CHRISTMAS FUND BY THE NUMBERS
If a picture tells a thousand words, a single statistic also speaks volumes. Today, we tell the stories of the 2017 Calgary Herald Christmas Fund’s 12 agencies through their numbers. (To donate, go to Page A2 or Calgaryherald.com/christmasfund)
300
older adults in need of urgent support assisted by Calgary Senior Resource Society’s SeniorConnect team.
3,000
people reached through Calgary Senior Resource Society’s education program.
1 in 2
females will experience some form of sexual abuse or exploitation in their lifetime. It’s one in three for males.
350
number of people, on average, who find shelter each night at the Mustard Seed’s Foothills Emergency Shelter.
36,000
meals made from food packs that were assembled and delivered through I Can For Kids Foundation in summer 2017.
28,500
kilograms of food distributed this summer by I Can For Kids.
2 to 5
siblings in the home for each youth receiving a food pack from I Can For Kids.
10,000+
clients served at the Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary; 28 per cent are refugees. A further 3,574 clients had one-on-one counselling.
$8.57
the overall social value of investment in RESET’s SAFE program for every dollar invested.
$280K
what a human trafficker in Canada can make per victim each year.
700
learners in the Calgary area are served each year through The Further Education Society of Alberta’s 70+ programs in partnership with over 35 community agencies.
$300
the daily clinical cost of treating a youth with addictions; 79 out of 100 families received subsidized care at AARC.
60%
of illicit drug users in 2012 were aged 15 to 24.
No. 1
how Canadian children aged 11-15 rank in cannabis use in the world.
850
litres of milk dispensed by the Northern-Star Mothers Milk Bank in 2012. That grew to 3,700 litres in 2015.
2
weeks, on average, that the use of donor human milk decreases a baby’s length of stay in the NICU.
476
women and children who were helped to rebuild their lives in 2016 through Discovery House.
79%
of children at Discovery House who received recreational activity support.
3,491
women across Canada (with 2,724 children) who sleep in a shelter on any given night.
31,950
counselling sessions provided to Calgarians in 2016 through the Calgary Counselling Centre.
73.4%
of Calgary Counselling Centre clients are under the age of 40; 41.4 per cent were employed full time.
40
beds for those needing to detox at Renfrew Recovery Centre.
40%
of Mustard Seed clients who have jobs, but cannot afford a place to live.
49,000
services provided at the Mustard Seed Wellness Centre this year.