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Category: Advocacy
- Reflecting and Connecting for Truth and Reconciliation at Moonlight Bay
- Ending FASD’s Worst Stigmas
- Honouring the Pride Woven into Indigenous History
- The Role Family Plays at National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- How your short walk can help someone else’s journey
- Workforce Development: A Hidden Gem for Recruiting in the Manufacturing Industry
- Where Donated Goods Go at Bissell Centre
- Introducing the New Indigenous Engagement Program
- Reclaiming National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Born Broken: A book just released by individuals from our FASS program!
- How long would 15,000 pairs of underwear last for you?
- What Pride Means at Bissell Centre
- Michelle’s Doing Really Good
- A Brief History of Black History Month
- Would You Rather: Wear Dirty Underwear, Or Go Without?
Category: Best Practice
- Can a Buss Pass Change a Life? *
- Revitalizing our Community
- Principles of Collaboration
Category: Bissell Centre
- Farewell to Gary St. Amand
- Advantages to Recruiting Construction Labour with Workforce Development
- Filling Entry-Level Warehouse Vacancies with Workforce Development
- When the Community Kokum needed help, Community Bridge was there
- National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
- Why we Celebrate Black History Month at Bissell
- Why we walk for Coldest Night of the Year
- How you can offer hope during COVID-19
- From the Street to School – Mike’s Story
- Walking the Walk – One Man’s Mission to Help Vulnerable Edmontonians
- New Mom Looking for Holiday Help, Surprised to Help Others
- 7 Ways to Support Bissell Centre this Holiday Season
- ENMAX Renews Support of Eviction Prevention Program
- 7 Memorable Highlights of 2017
- New Program Requires New Staff
- Bissell Centre History
Category: CEO Stakeholder Report
- CEO Stakeholder Report (August)
- CEO Update
- After One Year of Our Strategic Touchstone
Category: Child and Family Resources
- The Cookies that brought Smiles to everyone
- 7 Memorable Highlights of 2018
- Back to School With Confidence!
- Family of Five Enjoys “Worry-Free” Camp Experience at Bissell Family Camps!
- Family of 10 Receives Holiday Help at Bissell Centre
- Mother of Five Gets Helping Hand in Time for Back-to-School
- Davina and Shawn’s Story of Renewal
- Easter Party at Bissell Centre’s Childcare!
- EPCOR’s Breakfast at Bissell Project – Nourishing Children
- A gift from a grateful family
- 17th Annual Inner City Halloween Party
- The Support a Mother of Five Needed
- A story about a devoted dad
Category: Client Story
- Education, Advocacy, and Support: How Community Bridge Prevents Evictions
- Chance’s Story of Hope
- Melanie’s Story of Transformation: Finding Community and Mental Health Supports
- From Rock Bottom to Recovery: Mary Joe’s Story
- Russell’s Story of Hope and Renewal
- Community Bridge Program Helps Wendy Avoid Homelessness
- Millie Finds Peace in her New Home
- Thankful for Community: James’ Story of Recovery
- Making a Difference with Family Camps: Desmond’s Story
- One Big Family: Bissell Participants Share what Family Means to Them
- 7 Memorable Highlights of 2016
- Roger’s Story of Giving Back
- Housing Team Celebrates 247 People Housed in One Year
- Single Mom Finds Community Support at Bissell Centre
- Success! Outreach Housing Team Meets Ambitious Target Early
- Fatherhood and Second Chances: Ché’s Story
- Joe gets a very good job
- Putting People to Work
- Bissell Centre Voted Best Non-Profit in Edmonton
- Help Should Begin At Home
- With Motivation & Support, Change Can Happen
- A Client Story: Finally… An Apartment After Four Homeless Years
- All Sides of the Coin – Part 2 “Participant”
- Ernie
- Participant’s Artwork Showcased at 4th Annual Edmonton Timeraiser Gala
- Getting Off the Street with Support and a Full Time Job
- A Man I Met In The Drop-In – Part Two
- A Man I Met In The Drop-In – Part One
- FASS Client Success Story
- Anna’s Story
- Helping People Start Over
Category: Coldest Night of the Year
- Top Seven Tips for Fundraising
Category: Community Bridge
- Bill’s Story – Finding a Fresh Start
- Community Bridge and homelessness prevention.
