Jim Prentice, MP for Calgary Centre-North and Minister of the Environment,
presented $10,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary for the Ready, Set, Go! Program. 

The gift, from the Jim Prentice Foundation, will go directly to pre-school programs. 
Ready, Set, Go! programs in Bowness and Penbrooke prepare children ages 3 and 4.

The programs use play to support children to: 

                   • Learn to share, solve problems, and to function in a group
                   • Increase language and socialization skills
                   • Develop healthy self-esteem
                   • Learn to label their feelings and use positive strategies to
                     handle emotions (emotional literacy)
                   • Learn empathy for others (anti-bullying initiative)
                   • Participate in a wide variety of activities to enhance physical, 
                     emotional, social, and cognitive development with creativity
                   • Participate in activities to enhance readiness for Kindergarten 
                     including pre-reading, pre-math, and pre-science skills as well 
                     as social and emotional skills

Jim Prentice, left, Diane Reid, Director of Donor Relations, Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary,
and Brian Heald, Chair of the Jim Prentice Foundation