GALA TICKETING AND INFORMATION
For inquires about the Gala events and tickets please call the Calgary Motor Dealers Association at 403-974-0707, or email cmda@telus.net. You may also complete and send in the ticket order form attached to the brochure.
Gala tickets are $150 per person, GST exempt, 50% of ticket is tax-receiptable.
Calgary Motor Dealers Charitable Foundation (CMDCF) is a registered charitable organization 751180696 RR0001
Please contact us below for tickets.
Calgary Motor Dealers Association
#107, 11505 – 35 Street SE
Calgary, AB T2Z 4B1
Tel: (403) 974.0707
2020 CHARITY
Discovery House
Discovery House is about hope. From the moment a woman and her children walk through our yellow door, their lives are changed.
Since opening our doors in 1980 as Calgary’s first second-stage shelter, Discovery House has helped thousands of women and children fleeing domestic violence.
As a housing-first agency, we respond to the urgent and immediate needs of vulnerable women and children by facilitating longer-term, safe places for them to call home as they begin to rebuild their lives. While in our care – either in our secure shelter or in the community – each woman and child is supported by a case manager, mental-health specialist, child and youth worker and housing liaison. Counselling, wellness programs, financial literacy classes and education assistance help them gain independence as they overcome trauma.
We prevent future instances of domestic violence by offering innovative and evidence-based programming. Children exposed to violence at a young age are more likely to be perpetrators or victims of abuse later in life, but we are changing the trajectory of their lives for the better by addressing the impacts of trauma early on. Our Child Development Center promotes early learning, positive brain development and mother-child attachment. Our youth programming helps children learn coping skills, self-regulation, self-esteem and confidence. To ensure we’re offering the most effective interventions, we have partnered with researchers at Harvard and the University of Calgary to develop new childhood programming that could play a key role in preventing domestic violence.
We lead the fight against domestic violence as one of Canada’s most trusted charities, recognized for our impact, efficiency and transparency. This year alone, Discovery House was named the top-rated social services charity in Canada on the MoneySense Charity 100, ranked among Canada’s top three women’s shelters by Charity Intelligence, and selected as a top-ten finalist for the Alberta Nonprofit Innovation Awards.
Each year, we serve hundreds of women and children but are forced to turn away even more, due to lack of space and resources. By investing in Discovery House, Calgarians can make a real impact and reverse the rising domestic violence rates in our community.
Non-Profits
Since our first Gala in the year 2000, we have raised more than $4 million for charity! This money has been shared by:
· Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre
· Alberta Cancer Foundation
· Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation
· ALS Society of Alberta
· Alzheimer Society of Calgary
· Calgary Meals on Wheels
· Calgary Prostate Cancer Foundation
· Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
· Canadian Cancer Society, Volunteer Driver Program
· Canadian Diabetes Association
· Children’s Cottage Society
· CMDA Entrance Endowment Fund at SAIT Polytechnic
· Fresh Start Recovery Centre
· Hospice Calgary
· Inn from the Cold Society
· Kids Help Phone
· KidSport Calgary
· Make- A-Wish Southern Alberta Canada
· Parkinson’s Society of Southern Alberta
· Ronald McDonald House Charities
· The Alex
· The Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre
· The Heartstrings Program of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
· The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT and Nunavut
· The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta
· The Missing Children Society of Canada
· The Mustard Seed
· The Prostate Cancer Institute of Calgary
We are extremely proud to work with our members, sponsors, charities and patrons in this highly successful and ongoing endeavor to support incredibly worthwhile and deserving charities in our community.
