How you can help:

Volunteers are needed to work in friendship with Edmonton’s inner city seniors.

Volunteer opportunities include:

• Friendly Visiting
• Serve meals in the Drop-In Centre
• Sponsor a meal
• Gardening and yard work
• Recreation support
• Light labor and maintenance
• Sewing and knitting
• Arts and crafts

Donations go a long way in the inner city.

Here’s what your donation can do:

•  buy bus tickets.
•  fill a tank of gas for the Helping Hands Van.
• sponsor breakfast for 75 seniors.
• sponsor lunch for 90 seniors.
• sponsor supper for125 seniors.

For more information on how you can help, contact Jimmy our Community Relations Supervisor at 780-408-2958 or via email at volunteer@ofss.org

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DROP-IN CENTRE

Our drop-in centre and various sites are always looking for certain items to help them keep our seniors warm and dry List of needs for our seniors

Toques

Mitts

Gloves

Scarves

Winter Coats (mens)

Jeans & Hoodies (mens)

Thermal Underwear

Underwear

Socks

Back Packs – (Knap Sacks)

Blankets

Winter Boots

Towels

Toiletries (Razors, shave cream, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, & soap).

Coffee

Due to a shortage of meat donations… we need – meat, ground beef, beef, pork, chicken & luncheon  meat.

For more information on the drop-in centre, or to find out how you can help, call Carmine @ 780-429-2626.