The southern Alberta region of Lafarge Canada Inc. donated $50,000 to Lethbridge College in November to support the college’s Trades and Technologies Renewal and Innovation Project through the establishment of the Lafarge Group Meeting Room.
“This donation will provide support to the School of Engineering Technologies as well as students in the Interior Design program and our whole trades program,” says Dr. Sandy Vanderburgh, the college’s dean of the Centre for Applied Arts and Sciences. “All of these students will be working and learning under the same roof, providing an example of collaboration that they will experience again once they are established in their work.”
Globally, Lafarge is the largest producer of cement, second largest producer of aggregates and fourth largest producer of concrete with 1,570 production sites and 65,000 employees in 64 countries. Locally, Lafarge has been providing the southern Alberta region with quality products for over 50 years from its locations in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Brooks and employs up to 75 people.
“Lethbridge College and Lafarge have been working together for many years,” says southern Alberta General Manager Mike Schmidtler. “We wanted to show our support of the new trades and technology facility and specifically the way it uses shared training spaces and common areas for engineering, trades and interior design students. These fields have so much in common – it’s great to see the college facilitating these synergies.” Lafarge sees the donation as a way to let current students – and perhaps future employees – know that it values their education in a quickly-changing professional environment.
30th annual Lethbridge College Golf Tournament a sold-out success
The 30th annual Golf Tournament held in September was described by some players as the “best tournament ever.” Highlights included the A&W Root Beer Floats hole and the President’s Shot – which had Dr. Paula Burns making the first shot on hole nine for a donation. If she made it past the 75-yard mark, the team was granted a huge advantage to finish the hole. Thanks to her great work, the college raised an additional $1,000.
One other hole became a good fundraiser – the Heckler’s Hole, featuring Silverback, Gothic Knight, Bulldog and Clam Man from Pure Power Wrestling, who gave the golfers a hard time on the tee box. They’d only be quiet if they received a donation. They proved to be very intimidating (and hilarious) and brought in more than $2,500. This year was the 30th anniversary of the college’s golf tournament, making it the longest running charity golf tournament in southern Alberta.
The college honoured 30 of the longest attending guests the night before the tournament, including the longest attending guest, Richard Davidson, who has attended 29 years. The college extends its thanks to those who helped make the 30th anniversary so memorable.
