Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society

• Edmonton charity makes public plea for help to stay open after losing building

  Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society is asking for the public's help after learning the province is ending a 34-year no-cost lease on the downtown building it has been using.

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2021
  
• Edmonton organizations offering help for Alberta wildfire evacuees

  A pair of Edmonton organizations announced Friday they are taking steps to help people impacted by wildfires in northern Alberta this spring.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2019
  
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• Summer snow in Edmonton means early call for winter clothing donations

  The Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society has put out a desperate plea for warm winter clothing, as a blanket of summer snow hit the city.

  Weather

  Sep 13, 2018
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• Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society kicks off blanket campaign

  The Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society has kicked off this year's blanket campaign.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2017
• Founder of Edmonton Emergency Relief Services looks back on 30 years on the front lines

  When the E.E.R.S.S. was started in 1986, the goal was to collect donations to help a family devastated by a fire. Less than a year later, it was servicing the whole city.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2017
• Help needed for Edmontonians displaced by apartment fire

  Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society is working with the Red Cross to help those affected by a massive apartment fire Thursday.

  Feb 19, 2017
• Blistering cold poses real danger for Edmonton’s homeless, agencies say

  Local agencies that help the homeless in Edmonton are on alert, amidst a cold snap that has left the homeless even more desperately in need of immediate shelter.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2016
• Edmonton non-profit asks community to return the favour after helping others for decades

  From the Black Friday tornado, to the Slave Lake fire, to the Fort McMurray fire and many devastating local house fires, the Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society has always been there for people in need. Now, it's in need of help itself.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2016
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• Edmonton shuts down Fort McMurray wildfire donation centre at Kingsway Mall

  Emergency operations in Edmonton are beginning to return to normal after helping thousands of people forced out of northern Alberta due to the Fort McMurray wildfire.

  Canada

  Jul 8, 2016
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• ‘I just felt like I needed to’: North Carolina man drives to Edmonton to help fire evacuees

  Jim McGrath hails from near Raleigh, North Carolina. He jumped into his car and drove across the United States and north to Edmonton to volunteer to help people displaced by the Fort McMurray wildfire.

  Canada

  May 29, 2016