Community Service, Charities and Events!
I was introduced to community service by my parents who were very involved in the Kinsmen and Kinette Club in Athabasca, AB. I still remember delivering presents for Santa's Anonymous and spending many weekends packing food hampers and volunteering for events as a kid. As an adult I am a proud Rotarian with the Summerland Rotary Club and so fortunate to have a center where we truly help people and that we have the opportunity to help others in our community. We are happy to support local and international charities and donate gift baskets of goodies for auctions and have a community board in our entrance where local events may be posted.
Raising Money for Cancer
My mother passed away from Cancer so we do what we can to support charities raising money for Cancer. October was a busy month for us as we had our official grand opening Oct 29/15 but a couple of weeks prior to our opening we held a BRA NIGHT in our center where we were able to donate $2000 towards cancer charities! There is a cure, we want to help find it!
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Samaritan's Purse International Relief
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Operation Christmas Child
In November 2015, The Healing Center had to honour to host a shoebox packing party where we raised money and packaged 40 shoeboxes to be shipped to kids ranging from infants to teens. Our clients,family and friends dropped by the center or donated $25 towards packing a box. If you would like more information on how your company can get involved please contact www.samaritanspurse.ca |
Earth Group
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Kori and Matt who are local young men came and spoke at The Rotary Club of St.Albert's breakfast one Friday in November and told our group their story and I was so moved to help.
The Earth Group exists entirely to provide food, water and education to children globally. The Earth Group supports the World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency,fighting hunger worldwide. They have an agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) that sees them donating 100% of their profits to the WFP to fund school meal programmes. The Healing Center does not profit from the sale of these products, we only offer a place to purchase so you can help a child around the world succeed! We sell their teas for $9.99 that feed and educate a child for a week and we sell the gift boxes for $80.00 that feed and educate a child for an entire year! |
St.Albert & District Chamber of Commerce Events
Just as our chamber supports local businesses in our city, The Healing Center is happy to support events for the chamber!
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Snowflake Festival-St.Albert
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In December, myself and my partner Jayson volunteered our time to help set up the Snowflake Festival in downtown St.Albert and was a sponsor for the Wagon Rides.
It was a cold night but many local businesses were out and even more local residents in St.Albert and surrounding area came to take in the festivities. It was a great event and if you haven't been before make sure you make it out this winter season! |
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Hole Sponsor for Chamber Golf Tournament
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We had so much fun as Hole #1 Sponsor at The St.Albert & District Chamber of Commerce's annual golf tournament in July 2016! We had our amazing Yoga Instructor Kim Doring-Lindgren teaching Crow Pose to each team as they stopped by and after they were treated to a sample of Blueberry Tea featuring our incredible organic Imperial Earl Grey Tea from Silk Road Teas that we carry in our center.
We also gave away our new "BugOff" bug spray samples and discounts for our Whole Body Scans. We had a great time and alot of fun teaching people how to do some yoga and letting people know that we are a new business in St.Albert. St.Albert businesses are truly supportive of each other and we had a great time being there! |
Other charities and causes we support
Malawi Girls School /APU Malawi Education Foundation
St.Albert Food Bank
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St. Albert Rotary Club and The Rotary Foundation
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