This morning I saw something I will NEVER forget.
We were at a store in Southeast
#Calgary
. We were shopping for some groceries when my stepson saw someone take a package of meat and put it under their shirt and then slowly walk over to their cart.
#Food
#Hungry
#Alberta
#yyc
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Today I was driving in the NE in and around the neighbourhoods when I was about to turn around and head home when I saw someone flag me down.
A older gentleman and his girlfriend asked me if I had any water or anything to eat.
@cmcalgary
This morning we saw something we will NEVER forget.
We were at the
#Walmart
in Southeast
#Calgary
. We were shopping for some groceries when my stepson saw someone take a package of meat and put it under their shirt and then slowly walk over to their cart.
#Food
#Hungry
#Alberta
Edit: I do hope that the bigoted asshole does share the video recording that he took of me and my helping this person.
I hope they share the video far & wide because all it will show is one Calgarian helping another because it was the right thing to do. No hidden agenda either.
Today I was driving in the NE & I saw someone going through a garbage/recycling bin looking for something to eat
I immediately pulled over and asked them if we could help
The gentleman broke down crying and said he didn’t know what else to do. He’s never been homeless before.
@JasonNixonAB
Mr. Nixon.
I dare you to accompany me and my teams to the encampments we check on and I dare you to you to sit and listen to the absolute horror that they will tell you about these “shelters” you say are open and safe for those who need it.
I dare you to sit and hold one of our
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I have been sitting here at my computer here for the past half hour deciding whether or not I wanted to post about what me and a few members of my team experienced today.
We spent the next 15 minutes going through the store being recorded by this bigoted asshole. I paid for this persons groceries and sent them in a cab home along with dinner and a birthday present.
(They had walked there in this winter
#yycweather
!)
I also told this person that I would connect with them later this week to possibly help them some more.
So
#Calgary
, would you like to join me in helping a family in need?
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They then came up to me, gave me a hug and said my son wanted hotdogs for lunch. I only have cereal at home til Monday. His birthday is Sunday. I just wanted to do something. I know stealing is wrong but I wanted to see him smile.
I said let’s give him a birthday!
#familyfun
According to the Current majority sitting Government of Alberta We were supposed to have the greatest Province ever…let’s face it. Alberta has turned to shit.
Alberta was once a place I could be proud to say I was from, not anymore. Moments of happiness are few and far between
So for the next week I will be meeting this gentleman and his girlfriend…I will be changing his bandages…I will be bringing him something warm to eat every time I meet with him…why?
It’s called human decency…people who think what we are doing is wrong should try it sometime
How far have we fallen as a society to shove others to the side because we don’t want to be reminded of what has gone wrong in the world…what has gone on in this very city today?
How? Please can anyone shed some light on this?
He said “thank you for treating me like a human being. Thank you for simply talking to an old man like me”
He was comforted by something as simple as a change of a bandage. He was crying over the fact that he was given something warm to eat. Something other than a sandwich.
#YEG
**Important Message: Possible Triggers**
For the past three days, I have gone back & forth over whether or not I should even post about a particular phone call I had on Wednesday of last week.
If it helps even one person, one individual then that is a win in my books.
They were stunned. They stopped in their tracks and turned towards me and said why? (Keep in mind the bigoted asshole was still there).
I said with the way the world is today, everyone struggles. We should look at the root cause why people are doing what they’re doing.
#Help
@JasonNixonAB
Mr. Nixon.
I dare you to accompany me and my teams to the encampments we check on and I dare you to you to sit and listen to the absolute horror that they will tell you about these “shelters” you say are open and safe for those who need it.
I dare you to sit and hold one of our
Hey
@ENMAXpower
@ENMAX
@ENMAXenergy
…Explain this:
How can a senior on a fixed income paying a set amount per month of $283.50 to all of a sudden getting a bill for over $2000?
You make me sick to hear about seniors and everyone else who’s struggling to pay their
Tonight I was threatened.
Tonight I had someone come up to me & threaten me.
I was not so nicely told to stop doing outreach & to 🛑 helping those that don’t want to be helped.
Tonight I received a death threat.
I won’t stop helping ppl. I will stand strong in my
Someone then took it upon themselves to legit walk over there and publicly shame the person. Sure people came to the person who took the package of meat but the other entitled bigot just wouldn’t stop.
I stepped in. I was NOT going to let another
#Calgarian
be treated like that.
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Late last night we had someone phone us at 11:45pm. It was from a mom of 4 who herself had not eaten nothing 3 days just so she could make the food she did have last for her children.
