To give you a sense of what HHCC experiences daily, here are 5 families and a description of what they currently need help with. This is a long post so please bear with me. Just know that these families have already exhausted any and all other avenues available to them for help.
Family 1 (5 People): Needs $1300.00 rent (Utilities included) by August 1st 2020 or they will be served an eviction notice. Theyre a new family that arrived to YYC pre covid and had jobs but were laid off and the business hey were working at shut down completely and went bankrupt
Family 2 (8 People): In need of rent (Utilities included) in the amount of $1700.00. They have four special needs children who are severely autistic and with the program cuts and government firing of teachers and aides they have been...
... told they now have to be reevaluated for possible weekend respite. Father laid off and is on CERB but that is not enough to cover all the bills and expenses. They desperately need help. Especially after how government programs and assistance have been cancelled.
Family 3 (5 People): In need of help with Enmax. They fell behind in Utility payments due to job loss and Enmax put them on a repayment schedule without their consent....
They tried to change the payment schedule but were told that wasn’t possible because that was what they committed to (When they didn’t)
They have to pay $1683.18 by August 4th, 2020 or they will face cut off and then eviction from their landlord due to not having utilities in their name. (It’s a part of their lease agreement as utilities are not included in their monthly rent)
Family 4 (4 People) In need of food hamper, diapers & wipes and formula. Single mom who is trying to get her Child tax situation sorted out but she can’t find her ex anywhere. She has 7 to 10 days of food left.
Family 5 (3 People): In need of food hamper and partial rent help. They escaped a domestic situation and are in need of a food hamper and rental help in the amount of: $860.00
I have explained a bit of what is going on and have been told I can share more of these families stories in DM’s or if you want to contact my by phoning me, Jennifer (Jen) at: 403-608-7224
We are a small organization that relies 100% on donations. 💯 of those donations go towards the many families we have helped since COVID-19 has hit our province of Alberta.
If you or anyone can find it in you to help these families, you can send us an etransfer to:
We were at a store in Southeast #Calgary. We were shopping for some groceries when my stepson saw someone take a package of meat and put it under their shirt and then slowly walk over to their cart. #Food#Hungry#Alberta#yyc
Someone then took it upon themselves to legit walk over there and publicly shame the person. Sure people came to the person who took the package of meat but the other entitled bigot just wouldn’t stop.
I stepped in. I was NOT going to let another #Calgarian be treated like that.
I went over to the person and asked if I could help at all. The entitled bigot told me to kick rocks (in not so nice words) but I wouldn’t let that phase me.
I told the person in a loud voice that we would have no problem buying them some groceries no questions asked. #Groceries
We have 2 requests on our list to tend to before we hit the ground running this week!
If we could get help with the following two request that would be amazing!
This week we have a busy week with a very important announcement that will be coming this weekend! #yyc@cmcalgary
Here are the two requests that we need help with:
Request One:
Senior lady needs help with a #Enmax bill in the amount of $373.09 She also needs help with a few over the counter medications. For a list of what he needs please DM😊
Single mom needs help with some OTC medications cause her two kids are sick. Also needs a special needs hamper that is high in protein/low in salt & contains items that little artificial dyes.
What a freaking night last night was. If I feel broken after what I experienced and witnessed last night….what do people who sleep rough and outside feel like?