There are many ways you can contribute to our school’s success, and make a difference for our school and our students. In our school, this can include providing in-kind donations, contributing cash and lending expertise and technical knowledge. Connect with our principal on what may be appropriate. For more information on ways to give to CBE, visit the Donate page ​on the CBE website.​​​

Martinis & Masterpieces 2025

Every two years our Parent Society funds an artist-in-residence and the finished student paintings are auctioned off to families. This event happens in the off years of the Casino fundraiser. Event combines bidding on art created by local artist Sheila Kernan and the students of EPS, as well as a silent auction and gala format.

This auction fundraising event is scheduled to be held on May 1, 2025 at the Glencoe Club Ballroom.

Please join the parents of Elbow Park School featuring a live art auction of six pieces created by the students under the guidance of local renowned artist, Sheila Kernan. PLUS bar and hors d'oeuvres, silent auction, mingles and a peek into the student’s art process.

Annual Family Contribution Fundraiser

Parents/guardians of Elbow Park School students can make a meaningful difference for our students by participating in our school’s parent society. 100% of the funds raised are used to improve student experiences and educational development at our school including various academic, technology, physical education and arts based residencies and school community events throughout the school year.

These activities have a major impact on the success and enjoyment of children at our school and your contributions help ensure that these extracurricular activities can continue at our school as they are not funded by the CBE.

A participation fee of $80 per family is collected at the beginning of each school year. We also kindly ask parents to consider additional donations above this amount. All donations over $20 are eligible for a tax receipt (including the participation fee).

Elbow Park Parent Fundraising - EducationMatters

Birthday Book Library Campaign

The annual Birthday Book campaign encourages our students to feel connected to reading and helps expand the Learning Commons library and keep it up-to-date. This has been a very successful program at Elbow Park School for many years.

EPS families can choose to participate in the campaign by donating $25 per student. Donated funds are used by the EPS Librarian to purchase brand new books. Participating students get to select which book they would like to designate as donated by them by placing a sticker inside the book jacket with their name on it. Participating students are the first to bring their donated book home to read, then the book enters the EPS library circulation for other students to enjoy.

If you would like to participate, please provide your child(ren)’s first name, last initial and their month and day of birth, and $25 per child. They will select their book at some point during the school year around the time of their birthday. As the minimum donation is $25 per book, your donation is eligible for a tax receipt. Thanks in advance for supporting this very worthy initiative.

Elbow Park Birthday Book - EducationMatters

Bottle Thrive Bottle Drive

  • Help support families in need at our sister school, James Short Memorial, which is located in the community of Penbrook Meadows, through our Parent Society's ongoing bottle drive.
  • Bottle donations are collected from your door throughout the school year and the dollars raised will be distributed to families by way of Superstore giftcards.
  • You can schedule your bottle pick-ups by using the Skip-The-Depot app and connecting to our Elbow Park Parent Society in the list of donors. Click on the Skip-the-Depot instructions on the right margin.

Mountain of Warmth Clothing Drive

Every fall, we collect clothing donations from our Learning Community as donations for our sister school, James Short Memorial School.

Campaign highlights (Oct - Nov):

  • Accepting winter clothing and footwear of ALL SIZES (adults and children)
  • Gently used items to be laundered and in good repair
  • Brand new, packaged underwear and socks
  • Pre-sort and label donations

We are collecting all sizes of clothing and footwear for children and adults, including outerwear as well as warm shirts, pants, socks and underwear.  Please ensure that gently used items are laundered and in good repair (e.g. buttons attached, zippers working). 

New underwear and socks are especially in high demand, so please consider donating new unopened packages. 

To help us collect and distribute items in the safest possible way, we kindly ask: 

  • Tie or pin paired items together e.g. mittens, boots  
  • Pre-sort items according to size and gender into grocery or garbage bags 
  • Label each donation bag (e.g. "7 year old girl" or "Adult male size L”)

Clothing can be delivered to the office, either by your children or an adult at our front door. Please call the office for assistance upon arrival. Thank you so much in advance for helping our friends at James Short stay warm and toasty this winter

​​​Donating to Our School

Ways to give to our school include:

Monetary (cash) Donation
  • I wish to receive a tax receipt for my donation. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more.
    • Visit the EducationMatters online donation webpage to make a donation. (Preferred donation method)
    • Write a cheque payable to EducationMatters  (all one word) and include the name of our school and the specific program, activity or item you want your donation to support in the 'memo' section. Give the cheque to the school or mail it to: EducationMatters, 1221 8 Street SW Calgary, AB T2R 0L4
  • I do not wish to receive a tax receipt for my donation
    • ​Write a cheque made payable to Calgary Board of Education  and include the name of our school and the specific program, activity or item you want your donation to support in the 'memo' section. Give the cheque to the school.
In-kind donations of school supplies or equipment 
  • Please complete this form | In-kind Donations Form
    If you have multiple items in different categories, please fill out the form for each item. This will help us to process your offer more efficiently.

Thank you for thinking of our school!​