Donor Opportunities
Currently, the Foundation has three exciting donor opportunities:
- Preserve your family's name and history in the Hotel Selkirk
- Adopt a Painted Pony on the 1920s Carousel
- Donor Bench Program in Fort Edmonton Park
Preserve
Your Family's Name & History in the Hotel Selkirk
Sponsoring a room in the Hotel Selkirkgives you the unique opportunity to preserve your family's name and history in Fort Edmonton Park, while supporting future projects within the Park.
The original Hote Selkirk, an Edmonton landmark for many years, was located on the corner of 101 Street and Jasper Avenue. Originally built in 1903, the Hotel Selkirk was first known as the Windsor Hotel. Many of the guests were visitors of "means" and many "people of note" were among the registrants.
The reconstructed Hotel Selkirk resides on the corner of 1905 and 1920 Street in Fort Edmonton Park. The Hotel Selkirk is fully functional - complete with 28 Heritage Rooms, 2 Selkirk Suites, Johnson's Cafe, and the Mahogany Bar. For the first time ever, guests can spend the night in the Park - 1920s style. Each room in the Hotel combines 1920s style and sophistication with a limited number of modern ammenities, such as private baths and telephone access.
Your Hotel Selkirk donation of $20,000 gives you the opportunity to honour your own family heritage in the Hotel Selkirk with the following benefits:
- Your family's history will be written and placed in your family room for the enjoyment of room guests. Once we are in receipt of all family histories a compilation of them will be published in the Hotel Selkirk Family Histories commemorative book, which will be available for purchase by the general public;
- A plaque bearing your family name (26 characters max, subject to the approval of the Foundation) will be installed on the exterior of the room door
- A plaque bearing your donor name will be added under the appropriate donor category to the donor wall on the Partner's Gate at the entrance to Fort Edmonton Park; and
- You will receive a tax receipt for the full amount of your contribution.
Donation Amount:
Heritage Room: $20,000
Payment plans are available.
For more information on preserving your family's name and history in the
Hotel Selkirk, please download the brochure
(requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader) or contact the Fort Edmonton Foundation at:
Phone: (780) 496-6977;
Fax: (780) 496-6979;
E-Mail;
Regular Mail: Box 67112 Meadowlark RPO Edmonton, AB T5R 5Y3.
For more information on accommodations or rentals at the Hotel Selkirk, please visit their web site www.hotelselkirk.com.
All Selkirk room donations support future projects in Fort Edmonton Park.
Adopt
a Painted Pony on the 1920s Carousel
When you adopt a carousel horse or chariot on the Fort Edmonton Carousel, you receive the following donor benefits:
- You will have the opportunity to re-name your horse/chariot;
- A sign bearing your donor name and the name of the horse/chariot will be installed on the carousel, in front of the horse/chariot;
- A plaque bearing your donor name will be added under the appropriate donor category to the donor wall on the Partner's Gate at the entrance to Fort Edmonton Park;
- You will receive a tax receipt for the full amount of your contribution.
Carousel Components Available for Adoption
- Chariot: $15,000
- Middle-row Horse Sultan: $12,500
- Inner-row Horse Buddy, Copernicus, Flame, Low Down Trick: $10,000 each
Payment plans are available.
For more information on supporting a component of the 1920s Carousel, please
contact the Fort Edmonton Foundation at:
Phone: (780) 496-6977;
Fax: (780) 496-6979;
E-Mail;
Regular Mail: Box 67112 Meadowlark RPO Edmonton, AB T5R 5Y3.
All Carousel donations support future projects in Fort Edmonton Park.
The Fort
Edmonton Donor Bench Program has been established to offer individual donors,
groups, or companies the opportunity to recognize special events and honour
friends or loved ones through the a park bench. Proceeds from this program
go toward capital projects within Fort Edmonton Park.
As a bench donor, you will receive the following benefits:
- A 1.5" x 9" cast plaque bearing wording of your choice (up to 101 characters) will be installed on the bench;
- You can select from a number of predetermined locations based on the Master Plan;
- You will receive a family guest pass to Fort Edmonton Park to view your bench;
- A plaque bearing your donor name will be added under the appropriate donor category to the donor wall on the Partner's Gate at the entrance to Fort Edmonton Park; and
- You will receive a tax receipt for the full amount of your contribution
For more information on the Donor Bench Program, please download the brochure
(requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader) or contact the Foundation at:
Phone: (780) 496-6977;
Fax: (780) 496-6979;
E-Mail;
Regular Mail: Box 67112 Meadowlark RPO Edmonton, AB T5R 5Y3.
All bench donations support future projects in Fort Edmonton Park.