- Close Call: Scott and Amy Avoid Eviction Thanks to ‘Community Bridge’
- Finding Peace: Millie’s Story
Category: Community Closet
- Out in the Cold: The Harsh Realities of Homelessness During Winter
Category: Community Engagement
- Boyle Street and Bissell Centre Build a Longer Table at Friendship Feast
- Cooking, Comradery, & Community: A Recipe for Hope
- 7 Ways to Support Bissell Centre this Holiday Season
- 7 Ways to Support Bissell Centre this Holiday Season
- Deepening Community Video
- Bissell Centre’s spring newsletter is here!
- $2 Grand Slam Event at Downtown Denny’s Restaurant a Success!
- Move the Homeless Along?
- Bissell Centre in Desperate Need of Steel-Toe Boots to Help People Find Work!
- Winter Wishes, by Eric Rice
- Promoting International FASD Awareness Day
- Bissell Centre Experiences a Flood…. Of Support!
- Inner City BBQ Feeds 1,500 People in Poverty
- Loaded Grocery Truck on its Way This Afternoon!!!
- Love watching people win? Volunteer for Bissell Centre’s Yellowhead Casino FUNdraiser and everyone wins!
- Bissell Centre Supports Inner City Moratorium on Supportive Housing
- Fill the Bleachers for Bissell & Boyle: Inner City Recreation Program Fundraiser
- Get a New Ringtone and Raise Awareness for FASD
Category: Community Space
- Bissell’s Community Space is open again!
- Finding Courage For New Beginnings
- CEO Announcement: Renovations Underway!
- Join Diane! Become a Volunteer Hairdresser!
- All Sides of the Coin – My 3 roles at Bissell Centre
- Drop-In Watercolours
Category: Diversity and Inclusion)
Category: Donations
- Our New Online Giving Guide Allows You to Designate Your Donations!
- A Celebration of Life Event at Liliana’s Boutique
- FLOOD UPDATE: Priority Food Donations Needed!
- FLOOD UPDATE: PTI Delivers Emergency Supplies To Bissell Centre!
- Urgent Call For Donations – Sewage Flood at Bissell Centre
- Clothing our Community with our Closet and Yours!
- The Ticket Out Of Poverty
Category: Donor Spotlight
- Servus Credit Union to double your donations for #RestoreBissell fundraiser!
- DOTS Donates Clothing to Temporary Thrift Shoppe to Help Restock after the Fire!
- Community Champions
- Bully Food Truck, Showing What Generosity Means
- Teens Against Poverty – Ecole Joseph Moreau
- Barbara Poole – Remembering a Great Humanitarian
- A Festival For A Good Cause – A Taste of Riverbend
- Teens Against Poverty Put on an Unforgettable Concert
- JOE FM Gathers Winter Clothing Donations
- Riverbend Junior High – Strong Supporter of Bissell Centre
Category: Drop Your Gonch
- 5 Reasons Why EVERYONE Needs Clean Underwear
- #DropYourGonch to Support Edmonton’s Homeless!
- #DropYourGonch…to support the homeless in Edmonton!
Category: EDI (Equality
Category: Employment
- Homeless People Aren’t Lazy Bums
Category: Event
- Red Shoe Walk: Why is no one talking about FASD?
- National Indigenous Peoples Day – More Than A Celebration
- The Harsh Realities of Homelessness During Winter
- #BundleUpYEG Clothing Drive Gears Up for Another Year
- Happy National Aboriginal Day!
- Help provide a Thanksgiving Dinner for our community members this year!
- Celebrating Cultural Diversity
- We smashed our goal of $25,000 for #RestoreBissell Fire Relief fundraiser!
- We are almost at our goal of $25,000 for #RestoreBissell Fire Relief Fundraiser
- Help us reach our goal of $25,000 to re-open our Thrift Shoppe after devastating fire
- Bissell Centre to Host Music Audition for the 2014 Heart of the City Music Festival!
