Kudos to Alliance Pipeline for their Charity Partners Program. Not for Profits were invited to submit a short 3 – 4 minute video telling what they would do with a $200,000 donation evenly distributed over 2 years. Following a vote by all Calgary employees, the top ten charities will be announced on September 22, 2014. On October / Read More
The CHF’s Client Action Committee (CAC) actively conducts research, alongside the CHF Research Team. Historically, their research activities have included everything from conducting interviews, hosting focus groups, holding community forums, data entry, coding data, and subsequent analysis. One of our ongoing projects as a Committee this year has been to develop an understanding of homelessness / Read More
Stepping Stone Manor continues to move upward. The foundation for the 30 unit assisted living apartment building in the Beltline has been readied and the framework for the parkade is starting to take shape. We anticipate foundation and concrete work to be wrapped up within a month. We’re excited to be working with Cedarglen Living / Read More
Volunteers make so much of what we do possible. They help keep our buildings looking spruced-up and in tip top shape. Without volunteers we would never be able to hold the Point in Time Count, or even our annual Fundraiser! Speaking of which, if you haven’t bought your tickets yet to this year’s HOME OPENER / Read More
Friday, July 18th was a perfect day for a tour of CHF properties. The day dawned bright and sunny, the air was warm and filled with excitement and fun and laughter as 20 CHFers and 5 members of the RESOLVE Campaign team climbed onto a big yellow school bus at 8:30 in the morning. Their mission, to / Read More
It’s always good when Members of Parliament invest their time and energy to learn first-hand what Calgary is doing to end homelessness. On Saturday, July 12th, Tom Mulcair, Leader of Canada’s New Democrats and the Official Opposition, took a tour of three housing first locations owned by the Calgary Homeless Foundation. Karen Crowther, Executive Director / Read More
Written by Margaret De Laet It’s Saturday morning, a beautiful day, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and we’re delighted to have a reason to spend the morning in the outdoors. Our vehicles are loaded with plants, seeds, gloves, lawn mowers, rakes, trowels, wheelbarrows, paint, etc. everything needed to spruce up Acadia / Read More
We planted flowers yesterday. We raked the lawn, tidied the hedges, swept the walk and laughed and joked and connected as a team and a community. We were at one of the buildings owned by the CHF to help out with spring cleaning. It was fun and fulfilling and, a nice break from ‘the office’. And when / Read More
Video celebrating the kick-off event for CedarGlen Living’s Stepping Stone Manor The sun was shining and the Lilac Festival was in full swing as volunteers worked to remove the photos from the front facade of the house at 222 15 Ave SW to move them to the construction fencing. The move is necessary as the / Read More
Monday’s kick-off of Stepping Stone Manor, our new project in the Beltline Community was a wonderful success. Over 100 people attended the formal event and later, over 100 people dropped by to view the art, chat and hang wishes in the Wishing tree. Huge kudos to the CHF Housing and Communications teams as well as / Read More
