The Servus Charity Challenge
Run for You. Run For Community.
The 2023 Servus Charity Challenge is open and, again this year, it is fully integrated into your race registration.
The Charity Challenge unites the spirit of runners with a unique fundraising program with the main purpose of creating Healthy Communities that Thrive Together. Make your run more meaningful by helping one of our official Charities reach their goals while you're achieving yours!
Giving Since 2003
Congratulations on helping surpass $84 million!
The Servus Charity Challenge is an integral part of this community event.
The 2022 Calgary Marathon Charity Challenge raised over $400,000 for 73 local charities to help young people reach their infinite potential, and build vibrant communities! In its twelve year history, the Charity Challenge has helped raise more than $9.5 million in Calgary.
Make your run more meaningful by helping one of our official Charities reach their goals while you are achieving yours! Set up a fundraising page or make a direct donation during your race registration.
Check out the Official Charity list below.
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Our Official Charities.
Explore our list of official charities below.
Through the work of community groups and volunteers, BB4CK provides lunches for approximately 4,200 kids each school day. Lunches are prepared in our main kitchen, and in various other locations by community groups including retirees, parent groups and local businesses.
Nourishment is available to any young person who arrives at school without enough to eat. BB4CK works with school staff members to identify needs and to plan how best to make sure hungry students get the nutrition required to think clearly and learn. By enabling better education outcomes, BB4CK gives students a hand up, not just a handout.
Through the work of community groups and volunteers, BB4CK provides lunches for approximately 4,200 kids each school day. Lunches are prepared in our main kitchen, and in various other locations by community groups including retirees, parent groups and local businesses.
Nourishment is available to any young person who arrives at school without enough to eat. BB4CK works with school staff members to identify needs and to plan how best to make sure hungry students get the nutrition required to think clearly and learn. By enabling better education outcomes, BB4CK gives students a hand up, not just a handout.
Cassie + Friends is the only charity in Canada dedicated 100% to the pediatric rheumatic disease community. Since 2007, we’ve raised over $1.5 million dollars to transform the lives of kids and families affected by Juvenile Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.
Working with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, researchers and other friends, we provide life-changing support, education, community and research to help kids and families face the ups and downs of life with a chronic condition.
The Calgary Police Foundation (CPF) was established to partner exclusively with the Calgary Police Service (CPS). The CPF funds six youth-based programs with the goal of reduced youth victimization and criminal activity. This is done by focusing on education, prevention and early intervention.
The CPF targets areas where the need is greatest and implements these programs where they will have the most impact on our children, youth and families. CPF funded programs educate and assist our local youth, and help to ensure Calgary is a great place to live and raise our families.
Our mission is to provide services that foster inclusion, independence and recreation for individuals with disabilities and medical conditions.
For almost 70 years, Easter Seals Alberta has supported individuals with disabilities and medical conditions. We strive to ensure that the resources they need for an independent and full life are available.
The Canadian Liver Foundation is committed to improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of liver disease in Canada. We are proud to be able to support Canada’s top liver experts as well as promising new investigators and trainees who are tackling this growing health crisis. Together we are answering questions: together we are bringing liver research to life.
The MS Society provides services to people with multiple sclerosis and their families and funds research to find the cause and cure for this disease. We have a membership of over 7,000 and are the only national voluntary organization in Canada that supports both MS research and services. Since our founding in 1948, the core support of the MS Society has been from tens of thousands of dedicated individuals, companies and foundations in communities across Canada. The Society receives almost no funding from government.
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Our Official Charities.
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New charities are added regularly. If you don’t see a charity you would like to support in our list, please contact charitychallenge@calgarymarathon.com and we will look into getting them signed up so you can donate and/or start fundraising for them.
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The 1955 Corps Support Committee provides financial support to 1955 RCACC. We collect, receive, hold and invest funds and property from contributions, gifts, grants, subscriptions or legacies and use such funds, subject to the donor’s direction, for the benefit of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.The financial support helps covers the cost of hall rental, extra training, t-shirts, and physical fitness activities (swimming, skating, etc.) Our goal is to ensure that the Army Cadet Program is adventure-oriented, challenging, consistent with our aims and relevant to present society.
ActionDignity was established with a vision to create a just and equitable Calgary for all. Our mission is to collaborate with ethnocultural, racialized, and equity-seeking groups to create transformational changes in our communities and society. Our approach is to catalyze collective impact by building the capacities of grassroots racialized community organizations to strengthen their communities and bring about systems change. We achieve this mission through a range of programs aimed to create change at three levels: individuals and families, communities, and policies and systems.
Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) is a grassroots animal welfare organization based in Calgary with a foundation of compassion and kindness, embodied by its hard-working staff, volunteers, foster homes and supporters. Our goal is to help homeless animals in our community and enacting societal change so that someday we may all witness a Compassionate World for All Animals.AARCS is a leader in the animal welfare community and Albertans turn to us for help. 3,500 animals come through AARCS programs each year. We have an exceptional veterinary medical program coordinated from our 3,000 square foot, in-house veterinary hospital located at AARCS Safe Haven shelter in Calgary. Having a veterinary hospital on-site has given AARCS the ability to help the animals in most dire need of medical attention with onsite surgical suites and the ability to provide life-saving treatment.Every day AARCS receive calls about animals in need of help – from broken bones, gunshot wounds, embedded porcupine quills, and mange to deadly diseases such as parvovirus. AARCS strives to ensure that these animals receive the medical care they need, along with a chance to recover in a loving foster home. AARCS Safe Haven shelter and on-site veterinary hospital provides emergency medical care and new beginning for each rescued animal on their journey to forever, adoptive homes.
The Alberta Cancer Foundation is the official fundraising partner for all 17 Alberta Health Services cancer centres across the province, including the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. What sets us apart? We focus on investing in projects that reduce cancer risk, detect cancer earlier, treat the disease more effectively and improve the quality of life of patients facing cancer across Alberta.
The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation inspires our community to invest in excellence in child health, research and family centred care.
As the official fundraising body for the Alberta Children’s Hospital, all money raised by the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation is re-invested in the hospital and child health needs in this region.
Through the generosity of our donors we are able to provide funding for family centred child health programs, specialized life-saving equipment and advanced pediatric research and education at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.
The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation is honoured to work with the dedicated team of caring professionals at our hospital and even prouder to be part of a community that shares in the vision of a healthier future for our children.
The Alberta Diabetes Foundation funds innovative research for the prevention and treatment of all forms of diabetes. We are aligned with talented researchers across Alberta, and progress is being made. Funding is disbursed when and where it’s needed most, moving projects along that may otherwise be stalled, facilitating measurable results.
Since 1973, The Alex has provided thoughtful, comprehensive care to vulnerable Calgarians. With clinical and social components included in almost all of our programs, The Alex tackles tough health and social issues head-on, and our preventative, cost-effective approach saves taxpayer dollars by moving people from poverty to stability and from crisis to wellness.The Alex serves a community with complex health needs, often the result of issues such as poverty, trauma, homelessness, or addiction. At The Alex whole health is the goal – and you can’t be healthy if you are hungry, or isolated, or experiencing mental health struggles.
We are a farm animal sanctuary located 40 minutes from Calgary. We Provide care and healing to rescued, abandoned and surrendered farm animals. We’d love to have you chose us to run for! All funds raised go towards the care of our residents. The Alice sanctuary is home to around 200 farm animals living their lives free from harm.
The ALS Society of Alberta strives to make each day the best possible day for people living with and affected by ALS. We are dedicated to “making it possible” for our clients and their families by providing support, facilitating the provision of care, promoting awareness, helping to find a cure and advocating for change throughout the ALS community. These core pillars are achieved by focusing on our main values and guiding principles which include; respect, caring, service, accountability, passion and quality of life. By applying these values and guiding principles to the work that we do every single day, we believe that we are making each day for those living with and affected by ALS, the best possible day.
Alzheimer Society of Calgary is a local non-profit organization. As a leader in our community, we strive to ensure people with dementia, their families and caregivers have access to high-quality education, care and support throughout their journey of impact. We are committed to treating persons with dementia and their caregivers with respect, dignity and compassion at all times, providing them with the confidence and knowledge to make informed choices. As a voice and advocate for those impacted by Dementia (including Alzheimer’s Disease), we envision an increased capacity in our community to support and care for persons impacted which in turn enhances quality of life for those struggling with a new reality. For thousands of local families, this is where community, insight and empowerment begin.
ARK (Accessibility Renovations for Kids) is a Calgary charity that provides home accessibility renovations for families with kids who have mobility issues.
As a 100% volunteer run charity, we are thrilled to be able to help ease their day to day life and help make their house feel like their home. Because of amazing support from generous donors such as yourself, over 90% of our funds raised go directly to home renovations that change the lives of families and children with mobility challenges at home.