- Sexual Awareness Exploitation Week April 6th-11th
- Bissell Centre holds its 102nd Annual General Meeting!
- Bissell Centre Celebrating Success
- Tamarack’s Communities Collaborating Institute is Coming to Edmonton
- 3rd Annual Bissell Centre Night of Laughs!
- Celebrating Our Success! Bissellebration 2012
- Meg Bernard – We All Need A Place Where Hope Finds Help
Category: FASS
- How Hope Terrace Removes Barriers to Stable and Secure Housing
- Seeing FASD Through A Strengths-Based Lens
- Supporting people with FASD at Bissell Centre
- September 9th is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day
- The Education and Prevention of FASD
Category: Food
- Food Donations Needed!
- Better Access to Better Food
- What It’s Like to Go Without Food
Category: Guest Blog
- All Sides of the Coin – Part 3: My Role of Employee
Category: Homelessness
- Houselessness and Injuries: Using the Data to Improve our Services
- Single Mother Rebuilds Life After Addiction
- Homeless in the Heat: 5 life-saving items that you can donate this summer
- Bissell Centre CEO Cautions Against Dismissal of Recent Homeless Count Numbers
- Homelessness Hurts: How being homeless can affect mental health
- About the 2014 Homeless Count
- Rethink Homelessness
- Ground-breaking Study: Housing the Homeless is Cost Effective
- On Homelessness and Grocery Carts
- CEO Statement Regarding News Reports of Police Removing People’s Belongings on Tuesday
- The Faces of Homelessness, Beyond Stereotypes
- What we need right now: Courageous Leadership
- Edmonton’s 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness: Year 4 Updates Announced
- 2012 Homeless Count
Category: Housing
- From Nothing to Everything – Dave’s Story
- Our Strategic Touchstone, 2012-2017
Category: Inner City
Category: Mental Health
- What Mental Health Looks Like at Bissell Centre
Category: Moonlight Bay Centre
- Our Summer Camp Staff on the Importance of Recreation
- Bissell Centre Innovating Again: Moonlight Bay Centre is Open for Business
Category: Outreach Housing Team
Category: Philanthropy
- The Skinny on Why We Fundraise and on the Support We Receive from Major Funders
- Anyone Can Be A Philanthropist!
- Donate-A-Car to Bissell Centre!
- Dan Pallotta on Rethinking How We Think about Charities
- The Ease of Monthly Giving
Category: Poverty
- About Aboriginal Homelessness
- More Bad News for the Poor
- Make the Homeless Smile
- Poverty Costs in Alberta
- Facts and Their Story
Category: Program Spotlight
- Consider the Moonlight Bay Experience!
- Our new 24/7 Mobile Assistance Program Announced Today!
Category: Recreation and Wellness
- Summertime Fun in [and out] of the City
Category: Staff Spotlight
- Bill – a staple in Bissell Centre for 20 years!
- CEO Appointment
Category: Strategy
Category: Success Story
Category: Thrift Shop
- Thrift Shoppe Fire Update – still in need of donations!
- Thrift Shoppe Fire – UPDATED Clothing Drop Off Locations and Times
- Bissell Centre Ramps up Recovery Plan after Thrift Shoppe Fire
- Thrift Shoppe Fire UPDATE – Now Receiving Clothing Donations
- Temporary Thrift Shoppe Fire – Update # 2
- Temporary Thrift Shoppe Destroyed by Fire
- Bissell Centre’s Temporary Thrift Shoppe Now Open for Business!
- All this time, we’ve had a hidden gem!
Category: Transportation
Category: Uncategorized
- Take the 30-Day Minimalist Challenge
- Time for a Financial Checkup: November is Financial Literacy Month
- Women Are…
- Tipinawâw – 24/7 Emergency Accommodation Amid COVID-19
- From Grief to Hope: David’s Story
- A New Chapter of Collaboration Amid COVID-19
- Homeless Amid COVID – Edmonton’s Collaborative Response
- Protecting the Safety of our Community Amid COVID-19
- 7 Memorable 2019 Bissell Highlights
- Dale Overcomes Illness and the Threat of Homelessness
- Thanks to all who attended our AGM; Annual Report available!
