{"id":34829,"date":"2026-05-06T21:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/34829\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:43:46","slug":"inside-avenues-2026-top-20-under-20-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/34829\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Avenue\u2019s 2026 Top 20 Under 20 Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> By Rylie Perry May 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with YMCA Calgary, Avenue celebrated 20 young leaders at this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"penci-social-item facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avenuecalgary.com%2Fcity-life%2Ftop-20-under-20%2Finside-avenues-2026-top-20-under-20-celebration%2F\"><\/a><a class=\"penci-social-item twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Inside%20Avenues%202026%20Top%2020%20Under%2020%20Celebration%20-%20https:\/\/www.avenuecalgary.com\/city-life\/top-20-under-20\/inside-avenues-2026-top-20-under-20-celebration\/\"><\/a><a class=\"penci-social-item pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avenuecalgary.com%2Fcity-life%2Ftop-20-under-20%2Finside-avenues-2026-top-20-under-20-celebration%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avenuecalgary.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F05%2FTop-20-under-20-party-201-Edit.jpg&amp;description=Inside%20Avenues%202026%20Top%2020%20Under%2020%20Celebration\"><\/a><a class=\"penci-social-item linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avenuecalgary.com%2Fcity-life%2Ftop-20-under-20%2Finside-avenues-2026-top-20-under-20-celebration%2F&amp;title=Inside%20Avenues%202026%20Top%2020%20Under%2020%20Celebration\"><\/a><a class=\"penci-social-item reddit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avenuecalgary.com%2Fcity-life%2Ftop-20-under-20%2Finside-avenues-2026-top-20-under-20-celebration%2F&amp;title=Inside%20Avenues%202026%20Top%2020%20Under%2020%20Celebration\"><\/a><a class=\"penci-social-item email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Inside%20Avenues%202026%20Top%2020%20Under%2020%20Celebration&amp;BODY=https:\/\/www.avenuecalgary.com\/city-life\/top-20-under-20\/inside-avenues-2026-top-20-under-20-celebration\/\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Top-20-under-20-party-201-Edit-960x640.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-penci-thumb-960-auto size-penci-thumb-960-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Jared Sych.<\/p>\n<p>Avenue, in partnership with YMCA Calgary, recently celebrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avenuecalgary.com\/top-20-under-20\/2026-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Top 20 Under 20 class of 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted at the Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge, the event was emceed by <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/calgary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Global News<\/a>\u2019 MacKenzie Mazankowski, following a hoop dance and land acknowledgement by Cree multi-disciplinary artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jessicamcmann.com\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Virginia Sparvier-Wells<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Honourable Lois E. Mitchell, former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, and Shannon Doram, YMCA president and CEO, both spoke to the importance of uplifting the next generation of Calgarians.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees, which included Top 20 judges, friends and family, RedPoint Media Group staff and more, enjoyed live music from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upscaleentertainment.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Upscale Entertainment<\/a>, a vintage-inspired photo booth from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luckysnapsyyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lucky Snaps<\/a> and food and beverages catered by <a href=\"https:\/\/flaircatering.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A Certain Flair Catering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The class of 2026 marks the second year of Avenue\u2019s Top 20 Under 20 program, which was proudly sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ymcacalgary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YMCA Calgary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calgaryfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Calgary Foundation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/steminnovationacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">STEM Innovation Academy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucalgary.ca\/hunter-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">University of Calgary \u2013 Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/calgary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Global News Calgary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-122462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Top-20-under-20-party-104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\"  data-\/>Photo by Jared Sych.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-122463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Top-20-under-20-party-143-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\"  data-\/>Photo by Jared Sych.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-122465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Top-20-under-20-party-234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\"  data-\/>Photo by Jared Sych.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-122466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Top-20-under-20-party-288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\"  data-\/>Photo by Jared Sych.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-122467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Top-20-under-20-party-293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\"  data-\/>Photo by Jared Sych. <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rylie Perry May 6, 2026 In partnership with YMCA Calgary, Avenue celebrated 20 young leaders at this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[51,6333],"class_list":{"0":"post-34829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-calgary","9":"tag-homepage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}