Sport, Recreation & Wellness for All Campaign Donors
Part of the Trent Team
Trent’s Sport, Recreation & Wellness for All Campaign
FOUNDER $1 MILLION and ABOVE
PARTNER $25,000 TO $49,999
ASSOCIATE $10,000 TO $24,999
City of Peterborough LEADER $50,000 TO $99,999
Dan Coholan & Sarah Mills Cremers Brothers Electric Ltd. Steven and Dawn Franklin Thomas Miller & Barbara Chisholm Shore Tilbe Perkins + Will
Bell Canada Bill & Joanne Byrick Michael Cullen & Lisbeth Shaw-Cullen Don C. Cumming Darling Insurance Lazer Graphics Todd McKendrick
Aramark Canada Limited Fred Sherratt
NOTE: Full listings of all Trent University donors will be available in the fall 2010 issue of the Report on Philanthropy and online at www.trentu.ca/rop
SPONSOR $5,000 TO $9,999 Peterborough Merit Precision Jr. ‘A’ Lakers Lacrosse Peterborough Minor Lacrosse Association Peterborough Sr. ‘A’ Lakers Lacrosse Ronald McDonald House Charities Swish Maintenance Limited Gary & Ruth Wolff
John Butcher Brian Holland Neil & Claire Horne Rob Marland & Jane Forsyth Barbara McGregor & Family Brent Norrey Don O’Leary Tom Phillips Ted and Jane Staunton
Trent’s Sport, Wellness & Recreation for all Campaign By the Numbers Part of a $16 million total investment for new construction and refurbishment Total Fundraising Goal…………. $4M Total Raised to Date….. 38% ($1.52M)
Encouraging Healthy Lifestyles at a Young Age Corporate Community Invests in Future Trent Athletes “It seemed like a natural fit to help this worthy cause,” says Peter Blodgett, president of Darling Insurance, referring to his company’s partnership with Trent University to offer new financial awards for student athletes. “I believe the impact is that it helps the future of people in our community and our country to achieve their dreams and aspirations by receiving an education.” Darling Insurance is one of four local businesses to invest in the future of athletics at Trent as important donors to the campaign for the new Trent Community Sport & Recreation Centre. Darling Insurance, Cremers Brother Electric Ltd., Shore Tilbe Perkins + Will, and Swish Maintenance Ltd., have each given significant gifts to establish the first Athletic Financial Awards (AFAs) at the University, to help Trent attract and support the best and brightest student athletes. “Virtually all students these days need financial assistance to attend
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university and this is even truer for the varsity level athlete,” says Brian Greer, athletics recruiter for Trent, explaining that top level athletes can incur additional expenses related to travel, team registration and uniforms, and have even less time available to take on part-time employment during the year. “As a recruiter, I can personally attest to the fact that the availability of financial awards is of utmost concern to most prospective student athletes and their parents when deciding which university to attend. Having these financial awards in place puts Trent on competitive footing with other universities when it comes to recruiting top athletes.” As part of the Sport, Recreation & Wellness for All Campaign, Trent’s goal is to create a new $200,000 endowment for Athletic Financial Awards. Through the generosity of the corporate community to date, and the matching funds provided through the Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS) program,
that goal has not only been met, but exceeded. The first AFAs will be awarded to incoming Trent student athletes with a record of strong academic achievement in the 2011/12 academic year. With an eye to assisting the local community, many of the awards created by the corporate donors are geared specifically towards providing assistance for athletes from Peterborough and area high schools. “The implementation of financial awards is part of an exciting new winning strategy for Trent that all at the University and in the community can take part in,” Mr. Greer says.“ To quote former Peterborough MP, professor emeritus and campaign co-chair Peter Adams, “It will make you want to be a part of the Trent team.””
Spring Schools Mini Camp Program Introduces Children to Physical Fitness and the Outdoors “We want to encourage our community to be involved in the campus. One way we can do this is by providing local children with access to sport as well as education about the benefits of sport,” says Melanie Sedge, coordinator of Camps and Campus Recreation at Trent. The Spring Schools Mini Camp Program, a spin-off of the popular and long-standing Trent Summer Sports Camp (TSSC), is one example of how Trent University is achieving this goal – offering Peterborough’s elementary school children the opportunity to spend a day at Trent using and exploring the outdoor and indoor athletic facilities. The program is linked to school curriculum and offers an exciting alternative to the classroom. Teachers choose modules that complement their current school activities and the interests of their students. “This program provides an opportunity for students in our community to experience fun and friendship while learning new skills in a camp atmosphere. Enthusiastic leaders promote team work, physical and social skills, as well as respect for the environment,” says Dana Barker Gee, who helped kick-start the program. Inspired by her own experience as a child in the TSSC, she began organizing and
planning trips to Trent for elementary school children on a regular basis. “It’s important to introduce kids to a healthy lifestyle at a young age” says Ashley Lehman, a TSSC staff member who coordinated the Mini Camp last spring. “The kids get a great day full of team building activities. We also get to show them what the University has to offer and illustrate that there are many aspects of education. Some people will never get to experience Trent if they don’t attend the University; this program a great way to show to some of our elementary school kids what they can work towards.” Since being launched in 2008, more than 1,500 children from over 50 schools have participated in the program. And with the revitalization and expansion of the Trent Community Sport & Recreation Centre, which includes even more fitness facilities, like the outdoor pavilion, climbing wall and refinished pool, currently underway, the success and popularity of this program is sure to expand and grow.
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