Record Breaking Year for Toys for Tots

Donors, Food Security, Fundraisers, News

The sixth annual Toys for Tots Breakfast on November 23rd raised a record-breaking $60,976 and 2,657 toys for children in need over the holidays. The record was achieved in part by a $20,000 matching gift from an anonymous donor.“Once again we’re blown away by the...

Prospera Supports Youth through Youth Angel Tree Project and Donation

Fundraisers, News, Youth

Prospera Credit Union is once again coordinating gifts for disadvantaged youth through the Youth Angel Tree Project. Now in its seventh year, the Youth Angel Tree Project makes wishes come true for local youth. Trees are set up at local Prospera branches featuring...

Communities in Bloom

Fundraisers, News

Thank you to Communities in Bloom Abbotsford for their donation to our Garden Project! They also made our garden a stop on their most recent tour. Did you know that Abbotsford is now a 5 Bloom Community? Program Info Make a Donation Volunteer...

Abbotsford Home Depot Supports Programs for Homeless Youth

Fundraisers, News, Supportive Housing and Homelessness Prevention, Youth

A big “thank you” to Store Manager Kevin Nutt and the entire team at Home Depot in Abbotsford. In June, their participation in the Orange Door Project raised $5,547 to support ACS programs for homeless youth. Through the initiative, customers could purchase paper...

There in Crisis

Fundraisers, Stories

Bridges The Bridges program seeks to bridge youth services to clients that have aged out of government care. “We had a 22 year old girl who was fleeing domestic abuse, couch surfing, unemployed and very distraught from the traumatic experience of being alone...

Hope Restored

Fundraisers, Legal Advocacy & Information, Stories

Like many of us, Navor wants nothing more than to provide for his family. That’s why, in 2010, he started coming to Canada—first for five to six months at a time, then for eight. “I came because I wanted to help my family,” he tells us. “I have a daughter, sister, and...