![“Building” Brighter Futures – One Roof at a Time]()
by bgcbigs | Jun 26, 2017 | community, Development, donations, Friends & Projects, Funders, kids, Our Stories, partners
February in Edmonton brought unseasonably warm weather. With the sun, came the thaw and with the thaw, came a quick realization that the home away from home for so many of our community’s kids, was no longer sound. As the dripping, and sometimes streaming, began, our...
![Running Can Change Lives]()
by bgcbigs | Jun 2, 2017 | community, donations, Friends & Projects, fundraiser, Our Stories, volunteering
From noon on March 11 to noon on March 12, two treadmills (provided by Flaman Fitness) at the Lululemon on Whyte were continuously powered by runners donating their sweat and their cash to the BGCBigs Eat Smart Program. It was the third-time River City Runners...
![Meet Your Everyday Hero]()
by bgcbigs | May 10, 2017 | community, Friends & Projects, Our Stories, volunteering
This story was written by the City of Edmonton. Giving back to the community is something Fadhl, a Transit Peace Officer with Edmonton Transit Service, takes to heart. Born in Syria, he has been living in Canada for 18 years and in our city for just over one year. He...
![Christmas Throwback – Local Company’s Spirit of Giving]()
by bgcbigs | Feb 14, 2017 | community, Friends & Projects, Our Stories
Custom design firm California Closets has been donating to BGCBigs for the past five years. Jennifer VanTeeling the Sales Manager for the company was a Boys & Girls Club staff member while she was going to university. “When I was looking for work after university...
![BGCBigs Staff Highlight: Match Facilitators]()
by bgcbigs | Jan 19, 2017 | community, Friends & Projects, Funders, kids, Mentoring, Our Stories, partnership, programs, staff
We spend a lot of time talking about the importance of our 3,000 volunteers, and rightly so. They are the ones on the ground spending time with kids and youth and their families to make a positive difference in our community. We are so proud of each and every...
![Cold Lake Mentoring]()
by bgcbigs | Dec 9, 2016 | Friends & Projects, Funders, Mentoring, Our Stories, programs, volunteering
Drive three hours north east of Edmonton, and you’ll find the City of Cold Lake. Over 15,000 Albertans call the rural retail hub home; many are there for the work in the nearby oil patch, for work in tourism or with the federal government, while others work on 4 Wing,...
