Calgary Friends of UPEI Raised More Than $650,000 for Scholarships

Calgary, Alberta -- Wade MacLauchlan, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island, chats with Bill LeClair, founder of the Calgary Friends of UPEI; Bill Andrew, chancellor of UPEI; and George Rogers, a member of the Friends' organizing committee, at the group's annual fundraising event held in Calgary on November 3. Since the Calgary Friends of UPEI began in 1998, the group has raised over $620,000 for UPEI scholarships and bursaries in perpetuity, and has awarded almost $150,000 in scholarships to UPEI students. This year's event raised over $30,000 for the fund.