Back Cast Flood Relief Benefit Film Night (Friday July 19, 2013) - A Look Back

Tracy Maracle (right), Executive Associate and Human Resources Officer, Calgary Foundation, accepting cheques from Michelle Magotiaux, Owner/Operator, Bow River Shuttles, organizer and presenter of Back Cast Flood Relief Benefit Film Night.
Photo, copyright Bow River Shuttles All rights reserved.

Back Cast Flood Relief Benefit Film Night (Friday July 19, 2013) - A Look Back

I’m pleased to report that we were able to deliver cheques totalling $2,384.75 to ‘The Calgary Foundations - Flood Rebuilding Fund’.

Those funds represent the net proceeds of my ‘Back Cast Flood Relief Benefit Film Night’ held on July 19 2013.

Film Night attendees were also generous with their donations of food items to Cardel Theatre’s bin for the Calgary Food Bank, along with cash donations of $45.00.

Special thanks to:

McLennan Fly Fishing – Jim and Lynda contributed a significant portion from the proceeds of the evening’s sale of books, photos and CDs.

Josh Noble, President, Edge Technologies Inc. – Josh, an avid fly fisher and drift boater, provided a corporate donation of $500.00.


Thank you also to so many others who contributed in various ways.

To Brian Meagher, TUC Provincial Biologist, for his presentation “Floods and Fish – Short-Term Loss, Long-Term Gain”

To Dave DePape, Program Manager - Fish and Wildlife, Prairies Area, ESRD, for his presentation “The Future of Bow River boat launches”.


To the film makers who gave us permission to screen their films:

- Catch Magazine/Todd Moen (Elk River Cutties)
- Cinema Digital/Travis Lowe (Canvasfish)
- Flyboys/Ryan Stumpe (Raising the Ghost)

To our volunteers, Darlene Klippenstein and Colleen Cochrane from the Calgary Women Fly Fishers Club and my daughters Kim, Shaunna Lee and Dione.



To the “Friends of Back Cast Flood Relief Benefit Film Night” who joined us with their display booths:

- Trout Unlimited Canada – Bow River Chapter, with volunteers Craig Cooper and Wayne Olsen.
- McLennan Fly Fishing


To the “Supporters of Back Cast Flood Relief Benefit Film Night” who donated items for the raffle:

- Springbrook Canada/Temple Fork Outfitters
- Rio Products
- Water Master
- Catch Magazine
- Loop Canada
- Simms Fishing Products


To Ming Chen, Sure Print & Copy Centre, 420 - 51 Ave SE, for donating the cost of printing our event posters.

To the fly shops who stocked and sold event tickets:

- Fish Tales Fly Shop
- Country Pleasures Fly Fishing
- Bow River Troutfitters
- The Fishin’ Hole
- Westwinds Fly Shop