ENMAX - Community Involvement

Community Involvement

In 2011, ENMAX invested over four million dollars in sponsorships and community investment throughout Alberta. ENMAX believes in helping communities thrive. The Community Investment and Sponsorship team reaches out to the community with programs and initiatives that align with their focus areas of youth, the environment and safety.

ENMAX is proud to support Pond Hockey and Rinklighter programs. Pond hockey gives children in communities around Alberta the chance to meet and skate with local hockey celebrities including players from the Calgary Flames, Calgary Hitmen, the Red Deer Rebels, the Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Edmonton Oil Kings. The Rinklighter program provides energy rebates for communities who operate an outdoor icerink, which cuts the communities energy costs while providing a safer environment for children.

Grassroots employee movements within ENMAX brought impressive results in 2011. Over $31,000 was donated to victims of the destructive tsunami in Japan, $280,000 was raised in the annual ENMAX United Way Campaign, and $30,000 was raised to support scholarships in honour of their fallen co-worker, Nathan Haase.

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