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Celebrating Five Years of Holiday Giving with BCO
2021 marks the ✨FIFTH✨ anniversary of our annual Christmas Feast, and the spirit our volunteers brought to the event this year was exceptionally merry and bright- the perfect way to celebrate such a meaningful milestone for us 🎉 2021 Christmas Feast By the Numbers In Okotoks, we delivered feasts and presents to 4️⃣1️⃣ families, and the smiles we brought to so many happy faces as we made our way around town was without a doubt the best gift any of us could ask for this year! In Lethbridge, we served 9️⃣ seniors, 2️⃣ families, 2️⃣ men’s shelters & 1️⃣ women’s shelter, spreading joy to folks who might otherwise spend the holidays alone. Making sure they all felt the warmth of the community support we have received this year was a feeling beyond description, brighter the star at the top of any tree💫 Thank You to All of Our Amazing Donors and Volunteers To everyone who so generously and thoughtfully donated toys or offered financial support, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your kindness made a huge difference in the lives of local families who needed a hand up during a year that has been challenging to say the least! We received so much help from local business and BCO community partners- the gratitude we feel goes right down to our toes. Extra special thanks to Bar None Ranches Memorial Foundation, CEGEN Environmental Group, Turbine-X Energy Inc., and the Western Financial Group Communities Foundation for so generously making major financial contributions to our Christmas feast this year! 🙏 We also want to give a HUGE holiday shoutout to Sobeys for donating ALL the turkeys and hams on our list in Okotoks, and to Buttercream Clothing for donating 60 beautiful handmade scarves to distribute to the folks we served this year! And of course, thanks to all of our lovely volunteers big and small, who showed up bright and early to make holiday magic happen. Not only did they selflessly give their time and energy to help us pull off another incredible Christmas Feast, they also made it SO MUCH FUN 👏👏👏 We are truly blessed to be able to channel the holiday spirit into such a heartfelt expression of caring for those in need, and we could not be more grateful to every single person who helped us bring light to the winter darkness. We hope everyone who has been supporting us or following our story shares in the absolutely transcendant warmth and joy our Christmas Feast inspired this year ✨🎄✨
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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/ BCO with Lethbridge Hyundai at Alberta Food and Beverage Expo (Exhibition Park, Lethbridge, AB)1/25/2020 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  Our Awesome Lethbridge BCO Team! 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! 💖👐  Danny Blanchard (Lethbridge Hyundai) and Julie White (BCO Director - Lethbridge) 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!  Xmas Okotoks Zumba/Dance Fitness Party
We were so excited to be involved with Tamara Boivin and Kim McClain as their charity of choice for their Zumba/Dance Fitness Party (November 29th, 2019)! Thank you so much for offering a hand up to those in need! "Hey everyone, save the date--Friday November 29 for one of your holiday celebrations!!!!!! Come join Tamara Boivin and Kim McClain (+ more local Zumba instructors) for a fabulously filled evening of dancing, networking, exercise and fun!!!! We are also stepping it up and supporting a local charity called "Baby Its Cold Outside". We ask you all to bring little goodies to donate to the homeless. We will have more info posted in our event." Time: 7:00-8:30pm (doors open at 6:40pm) Venue: Motion Fitness Okotoks Theme: Under the Xmas Tree (whatever your interpretation is, optional) Tickets: $20 Early Bird or $25 @ the door if not sold out. 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"  |
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We are a charitable organization based in Alberta, Canada. We are devoted to helping the homeless through various fundraising events, clothing and essentials drives, and our eventual goal is transitional housing. 
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