About Us
The Calgary Public Library Foundation
Our mission is to enable the citizens of Calgary to have the best public library in the world.
The Library Foundation was created in 1999 to provide an opportunity for individuals,
businesses and foundations to participate in building a library system for today and future generations.
More than a century ago, Annie Davidson and founding members of the Calgary Women's Literacy Club
stirred our city to action and secured the public and financial support to build the first library in Alberta.
They saw the library as an investment for their families and generations of Calgarians that would follow.
Andrew Carnegie's donation of $80,000 in 1908 helped to build Memorial Park library (a historical sandstone building in our city)
and lives as a legacy of one of Calgary's first large philanthropic gifts.
The Calgary Public Library Foundation is proud of these entrepreneurial roots and we are pleased to carry on this work today.
Funds raised by the Foundation do not replace the Library's core funding, but enhance collections, programs and services.
Through the generosity of our donors, we can help ensure that knowledge, information, programs and services are accessible to all Calgarians.
100% of the net income from Sandstone Energy are directed back into these core library initiatives.
Sandstone Energy
As a locally owned and operated business in Calgary, the Sandstone Energy name was inspired by Calgary's unique history.
In 1886 Calgary looked like most western towns, with a series of wood frame houses, but this changed after the great fire of 1886.
Fire fighters did their best, but a large portion of Calgary burned down in spite of them.
Those who built after the great fire began using materials more fire-proof than wood, this material was Sandstone.
The yellow stone was not only practical, it was attractive. Calgary became known as "The Sandstone City".
We are proud to be born in Calgary and are dedicated to the local community and the residents within it.
Our local team not only has deep roots in the city, but also in Alberta's energy industry.
Today, Sandstone Energy is offering service across Alberta (except for Medicine Hat and some Rural Electrification Association areas).
Russ Hantho, Director, Sandstone Energy
Russ is a Senior Management Leader with extensive experience of Alberta's power industry.
Over the past 20 years he has excelled in the marketing of power products and natural gas pipeline services,
business unit planning, corporate strategy development, and merger integration.
