ARTA in the Community
Tony Esteves | Digital and Creative Strategist, ARTA
Continuing ARTA’s annual
tradition of giving back to the
community, the ARTA staff spent
a rewarding morning volunteering
at Operation Friendship Seniors
Society (OFSS) on Friday, August
24. ARTA staff helped to prepare
and serve a bacon-and-eggs
breakfast to seniors in need in
Edmonton’s inner city.
OFSS provides services to inner
city seniors by operating McCauley
Seniors Drop-In Centre and by
providing outreach, transportation,
and housing placement services
with six housing facilities available
to inner city seniors.
Along with the morning of
volunteering, ARTA also donated
$2,500 that was used
to purchase parts for
a food processor and
kitchen supplies for the
McCauley centre. OFSS
Drop-In Centre and
various sites are always
looking for certain items
to help keep seniors
warm and dry. Please
consider donating items
such as:
• winter clothing (toques, mitts,
gloves, scarves, parkas, boots)
• jeans and hoodies
• toiletries (razors, shaving
cream, toothpaste, shampoo,
conditioner, soap)
• certain essentials (towels, thermal
underwear, underwear, socks)
• lightly read books (fi ction or
non-fi ction, but no textbooks)
• backpacks
• coff ee
For more information on how
you can help OFSS, contact the
Community Relations Supervisor at
780 408-2958 or visit ofss.org. ●
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