Help a Member Shelter
You can volunteer at or donate directly to one of ACWS’s member shelters. Click on “Find a Shelter” to locate a shelter in your community and contact them to find out more.
Find a Shelter
Eileen’s Place
Morinville, AB
Eileen’s Place is a second-stage housing program that provides wrap-around...
Compass Second Stage Shelter
Fort McMurray, AB
Waypoints is a non-profit organization that offers a wide variety...
Unity House
Fort McMurray, AB
Offers emergency accommodation, support, and services for women and children...
Discovery House
Calgary, AB
Discovery House supports women with children (including pregnant women) who...
A Safe Place
Sherwood Park, AB
The mission of the non-profit organization Strathcona Shelter Society Ltd....
Here are ways that you can help support ACWS:
- Volunteering at a shelter. Contact a shelter in your community to ask about volunteer opportunities.
- Donating gift cards or gently-used goods. Contact a local shelter to find out what they need.
- Making ACWS or a member shelter part of your planned giving. Please contact chantal.cooknell@acws.ca for more information.
- Donate to ACWS here.
- You can also donate Financial Securities.
- Booking an ACWS Leading Change workshop or training session for your community or workplace.
- Filling a role on a shelter board.
- Attending shelter fundraising events.
- Speaking or writing to your MLA or MP about increasing support to shelters.
- Find your MLA by address
- Find your MP by postal code
