Issue #43 Vol. 35, December 1st, 2009
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University students create 2010 leadership legacy

By Tanya Colledge

 Olympic athletes and students get together to support women’s leadership in Canada

A group of university students from across Canada have brought together twelve internationally renowned athletes in a calendar aimed at raising money for The Antigone Foundation—a Canadian organization working to support young women’s involvement in leadership, politics, activism and feminism. As an effort to leverage the power of female athletes, the 2010 Dreams for Women calendar will help the students raise money for young women's leadership training in Canada and to create a lasting social legacy from the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.

Being a Vancouver-based organization, The Antigone Foundation wanted to do something special to commemorate the 2010 Winter Games and honour Canadian and U.S. female athletes. The organization decided to team up female university students with Olympic female athletes such as Robbi Weldon, member of Canada’s Para-Nordic Skiing team and Angela Ruggiero, member of the American’s Hockey team, to get together to support this important cause.

“We believe the Dreams for Women calendar will be a great way to spotlight the importance of women’s leadership with the help of these famous female athletes,” said Amanda Reaume, executive director of The Antigone Foundation. “We were happy to collaborate with young women across Canada to make the project a reality.”

Expecting to sell over 5,000 copies of the calendar, the foundation plans to use the profits to help fund “Dreams for Women Scholarship”, an award given to young female leaders, and to sponsor a leadership tour across Canada providing leadership training to girls and young women. The calendar will be sold for $20 and will be available on The Antigone Foundation blog or by emailing antigonemagazine@hotmail.com. In addition, the calendars will be sold at the discounted price of $10 to non-profit women’s organizations, in hopes that they will be able to use the calendars to fundraise for their own organizations.