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Thanks to Dakota Collegiate and the Winnipeg Foundation’s Youth in Philanthropy program for the grant for Alpha House programming. This money will help us to continue to provide the very best services possible to the women and children in our program.
Thanks to the Winnipeg Goldeyes Field of Dreams Foundation for the $1500.00 donation to be used for activities and outings for the children at Alpha House this summer. This money allows us to provide an opportunity for children to laugh, play and to “be a kid”. This donation will help us to provide an amazing summer to the children living in the shelter.
Thanks to the Jewish Foundation for the $5000.00 grant. With this money we were able to replace badly worn furniture used by the families residing at Alpha House. We are very thankful to the Jewish Foundation for their support. The families who benefited from the new furniture are very happy.
On February 14, 2017, Arts Student Body Council is partnering with the Woymn’s Centre, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union, Justice for Women, the Women’s and Gender Studies Students’ Association, and the University of Manitoba Aboriginal Students’ Association, Jack.orgUmanitoba and the University of Manitoba Muslim Student Association, to organize a day of awareness around domestic violence.U of M will be hosting a domestic violence awareness day. During this event there will be bake sales, button& ribbon sales, and other fundraisers to raise money for Alpha House. This should be an amazing event to raise awareness on this very important topic. I look forward to attending this event and speaking at this event.
The 2017 Alpha House Gala will be held November 8th at the Hotel Fort Garry. Please save the date, and watch for more information coming soon.
On November 2, 2016 Alpha House held their annual gala fundraising dinner. It was a huge success! Thank you to all who came out to the event. A special thank you to Investors Group as the platinum sponsor and to the following table sponsors; Cando Rail Services, Industrial Truck Services, Quintex and Murdoch Management and a special thank you to all the businesses that donated silent auction prizes. We thank you for your interest and support.
Donations are an important resource to help support our programs and to provide a safe place for clients to heal. The gala fundraiser helps us to continue to provide the very best service possible to the families at Alpha House.
Alpha House has a new Executive Director, Cherie Hennessey. Cherie has 18 years of experience working in the field of domestic violence and is thrilled to be part of Alpha House.
Welcome, Cherie!
Now donors can support Alpha House online! Secure donations may be made through Canada Helps, a trusted platform for charitable donations.
162 Wonderful supporters attended the Gala evening and thanks to their generous support we surpassed our fundraising goal. We were pleased to have Hon. Nancy Allan and Hon. Andrew Swan in attendance as well. See some photos here.
We couldn’t have done it without the greatly appreciated support of our sponsors.