Walk, Roll, or Run with ARK to Help us Reshape Their World!
Brain injury, including stroke can have a devastating impact on survivors and their families. The ARBI approach blends science and compassion to create hope for survivors.
Survivors are your family and friends…members of your community.
ARBI provides intensive community-based rehabilitation and family support in a nurturing environment. With personalized rehabilitation, and lots of encouragement, survivors can once again enjoy fulfilling lives in their communities. Building on strengths, families can pave the way for the future with confidence and optimism.
Dedicated to Making Life Better, our team helps clients achieve meaningful goals so they can attain their best possible quality of life.
We see meaningful relationships develop, independence regained and life after brain injury lived with passion and purpose.
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For over 40 years, Baby’s Breath has been Canada’s only national foundation focused on SIDS, and more recently also dedicated to supporting families and encouraging research aimed at reducing all sudden and unexpected infant deaths including stillbirths. The death of an infant is devastating not only for the parents, but for the entire family. Siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends are all affected by the sudden death of a baby. Baby’s Breath believes no one should endure the grief of such loss alone. Our foundation and grief counsellors are here to help.
BEAM Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of kids & youth in Calgary, Alberta. Our mission is to provide accessible and affordable wellness programs to children and youth who are sick, recovering, have special needs, or who come from low-income backgrounds.
Positioned for a purpose in that place! Equipping national leaders and influencers to become followers of Jesus and effective disciples by providing professional vocational skill training. To establish strategic international partnerships providing resources and materials to support local educational and humanitarian relief projects in S.E. Africa.
Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids works to inspire others to feed and care for kids. We dream of a future where no kid goes hungry – where the community comes together to feed and care for kids. With generosity, support and care from the BB4CK community, we feed more than 5,000 kids every day, through our in-school lunch and grocery card programs.
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Since 1962, Calgary Counselling Centre (CCC) has provided compassionate, professional, and affordable mental health services to Calgarians of all ages, some as young as 3. Last year, more than 57% of our clients were economically disadvantaged individuals, couples and families that required assistance with their counselling fees, no one was turned away regardless of their ability to pay. During our 60th anniversary year, the Centre remains committed to providing barrier-free access to services and has not had a waitlist in 17+ years; ensuring those who need help can access it when needed.
The Calgary Food Bank is the first line of emergency food support for families and individuals facing crisis. As the city’s main charitable food hub and the most accessible food bank we have the capacity to serve families, individuals and organizations to fight hunger. We rely solely on the generous support of the community and people like you!
The Calgary Society for Persons with Disabilities (CSPD) makes it their mission to provide support to adults with developmental disabilities to reach their greatest potential through quality residential services and community access.
At the CSPD, it’s more than just providing services; it’s creating a family. Persons with disabilities are paired up with friends and caregivers in an atmosphere where everyone feels as connected as family. It feels like home.
Calgary Wildlife is the only registered wildlife hospital within the City of Calgary that takes in, treats, and rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife. As Calgary continues to expand and take over more space that was once only belonging to wild animals, there will be a greater possibility for human-wildlife conflict and wildlife injuries resulting from living in urban settings. Hence, the need for the Calgary Wildlife has never been greater, to advocate for the wild animals living in and around the Calgary area and promote positive human-wildlife interactions. Open 365 days a year, 7 days a week, caring for wildlife is costly. Your donation will help wildlife in need get the care and treatment they need.
The Calgary Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association is a volunteer based federally registered charitable organization that serves people with celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and dermatitis herpetiformis. The Calgary Chapter offers support, information, programs and events to its members; most of whom reside in Calgary and Southern Alberta. With research incentives and programs powered by our donors, community networking, and mutual support, we are regaining power over our disease, our bodies, and our lives.
The Canadian Liver Foundation is committed to improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of liver disease in Canada. We are proud to be able to support Canada’s top liver experts as well as promising new investigators and trainees who are tackling this growing health crisis. Together we are answering questions: together we are bringing liver research to life.
It is Canadian Mental Health Association – Calgary Region’s (CMHA Calgary) mission to be a leader in reducing the impact of mental illness and addiction in community. For more than 60 years, we have provided a person and family centered integrated service model focused on early intervention and prevention of a mental health or substance use concern that delivers a measurable increase in community resiliency. Our long standing belief is that recovery is possible. Our recovery model focuses on wellness by shifting the emphasis from a narrow, limiting view of a diagnosis, towards empowering individuals, building their strengths, resiliency and hope for a meaningful life. This recovery is demonstrated in the advancement of Peer Support where individuals with personal experience of a mental health or substance use concern are trained to support others through shared understanding and hope.
Canadian Pony Club has a history of over 80 years in Canada. We are a non-profit volunteer run organization with youth aged 6 to 25 years and our Horse Masters aged 21 and up. We rely solely on membership fees and fundraising to run our program successfully. Canadian Pony Clubs mission is to build confident, competitive and knowledgeable individuals in a safe, friendly environment through their passion for horses. While “feeding the need” for horses our members have experiences that work towards our motto of “Loyalty, Character and Sportsmanship” as well as developing skills like teamwork, leadership, respect for authority, organization, personal discipline, compassion and goal setting. Pony Club prepares members for good horsemanship and also to become capable and productive citizens.
Canadian Pony Club has a history of over 80 years in Canada. We are a non-profit volunteer run organization with youth aged 6 to 25 years and our Horse Masters aged 21 and up. We rely solely on membership fees and fundraising to run our program successfully. Canadian Pony Clubs mission is to build confident, competitive and knowledgeable individuals in a safe, friendly environment through their passion for horses. While “feeding the need” for horses our members have experiences that work towards our motto of “Loyalty, Character and Sportsmanship” as well as developing skills like teamwork, leadership, respect for authority, organization, personal discipline, compassion and goal setting. Pony Club prepares members for good horsemanship and also to become capable and productive citizens.
Canadian Pony Club has a history of over 80 years in Canada. We are a non-profit volunteer run organization with youth aged 6 to 25 years and our Horse Masters aged 21 and up. We rely solely on membership fees and fundraising to run our program successfully. Canadian Pony Clubs mission is to build confident, competitive and knowledgeable individuals in a safe, friendly environment through their passion for horses. While “feeding the need” for horses our members have experiences that work towards our motto of “Loyalty, Character and Sportsmanship” as well as developing skills like teamwork, leadership, respect for authority, organization, personal discipline, compassion and goal setting. Pony Club prepares members for good horsemanship and also to become capable and productive citizens.
CanLearn Society helps children, youth, adults and families living with literacy, learning, attention and related mental health challenges to learn and thrive.
We believe that learning changes lives, brings hope and improves quality of life.
We believe that individuals with learning, literacy and attention difficulties can achieve their full potential and become contributing members to society in a supportive and collaborative community.
We invite you to walk or run with Team CaPRI – bringing together the Parkinson’s community to raise funds to improve the management and treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Make sure you stop by our tent along the Charity Challenge Block to pick up your special Team CaPRI t-shirt and hear how you are changing lives.
Parkinson’s disease is a daily struggle for 100,000 Canadians, causing tremor, slowness, stiffness and changes in gait. Many patients also have non-motor symptoms affecting various other aspects of their lives.
Calgary Parkinson Research Initiative (CaPRI) is a research network that will allow the University of Calgary to become a leader in basic and clinical research in the field of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related disorders. It will allow understanding of the origins of the disease and its diverse symptoms, as well as developing and testing treatments to address them.
The Calgary Parkinson Research Initiative (CaPRI) at the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute needs your help. We want to understand how to improve the management and treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Thank you for your support – see you there!
carya is a social profit agency dedicated to creating strong families and communities for generations.
Since 1910, carya has supported individuals and families through counselling, education, community development and in-home assistance, school-based support and more. We help thousands of Calgarians every year to realize their potential.
This helps build meaningful, thriving relationships in our families and communities.
Cassie + Friends is the only charity in Canada dedicated 100% to the pediatric rheumatic disease community. Since 2007, we’ve raised over $1.5 million dollars to transform the lives of kids and families affected by Juvenile Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.
Working with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, researchers and other friends, we provide life-changing support, education, community and research to help kids and families face the ups and downs of life with a chronic condition.
Cerebral Palsy Alberta (CPAA) envisions a Life Without Limits for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. It is our mission to make a difference by enriching and supporting the lives of children and adults with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. To achieve our mission, we use our programs, services and collaborations to advocate and promote awareness, acceptance and understanding for persons with disabilities to live, learn and work in our community.
Children First Canada is a strong, effective and independent voice for all children in Canada.
