Impact on Charities

$30,000 Jack.org: mental health promotion

“The (funding) we received has enabled us to devote more time and resources to creating and promoting education and awareness materials. By April 2021, we’ll deliver digital mental health education to more than 6,000 young Edmontonians from diverse communities across the city.”

LAURA CALLAGHAN,

JACK.ORG REPRESENTATIVE

$15,000 Sport Central: bikes to keep low-income families active during COVID-19

“When I heard there was emergency funding from ECF, I sent an email (to ECF’S director of donor services), told him what we needed for our bicycle operations to continue and he wrote back approving our request in less than 24 hours. Incredible.” SHELDON OLEKSYN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SPORT CENTRAL

$4,200 Dogs with Wings: match assistance dogs with families in need

“He (the service dog) brought happiness and comfort into our home, and most importantly, he brought something back into my husband’s life.”

SPOUSE OF DOG RECIPIENT

$35,000

Jasper Place Wellness Centre’s Food4good: provide substantially subsidized food boxes to the low-income community “Without support from the ECF and other funders, we would not be able to pilot this program and find new ways to serve our community during these times.” PROGRAM MANAGER

ASHLEY BOUCHARD

$19,500

CASA: expanded remote consultation for child, adolescent and family mental health

“For those kids and families already struggling with neurodevelopmental or mental health issues, COVID stress only makes it worse, and more unbearable symptoms arise.”

CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST DR. BRIMNESS

$15,000 Edmonton Catholic Social Services: food security for two facilities that serve women and children

“Now I did not have to choose between healthy food and transportation this month.”

$24,000

The Arabian Muslim Association: help fund a large portion of the Al Rashid Mosque’s Iftar meal hamper project

Iftar is known as the breaking of the fast, where everyone gathers at sundown for a meal. Unable to meet in person this year, the Al Rashid Mosque had provided and delivered more than 20,000 meal hampers.

“We’re enriching the homes of 20,000 people in Edmonton, and they get to know that somebody cares about them.”