SI of Central Alberta

Charter Year: 1988

SI Central Alberta is well known for organizing the International Women's Day Luncheon each year on March 8th, featuring speakers and awards. We are energetic in our volunteering activities, which include the Festival of Trees, Taste of Red Deer, highway cleanup of 3 km stretch of Highway 2, and Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter Playhouse Raffle, to name just a few.

We sponsor a successful "Golf Clinic for Women" annually in June. Proceeds from our fundraising events have supported the Red Deer Regional Hospital, Red Deer College Library, Loves and Fishes, Children's Services Center, Habitat for Humanity and various other local community agencies.

The SI Central Alberta was chartered by the SI of Calgary in 1988.

How many members -- 18 members

Business Meeting Information

Program Meeting Information

Special Members - Past and Present

Joanne BuckleyPast Region Parliamentarian

Women's Opportunity Award

Giselle Kutrowkski is this year's recipient.

Violet Richardson Award

Elyse Merriman is this year's recipient.

Making a Difference for Women Award

Mary Anne Jablonski is this year's recipient.

Awards Luncheon

Central Alberta's Awards Luncheon took place on March 8th at the Red Deer Legion. Each year this club holds their awards celebration on International Women's Day, March 8th.

Main Fundraiser

The Main Fundraiser is the November Pajamas & Pearls Dinner on the first Tuesday of November.

History of Red Deer

The City of Red Deer takes its name from the river that flows through it. With the establishment of Fort Calgary by the North West Mounted Police in 1875, traffic began to increase along the Calgary and Edmonton Trail.

At the turn of the century, the community experienced a surge of massive growth as large numbers of settlers flooded into the area to take up homesteads. In 1901, when Red Deer was incorporated as a town, the population stood at 343. By 1913, when Red Deer was incorporated as a city, the population had jumped to nearly 2800.

After the World War II, the discovery of significant oil and natural gas fields in central Alberta pushed Red Deer into a prolonged boom. The petroleum service industry became an increasingly important part of the local economy. In the late 1950s, Red Deer claimed to be the fastest growing city in Canada.

After a lull in growth in the early 1970s, another boom for The City accompanied the construction of world-scale petrochemical plants east of The City at Joffre and at Prentiss. Currently, Red Deer is a very modern city with a population approaching 80,000. It has excellent recreational facilities, a college, a large regional health care centre and extensive convention and exhibition facilities. It is an ideal community for both the residents and businesses here.