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Category: Story
When a Tough Course Starts to Feel Impossible, Support Can Change the Story
Through United Way’s All In for Youth initiative and longstanding support from Imperial, we are...
Community Impact, Healthy Relationships, Readiness for Success, School & Career SuccessReconnection Is Part of Reconciliation
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a reminder of the lasting impact of being...
Diversity & Inclusion, Intergenerational Trauma, Social InclusionLove doesn’t forget
For Ron Freckleton, love was never complicated. It was waking up each morning beside his...
Community Impact, Healthy AgingWhere Gratitude Becomes Generosity
When Naushad and Yasmin Jamani think about giving, they don’t start with philanthropy. They start...
#DoLocalGood, Community ImpactBelonging Starts Here: Diamond Willow Youth Lodge’s Year of Growth
For Indigenous youth across Calgary, Diamond Willow Youth Lodge is one place where that sense...
Diversity & Inclusion, Healthy Relationships, Social InclusionFinding Our Way Back in Community
As part of National Indigenous History Month in June, we are sharing how Indigenous Community...
Healthy Relationships, Intergenerational Trauma, Social InclusionA Place in the Circle
During National Indigenous History Month, United Way is reflecting on a meaningful weekend of ceremony,...
Diversity & Inclusion, Healthy Relationships, Social InclusionYouth Voices Carrying Indigenous History Forward
“At first a lot of us were very quiet, awkward and the space felt very...
Community Impact, Planet Youth CalgaryYour Legacy, Your Way: Impact That Lives On
A legacy gift is a way of reaching into the future and telling someone you...
Community Impact, Financial Stability, Readiness for Success, Socioeconomic Well-BeingOpening the Door to Sport and Belonging
That’s the real impact of this collaboration between Sport Hub and Planet Youth Calgary. Together,...
Community Impact, Diversity & Inclusion, Planet Youth CalgaryFrom Workplace to WINS: Small Acts. Real Change.
On April 30, United Way staff were at the Women in Need Society (WINS), one...
Basic Needs, Community Impact, Diversity & Inclusion, Healthy Relationships, PovertyShe’s the one who shows up when it matters. Now, she’s being seen.
She shows up, takes action and drives change without title or recognition.
Community Impact, Domestic Violence, Socioeconomic Well-Being, Women UnitedIn the spirit of our journey to promote reconciliation, we would like to honour the truth of our shared history and acknowledge Treaty 7 territory and the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, that includes the Kainai, Siksika, and Piikani First Nations. We acknowledge the traditional lands of the Tsuut'ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations. We would also like to recognize the Métis people, and the Inuit people who have made their home here in Moh'kins'tsis, also known as Calgary.