December 1 through 25, a suggested charitable or non-profit donation will be made. The goal is to open doors for people, not doors for chocolate, and work on building community. Though Christmassy, this is a secular project. The only organizations with religious ties to be featured will be fully inclusive of all people. The range of organizations will be diverse and are not intended to be exhaustive suggestions; our city has too many to cover all. (So I'll do this annually to promote as many wonderful organizations as possible.)

Please consider monetary or in-kind donations for the featured organizations. I'm hoping each reader can contribute $5 per organization, per day. Please feel free to give more or to give what you can; some organizations have lists of items they need. Many are desperate for volunteers now and all year.

Please post if you have contributed in some way. I'd like to see if there is interest in a municipal charity advent calendar.

Thank you for participating!

Wednesday 23 December 2015

Door 23! Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton!


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Door 23 has been opened this morning to reveal:

Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton! https://sace.ab.ca/

The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton provides a number of supports for survivors of sexual violence. A 24/7 crisis line (780 423 4121) offers immediate short term support. SACE hosts support groups, court support programs, individually counselling, and more to individuals.

Working in collaboration with community groups, SACE provides educational support about sexual violence, war rape, and criminal justice.

SACE also provides educational programming for individuals and their personal supports while waiting for counselling (due to demand and not enough funding, individual counselling is not always immediately available.)

Please help make counselling more immediately available; donations go a long way to support this very dire need.

SACE collects donations through CanadaHelps.org. If you've been following the Giving Advent Calendar, you'll know what I'm going to say next! If you make your donation using PayPal, PayPal donates 1% of all donations each charity receives to the charity, meaning your donation leads to an additional donation. 


https://www.canadahelps.org/dn/12505
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