CHARITIES
Partners since 1944, Ames supports the North Burnaby Clubhouse through funding and staff volunteering at annual events
Supporting Fair in the Square, an inner city picnic for over 3,000 people.
Volunteers assist with meals and the annual toy drive while funding is provided for Camp Sunrise, a summer camp for inner city low income children
Providing funding and volunteers for summer camp for kids with cancer and their families Follow
BURSARIES
We support NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) in Edmonton by offering our Tile 101 course, an accredited Continuing Education course for Interior Designers and Architects, to students in the Interior Design Technologist (IDT) program. Second year IDT students can participate in an annual design challenge, competing to win a prize of $1500. The challenge is to design a bathroom using Ames Tile products, students are judged on the correct use of tile, presentation and overall design. In addition to the design contest, we offer an annual $1000.00 bursary to students with financial difficulties in the IDT Program. Applicants are reviewed and awarded by NAIT.
We hold an annual contest for BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) Interior Design students to use our products in their INTD 4300 Commercial Design projects. They are judged by Ames Tile on the originality of their design, floor plans, and appropriateness of the materials selected. The winner is announced, and their winning submission is posted on our Instagram, also featured in the BCIT Newsletter. The winners are awarded:
- 1st Place - $700
- 2nd Place - $500
- 3rd Place - $300
We support Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba with an annual $1000.00 bursary, which is awarded by the University. Students are invited to visit our Winnipeg showroom and are offered our Tile 101 course, an accredited Continuing Education course for Interior Designers and Architects. We are active members of the Friends of PIDIM (Professional Interior Designers) of Manitoba and pride ourselves on being a resource for up-and-coming designers.
We support the Interior Design Program at Mount Royal University in Calgary with an annual $1000.00 bursary, which is awarded by the University. We welcome Interior Design students to our Calgary showroom for a tour, talk to them about the technical characteristics of tile and help them with access to samples for their projects.