I went over to the person and asked if I could help at all. The entitled bigot told me to kick rocks (in not so nice words) but I wouldn’t let that phase me.
I told the person in a loud voice that we would have no problem buying them some groceries no questions asked.
#Groceries
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Our information will be posted/updated on all of our social media accounts complete with pictures of everything will also be posted on our website!!
@mpetch
It is about the people. Just like I won’t answer the DMs We’re currently getting asking what race this person was. All i reply is human. This person is human.
They said thank you because they really did not want to have to arrest an elderly person for stealing food to eat.
They also said it must be so hard for people to be this desperate. To struggle this hard. To get to the point where they feel like they have to steal food to eat.
🚨Emergency Help Needed ASAP🚨
Meet Troy MacDonald he is a houseless gentleman who was asking for help at the Tim Horton’s on Country Hills.
He was standing in the rain shivering with nothing but a mask and a thin jacket standing next to a bike.
Next time you laugh at someone staggering around or nodding out…remember there’s a mom crying herself to sleep begging someone…anyone to help or to save her child.
I am disgusted at witnessing grown men and women laughing at a homeless client of ours.
How much worse is this going to get?
How much more homeless are we going to see in this city before something gets done about it?
How many people are going to die over the winter?
How many people have died this summer?
#ableg
#abhealth
#abgov
#cdnmedia
#compassion
#community
This is going to be a hard thread for some to read. Some of you might cry, Some just shed a few tears, Some of you may be angry & outraged at what has transpired...But as we have come to learn, this is the reality of running a non profit and helping people who need help the most.
We have forgotten our way. Many have forgotten their own humanity…choosing to instead to turn a blind eye to what is going on in this city….in this province…why?
Because it doesn’t affect you? Your family? Your friends?
I bet if you looked hard enough you’d find it…
#Hope
We headed back inside to finish our grocery shopping. After we went thru the till & paid for our groceries, we got stopped by a security person.
They said they had been following that person & they were going to step in but we saved them from being arrested.
#Help
#Hope
#YYC
@LibbyMbc
I won’t ever forget the message Libby gave me when we talked on the phone just a short time ago. She told us to never give up despite the odds stacked against us😔
She valiantly fought with such courage, undeniable strength and grace. She will always be in the hearts of many
The reason we didn’t mention above that this individual was a senior right away was because this could be any one of us.
Given today’s economic turmoil and the many struggles that everyone is going through…we try to help as many as we can but we are a very small organization.
Jen here,
Washing and drying some laundry & blankets for a few clients & encampments.
I had a client say something to me that absolutely broke my heart…after I handed him a clean & fresh blanket…he said:
“No one has ever cared the way you and other outreach teams have…I
This is going to be hard for me to put into words. It’s going to be harder for me come to terms knowing I will never find the answers to my questions
What the living hell is this city, this world coming to? How the hell have we just stopped caring?
@ironbow
@sarahbyyc
#yyc
#yeg
My stepson and daughter then came over with our cart and my daughter asked if she could push their cart while they put what they needed into it.
So we walked around the entire store and filled their cart full of items they needed. *including some special yummy goodies too!*
#yyc
The cab arrived & We gave them our information & card & told them that if they needed anything or it got to the point of today…to contact us & we would
#help
.
They left knowing they had enough groceries to last a really long time!
#Shopping
#Groceries
#activism
#BeKind
#Hope
🇨🇦Update
#2
🇨🇦
He has found a job!!! We referred him to places where he got replacements of his licence & birth certificate.
We also helped him get to Edmonton so he could get to a job interview and to a friends house where he can stay until he gets back on his feet!
#YYC
#YEG
Today I was driving in the NE & I saw someone going through a garbage/recycling bin looking for something to eat
I immediately pulled over and asked them if we could help
The gentleman broke down crying and said he didn’t know what else to do. He’s never been homeless before.
We got to the till, paid & gave them some reusable grocery bags to use from
@ufcw401
.
We asked them if they lived far away, they said yes but they could easily push the cart home.
We wouldn’t accept that so we called a cab.
#FoodBank
#FoodInsecurity
#Crisis
#Theft
#Stealing
MERRY CHRISTMAS: The Edmonton Police have sent out an email to homeless serving agencies informing that that next week they'll be doing what is likely the largest coordinated encampment eviction in Edmonton history. 134 structures at 8 different sites will be removed.
#yegcc
If you can help us purchase supplies to help this gentleman, we and he would greatly appreciate it.
We put him in a hotel room for the night because it had been over 4 months since he slept in a bed that was comfortable enough for his arthritic joints.
