Date: Thu Mar 26 08:40:43 2009
Subject: Calgary’s Children/Youth to Design Future Transit Passes
From: Calgary Transit Public Information

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             CITYBEAT - CITY OF CALGARY PRESS RELEASE
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As Calgary Transit celebrates its 100-year anniversary, it is
looking to Calgary’s future – its children and youth – to
help design upcoming transit passes. 

In partnership with Child and Youth Friendly Calgary,
YouthScape, The City of Calgary’s Community and Neighbourhood
Services, the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary
Roman Catholic Separate School District, the Calgary Transit
Art Showcase has been developed with this goal in mind.

“Our children and youth are our future and they have some
great ideas,” says Andrew Phung, Program Director for Child
and Youth Friendly Calgary. “Since many of them use Calgary
Transit everyday, we thought it would be appropriate for them
to have a say in something bigger, something that impacts the
entire city!”

Any child or youth in grades one through 12 is eligible to
submit a design based on one of the following themes:

•	Transit into the Future
•	Going Green with Calgary Transit
•	Calgary Transit and Me
•	Transit Connects Communities

A selection committee composed of transit drivers, youth and
a graphic arts professional will select 16 of the submitted
designs to be used on monthly transit passes from September
2009 to December 2010.

Interested children and youth are asked to submit their
designs to Child and Youth Friendly Calgary at 820, 1202
Centre Street S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 5A5 by April 10,
2009. 

Applications are available at www.cyfc.ca.  

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Public Email Contact: 

    3-1-1contactus@calgary.ca

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