We have a bold and ambitious vision that together we can make Canada the best place in the world for kids to grow up.© We are mobilizing an alliance of Canada’s leading children’s charities and hospitals, research institutes, corporations that invest in kids, teachers, parents and kids themselves. We are improving children’s well-being by building greater awareness among Canadians about the urgent needs of kids in our country, and mobilizing government and other key influencers to change the status quo.
Building strong children and safe nurturing families through prevention programs and support services.
Children’s Cottage Society is dedicated to building strong healthy children and safe nurturing families through prevention programs and support services. We work with families to increase protective factors and decrease risk factors as a strategy to promote child development, effective and nurturing parenting, and to support and strengthen family functioning. These efforts keep our promise to children, “to help your parents keep you safe so that you can grow up to be healthy and happy.”
Closer to Home Community Services facilitates growth and belonging in communities of meaningful relationships. Our integrity is grounded in evidence-based practice authentically informed by, and connected to, diverse cultural wisdom. We journey with children and families to uncover strength, hope and healing, creating new possibilities for a brighter future.
Community Links is a non-profit registered charity that serves Airdrie and area. Community Links provides services and support across the lifespan from pregnancy and birth right up to seniors. Our mission is “To inspire hope, support healthy development, strengthen wellbeing and resiliency by connecting individuals and families to services, supports, and resources in our communities”.
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The Delta West Academy Foundation (DWAF) is Funding the Future for all of our students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. We are a parent-run organization responsible for choosing the fundraising activities, organizing volunteers and distributing the funds based on a school wish list. DWAF efforts support our school community with scholarships, special projects such as our recent investment in robotics, events such as skiing, rockclimbing and swimming lessons, and long-term building funds. Go Dragons!
One in three Canadians is living with diabetes or prediabetes. A world free of the effects of diabetes is our vision. That’s why we’re working together to improve the quality of life of people living with diabetes. We’re sharing knowledge and creating connections for individuals and the health-care professionals who care for them; advocating through public policy; and funding research to improve treatments and find a cure to end diabetes.
Discovery House provides a continuum of care to women and their children fleeing domestic violence. We facilitate transitional housing, offering longer-term, safe places for women and children to call home while they begin rebuilding their lives. We provide mothers access to counselling, support and programs to ensure they never return to abusive partners. We work directly with children, to mitigate the effects of trauma and prevent the cycle from repeating.
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Our mission is to provide services that foster inclusion, independence and recreation for individuals with disabilities and medical conditions.
For almost 70 years, Easter Seals Alberta has supported individuals with disabilities and medical conditions. We strive to ensure that the resources they need for an independent and full life are available.
Edge School nurtures our students’ passion for sport into a passion for learning and for leading. We graduate awesome humans.
ike many independent schools, Edge depends on the support of the entire community – tuition and government funding alone do not support the ongoing needs of the school. Donations make the Edge School what it is today by strengthening our academics and athletics, enhancing facilities, and making it possible for student-athletes to attend Edge who may not have had the opportunity otherwise to do so.
The Edge School community is caring, involved and generous. We are deeply grateful for the many gifts provided to ensure every student-athlete at Edge has an exceptional academic and athletic experience in support of our funding priorities.
Our foundation hosts the Calgary LGBTQ+ Refugee Centre; the Calgary Rainbow Railroad Station, settling SOGIESC refugees from outside Canada; a donation centre for refugees; and a variety of volunteer run support groups and mentor services. We host the National SOCIESC Sponsorship Fund designed to help sponsor LGBTQ+ refugees anywhere in Canada. We are dedicated to all people of any sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBTQ+ or SOGIESC), whether they are long-time citizens, or new Canadian refugees, or immigrants.
Our mission is to support independence, quality of life and community participation for those with and those affected by epilepsy. The purpose of The Epilepsy Association of Calgary is a charitable social service agency established to address community, individual and family needs related to epilepsy.
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FACE was founded by parents who realized their children with physical disabilities needed a safe space to work on their therapy to ensure their bodies remained supple to reduce pain, increase independence and strength and most importantly enhance their overall wellbeing. FACE provides a unique therapy called Conductive Education which does not limit children with movement delays to their wheelchairs. Without such a program these children are at risk of contractures which restricts their bodies as they lose the ability to move, or for some children they will lose strength to hold themselves up. Movement is the essence of keeping them mentally engaged and part of their community and FACE ensure they have fun while learning essential skills for life.
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Green Calgary is an urban environmental charity dedicated to engaging, inspiring, and empowering Calgarians to create healthy homes, communities, and businesses by providing environmental education, products, services, and hands-on support. A multi-layered, educational approach has helped us support tens of thousands of Calgarians in leading a greener lifestyle because we know that only by working together can we ensure a healthy city and a healthy planet.
