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Volume 23 • Number 12
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EDITOR
John Hardy
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Lifetime Philanthropist Honouree, Sam Switzer, in front of the YWCA.
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The Workplace Necessity
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COVER 33 • Outstanding Calgary Philanthropists Meet this year’s Generosity of Spirit Recipients By John Hardy
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