Baby it’s Cold Outside is pleased to announce that Easy Next Steps has chosen us as their Charity of Choice for their "Giving Back Program"! Easy Next Steps is a Canada-based company that provides Canadians with a wide variety of options in health care, lifestyle, career and money management by connecting them with the right people in the right fields, whether they’re an individual, a family or a business.
 
Easy Next Steps is dedicated to championing Canada’s 235,000 homeless. Through their partnership we hope to increase our efforts to supply vulnerable citizens in Southern Alberta with the support they need and work toward our goal of transitional housing. We’re so grateful for this exciting partnership with Easy Next Steps and their clients!
 
https://www.easynextsteps.com/

We were super excited to have been part of the 8th Annual Award-Winning Alberta Food and Beverage Expo at the Exhibition Park in Lethbridge, AB, along with our incredible event sponsor Lethbridge Hyundai!

Thanks to everyone who came down and said hello to our amazing BCO Team at Booth #44! #bco #lethbridge #charity

Thanks everyone for your big hearts, your time and your donations that made our annual Christmas Feast a huge success!

We had 29 volunteers this year and served 31 families consisting of a grand total of 139 individuals, which includes 68 children! It was a day full of gratitude, community spirit and friendship!

"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members." – Coretta Scott King

We could not end such a wonderful heartfelt morning without joining back together at Hubtown to extend the feeling that filled our hearts today in children receiving gifts from Santa and all the makings for a Christmas feast!

Special thanks to our amazing supporters in the community, without whom we would not have been able to serve our community today:

Sheep River Health Trust
Sobeys Okotoks
Hub Town Brewing
Pet Valu (Okotoks, AB - Southbank)
PetSmart (200 Southridge Dr, Ste 681, Okotoks, Alberta)
Christmas Angels - Judy and Louise
Latter Day Saints in Okotoks (Teen group - our giftwrapping team!)

And to Sobeys Okotoks our partner for 3 years now, their dedication and compassion to our community is beyond remarkable! Thank you, David, Jamie and Bruce for always for simply being the humble kind souls you are!

Read the Okotoks Online Article Here: https://okotoksonline.com/local/baby-it-s-cold-outside-bundling-up-for-coldest-night-of-the-year

We are incredibly humbled and so very grateful to the amazing team at Bar None Ranches for their heartfelt words and generous donation of $5,000.00.

Here is a peak into the beautiful message we received today ...
"It was our pleasure to be able to help with such a worthy charity! I am just so grateful that there are people like you and your organization in this world. Without people's hard work, compassion and time, these charities would not exist! Thank you🙏🏻"

It was a great day for Baby it's Cold Outside YQL!

We received a generous donation from Lethbridge Hyundai for those less fortunate in our community! Thank you and we look forward to a continued partnership together to grow and build support in Lethbridge, because, Baby it IS cold outside! 💖👐

We are Incredibly grateful for the wonderful donation we received from Carlin Howden and Mark Klaudt from The Original Essential Oils Kitchen from their fun and fantastic Beer and Burger event!

A huge thanks to their amazing sponsors Pre Pak Meats of Calgary, COBS Bread , Hub Town Brewing, @fahr brewery, Hard Knox Brewery, Six Corners Brew Works and @high river brewery. A big thank-you to Mike Sands for entertaining us for the afternoon!

Nothing better than beer, burgers, and crazy talent all in support of offering a hand up to those in need!

We are Incredibly grateful to the Okotoks Lions to have been chosen to be their guest speaker for the evening at their Annual event that brings all the Alberta chapters together for an evening of fellowship. It's an amazing organization that serves in so many communities internationally.

We are humbled by the generosity of the Okotoks Lions who have donated $1500.00 to BCO over the past month, as well as gift certificates and gifts for our Upcoming Christmas Feast.

Incredibly grateful to CDBloom Studio for their support to BCO and the community!

"WOW! Our hearts are full! Thank You everyone for joining us this past Saturday to celebrate our 1st Anniversary. Together we raised $1,500.00 for 2 local charities: Orenda Society - Empower Mind & Baby it's Cold Outside. We are so grateful for each and every one of you who have supported us over these last 12 months & we look forward to serving you, our community, in the years ahead. See you soon, Cindy & Jim"

We want to give a huge shout out to Tamara Boivin for her passion and dedication to charity! We are incredibly grateful for Tamara’s contribution to BCO she raised $795.00 in her last 2 events to support BCO and our initiatives in offering a hand up in the foothills community!

Thanks Tamara--you are simply amazing!♥️

https://www.tamaraboivin.com/