A Message from our Executive Director

I am pleased to announce that Elanor Delaney has joined Bow Cliff as our new Office Manager. Elanor is a recent graduate of Ambrose University and will be a great addition to our organization. Please give her a warm welcome.

Thank you to all who participated in the “Bowling Stones III” fun lawn bowling tournament and the “Holy Bowls” members social in June. Special thanks to the Calgary Lawn Bowling Club and their volunteers who generously hosted the lawn bowling for the over 150 members, super members and guests.

Thank you to our sponsors of the Canada Day and Stampede fundraising luncheons on July 3^rd and 10^th. Your support of these sponsored lunches goes a long way in helping our incredible lunch bunch maintain great lunches for our regular Wednesday luncheons for only $12. 

As a reminder, our first ever Bow Cliff 50+ excursion is the “Countryside of the Emerald Isle” trip to Ireland, scheduled for May 1 to May 10, 2025. We are partnering up with Collette and Omega National Travel for this guided tour. Please contact the office for more details of this exciting trip.

Our funding from the City of Calgary is dependent on our participation in the FCSS member surveys. We ask every new member of our organization to fill out the initial survey and the City has asked that we do a follow-up shorter survey every 6 months. The non-identifying information that we collect from you gets inputted directly into their database and is then shredded by us. We desperately need your cooperation and support for these surveys because quite frankly, our $100,000 per year funding is dependent on us maintaining strong participation rates in the survey collection. We can’t afford to risk having this funding reduced or cut completely.

As always, thank you to all of our volunteers who continue to make Bow Cliff one of the best 50+ activity Centres in the City.

Wishing you all safe travels and a wonderful summer.