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 gotten to the place where we swore to ourselves that we would never go.

We tried so hard...everyone of our Full Time volunteer staff and our other Part Time volunteers have all put blood, sweat & tears into running @HarvestHillsYYC and helping our fellow #Calgarians.

We have tried to keep up with demand, tried to keep up with running our social media profiles and our website, tried to keep up with the massive amount of assistance requests that have come up ever since the latest restrictions have come into play...We legitimately have tried...

We have finally gotten to the point where we have to pick and choose who we help based on need.

We have gotten to the point where we cannot help everyone that comes to us because we do not have the donations nor the funding to help everyone that does come to us for assistance.

We do not believe that one person, one family, one single parent, or one senior deserves to be helped over another.

We believe that everyone deserves to be helped. We believe that at the very least...every single person deserves to be treated with compassion and decency.

We did not want to have to arrive to this place...but a little over a year into the pandemic with #COVID19, we have.

To admit to everyone that we have arrived at such a place...feels like we are admitting defeat at what we stand for.

For that we are devastated to say the least

We would love to have some help. If there is anyone in Calgary, Any Group, Any Organization, or Any Business out and about in Calgary that would like to volunteer with us, we would absolutely love that!!!

#Calgary #Alberta #AlbertaCares #CalgaryCares #YYC #YEG #RandomActsOfCare

We know that we have asked a lot from everyone who has supported us during our time of need.

We really & honestly appreciate everyone's love, care and support for what we do for The City Of Calgary and our fellow #Calgarians

#RentRelief #FoodSecurity #FoodHampers #UtilityBills

If you are not able to volunteer, would you please consider donating to @HarvestHillsYYC

We are in need of financial donations as well as food donations. We have temporarily suspended our clothing and furniture donation intake program. We hope to resume that as soon as we can.

If you are not able to donate, you can help us out A LOT by sharing our posts and retweeting our tweets.

You can tag other people that you think may be able to help us as well.

We would always appreciate more exposure also!

While we have been typing this, we have had:

17 Regular Requests
4 Urgent Requests
2 Emergency Requests

We are all Volunteers, Im helping Jen out tonight because she has done so much & I have literally taken the phone out of her hand & told her to go take some time for herself.

My name is Mandy. I am a volunteer for @HarvestHillsYYC. Jen and I have tackled the deliveries for the past week & this weekend because of some other volunteers that tested positive for #COVID19.

Everyone can see that Jen is tired and burning out. I would love to turn the phone back over to Jen on Wednesday & see that @HarvestHillsYYC is not in the negative & is able to help everyone currently waiting instead of having to choose who to help & who is going to have to wait.

To donate to our GoFundMe here is the link:

http://gf.me/u/zshgts 

To donate by etransfer you can send one to:

[email protected]

To donate by PayPal or Credit Card you can go here to our website and click on Donate:

http://Www.HarvestHillsCaresCalgary.Ca 

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