Mission Statement
To provide emergency shelter, support and programs to homeless children, their families and others in need, with the goal of building healthy, stable families and ending homelessness.
Vision Statement
A community where no family is homeless.
Inn from the Cold began out of a community concern for the growing number of homeless people during the bitterly cold winter of 1996-1997. Volunteers from several Calgary churches met to decide how they could help.
On May 2, 1997, St. Stephen’s opened its doors to provide shelter and hope to Calgary’s homeless families and others in need. Since then, an ever-growing number of inter-denominational churches, synagogues, community associations and organizations have come together to provide temporary emergency shelter and resources for Calgary’s homeless.
In October 2008, the Inn began a new chapter with the opening of Calgary’s first Emergency Family Shelter.
Today, there are over 6000 volunteers providing thousands of hours of support, both at the Emergency Family Shelter and in our community Inns on a rotating basis 365 days a year.
Over the years, Inn from the Cold has helped literally thousands of homeless children, women and men rebuild their lives and create a new future. Our vision is a community where no family is homeless and we support Calgary’s ten-year plan to end homelessness. We believe that change matters and we are in a journey as a community to end homelessness.
Check out our video on YouTube and have a look at our fundraising PSA.