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Heart & Stroke is a leading funder of life-saving research, which has led to breakthroughs such as heart transplant surgery and a revolutionary stroke treatment that cuts the death rate by 50%. We empower Canadians to live healthier lives — from preventing and controlling high blood pressure to getting more physical activity. And we fight for change that will create better health for all, such as reducing salt in the food supply and improving access to stroke rehabilitation.
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For over 20 years, Inn from the Cold has provided emergency shelter and support to Calgary’s most vulnerable. Today, Inn from the Cold integrates a Housing First philosophy into all its programs and services to assist families in housing crisis to achieve independence. From diversion and prevention, to emergency shelter and housing with supports, the Inn provides a robust continuum of care designed to address poverty, homelessness and housing insecurity. Working collaboratively within Calgary’s family-sector of the homeless-serving system of care, the Inn’s Social Return on Investment provides a $4.63 of social and economic value for every dollar invested in its emergency shelter and housing programs. For more information visit: www.innfromthecold.org.
IAACC strives to provide opportunities for all artists, promotion of the arts and bring a thriving arts community to East Calgary. When you support International Avenue Arts and Culture Community (IAACC) you are helping to build a thriving arts community in East Calgary by providing opportunities for all artists to participate in art initiatives within the community.
IAACC is fully emersed in creating a safe art and culturally based community for everyone to enjoy. Some of these include:
* Artist in Residency Program- 2 sessions per year, 3 months each. Selected artists are grants full access to Fuse33 Makerspace (paid for through IAACC) as an educational opportunity to learn new equipment, new skills, expand their artistic discipline, network with like-minded peers and build community in a safe space. After the Artist in Residency session is complete, 1 artist is selected for a paid internship hosting free public workshops over the course of 6 weeks. This artist further gains skills to teach public classes, share their artistic vision and assist with building a safe arts community.
* Support artists or community organizations with arts & culturally based projects based in East Calgary.
* Annually we host our Lantern-Fest, celebrating the cultural lantern festivals from around the world. The evening is full of free activities and entertainment followed by a lantern parade after sunset.
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An affordable housing charity working with communities to create housing. Focus: Elderhouse a supported living prototype for seniors designed with seniors . Safe, dignified age-in-place housing.
Run for Grandma, Grandpa, Mum, Dad, Friend or Neighbour!
Help us build a new way for vulnerable seniors to live with dignity in THEIR COMMUNITY. COVID 19 unveiled some uncomfortable truths about the state of Eldercare.
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Kerby Centre is a not-for-profit organization committed to enhancing the lives of older adults in Alberta. Kerby Centre is one of Canada’s flagship agencies, setting the standard for older adult services, information, and programming. Our mission – To assist older people to live as well as possible for as long as possible as residents in the community.
Supporting The Kidney Foundation makes an impact where it matters most. Donors are a vital force supporting those affected by kidney disease, advancing world-class research, and promoting kidney health and organ donation.
Fundraising campaigns fuel the Foundation’s vital work and raise much-needed awareness for the 1 in 10 Canadians with kidney disease and millions more at risk.
We believe that no kid should be left on the sidelines and all should be given the opportunity to experience the positive benefits of organized sports. KidSport provides support to children in order to remove financial barriers that prevent them from playing organized sport. We do this by:-Raising funds to provide sport opportunities for kids facing financial barriers.-Promoting the KidSport mission to other community agencies with a view to creating strategic alliances to support sport participation and physical activity opportunities for kids.-Advocating the importance of all kids having access to sport programs and advocate the value and benefit of kids playing sport in the pursuit of lifelong health and wellness.
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Our first responders and military personnel run into danger when society runs away from it. The sights, sounds and trauma is real. It affects the individual and family. Legacy Place Society is an important source of proactive information and crisis support that supplements in-house Psychological Health and Safety Strategies for the individuals and families of Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical/Fire Services, 911 Dispatch, Veterans & Canadian Armed Forces.
The Libin Cardiovascular Institute connects all cardiovascular science research, patient care and education in Southern Alberta. It serves a population of about two million people in Southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Eastern British Columbia.
The Libin Cardiovascular Institute is a joint entity of Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary. Our more than 1,500 members include physicians, clinicians and other health professionals, researchers and trainees.
The Love for Lewiston Foundation exists to create awareness, bring joyful experiences through spreading love and directing money to support local SMA families, and ultimately raising funds focused on treatments and finding a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through SMA Research and supporting The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation initiatives.
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Our vision is to spread the loving, caring and sharing associated with Christmas, the most joyous time of the year to those in need in hospitals, care centres, shelters, and the community through the delivery of toys, gifts and food by teams of Santa and Elves.
In 2022, we visited 800 families and 23 care centres and shelters on Christmas Eve. As a 100% volunteer run charity, donations are used to go to families who can benefit the most.
We all need energy. It is as simple — and complex — as that.
Every one of us is fueled by trillions of microscopic powerhouses called mitochondria. These tiny, mighty, energy-producing structures generate the energy we need to survive. Our major organs use the most energy so when mitochondria fail, we struggle to think, breath, move and live. We are all at risk of inheriting or developing mitochondrial disease. It can affect anyone at any age. There is no cure.
There is, however, hope! MitoCanada is dedicated to ensuring that all lives are powered by healthy mitochondria. We are the only Canadian charity dedicated to mitochondrial support, education, awareness and research.
The MS Society provides services to people with multiple sclerosis and their families and funds research to find the cause and cure for this disease. We have a membership of over 7,000 and are the only national voluntary organization in Canada that supports both MS research and services. Since our founding in 1948, the core support of the MS Society has been from tens of thousands of dedicated individuals, companies and foundations in communities across Canada. The Society receives almost no funding from government.
Not only do we support our world class researchers, but we also provide opportunities to help educate Albertans about myeloma, advocate for the best available treatments, and provide much needed support to those who live with this disease. We know that by coming together as a community, we are better equipped to live life well despite of this diagnosis. We will have great giveaways at our table this year and look forward to our first Servus Calgary Marathon.
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Ovarian Cancer Canada champions the health and wellbeing of women with ovarian cancer and others at risk of this disease while advancing research to save lives. As the only registered Canadian charity solely dedicated to overcoming ovarian cancer, the organization provides leadership in research, advocacy, and support, so that women live fuller, better, longer lives.
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Pancreatic Cancer Canada is committed to raising the survival rate through major investments in research and increased awareness of the disease among the general public and healthcare professionals, while ensuring patients and their families have access to the specialized care and support they need at every stage.
Parkinson Canada is the voice of Canadians living with Parkinson’s disease. From diagnosis to discovery. You can count on us to be there at every step of your Parkinson’s journey. We provide education and services to support you, your family and your health team, online, by telephone and in person.
Parkinson Canada advocates with federal, provincial and territorial governments on issues that matter to the Parkinson’s community in Canada. The Parkinson Canada Research Program funds innovative research to search for better treatments and a cure. Parkinson Canada is an Imagine Canada accredited organization.
Where families who have a child with Down syndrome find expert advice, innovative services, and hope for their child’s future.
Our Vision
Individuals with Down syndrome are active and included members of their communities.
Our Mission
PREP provides individuals with Down syndrome, their families and community members with the information, resources and skills they need to create the best possible opportunities for inclusion.
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Ronald McDonald House Charities® Alberta supports families seeking vital medical treatment for their seriously ill or injured child. Our warm, compassionate Houses provide a home-away-from-home for families who need to travel for medical reasons. When those families are experiencing one of life’s most difficult times – we offer them the gift of togetherness.
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STARS is an air ambulance service that provides critical emergency medicine and rapid transport to those who might not otherwise have access to timely, vital care. We reach remote facilities, rural communities, recreational sites, secluded backcountry areas and often isolated incidents. We also facilitate safe patient transfer to major medical centres when time is of the essence and community hospitals don’t have the tools, equipment or expertise to handle cases of severe illness or trauma.
In the decades since, Spinal Cord Injury Canada has been a part of substantial change that has helped individuals with spinal cord injury and other disabilities from coast to coast. The need for services for those with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities is as important today as it was in 1945. In fact, this need will continue to grow.
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Terminator Foundation strives to reach individuals with mental health, addiction, and trauma issues to support their health and wellness journey using our cutting-edge ‘ Activity Based Recovery Therapy’, which applies the three disciplines of triathlon: swimming, biking, and running. For more information on the program or to get involved please visit our website: www.terminatorfoundation.com
The mission of The Doorway is making change possible by empowering people to take steps toward a sustainable future. The Doorway provides an opportunity for young people (17-30 years old), who want to exit the streets, to build independent and sustainable lives in society through self-determination. The Doorway uses a two-year planning process called MyPlan to support young people’s self-determination in identifying and determining for themselves what they need to do to get off the streets. This process helps young people identify immediate needs and challenges to plan for longer term change. Through goal setting and speaking with volunteers, young people gain the knowledge to actively participate in the change they want to make in their lives. We are a community here to listen without judgement and to give young people a safe space where they can tap into their innate wisdom and chart their own path forward.
