Our Sponsors

Ralph Connor United Memorial Church

Since the very beginning of CYAN (2018), Ralph Connor has assisted with CYANs growth and expansion and serves as our fiscal agent. The Friends of CYAN mentors also assist with accounting, HR, grant reporting, and more.

The Rotary Club of Canmore

Since the beginning of CYAN (2018), The Rotary Club of Canmore has been a grant donor, supporting various areas from mental health to pasta nights. In 2024, CYAN received funds to begin environmental, life skills, and political programming.

Wim & Nancy Pauw Foundation

Since 2023, the Wim & Nancy Pauw Foundation has been a strong supporter of CYAN, providing $30,000 to fuel our operational growth and capacity. These funds have also enabled us to offer highly subsidized sporting events for the CYAN network, resulting in over 20 successful hosted events.

Banff Canmore Foundation

Over the past 6 years, the BCF has played a pivotal role in CYAN's growth, providing crucial funding for all of CYAN's core programming, including yoga in the park and pasta nights. In 2024, CYAN received funding to offer affordable monthly mental health programming and to cover operational costs.

Town of Canmore

The town of Canmore, including the mayor and councilors, has been a continuous supporter of CYAN over the past 6 years, offering mentorship, funding, and community support. In 2024, CYAN received funding to sustain our core programming of Pasta Nights, which regularly host over 100 young adults every two months with locally donated foods.

Alberta Health Services

As part of the Bow Valley Young Adult Coalition, which focuses on weekly yoga nights for addiction and prevention purposes, we collaborate with over 10 community and non-profit members dedicated to young adults' health in the Valley. In 2024, we received $5000 from Alberta Health Services to sustain these vital weekly yoga evenings.

Canmore Brewing Company

The Canmore Brewing team has been a significant supporter of CYAN events, fundraising, and activities. CYAN collaborates with the Canmore Brewing team to host 10+ events annually, focusing on social arts and crafts, informative wildlife information sessions, and life skills classes like Taxes 101. CYAN looks forward to partnering with CB for the August 2024 Give Back Tap event, which will help support CYAN's fundraising efforts.

The Yoga Lounge

The Yoga Lounge has been our venue for amazing yoga evenings over the past two years, where we gather 20+ young adults weekly to enjoy sessions with new yoga instructors in the Valley.

Pasta Night Food Donors

Pasta Night has been a core program of CYANs for 6 years, with over 30 hosted pasta evenings and over 3000 community members attending. We could not do it without the support of local businesses providing food donations for each night: Save On Foods, Canmore Pasta Co, Valbella Gourmet Foods, Evoolution Oils, and JK Bakery.

Program Venues & Facilitators

Thank you to the venues who continue to host CYAN programming: CanMore Together, Canmore Public Library, Sheepdog Brewing, Communitea, Wildlife Distillery, The Coast Hotel, The Blake, CanGolf, Eclipse Coffee Roasters, artsPlace, and many more! We couldn’t host the programming we continue to do without the facilitators, guides, and speakers. Thank you to: Trish Tutton, Let’s Get Artsy (Natalie), Haley Potter Studios, Mayor Krausert, TrailSports, Kananaskis Outfitters, White Mountain Adventures, BV SUP, and many more.