OFSS HISTORY

• 1969 - Operation Friendship began with projects of Southminster United Church and the Sisters of Providence.
• Our initial service was a Drop-in centre for local seniors who were being displaced by urban redevelopment and found themselves in isolation.
• 1974 – Operation Friendship was formally incorporated.
• Since incorporation, Operation Friendship has offered Outreach, Helping Hands, Housing Registry, and Volunteer programs.
• 1978 – Pioneer Place, a 175 unit apartment building was developed to respond to those housing needs, and operated on it’s own.
• 1985-  Operation Friendship Housing Society (OFHS), a sister society was formed when the Rooming House, a 40 room building, was built for hard-to-house seniors.
• 1985 – The McCauley Seniors Drop-in Centre officially opened.
• 1992 - OFHS built Hutton Place, a 20 unit apartment building. 
• 1994 - OFHS built Sparling Lodge a 20 suite lodge.
• 1998 – OFHS took over the management of McCauley Lodge, a 58 suite lodge from our friends at Greater Edmonton Foundation.
• 2005 – We amalgamated our two societies to become Operation Friendship Seniors Society (OFSS).
• 2006 – In partnership with Capital Region Housing Corporation, we manage Alliance Manor, a 42 unit apartment building.
• 2010 – OFSS took over management of Pioneer Place Senior Citizens apartment building.

In total, OFSS manages 350 housing units throughout the inner-city,  in our Rooming House, Apartments, Lodges.