Positioned for a purpose in that place! Equipping national leaders and influencers to become followers of Jesus and effective disciples by providing professional vocational skill training. To establish strategic international partnerships providing resources and materials to support local educational and humanitarian relief projects in S.E. Africa.
Trellis is a Calgary-based social services agency that grew from the amalgamation of Boys & Girls Clubs of Calgary and Aspen Family & Community Network Society on June 15, 2020. Growing from a combined history of 117 years, Trellis is building on the work of both legacy organizations to offer a comprehensive continuum of 33 programs for over 9,000 people each year designed to support children, youth, families and communities. The programs and services offered open a path upward for people from all sorts of backgrounds, including those caught at the intersection of society’s most complex needs.
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UCalgary Nursing leads the pursuit of nursing excellence, influencing and changing the face of nursing education, research and practice – creating healthier communities across Calgary and Alberta. Throughout the years the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Nursing has grown and developed into a nationally recognized training, education, and research program.
Family is the single most important influence in a child’s development. Established in 2009, the UP Foundation works to ensure the sustainability of innovative programs that build strong families and have a positive impact on future generations. Through various fundraising initiatives UP raises funds for and awareness of Catholic Family Service (CFS) programs and services.
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Vivo is on a charity on a mission to raise healthier generations in Calgary and beyond through our innovative programs, research, and community involvement. Vivo means ‘live’ in Latin. Vivo embraces and celebrates diversity, community and the common thread that unites us all – life. Vivo is more than 4 letters… It’s a vision. It’s a mission. It’s a lifestyle. It’s an impact.
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At the Women in Need Society we help vulnerable women and their families who are currently experiencing poverty or homelessness. We provide basic needs such as food, clothing, and affordable furniture to vulnerable Calgarians. We also offer essential employment programs focused around foundational life and family skills. Every year, we help more than 7,000 Calgarians and their families on their journey towards a more empowered and resilient life.
The Women’s Centre is a safe and supportive space accessed by thousands of women in Calgary every year. We believe in the potential of every woman, and that women are strong and capable. We also know that barriers in society often stop women from living the lives they want. The Centre’s mission is to be every woman’s place for support, connections and community.
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We are a non-profit Sanctuary dedicated to driving awareness and education surrounding wolfdog ownership. Our passionate group of animal lovers delivers educational programs, informational resources and assists in homing wolfdogs that have been neglected, abandoned, or otherwise displaced.
YCC – Youth Centres of Calgary is a grassroots home, an oasis located in a community where many of the children do not have access to safety, healthy role models, sports coaching, music lessons and many more of the developmental influences most Calgary kids have every day. YCC’s kids aged 9-16 can spend a few wonderful hours of after school time interacting with others and doing what kids love to do after school. This includes making new friends, gaining wisdom from ‘cool’ adult volunteers, free access to technology and homework help, music lessons, and access to sports equipment, games and art supplies. They can also get a healthy hot meal before they leave at 6:00pm, ready to take on the challenges of their lives. The aim of the program is to reduce the effects of cyclical poverty and to address the multitude of problems associated with vulnerable youth growing up in Calgary’s tipping point communities. This recent year has been particularly difficult for many families. There has been job loss, unpredictability, mental health concerns, and so much more. Our youth are increasingly affected by these troubling times in their homes and at school.
YCC’s work is ongoing, and impactful in the lives of many Calgary youth.
We believe that nourished youth can live happy, resilient and healthy lives.
The Executive Director of YCC was named Calgary’s Citizen of the Year for 2022.
The YouQuest Mission is to promote health and well-being for people with young-onset dementia (diagnosed under the age of 65)and their families by ensuring access to recreation therapy, counselling and peer support resources.
Our vision is to create community for people with young-onset dementia and their families to foster an active lifestyle.
Our goals include:
1. Creating a safe, welcoming place for participants to have a good day, providing choices for an active, healthy quality of life.
2. Establishing a reliable support network for unpaid care partners and families.
3. Increasing public awareness of young-onset dementia, especially for employers, insurers and the health system.
