On Saturday, May 14,2016 Hearts and Hammers headed to Bowness with a community of volunteers to help residents with mobility challenges with their spring yard clean-up duties. Services offered were window cleaning, eavestrough cleaning, power raking and grass mowing. To simplify administration of the event, registrations were accepted online only […]
On Saturday may 7, 2016 igniteYYC hosted an event at the Standard Modern Speakeasy & Social Club to benefit Hearts and Hammers. The theme being “oil is in the dirty 30’s”, Prohibition-era attire consisting of flapper dresses for the ladies and flashy suspenders for the men was encouraged. Everyone who […]
On February 2, Artina who lives in Ogden graciously opened up her home to host the news media to showcase the mobility renovations that Hearts and Hammers completed last year. As mentioned in a previous update, the modifications included an exterior ramp to the front door, stair lift between the […]
On behalf of the Hearts and Hammers team I would like to extend a huge shout-out to all the generous people and business sponsors who made our Pub Night fundraiser so successful. Listed in no particular order then, thanks go out to the following: Event sponsors: Lauren Desautels Layne Walters […]
Hey everyone, please come and join the Hearts and Hammers team for a fun filled evening on Sunday Oct 20, 2015 at The Atlantic Trap & Gill . Just $30 a ticket for great cause, which includes complimentary appetizers, and live musical entertainment by Two County Shine featuring Angie Coombes. […]
On Monday May 24th, the Calgary Sun featured an article by Laura Booth updating the Ramirez reno. Below is Laura’s article found on page 2: Solution hammered out BY LAURA BOOTH, CALGARY SUN Renovations make it possible for couple to continue to live together Ramon Ramirez woke up one day […]
We received more media coverage today in the Calgary Herald on the Ramirez renovation by reporter Andrea Cox. Below is the text from her article found on page C11 of the Calgary Herald: Hearts and Hammers restores mobility 23 May 2015 – Calgary Herald Andrea Cox – FOR THE CALGARY […]
Noemi and Ramon graciously opened up their home today to Calgary media to show the accessibility improvements made by Hearts and Hammers, and to talk about how life changing those improvements are. Global TV and CBC Television interviewed Noemi for the local news tonight, while Shaw TV did a mini […]
With the Ramirez project completed and Ramon and Noemi having moved back into their extensively renovated home, