We are thrilled to invite you to join us at the Red Deer Resort & Casino for our annual conference dedicated to addressing food insecurity and exploring innovative ways to support our communities. Throughout the conference, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in keynote sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities with like-minded individuals and organizations. Together, we will explore practical strategies to combat hunger, strengthen food banking efforts, and build lasting connections that will help make a positive impact on our province’s most vulnerable.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of this important conversation, your voice is crucial in shaping the future of food banks in Alberta.
Let’s come together to create solutions, spark ideas, and build a stronger, more resilient community.
Join us for an enlightening presentation where our presenters will share insights into their unique models and client experiences. Discover three diverse Shopping/Choice models offered by Medicine Hat, the University of Alberta, and Tofield/Riley. This session aims to inspire you to rethink and potentially transform how your food bank delivers services to your community.
What benefits can they apply for, when can they apply? (The benefits I talk about are, Canada Child Benefit, GST/HST Credit, Canada Carbon Rebate, Canada Workers Benefit) Where can they find more information on these benefits.
The landscape of volunteerism is changing and we need to change with it. Come join Volunteer Alberta and InWithForward as they soft-launch findings from (Re)Engaged: Volunteerism From The Ground Up, a new ethnographic research trying to better understand and re-imagine the dynamics of volunteerism in Alberta from a ground-up perspective, learning about the motivations, desires, experiences, values, enablers, and obstacles of people who are and aren’t engaged in both formal and informal volunteerism. This presentation will explore this new research while also providing people with some solid, relationship-based volunteer screening strategies for recruitment and retention
