Steps to end Homelessness is Sunday, April 27th!
Prepare to elevate your heart rate and achieve your daily step count on April 27th, 2025, for the Steps to End Homelessness event at the McHugh Bluff Stairs in Crescent Heights from 10 am to 4 pm.
Calgary families work tirelessly daily to make ends meet. Yet, it’s still a struggle for many to afford rent, groceries, and personal care items. Approximately 130 Calgarian families will sleep under an Inn from the Cold roof. All families deserve a safe and stable place to call home. When our community unites to fundraise for those affected, we provide hope, safety, and the stability of a home to our neighbours.
Since its initiation in 2009 by the inspiring Suzanne West, Steps to End Homelessness has stood as a testament to the belief that no family, individual or child should ever experience homelessness. To honour her legacy, her family now runs the Power of One Foundation, and has become the matching donor for Steps each year. Since its inception, Steps to End Homelessness has raised over $500,000 to empower families with resources to end homelessness.
How to Start Your Fundraiser for Steps
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- Register yourself, your family, friends, or your team at EndHomelessness.ca and set up your fundraising page.
- Pick your challenge and pledge to make a difference for a vulnerable family in your community.
- Share your fundraiser link. Your supporters can visit your fundraiser link to donate directly to your fundraiser goals.
- @innfromthecold is on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook! We have a social media tool kit ready for you. Visit our page for premade captions and posts to help raise support for your fundraiser goals!
- If you cannot attend the event, you can complete your challenge throughout April.
The Impact of Your Steps Fundraising Targets at Inn from the Cold
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- $250 raised supports new moms with a care package filled with essentials like clothing, blankets, and baby wipes.
- $500 raised provides a family with a move-in package of household essentials.
- $1000 raised feeds families staying at Inn from the Cold with a grocery package
Suzanne’s 60th Birthday Challenge
Get ready to push yourself to fundraise even more at the stairs on April 27th! In honour of Suzanne’s 60th Birthday, and thanks to the Power of One Foundation, each set of stairs you complete raises funds for the families and children at Inn from the Cold.
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- Base Reward: Raise $2.00 for every set of stairs completed with you or your team!
- Triple Bonus: If you’re going solo and hit 60 sets of stairs or more, you’ll get $6.00 per set!
- Team Double Bonus: If your team completes 160 sets or more together, you’ll get $4.00 per set!
Our Steps Challenge to You
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- We challenge you to take 179 steps (two rounds of stairs) to recognize the number of families housed by Inn from the Cold last year in 2024.
- We challenge you to take 534 steps (four rounds) to recognize the number of children served by Inn from the Cold in 2024.
- We challenge you to take 933 steps (six rounds) to recognize the number of families served by Inn from the Cold in 2024.
One round of the McHugh Bluff stairs is counted as 167 steps up and back down or by using the ramp.
Join us after your hard work and sweat to celebrate with prizes and a BBQ sponsored by Spolumbo’s.
Bring your courage and commitment, along with your friends, family, or team, to reach your fundraising targets and help families reverse the cycle of homelessness. Register here.
