All,
Thank you for your continued support of our Curling Club.  Our members have been extremely generous over the years and we want to thank you for that.
In the spirit of that we have reviewed our refund policy and have edited it to hopefully help those who are finding these times financially troubling. We have decided that all current members will receive 75-80% of their fees back instead of the 50 or 75% that the refund policy would have allowed them.  We are also going to wave the $20 administration fee. But as you know, when we developed this policy we never imagined how unprecedented this season would end up going.
So, if you can afford to donate some or all of those fees back this season, it will help the club tremendously. However, we absolutely understand if you cannot.
The provincial government has come up with a program to allow a tax receipt for your donation, even though we are not a registered charity.  This requires us returning your refund to you.  Then you have to donate an amount of your choice to the Alberta Government and allocate it to us.  This amount may be less or more then your refund.  We get the donation from the government and you get a tax receipt.  It takes some paperwork from both parties, but is beneficial to both.
We respect every individual curler of their refund choice and their individual situation.
Please submit your refund form by the March 10 deadline.  A link to the form can be found on our website https://westridgecurlingclub.ca
No response will be considered a donation after March 15, 2021.
We are looking at about a $34,000 deficit this season which includes the full refunds.  This will put us about 4 years behind our fiscal financial budget.  It still cost us the same to operate this season as the utilities, insurance, and contracts were in place.
We also have a roof and the kitchen heat exchanger to replace, which our provincial grant dictates we must have completed before May, 2022.  This means we have to complete the work this summer, since we cannot do this during a curling season.  It is an approximately $160,000 project, for which we have received an $80,000 grant from the government. Therefore, the project will cost us $80,000.  We had hoped to raise this deficit through fundraising this season.  We still plan on doing some fundraising, but are a little behind with everything going on.
We applied and have received some provincial and federal funding which has helped alleviate some of the financial burden.
Thank you all for your patience this season.  It has been and will continues to be a real struggle for all of us.
Any questions please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The WCC Board

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We have some exciting news to share with everyone!  Curling Alberta has been given the rights to the daily online 50-50 draws which will happen during Curling's Capital Event Series from February 19th to April 25th in Calgary.  There will be over 40 draw dates during the six planned events which include the Scotties, the Brier, Mixed Doubles Nationals, Men's Worlds and two grand slams.  The proceeds of the 50-50 raffle will be used to support Alberta's Curling Clubs and grassroots initiatives. In other words, the bigger the 50-50 pots the more we all benefit!

We are hoping for success on a grand scale but for that we will need your help!  Curling Alberta does not send emails directly to your membership.  We are asking clubs to send out the link below along with your own email asking them to sign up for the daily 50-50 updates.  Please also ask your membership to share the link with family and friends.  The daily emails will highlight some of the winners across the province and provide a link to purchase tickets that day if they so wish.  Hopefully someone in your area wins a big one!  I have also attached a link to the 50-50 frequently asked questions if you would like to include that in your communication.

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