The Winterization Challenge held November 13, 2010, was a great success!
We were able to help winterize six Bowness family homes, making their homes more energy efficient and comfortable for the cold winter months. We also taught 30 volunteers how to winterize a home, skills and knowledge that they will hopefully be able to apply to their own homes or pass on to other Calgarians. View photos of the event here.
Thank You notes from the homeowners:
To Judi Vandenbrink,
Judi, a big thank you to you and the EcoLiving Winterization Challenge Team! A job well done! Please convey my heartfelt thanks to the sponsors of this project.
A BIG Thank You to:
Clark Eric Tammy Ty Tyler
What an impressive diverse group of young people. An engineer, a student, Totem employee… They were courteous, professional and they ALL went out of their way to help me and my family stay warm this winter. Going above and beyond my expectations; they moved some heavy building supplies that I couldn’t, due to recent surgery. Ty even offered to dust my windows before applying the insulating film. What a great team! There is always the fear of strangers coming into your home and seeing your clutter. My house is currently in shambles due to a stall in some renovations. There are boxes and building supplies everywhere. They had to step over and around many obstacles. They did not judge me nor did they complain. Their parents should be proud.
Tyler I hope you found something to insulate with the spray can of foam.
Ty hope you weren’t too late for work.
I have two regrets; first that I was unable to stay for your luncheon. It would have been nice to get to know such a great group of people. Second of which is that more residents of Bowness did not take advantage of this very worthwhile project.
Thank you to all of the volunteers who donated their time and effort to this worthwhile cause. Thanks also to Chelsea for taking photos.
My next challenge is to keep the dog from pouncing through the plastic on the living room windows. That would be a dog challenge not an eco challenge.
Judi once again thank you. I am looking forward to future projects such as this. I would love to volunteer my time in the future to help repay what wonderful gifts that I was given today.
Sincerely
Vivian Kulyk
This is Merrit Penny, Scott’s wife. First, I just wanted to say Thank You Very Much !! for the work and efforts made by everyone last week at our house. The improvements have made a difference, it’s not as cold and drafty, and with our winter wonderland here in Calgary the timing couldn’t have been better, the house is much warmer. The programmable thermostat is a great addition as well, it’s keeping the house a consistent temperature, instead of warm to hot, then back to cold as we were doing. The house is being kept warm, consistently, it’s really nice.
Thank you for supporting the EcoLiving Winterization Challenge 2010:
Our Sponsors:
- City of Calgary
- Totem Building Supplies (Bowness Branch)
- Servus Credit Union (Bowness Branch)
- Lord Beaverbrook students
- Good Earth Cafe
- Carol and Peter Tracey
- Wayne Baker
Our Volunteers:
Becca, Brendan, Chelsea, Claire, Clark, Dan, Darcie, Darryl, Daryl, Dave, David, Dieter, Eric, Ivor, Jayanthi, Jeff, Jennifer, Joel, Judi, Liz, Margaret, Mira, PJ, Susan, Suzanne, Tammy, Ted, Tyler, Wally, Wayne, Zina
Please contact Judi at info@ecolivingevents.ca for more information on this year’s event, or if you would like to participate or volunteer for next year’s event.
