Reaching Families

Organization Type: Social & Community Services
Address: 812 11 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta
Contact: Charlotte Gilmer
Phone: 4038357877
Website: https://reachingfamilies.ca/

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Reaching Families is a humanitarian food outreach program that has been working hard to provide essential nutritional food hampers to Calgary and surrounding areas for over 12 years.
We fill the gap in hunger for those who would otherwise fall through the cracks with other traditional Food Bank and Social Supports eligibility criteria.

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Reaching Families’s Volunteer Opportunities

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Organization: Reaching Families
Category: Other Positions
Description: We are seeking skilled and passionate volunteers with the ability to volunteer consistently 1-5 days/week. We are searching for drivers with a valid license & 2 million liability …Read More

I interviewed my dad on video in his final weeks. When I asked about his work and finding meaning through helping others, he responded, “I don’t think you can be focused on, ‘Oh gee, I want to make a difference.’ It has to be spontaneous. If it’s not…there’s some kind of egotistical thing going on. That’s a red flag. You hope you impact people on the deepest level you are capable of at the time. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don’t. You’re trying.

Lisa Shannon, A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman