Calgary Herald Christmas Fund

 

Generous Calgarians help raise $1.2 million for Herald Christmas Fund

In the year of a terrible flood — where thousands either lost homes or saw significant damage to their properties — the generosity of southern Albertans never waned, helping to collect more than $1.2 million for the Calgary Herald Christmas Fund.

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Although he’s been helping out with Sonshine Community Services since Day 1, Harry Simmelink doesn’t really think of it as volunteering. It...
 
 
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Charlene Trepanier is always happy when she walks into Inn From the Cold and sees a familiar face. She is even more happy when she doesn’t.
 
 
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Calgary is a wonderful city in which to live and thrive. It has happened before my very eyes since arriving in 1967 to attend the University of Calgary...
 
 
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Christmas Fund

Daroux: Your gift can make a big difference

As the holiday season approaches, it seems we all get busy running to events, shopping and trying to escape the winter cold. For most of us this is a happy and festive time of year filled with family ...

 
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says Calgarians are generous when they see a need, as proven by the response to the June flood.

Nenshi: Calgary’s heart laid bare when citizens answer the call for help

One of the great and unexpected pleasures of my role is spending time with people from different faith traditions. I strongly believe that people’s faith far more unites us than divides us. Which...

 
Lorn Howes, right, helps Doug, a stroke survivor, with his fine-motor skills at the Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured.

Volunteer loves being part of the brain injury rehabilitation team

Lorn Howes didn’t know much about brain injury before his brother, Nonnie, was hurt working at a sawmill more than 15 years ago. When Nonnie’s road to recovery took him to Calgary’s ...

 
Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries of Calgary celebrates winning gold at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Humphries: Together, we can accomplish anything

Christmas is a very special time for me. I cherish every minute I get to spend with my family, surrounding myself with all the love, support and fun the holidays brings, while embracing the magic of the...

 
Community Kitchen volunteers, from left, Curtis Westra and Conor Pickering bagged some of the fruit and vegetables for Good Food Boxes.

Community Kitchen’s food box provides a hand up

A team of high school volleyball players line themselves up in front of a series of cardboard boxes and begin to bag produce. The onions, potatoes, celery, tomatoes, apples and other fresh fruits and ...

 

 

2013 Christmas Fund

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Recipient Stories

Hear audio clips of each 2013 Christmas Fund Recipient by Up! 97.7 FM Radio

 
 

 


 
 
 


 
 

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Style YYC: Shirle Fox

Style YYC: Shirle Fox

Age is no barrier when it comes to style.


 

Prince George, Prince William, Kate Duchess of Cambridge

Are Prince William and Kate Middleton planning a trip to the Big Apple?

It looks like the Duke – and possibly the Duchess – of Cambridge may...


 

Puppies saved

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Puppy love: Offers to help pour in after hunter rescues 20 pups in field

BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Twenty puppies abandoned in a Saskatchewan field and rescued by a hunter...


 

Gallery: Demi Lovato in Concert

Gallery: Demi Lovato in Concert

Singer Demi Lovato brought her World Tour to Calgary Sunday night.


 
 
 
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