Organizations look for help on Giving Tuesday [Video]

It’s Giving Tuesday and local organizations are hoping Edmontonians will step up ahead of what’s projected to be a difficult holiday season for many.

Hope Mission serves 1,700 meals a day to vulnerable Edmontonians.

“Here at Hope Mission we say that hope begins with a meal, that’s what brings people in from the cold, offers them access to life-changing care, nursing care, access to transitional housing,” said Brenton Driedger.

For Giving Tuesday, they have a donor who will match donations up to $25,000.

“$50,000 is enough to provide 18,500 meals over the next few weeks so that would get us through a good chunk of our daily meals at 1,700 every day as well as those special Christmas dinners,” Driedger said.

You can contribute to the Hope Mission’s campaign online.

CASA Services provides mental health help for children and families in Alberta.

“We really are looking to double the number of kids we serve in the next three years, …