Hockey Helps the Homeless Tournament on May 3rd in Edmonton has 22 players signed up to play with many Oilers Alumni favourites taking part. Teams are bought in by business sponsors who fundraise to earn first draft in picking their teams. The games are free to watch in-person with a silent auction during the event. Proceeds from this year’s games will support The Mustard Seed, Jasper Place Wellness Centre, and Kids Kottage.
The Mustard Seed offers a range of different programs and services to their community’s most vulnerable by providing basic needs (food, clothing, hygiene items) education, employment programs, health and wellness services, spiritual care, housing, and emergency shelter.
The JPWC is an Edmonton-based Community Development Organization that takes an entrepreneurial approach to five critical areas of community growth: Housing/Development, Employment, Education, Health Care, and Food Security.
Kids Kottage is one of the three crisis emergency shelter for infants and children in Canada. Kids Kottage provides emergency care in an environment that is safe and nurturing for children and infants exposed to trauma, homelessness, poverty, abuse and crisis.
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