Toronto, ON (Thursday, March 11, 2010) – St. Lawrence College’s “Students In Free Enterprise” or SIFE team has been named the 2010 Green Challenge Regional Champion by national charitable organization Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE).

All Ontario and Quebec based SIFE teams were judged by live panels of business professionals, and regional champions were announced on Monday March 8th in Toronto at the 2010 ACE Central Canada Regional Exposition.

The SIFE team from St. Lawrence College stood out to the judges because of their dedication to providing green homes, in connection with local organization Pathways to Independence, for those living with disabilities. To date, through the team’s project “Green Homes”, they have helped to identify $2,481 energy savings offsetting and 12 tons of carbon emissions. Future plans include a projected savings of over 70 tones of CO2 emissions over the next three years.

"I'm so very proud of my team and their efforts. We have a really talented and dedicated group of individuals, explains Spencer Dosset of SIFE St. Lawrence. “We will use this as motivation to continue to build on the impact we are having in our community."

The end goal of this annual challenge is for SIFE teams to provide others with the knowledge required to make positive environmental decisions, both in their personal and professional lives. Teams have been provided the necessary tools and training from ACE to develop and implement their extensive projects to help others. The St. Lawrence team will now move on to the national level of competition taking place in Calgary on May 11th.

“The SIFE St. Lawrence team’s efforts are a great example of the environmental movement our students are leading across this country,” explains ACE President, Amy Harder. “They should be very proud of their accomplishments and we look forward to what they achieve in the future.”

About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) is a national, charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. ACE delivers a team-based program called Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and an individual-based program, the Student Entrepreneur National Competition. These programs provide university and college students access to real world experience, through the implementation of outreach projects and business ventures that complement in-class studies. Students involved in ACE make a meaningful contribution to their communities today, and discover their potential to achieve an even greater impact as the leaders of tomorrow. Last year, ACE students created 600 jobs, logged 260,000 volunteer hours, impacted 63,000 people, and generated over $40 million in economic activity. ACE is currently established on over 50 post-secondary campuses across Canada.

Contact:
Jaime Szegvary
Communications Consultant, ACE
416.619.8994
jaime@acecanada.ca

Spencer Dossett
SIFE St. Lawrence
613.539.8488
cfo@sifeslc.ca

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