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Originally Posted by Dion
To be fair the ownership group has put a lot back into the community and deserve some credit for that.
Daryl and Don Seaman who generiously donated the money to build Seaman Stadium as well as the Duvernay Rose Tourmaline Field House in Okotoks. Also in 2001, along with his brothers, B.J. and Don, Doc provided $2 million in funding for the establishment of the Seaman Family MR Research Centre at the Calgary Health Region/University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine. In 2007, the centre became home to the neuroArm, the world’s first MRI-compatible surgical robot, which revolutionized neurosurgery and other branches of operative medicine by liberating them from the constraints of the human hand.
Of course there's The Flames foundation.
http://calgaryflamesfoundation.com/who-we-are/ |
Being charitable and active in the community is great but doesn't entitle them to public funds