Woods Homes

• Lethbridge Opportunity Hub opens to support vulnerable youth

  The Lethbridge Opportunity Hub is now open, to help youth in the community access support for mental health, addictions and life and employment skills training.

  Health

  Jan 25
  
• Wood’s Homes breaks ground on new youth mental health facility in northwest Calgary

  Groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art facility is a welcomed addition during what some Alberta doctors have called a 'mental health crisis' in Alberta.

  Health

  Jun 13, 2023
  
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• Calgary in desperate need of culturally supportive foster homes for Indigenous youth

  The impact of residential schools created generational trauma, fracturing homes. But a Calgary organization is approaching foster care with a cultural lens on Indigenous youth.

  Features

  Nov 15, 2022
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• Month of Giving: Calgarians come through for those in need this Christmas

  Global Calgary's Month of Giving campaign profiled four local charities seeing unprecedented need this holiday season.

  Features

  Dec 24, 2020
• Month of Giving: Wood’s Homes offers services for Calgary’s homeless seeking employment

  Wood’s Homes is one of the four charities Global Calgary is supporting during the Month of Giving. 

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2020
• Month of Giving 2020: Global Calgary partners with 4 local charities amid COVID-19

  Global Calgary is supporting a selection of charities that are more in need than ever before: CUPS Calgary, The Magic of Christmas, Wood’s Homes and The Calgary Food Bank.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2020
• ‘It’s not OK for us to die in our line of work’: Calgary rally demands more security for case workers

  Friends and family of Debbie Onwu gathered at Calgary city hall on Sunday, calling for more security for case workers like Onwu who was stabbed to death in October.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2019
• ‘Life will never be the same again without her’: Funeral held for Calgary case worker stabbed to death

  A Calgary-area funeral home was packed on Saturday with people saying goodbye to Deborah Onwu, a Calgary case worker who was stabbed to death on the job in October.

  Crime

  Nov 16, 2019
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• Vigil held for Calgary case worker stabbed to death

  Friends and family gathered on Saturday to remember a Calgary case worker who was fatally stabbed on Oct. 25.

  Nov 2, 2019
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• Calgary care worker speaks out following colleague’s death: ‘Injury is a constant reality’

  Troubling revelations about the on the job reality for care workers across Alberta. Many are coming forward following the tragic death of a youth case worker in Calgary.

  Crime

  Oct 30, 2019