Support the Finance Committee Recommendation to invest in amateur sport - please circulate this request
The Finance Committee has recommended that the federal government allocate $30 million annually for five years to finance the Canadian Olympic Committee's Road to Excellence Program. Send a letter to the Minister of Finance before February 18th in support of this Recommendation. Click here to see a sample to help you focus your unique message but please make it your own!

Support development of a Canadian amateur sport television network - please circulate this request
The Canadian Olympic Committee has launched an initiative to apply for an English language national digital broadcast license to operate as the Canadian Amateur Sports Network. To offer your support for the applications of these licenses, please click here.

Call for Volunteers - 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Olympics
With less than two years to go, members of the public can now apply, online, to volunteer for the Games. For more information, click here.

Workshop - Aboriginal Coaching Manual
The Aboriginal Sport Circle will deliver an educational workshop to increase awareness of the Manual and its relevance in the Canadian Sport System. The session is scheduled for March 7 at the Ramada Inn, 11834 Kingsway, Edmonton. Contact Ted Hodgson at (780) 585-3343 for more information.

Little League Baseball Registration
Little League will be holding registration in February and March. Click here to see the various dates and locations.

Subway Coronation Triathlon - May 25
Participate in or volunteer at this community event. Registration started February 1. For more information, click here.

Canadian Athletic Hockey School - August 11-29
An information brochure is now available for the 2008 summer hockey school.

City of Edmonton Salute to Excellence Awards
The Salute to Excellence Committee is currently gathering nominations to recognize and honour Edmonton’s most outstanding citizens who, through their participation in sports, have made exemplary contributions to the quality of life in Edmonton. Deadline for submission is February 22, 2008.

Sports Travel Grant
Sport travel grants assist Edmonton residents with the cost of travel to western Canadian, national or international sports championships in which they compete. For more information, click here.

City of Edmonton Hosting Grants
The 2007 application and guide for the Hosting Grant program is available on the City's website.

The Members version of this e-news also provided information on:

• gaming workshops
• fund raising workshop
• coaching grants
• leadership training
• Board leadership workshop
• sponsorship workshop
• facility funding program

Sport Jobs
If your organization has a job opening, please email the details or link to George.

Daily Sport News
The ESC News Releases page links to current reports and articles of interest to the Edmonton sport community. For more information, click here.

Sport in Provincial Election 2008
Ask your candidates as to their position on increasing sport funding through the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation and updating the Alberta Sport Plan as we approach the second decade of the 21st century. For a summary of the peripheral and specific sport references in each party's platform or policies, click here.

ACTIVATE 2008 National Youth Leadership Conference
ACTIVATE 2008 is Motivate Canada’s 4th Annual - National Youth Leadership Conference and all youth between the age of 16-22 are encouraged to apply! Application deadline is Feb. 22. For more information, click here.

Call for Applications
2008 Beijing Olympic Youth Camp
The program runs from August 2 to 18, 2008 and is open to anyone aged 16 to 18 as of June 30. Deadline for applications is Feb. 27. For more information, click here.

Job Opportunity with Alberta Team Handball Federation
Administrative Coordinator. For more information, click here.

Seeking Olympians & Paralympians to help promote Edmonton
As the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics approach, Edmonton Tourism and Travel Alberta International are developing a video highlighting short testimonials by local athletes on why they love Alberta - and in our case, why they love Edmonton. If you're a local Olympian or Paralympian (previous or hopeful), contact Kelly (969-0481) or Jenifer (917-7890).

Tax Time - remember to claim sport expenses for children!
Line 365 - Children's fitness amount: You can claim, up to $500 per child, the fees paid in 2007 that relate to the cost of registering your child, or your spouse or common-law partner's child, in a prescribed program of physical activity. The child must have been under 16 years of age at the beginning of the year. For more information, click here.

Line 214 Child Care Expenses: You or your spouse or common-law partner may have paid for someone to look after your child so one of you could earn income, go to school, or conduct research in 2007. The expenses are deductible only if, at some time in 2007, the child was under 16 or had a mental or physical impairment. For more information, click here.

Note: You may have paid an amount that would qualify to be claimed as child care expenses (line 214) and the children's fitness amount. If this is the case, you must first claim this amount as child care expenses. Any unused part can be claimed for the children's fitness amount as long as the requirements are met.

Volunteer - Canadian Francophone Games Edmonton 2008
The volunteer division has set a goal to recruit 500 volunteers and draw English clients to volunteer at this event. For more information, click here.