Featured Charities
Edmonton Cause Players is dedicated to helping out local charities. One of the ways we do this is by requesting a donation to a local charity as our appearance fee. These featured charities have been hand-picked by our founding members as causes near and dear to our hearts. Click on the name below to jump to each one.
CASA Mental Health is an accredited non-profit organization delivering wrap-around mental health services to Albertans aged three to 18 and their families. CASA’s programs include individual, family and group therapy, day programs, and a residential facility for more intensive treatment.
The vision of the Canadian Native Friendship Centre is toward an integrated, self-reliant Indigenous community who participates as urban citizens taking responsibility for their shared condition in a spirit of health, cooperation and wellness within a strong cultural base.
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The Pride Centre of Edmonton provides a non-judgmental, welcoming space where people of all attractions, identities, and expressions can be themselves, find support, meet new people, and be part of a caring community. The Centre offers resources, counselling, referrals, and health programs for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
CASP provides information and resources to communities to reduce the suicide rate and minimize the harmful consequences of suicide-related thoughts and behaviours.
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Make-A-Wish Canada creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, and are on a quest to bring every eligible child's wish to life, because a wish is an integral part of a child's treatment journey. Make-A-Wish is the world’s leading children’s wish-granting organization, operating in 50 countries.
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SCARS takes in pets that are unwanted or slated for euthanasia. They collect pets from remote area dog pounds and veterinary clinics, as well as stray and abandoned pets, many of which are sick or injured. Every animal receives veterinary and behavioural assessments, medical care or rehabilitation, spay/neuter, vaccinations, and microchipping.
The Canadian Cancer Society funds groundbreaking cancer research into all types of cancer, offers support services to help people better manage life with cancer, shapes health policies to prevent cancer and support those living with the disease, and offers trusted cancer information for all Canadians.
The Mental Health Foundation is dedicated to building better mental health care for people in Alberta by raising and distributing funds to support ground-breaking education and programs, cutting-edge research, next generation technologies, and facility enhancements within the addiction and
mental health care system.
The Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation raises money in support of the pursuit of excellence in children's health care, educates communities about the hospital's needs, and thanks their donors by sharing with them the impact of their gifts.
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Previous years included: Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society, Canadian Legacy Project, Christmas Bureau of Edmonton, Kids Kottage Foundation, and Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta