Cenovus donates $600,000 to Grasslands School Division No. 6

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nCALGARY, March 17, 2014 /CNW/ - Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) (NYSE:\n CVE) today announced a $600,000 donation to be made over three years to\n Grasslands School Division No.6 for its Literacy Initiative. The\n donation will provide literacy resources for 20 schools in southeastern\n Alberta. This project represents a key step towards the division's main\n goal of achieving 100 percent high school completion rates by 2016.\n\n\n\"Our investment in the Grasslands School Division is a strong example of\n our long-term support for education,\" says Leanne Courchesne, Cenovus\n Group Lead, Community Investment. \"We hope this donation will\n positively influence students, helping them to stay in school and\n increase graduation rates. At Cenovus, we know investing in all types\n of education will help create a vibrant future for our communities.\"\n\n\nStudents throughout the division will benefit from this new partnership\n as the initiative aims to improve students' reading and writing skills\n by focusing on three main areas; literacy instruction, assessment, and\n classroom resources.\n\n\n\"We would like to thank Cenovus for their generous donation towards the\n purchase of classroom literacy resources in Grasslands schools,\" said\n David Steele, Superintendent of Grasslands. \"We appreciate this\n three-year commitment and believe that this partnership will make a\n positive difference in the lives of the students in the County of\n Newell.\"\n\n\nThis announcement comes just weeks after Cenovus also announced a\n three-year commitment to support literacy and career development in Northlands School Division No. 61 in northern Alberta.\n\n\nCenovus Energy Inc.\nCenovus Energy Inc. is a Canadian integrated oil company. It is\n committed to applying fresh, progressive thinking to safely and\n responsibly unlock energy resources the world needs. Operations include\n oil sands projects in northern Alberta, which use specialized methods\n to drill and pump the oil to the surface, and established natural gas\n and oil production in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The company also has\n 50% ownership in two U.S. refineries. Cenovus shares trade under the\n symbol CVE, and are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.\n For more information, visit cenovus.com.\n\n\nFind Cenovus on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube.\n...

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