We are pleased to have a page on the Calgary Foundation Community Knowledge Centre, which is a resource that connects you to the outstanding charitable organizations who serve our community. Be inspired by compelling stories. Be informed of innovative work. Be connected to the issues. Be responsive to the needs. It is great way for people to learn about what we do and how they can help our community work.
We are pleased to have our own Outreach and Housing Location Manager, Adam Melnyk selected this year for Avenue Magazines Top 40 Under 40. Adam has been working with Alpha House for over 10 years and helped start the DOAP Team in 2005. It is great that he can share about his passion for outreach work and harm reduction, which is all part of the great work we do at Alpha House
We are excited to announce that Alpha House received $250k from the CHBA – UDI Calgary Region Association towards our women’s building. This is a building we want to develop for vulnerable females experiencing homelessness. We are working towards this lofty goal through the the Resolve campaign. We were presented this cheque at the SAM awards this past Saturday evening. Thank you CHBA!
We were thrilled to have Dwight Dorey, National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples come to Alpha House and speak to some of our detox and housing clients. The conversation ranged from life on reserves, to Urban Aboriginals and the issues they face experiencing homelessness. One client shared the concern around the increase in Crystal Meth use among the younger Urban Aboriginals. Congress of Aboriginal Peoples advocate for the interests of Aboriginal Peoples living off-reserve since 1971 for Status and Non-Status, Metis and Southern Inuit of Labrador. Check out the Calgary Herald article to learn about his talk he gave while in Calgary.
We had our 6th Annual Alpha House Housing Christmas Party this week for all our housing clients. It was great to have over 150 people attend the Turkey dinner and see the community that has been created. Thank you to those who helped with gifts for all the guests.
Thanks to our friends from Cummins Western Canada who decorated Alpha House for the Season on Dec 6th!
We got a great invite to come speak at the 70th Social Media Breakfast today and decided to take the opportunity to promote that the DOAP Team could really use a new van. So we came up with the hashtag #wheels4doap to try to push the message out to as many people as possible. Make sure you join us on twitter @alphahouseyyc.
We were pleased to be able to connect with CBC Calgary and share about our Encampment Team, our housing program and share a common story in terms of how housing really benefits people experiencing homelessness. Duane was certainly kind enough to share his story.