GOLFING FOR A CAUSE, FOR THE FUTURE
On June 13, 2013, the 24th Annual Trades Golf Tournament raised more than $10,000 to support Changing Futures Foundation’s Project Touchdown.
The foundation has partnered with the Terra Centre for Pregnant Teens to develop Project Touchdown, an initiative that provides safe, affordable housing for teen parents.
Ken Ferchoff, founder of Carrington Group of Companies, established Changing Futures Foundation in 2011. He recognized the need for safe, affordable housing in our community and thus began this non-profit organization that is committed to creating partnerships and opportunities to help underprivileged and marginalized individuals and families. The focus is on giving a hand up not a handout.
Project Touchdown is a four-plex in the Montrose neighbourhood. Once the first group of teens from Terra Centre for Pregnant Teens completes their education and they have stable employment, they will move to traditional housing and Terra Centre will populate the Project Touchdown four-plex with another group. There are plans for more buildings in the future, which hopefully can be built in diversified neighbourhoods in an effort to create balanced communities.
As part of the fundraising effort, Carrington Construction and Bedrock Homes Trades participated in Driven for
Change, a unique fundraising component of the golf tournament. Carrington Group of Companies and Leduc Hyundai provided the grand prize, a 2013 Hyundai Accent. The second prize, provided by Carrington Group of Companies, was a weekend for two at Tower Ranch Golf & Country Club in Kelowna, B.C., complete with flight, hotel, two rounds of golf and a meal voucher at Carrington’s Restaurant. The winner of both prizes was Paul Gutteridge, owner of Sandhills Manufacturing, who has been proudly serving the Edmonton and surrounding areas with quality stairs for over 20 years. Gutteridge plans to pay it forward by raffling the car off among his 50 employees and donating the proceeds to Changing Futures Foundation. This kind of generosity is at the heart of the foundation – volunteers help drive the projects, donations come from throughout the community, and industry partners donate materials and labour. Everyone involved becomes part of the team.
The focus on community is an integral part of Carrington Group of Companies’ philosophy. They have been in operation for more than 40 years and are one of the top residential builders in Edmonton and area. For more information, visit www.carrington.ca and www.changingfutures.ca.