30-Jun-06. Board wants best for students. Calgary Sun, 15.

In this guest column, Calgary Catholic School Board chair Cathie Williams explains the position of the board of trustees on fundraising using gambling events. She notes that, in a 1998 pastoral letter entitled The False Eden of Gambling, the Bishops of Alberta do not indicate that gambling is evil but they do express a concern for compulsive or addicted gamblers. The various recommendations in the board’s fundraising action plan permit schools to fundraise through bingos and casinos while addressing prevention and treatment of gambling addiction.