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 9 December 2015

Door 9: iHuman Youth Society


Door 9 has been opened this morning to reveal:

iHuman Youth Society http://ihumanyouthsociety.org/


iHuman has a number of programs offered to high risk youth in Edmonton. From classes that promote, encourage and celebrate the creativity of youth to offering the basic necessities of life (food, clothing,etc) iHuman helps high risk youth in Edmonton in myriad ways. 

iHuman offers a sobering statistic:
Cost of securing a youth in the judicial system: $1600/day
Cost of supporting a youth via iHuman programs: $50/day

iHuman strives to support youth in ways that promote healthy lifestyles, resilience, and the capacity to be contributing members of society, secure in the belief of their own worthiness and their ability to succeed.

Please donate today: http://ihumanyouthsociety.org/donate

Financial donations can be made online; a long wishlist of much needed in-kind donation items can be found on the donation webpage.

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