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Status Report

2009/2010 Four to Go Campaign

Campaign Goal: $320,000

Raised to Date: $139,000

44% complete

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R Tesky Auctioneering Ltd

Alberta Lotteries (CIP)

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Updates!

June 2010

Thank-you Mr. & Mrs. Teske

Dick and Phyllis Teske posing by #10

Here is our press release:

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Citizen’s big heart pays off big time

Thanks to the generosity of local retired auctioneer, Dick Teske, seniors and children with special needs like Amy Drysdale have better access to services only available in Calgary such as medical specialists.

General Manager of Rocky View Handibus, Paul Siller knows about turning families away. “It’s not pleasant – more families are asking for transportation help but we have limited resources.” So when Siller got a call in the fall of 2008 from Teske telling him he wanted to donate a bus, he was ecstatic, “All I could say is oh wow, oh wow, oh wow,” says Siller. Winding up Teske Auctioneering Ltd after 40 years, Mr. and Mrs. Teske wanted to give back to the community that supported their family business.

Getting a new bus on the road normally takes about 100 days. However, numerous obstacles including the 2009 shut-down of the auto industry turned that 100 days into 18 months. “It’s a relief to get this new bus finally on the road especially as one of our oldest buses just failed a vehicle inspection,” said Siller.

Teske’s donation also allowed Siller to access matching funds including a $75-thousand dollar grant from the Community Initiatives Program which will help with operational funding over a two year period.

“We really appreciate Mr. and Mrs. Teske’s support, we can’t do this all on own.”

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We got coverage in Chestermere Anchor and in the Rocky View Weekly.

(it is always a good day when we can get a new bus on the road)

May 2010

Reports

We have been a little slow getting these documents onto the website, but here is our summary of last year:

2009 Report To Stakeholders

2009 Audited Financial Statements

Summer 2009

Iain Makes It Official!

In September of 2008, we took delivery of a brand new bus. Due to a bunch of strange circumstances, we never had a chance to take an official possession of the keys. In late June, Iain and his family inspected their contribution. Although Iain lives in Chestermere, his bus has been working in the North Rocky View region, taking schools kids and seniors. By taking about 40% of our trips, Iain's bus frees up other vehicles that we've redeployed to the Chestermere region.

Here is Iain (supported by his dad) handing the keys to Handibus board member Jo Ann Miller.

Thanks Iain

March 2009

Annual Reports

We had our AGM and with the Board's approval, we can present these reports to the public. Many thanks to all the folks who helped get us through yet another year.

2008 financial Statements

2008 Report To Membership

Feb 5, 2009

New Buses

Three to Get Ready

It went into service today, but the keys were handed over on Feb 3 when the MD of Rocky View issued this Press release....

But we've got better pictures. Plus, we unveiled a bus donated by the family of Iain Cullen Ramsay which has been in service since Sept 2008.

It took us about two years to get here. We started with a need for two buses. Then we decided that we needed three vehicles with an estimated $240,000 budget. EnCana was our anchor donation and we beat under the rocks and trees repeatedly to match EnCana's donation over and over and over again!!!. A couple of service clubs pitched in, a concerned Chestermere resident put up a full bus and the the MD of Rocky View independantly decided to apply some leftover infrastructure money for another matching bus (we told them we were on a hunt for three buses).

It should have cost us $240,000 for three full sized vehicles, but somehow we got two full-sized buses and two wheelchair-accessible minivans for a total price of around $200,000 (Note: a single mini van is about half the cost of a full sized bus -- you could say that we "doubled-down").

The key was a favourable exchange rate on the american dollar. That great exchange rate is gone and we have put the leftover funds from our $240,000 towards our next project. Four to go!

Stay tuned for our Four to Go! campaign

See our past news items at the Announcement Archive