You could clearly see the pain on his face. You could see the toll living outside in the elements have taken on him and his body.
Blisters between each toe from wearing too small of shoes, frostbite from not having warm shoes during the past winter.
#Outreach
#helpinghand
#YEG
Just got
#home
from driving a young single mom & her new born baby girl to & from the hospital.
This
#mom
was prepared push a stroller over 25+ blocks to the Peter Lougheed
#Hospital
just so her baby could be checked out.
She ☎️ called us for
#help
& help we did!
#YYC
#Yeg
I went back to my car and grabbed my med kit and then I sat him down on the grass and I changed every single bandage.
I cut away what I could & soaked the rest of the bandages in saline. I sat there for over 45min carefully peeling every single piece of gauze off his legs.
#YYC
This is hard to write but perhaps so true. Because what I’m about to say is a harsh reality of what people go through.
What I am about to say is also the reason why a lot of people don’t ask for help.
People don’t ask for help because of the fear and stigma that exists.
#hope
Jen here,
I’m sorry but we will all be taking a few days off. All we can say is DV sucks.
Right now we need to process feelings and thoughts and we would appreciate if you could leave a pet pic or a pic that made you smile in this fucked up world we try to make better.
After I sprayed antibiotic spray and then let it air dry while it was drying I set her up with enough supplies to change the dressings for the next week.
I carefully bandaged up and wrapped up each wound on his legs and then set them up with a few extra goodies & then went home
🛑Trigger warning🛑
When you know someone needs medical attention…they know they need medical attention but they don’t want to go because the last time they went to the er they were made to feel less than.
Tell me
@JasonNixonAB
…is this something you’re happy about? This
We would love it if we could have help paying for a room for him for the next two weeks so he can heal without having to worry about infection setting in and having to sleep in the dirt and debris outside.
He can’t stand the pain
@scottheidi576
#Help
See donation info below👇
@JasonNixonAB
Mr. Nixon,
I’m not holding my breath but I just wanted to again invite you to join me and my teams on outreach.
I want you to come with me and look every unhoused person in the eye and tell them that you are doing your best to help them…when you’re clearly not.
I want you to
They said that they lived a pretty lonely & isolated life. But given the past few years of this whole covid thing it was probably for the best.
They said that they had problems being able to afford food & medication let alone any luxury items (they referred to meat as a luxury)
Jen here,
I have something to say and it’s going to be hard for me to say it. In the last week I have lost 3 friends. 3 lives were taken way too soon. Summer, Karen & Diane…you three were the light in a tunnel of darkness. You will be terribly missed in more ways than one.
#YYC
I said to them: You can have your turkey dinner this weekend Lets go get all the stuff so you can help mom make supper!
Off we went to
@CalgaryCoop
& went shopping! (We really did not have it in our budget but we dipped into our overdraft to make it possible to feed this family)
I grabbed some bottles of water, snacks, some backpacks, and asked them if they needed anything else.
He told me his bandages had dried to his skin and that he was refused care at a place here in Calgary when he asked for a dressing change.
#homelessness
#HomelessCrisis
#YYC
While we were waiting for the can you arrive we sat down with them in the shade under a tree and talked. They asked us about what HHCC was about and we asked them a few things as well.
They shared with us that they lived alone and that their family had all moved away from
#Yyc
When you wake up to 3670 emails from Albertans needing help with their Utilities and finding multiple discrepancies within their bills…it makes one wonder just WTF is going on here in Alberta and wonders if the utility companies are hoping Albertans just don’t care 🤷♀️
Boy this
We had a donor set him up with a week in a hotel room and we are working with other agencies to help him get copies of documents and everything else.
If anyone has any leads on jobs for him please DM.
My point in sharing this story with everyone is, I wanted to show people just what "The Real World" looks like in
#Alberta
. What the
#RealWorld
looks like here in
#Calgary
I want to show everyone that John's is not the only story we hear about when people come to us for help.
We went & got everything and then some to make dinner for this weekend & for them to have food for the month.
Their total came to $413.97
This left us in the negative but it left me with a feeling that HHCC helped another family avoid hunger in Calgary.
I walked over to where they had their cart and said “I know what it is like to struggle. I would love it if you’d let me help you and I’d like to pay for your groceries.”
This person looked up at me and said “did you see me take the meat?” I said “yes I did. I’d like to help”.
So if I didnt answer the phone when I did, not drive 2 where this mom was, didnt help this mom & her children when I did, she wouldve had 2 wait until late next week 2 be able 2 contact her worker & get her check released!
Talk about being in the right place at the right time!
