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Investing in Community Energy
Pengrowth delivers outstanding
unitholder value by making strategic oil and natural gas
investments, improving the quality of maturing assets
and enabling our team members to find new ways of
improving performance through creativity and ingenuity.
Pengrowth also delivers unitholder value by investing in
the communities in which we operate. In 2008,
Pengrowth’s community improvement efforts were further
enhanced with the introduction of our company’s
Community Investment Guidelines. These guidelines
strengthen relationships with key stakeholders and
contribute to communities impacted by our operations.
Today, Pengrowth provides funding for community partners
in key areas that include education, health, leadership
development, significant community need, and youth sport
organizations. It is our goal to partner with
organizations that develop life-long skills that include
community and character development and leadership
training.
Pengrowth Management Limited and Pengrowth Corporation
are proud of the partnerships and initiatives listed
below:
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Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta (KCCFA)
In 2008, Pengrowth continued to support the KCCFA,
contributing to the one of the largest childhood cancer
research initiatives in the country. The Foundation now
offers more than 20 year-round and summer camp and
community outreach programs to Alberta families. KCCFA
is one of the few charities in North America dedicated
to supporting the entire continuum of childhood cancer,
fighting the disease with laughter at camp, the best
hospital treatments available, innovative science
research and post-secondary education scholarships. All
of these components work in unison to provide brighter
futures for sick kids.
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Pengrowth - Nova Scotia Energy Scholarship Program
The Pengrowth Nova Scotia Energy Scholarship Program
provides resources to ensure the success of future oil
and gas industry leaders. Established in March 2005, the
$2 million program is a partnership between Pengrowth
($1.5 million) and the Province of Nova Scotia
($500,000). Since its inception, the scholarship has
provided more than $500,000 to 77 students in the form
of university and trade scholarships, innovation grants
and funding of the Professorship in Petroleum Financial
Management at Saint Mary’s University.
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Pengrowth Cares
In 2008, our company established Pengrowth Cares, an internal program aimed at helping
our employees help the community through hands-on volunteer efforts and charity donation
matching. The goal of Pengrowth Cares is to help create stronger communities and a true sense
of pride by doubling team members’ charity donations and/or volunteer hours served to a total
of $200 per team member per year.
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Aboriginal Relations
Pengrowth recognizes that our development initiatives, goals and operational plans can impact
Aboriginal communities. In 2008, Pengrowth established a set of Aboriginal Relations Guidelines
as part of a consistent approach when considering development plans and operational activities
that impact Aboriginal groups.
An internal process led by Pengrowth Public and Government Affairs has been established to
effectively manage Aboriginal sponsorship and related community donation requests that are
received in a wide array of styles and contain varied amounts of information. These guidelines
also serve as a frame of reference for interested parties when clarifying our company’s
commitment to issues that directly involve Aboriginal communities.
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In addition to these major corporate partnerships, we
invest significant funds in local or community
not-for-profit groups. Often, these partnerships are
identified by our field-based team members, and are
funded by our local operations. Each partnership – big
and small – is important. To submit a request for
funding, either submit your request to the local
Pengrowth field office for review and consideration, or:
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