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NEW BOOK
The Art of Paul Van Ginkel Volume Two: 40 Years in Business.
12 X 12” hard cover, 300 pages, 250 paintings (10 still available), 64 photos and 7 pages of copy.
$140 + GST. (shipping is extra)
You can send me an e-TF to paulvg@shaw.ca or buy through PayPal.

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2025 CHARITY CALENDAR NOW AVAILABLE
I have partnered with Ron Scott from Big Hearted Cowboys (http://www.bigheartedcowboys.com) to create a calendar in support of KidSport (https://kidsportcanada.ca/alberta/calgary/).

For a $25 (minimum) donation you will receive our calendar featuring my paintings (the open vertical size is 23” X 17”).

A note from Kevin Webster from KidSport:
KidSport Calgary, a local chapter of KidSport, a national charitable organization that is dedicated to eliminating financial barriers to organized sport for children in low-income households. We firmly believe in the many benefits that sport offers to both children and the community, encompassing physical, social, and communal dimensions.

KidSport Calgary aims to provide crucial opportunities for children and youth to develop leadership skills, foster teamwork, encourage collaboration, receive constructive feedback, and enhance physical literacy through sport. These formative experiences serve as the foundation for instilling healthy habits that will positively impact children’s future lives.

KidSport remains unwavering in its commitment: to assist children in need by covering sport registration fees and providing no-cost equipment through our Calgary Flames Sport Bank. We are firm believers in the transformative power of sport participation, which contributes to the holistic development of children's social, mental, and physical well-being. By expanding access to high-quality sports programs, KidSport contributes to the strengthening of both our community and the children who live in it.

KidSport is a proud charity partner of the 2025 Charity Calendar program. We would like to thank long-time friend and supporter Ron Scott for providing us with this great opportunity as well as to local artist Paul Van Ginkel for the time in personally developing and curating the art for this year’s calendar. Sales from the 2025 Charity Calendar will stay right here in our community to support our core programs of providing sport registration fee assistance and no-cost sports equipment to qualified (low-income) kids in Calgary and Area so they are able to play. Our primary objective is to ensure that every eligible child has the financial support necessary to move from the sidelines and into the game, ‘So All Kids Can Play!’ Over 10,000 kids will need our assist through these programs in 2025 and it is unique fundraising partnerships like this that will help us make it all possible.

To purchase a calendar(s) please email Paul at paulvg@shaw.ca, Ron Scott at ron@ronscottfinancial.com or Kevin at KidSport kevinw@kidsportcalgary.ca

$46,000 INDIGENOUS FUNDRAISER
After hearing the horrifying news at the end of May, 2021 about the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in BC, I initiated a fundraiser on June 16th. With your help and donations my goal is to raise $46,000 from the sale of 215 limited edition prints of my 2006 painting “Nature’s Playground” (215 X $215).

As of December 21st, 2022, 141 prints have been sold and $46,110 donated. I’m very grateful for this tremendous support for our beloved Canadian Indigenous community, however, my job is not done. I remain determined to sell all 215 prints and surpass my ambitious goal. Time tends to fade and forget the severity of situations, however, this crisis is far from over as new discoveries continue to be made. This story was Canada’s top news story of 2021, selected by editors in newsrooms across the country.

To participate please donate $215 (minimum) to one of these Indigenous Charities

Printing cost generously donated by Judy Littke (Kamloops, BC)

I would sincerely appreciate you spreading the word.

CHARITY CALENDAR
In 2011, Pat Ward, then President & CEO of Painted Pony Energy, contacted me about publishing a calendar to raise money for charity while promoting my art and his company. The charity he selected was Calgary based www.hopethiopia.com. In the first 9 years of calendars, over $1,050,000 was donated. Despite Pat selling his company in 2020, he and his wife Michelle personally sponsored the 2021 calendar. With heartfelt thanks to the extraordinary support we received, our 10 years of calendars raised over $1.2 million for HOPEthiopia.