Enactusturning obstacles into opportunities

2012 - 2013Mount Royal

Annual Report

ReCreateNeed Approach Empower

Results

Calgarians produced 199,000 tonnes of waste in 2011, 28% of which was recyclable material

Children are unaware of local environmental issues and how they contribute to them

Partnered with a local fine arts school to teach 120 grade 6 students about upcyling and entrepreneurship

Created and sold upcycled products

Taught students how to tackle environmental and social issues through entrepreneurship

Kids selected a local charity to give the proceeds to and chose Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids Society

Quality of Life

Students increased their confidence in business skills and realized their full entrepreneurial potential

Inspired others to make lasting environmental changes and diverted 1,600 items from the landfill

Standard of Living

Through Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids Society, students provided lunches to 1,350 other students in need

Established 4 student businesses that continued beyond the project

Sustainability

Lasting partnership with Willow Park School with ReCreate confirmed as a program for the next two years

Developed a spinoff program for grade 8 students called Hearts, Minds, Wallets

Fisher FarmsNeed Approach Empower

Small farms struggle to be successful and each year numerous farms fail

Farmers are often too busy working on their farms to fully develop their business

Worked with Fisher Farms to identify new revenue streams

Helped develop a sustainable action plan to reach new customers and explore additional streams of revenue

Equipped Fisher Farms with the business basics to bring stability to their farm

Results

Quality of Life

Built confidence in their business skills by teaching them fundamental strategies

Gave the family new hope for the future

Standard of Living

Helped increase sales by connecting Fisher Farms with local restaurants

Launched a food box product as an alternate stream of revenue

Sustainability

Continued partnership between Fisher Farms and Enactus

Developed a strategic business model that can be replicated on other small farms

EmpowerUNeed Approach Empower

Results

Life in the sex trade brings extreme social challenges

Many women only have a grade 9 education and lack basic financial literacy and job skills

Taught goal setting, budgeting, banking, savings and credit

Developed job skills through resume writing and interview preparation

Gave 33 women the tools to successfully reintegrate back into society

Quality of Life

Improved participants’ confidence and self-esteem

Inspired education and career goals

Standard of Living

2 participants enrolled in post-secondary education as a result of the program and are working towards a brighter future

Sustainability

Continuous partnership with SAS

Developed a $6,000 scholarship fund to help women further their education

Testimonials I now see myself as a determined, self-motivated, self-sufficient, confident and intelligent woman who is defying all odds to achieve success.

EmpowerU Graduate

Students learned so much about their environment, about marketing and creativity, and about who they are as learners.

Leslie RobertsonPrinciple, Willow Park School

On EmpowerU...

On ReCreate...

I already put into place an effective monthly budget for myself using the model from EmpowerU and I have opened a tax-free savings account.

EmpowerU Graduate

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