The kitchen shelves will be packed at Greentree School thanks to a huge donation from Cenovus Energy.
On Wednesday, September 18, Cenovus donated $9,000, spread over three years, to the Greentree School Breakfast Program. The money will be used to help give students, who don’t have breakfast, the most important meal of the day.
Cenovus Energy helped give the Greentree School Breakfast Program a huge boost on Wednesday with a $9,000 three year commitment. Present at the donation were Drumheller Cenovus employee Jen Olsen (left), Breakfast Program co-coordinator Doreen Oliver, Cenovus community investment senior advisor Mandy Bishop, Breakfast Program Coordinator Amber Kennedy, and Greentree School principal Chris Connell.
“We want to help in the communities we work,” said Mandy Bishop, senior advisor for community investment at Cenovus. “Education programs are especially important to us and when we were talking to Doreen originally, we knew it was a good one. We’re happy to be here and be involved. Hopefully this money will go a long way to help the kids in this school.”
Not only did Cenovus donate to the program, they even helped out in the kitchen on Wednesday morning.
“We were able to participate and it was great to see the program in action,” said Bishop.
For the coordinators of the program, the donated funds went beyond their hopes.
“Now we know for three years we have something to go on,” said Doreen Oliver, co-coordinator of the Greentree School Breakfast Program. “Our program here was in bad shape and really needed that extra boost to get back on track.”
By Oliver’s calculations, it costs roughly $75 per day to run the program. However, the cost and effort is well worth it.
“I feel like this is so worthwhile, it gives me a reason to get out of bed. When I retired I lost a little focus, but this really gave me a purpose,” said Oliver.
Anyone wishing to donate or volunteer is encouraged to contact Greentree School at 403-823-5244.
