The Peanut Butter Classic Society consists of a volunteer group of dynamic and dedicated women raising funds for women and children by hosting the Ladies Only Peanut Butter Classic Golf Tournament.
History: PBC was started several years ago as a way for women to help women in need or facing difficult circumstances.

PBC Executive Board
Heather Forsyth - President and Chair
Ann Logue - Vice President
Dianne Cooper Ponte - Treasurer
Franca Best - Secretary

Thank you to outgoing board members:
Carol Dougall
Evelyn Main
Jaime Fettig
Silvana Saccomani
Shona Wilson

Benefit Charities

Youville Recovery Residence

Youville has been helping women in Calgary turn their lives around since 1977.

Youville's mission is to operate residential recovery facilities for women who experience the co-occurring issues of addiction, mental health distress, and a history of abuse.

In a unique home-like setting, Youville promotes recovery by providing its clients with holistic counseling and programming services which strive to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, occupational, and social needs of each client. For women who are mothers and who might otherwise avoid recovery for fear of being separated from their children, Youville additionally offers accommodations and programs which keep families intact and which allow mothers and their children to remain together during recovery.

Originally founded by the Grey Nuns, Sisters of Charity, Youville was named for Canada's first and only saint, Marguerite d'Youville, herself a woman who overcame tremendous hardships to live a life dedicated to helping others.

Today Youville is proud to continue this legacy while operating as a non-denominational society and registered charity, governed by an all-volunteer board of directors.

YWCA Mary Dover House

The YWCA Mary Dover House is an 86-bed transitional home that offers safe, affordable and supportive housing to women and children in times of crisis or transition. In addition to housing, we also offer on-site counselling, referrals and advocacy in an environment that promotes positive change.

Our crisis and transitional housing program is called "supportive housing" because we provide more than a roof over the heads of women and children. In fact, our residents are linked to the YWCA of Calgary's network of services. These include individual counselling, parenting sessions, child care, financial planning classes and the opportunity to develop a variety of life skills, as well as access to wellness services.

The process works. In the end, our clients live free of violence. They reduce their reliance on social assistance, increase their employability, become better parents and are able to contribute to their community and broader society.

Funds raised

Total funds to date: $367,007.77

2004 - Awo Taan Native Women's Shelter - $56,976.84
2005 - Youville $75,500.00
2006 - Aventa $70,000.00
2007 - Mary Dover House $53,910.93
2008 - Youville $71,620.00
2009 - Mary Dover House $50,000

"The Peanut Butter Classic Society is incorporated under the Societies Act (Alberta). Peanut Butter Classic Society has budgeted to receive contributions totaling $79,200.00 in respect of this Event. Peanut Butter Classic Society estimates that its cost of this Event will not exceed $27,300.00."