Friends,💚 Imagine a world where all kids have access to safe and supportive spaces to relax and play after school, a world where kids get their homework done, spend time with new friends and eat as much healthy and nutritious food as they need to satisfy their hunger. A world where families from all backgrounds…
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YCC Newsletter #30 – December 2024
It’s been a busy time at YCC Youth Centres of Calgary, with donors, staff and volunteers preparing holiday gift boxes for families, and supporting the kids who continue to arrive at our doors every day. The YCC Ogden and Forest Lawn centres offer a ‘third space’ for young people, safe, supportive, and independent of family…
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YCC Fall Newsletter#29 – Happy Kids 🧡💛
🧡💛 Impressionable and vulnerable youth are grateful for the privilege of attending our centres every day. It’s not easy being a kid, even at the best of times. As always, the kids are safe and happy at our “home away from home”. Your support is key to our continued success. 🧡💛 As fall turns to…
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YCC Newsletter #28 – Spring Is in the Air – Photos 💚💛
So Much Going on !! 💚💛 Spring at YCC is the season of long days of outdoor play for the kids at YCC Ogden. We have been seeing unprecedented numbers of kids bounding through our doors each day, which indicates both the need for our work and our success in meeting new challenges as they…
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A sneak Peak at Youth Centres of Calgary!
One of our many talented kids Henry (our Videographer) put together a snippet of a day at YCC, with a few of the different activities we do and the amenities we have at the house! Check it out!
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YCC Kids visit to Flames Vs Panthers Game!
The Clagary Foundation provided YCC kids with an amazing opportunity to play a mini hockey game at the Saddledome during the break between the 1st and 2nd period of the Flames vs. Panthers game on December 18th, 2023. The kids were given a tour of the backstage area of the Saddledome and got to use…
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Mangiapne Bakes Up New Initiative For Calgary Youth
Originally published on nhlpa.com by Chris Lomon Andrew Mangiapane has launched Mange’s Breadsticks, a program designed for at-risk youth and supported by the Flames Foundation and the Calgary Italian Open Society. Calgary Flames forward Andrew Mangiapane and his fiancée, Claudia Tersigni, have had their fair share of hockey-related nerves before. But the lead up to…
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George Moss Park redevelopment breaks ground in southeast Calgary
Originally Published on Livewire Calgary by Isabella West The planned redevelopment of a long-time southeast Calgary park was inspired by kids playing basketball on a concrete pad. Parks Foundation Calgary broke ground on the George Moss Park redevelopment during an event held at the location on Wednesday. The project, located at 74 Avenue and 24…
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Children in Calgary facing higher risk of hunger this summer without school nutrition programs
Originally Published in the Calgary Herald on Aug 07, 2023 • 4 minute read By Eva Ferguson Calgary Food Bank volunteer Marion Schellen looks through a cart of items for school aged children at the Calgary centre on Aug. 4. Jim Wells/Postmedia Families whose kids benefit from school nutrition programs are facing a tough summer with…
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Shania Twain, Spruce Meadows team up to help Calgary charities
Originally posted on: Global News Spruce Meadows is teaming up with a country music superstar to help raise money for two youth-based Calgary charities. Norma Reid has the details on how you can help and maybe even win a chance to meet Shania Twain.
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