Happy Holidays Friends! As 2025 comes to an end, we reflect back on our year’s work, building warm and caring “homes away from home” for kids living in marginalized communities. Our centres help kids thrive in school, in their friendships and in life. We’re continuing to offer a “safe place to be a kid” both…

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…

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…

🧡💛 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…

Name: DJ How did you hear about YCC? I heard it from my friends. Why do you come to YCC? I come to YCC to hang out with my friends and play tag outside. What is your favorite subject in school? Art. Because you can make new things.  What do you want to be when…

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…