On November 29, we invite you to help us raise $15,000 to help local children experience Fort Edmonton Park in 2023.
The Fort Edmonton Foundation is proud to join communities across Canada and around the world on #GivingTuesday to share our capacity to care for and empower one another.
Fort Edmonton Foundation CARES – (Creating Accessible Responsive Education for Sharing) is an initiative that focuses directly on expanding the accessibility of the Fort Edmonton Park to children and youths.
We want to ensure that children, youth, schools, community groups, and families, without means, have the opportunity to experience Fort Edmonton Park including:
- access to all programming including, summer camps, day camps, and Fort School.
- transportation to the park
- onsite food and beverages
Since launching in 2021, the Fort Edmonton Foundation CARES initiative has worked closely with local schools as well as the Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area to welcome 490 children and youth to experience Fort Edmonton Park.
In 2023, our goal is to provide access to Fort Edmonton Park to over 1,500 children and youth by working with our partners within Edmonton.
“…having opportunities like the Fort Edmonton Park camps allowed us to continue to offer diverse opportunities and serve our families. Most importantly it allowed the children to explore programs that are quite unique and different then what they are used to.”
Jenna, Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area
Fort Edmonton Park is one of Canada’s largest living history museums and provides unique recreational and leisure activities to learn about the origins of the people, cultures and organizations that make up Edmonton today. It is a place for our children and youth to see, hear, smell, taste and touch the history of our community.
Fort Edmonton Foundation CARES wants all children and youth to have the opportunity of connection, and self-actualization, regardless of their means, to Fort Edmonton Park.
We would love if you’d be able to help us ensure ALL children, youth and families, within our community have access to Fort Edmonton Parks award winning facilities and programming.
Make a donation on November 29 and 1% of your donation will be matched by CanadaHelps up to a maximum of $10,000.* terms apply
*GivingTuesday 2022 Extra 1% Offer valid for donations beginning Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 5:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST) through November 29th, 2022 at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time (PST). CanadaHelps will donate an additional 1% for each donation, to a maximum aggregate amount of $25,000 CAD. Donors will receive a tax receipt for the value of their donation through CanadaHelps. Offer is valid for one-time and new monthly donations made via CanadaHelps.org or UniteforChange.com including Cause Funds, donations to charities on CanadaHelps.org, Custom Donation Forms on charity partner websites, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising, Ticketed Events and cryptocurrency donations. Promotion excludes API donations, donations of securities, donations made directly to CanadaHelps, and the purchase and redemption of Charity Gift Cards. While supplies last. CanadaHelps reserves the right to end the promotion at any time.