@ABDanielleSmith
Oh geez 🙄 there’s a lot to unpack here.
First off…Ms. Smith…The statement that you made above appears to erroneously misrepresent the actual relationship between both the federal and provincial governments.
Federal funding is not at all what you may think it is Ms.
I pulled over, put my flashers on. I got out to grab them some water and snacks and saw the older gentleman limping & in obvious pain.
When I say hobbling I mean every few steps he stopped to catch his breath because he was in so much pain.
That’s when I said I’d come to them.
When asking the son what he wanted, he looked at us and then he said”I’ll be happy with anything even if it is a toy that’s already been played with.
#Yyc
#Calgary
Let’s
#help
this amazing family 😊
See donation info above.
Dm for list of items the son put on his list!!
⏰Time sensitive issue: Help Needed
A young mom was caught stealing food for her child. Instead of charging her the store contacted us instead for help.
We have a list of items needed for the young mom and her child.
If you can help, please DM. If you can donate, see info 👇
Yesterday, we had a call. A call that made 3 of my volunteers cry.
You see, an individual in need contacted
@HarvestHillsYYC
and asked for help with food. We have permission to tell his story and share his request with everyone.
I said...well you’re in the right place cause we can help you do all that!
So we asked him if he would let us help him and he said “Oh my god yes”
He also said “I went from digging through a garbage bin to eating lunch with a guardian Angel”
Update:
We’re $350 away from being able to give them a food hamper that will contain an entire month’s worth of groceries!
We’re still a bit away from filling the sons birthday with list. The son gave us a list of things he wanted for his birthday but we hope to go beyond!
@Ernieiceman
Oooo I am definitely shaking in anger still and the adrenaline is still going. I will ALWAYS speak up when I see something wrong. It may gain me some enemies but why would I want a boring life?
Here is the much anticipated update on Troy!
First off though, here is a short statement from Troy himself:
"I cannot explain or put into words just how grateful I am for everyone's help. Jen & all the rest of the
@HarvestHillsYYC
team have been so understanding.
@Crackmacs
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🆘This weekend we did it all🆘
We helped many individuals!
In total we helped:
6 blended families
5 single dad’s
3 single mom’s
4 senior couples
7 houseless individuals
We were able to do a bulk shopping trip to
#Walmart
#Coop
#Dollarama
#DollarTree
#Superstore
&
#Costco
So many requests that I literally do NOT know what to do! How do you choose to help?
What the honest hell is going on in this city? In this province? In this country?
How the fuck are so many people falling through the cracks? How are we as a society missing so many?
@cmcalgary
A sad day today. We lost a client. He was trying to get help but was turned down from so many places because of no permanent address.
When will the stigmas end? Why are people so jaded and degrading towards people?
We just want to help……so why not let us help?
#Calgary
#YYC
@drdagly
We sat with her earlier. We begged her to leave. She said she couldn’t. Thank you for your compassion. Thank you for your love of humanity. Thank you for doing what you could.
***Emergency Help Needed*** ***5 AISH Clients***
We need your help. When people contact us they have already exhausted each and every possible option for assistance and they NEED HELP NOW!
I have been given permission to share some info from the AISH Clients asking us for
#Help
Troy said really? I’d appreciate that!
So we loaded up his bike and we are currently on our way to the travellers inn in NW
#Calgary
to put Troy in a room for a week.
This person had very few things in their cart. My stepson knows what I do here at
@HarvestHillsYYC
& he asked if we could help them.
I said yes we could but that this person would feel ganged up on if we all walked over to them, so I told him to stay here and that I’d walk over.
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#YYC
#Calgary
#Christmas
#Yeg
@cmcalgary
Recently, We were told of a serious situation that
there was a senior that had her cancer medication & Boost Protein drinks stolen from just outside her door. The delivery hadn't been there for even 10min before it was stolen!
@cmcalgary
#YYC
#Calgary
#Help
#Canada
#MedTwitter
@Hell_Berta
Why do you think we have been slammed with requests?
People who are sick 😷
Who have been laid off
Who are taking care of a family member who is at risk
Who are in isolation and can’t to go out
That’s why we are in need of donations so we can keep helping everyone in
#YYC
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When you get messages after your live last night telling you to unalive yourself and to be grateful…
All I was doing was asking for help. Support.
Is that not what we as a society are supposed to do for each other?
Who helps the helpers?
@RachelNotley
You have made a very compelling case against Bill 18, you have highlighted its potential negative impacts on municipalities, post-secondary institutions, and health authorities.
Your critique of Danielle Smith's government neglecting critical services and infrastructure