzheimer Society of Calgary
• Hospice Calgary
• The ALS Society of Alberta
• Alberta Cancer Foundation
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Net proceeds from Vehicles and Violins 2011 will support the Alzheimer Society of Calgary and the Inn from the Cold Emergency Shelter, two highly-deserving charities that are providing extremely valuable service to our community.
We sincerely hope you will accept our invitation to join us in showing your support for these charities by attending the Vehicles and Violins Gala on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 in the BMO Centre at Stampede Park.