- Meet Carolyn, our Volunteer of the Month!
- From Needing Help to Helping Others – Roger’s Inspiring Story
- Meet Marla, our Volunteer of the Month!
- Fort McMurray Fire – Information, Resources, and Help
- Debbie Avoids Homelessness: Success Story from our Community Bridge Program
- Happy National Volunteer Week!
- Bissell Centre Announces New Chief Executive Officer
- Building Community and Breaking Barriers Through Art
- When you support Bissell Centre, you support families. (Infographic)
- An introduction from Gary St. Amand, Bissell Centre’s interim CEO
- Over 1,000 Christmas Meals Served! (Photos and Video)
- From Participant to Staff – Neil’s Incredible Story of Kindness
- Bissell Centre CEO Resigns To Work On National Poverty Reduction
- Where The Heart Is – Allison and Don’s Story
- Thanks For Giving!
- Last Thanksgiving, Tamara and Arliss were homeless…
- Donate a Turkey to Provide a Thanksgiving Meal for People in our Community!
- Bissell Centre Hosts Inner City Aboriginal Celebration!
- Bissell Centre Launches Outreach Team to House More People
- PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS: ANOTHER BISSELL CENTRE INNOVATION
- Muslims for Peace Provide Care for People in our Community
- “I used to wish I was never born” – Rocky shares his story
- National Aboriginal Day – Sunday, June 21st
- Fill the Crib fundraiser donates 9,000 diapers for families in need
- Heart of the City Music Festival – June 6th & 7th
- CEO Stakeholder Report – May 1, 2015
- CEO Update Regarding Tragic Accident at Workplace Yesterday
- Over 300 Easter Meals Served – Thanks to You!
- Restore Hope for People like Rocky this Easter
- High School Students Raise $352,000 To Fight Poverty Locally & Globally
- A New Life for a Mother and her Daughter
- Landlord Embraces Homeless Family – Encourages Others to Help
- “United for Bissell” Fundraiser a Huge Success!
- Mother of three rises above a life of abuse and addiction
- United for Bissell Fundraiser – Feb. 21st, 2015
- Thank You to our Supporters and Volunteers during the Festive Season
- You can change people’s lives this winter
- Thrift Shoppe Open for Business after Fire Re-Build
- You can change lives like Jim’s this Christmas
- Art in the heART of The City Visual Art Exhibit: Dec. 2nd-18th
- Welcome to the new bissellcentre.org
- Warmer Winter for People in Need
- Think about attending “Deepening Community”
- Edmonton Chefs Collaborate with City Market Downtown in Support of Bissell Centre
- Our Summer/Fall newsletter is out!
- The Generosity Continues! – Additional Fire Relief Support
- Amazing Women
- Our 2014-15 Business Plan
- Downtown Denny’s Restaurant offers $2.00 Grand Slams with proceeds going to Bissell Centre!
- Our Winter 2014 Newsletter is Live!
- Bissell Centre Helps Provide Refuge For 90 Edmontonians Displaced By Fire
- Gratitude
- What Bissell Centre Does with Your Help
- Announcing: Giving Tuesday
- Let’s End Poverty in the Alberta Capital Region
- Volunteers Needed For Riverbend Harvest Days
- 24/7 MAP on APTN
- CEO Update on the Thrift Shoppe Fire
- Thrift Shoppe Fire Monday Night
- Media Release – Thrift Shoppe Fire Monday Night
- Income Gap Keeps Growing
- Bissell Centre Sponsors Heart of the City Festival
- Brand New Look for Bissell Centre Food Services Van!
- Premier Alison Redford serves lunch for over 150 community members at Bissell Centre!
- What’s on My Mind Lately
- The Homeless Memorial
- Introduction to Social Enterprising
- Facts about the Provincial Budget
Category: Volunteer Spotlight
- National Volunteer Week Feature: Meet Saroj Saher
- Meet Maureen: Volunteer Extraordinaire!
- Our Volunteers: Inspired to Give!
- It’s Time to Recognize and Thank our Volunteers!
- Seeking New Volunteer Board Members
- Spotlight: Fraser Williamson

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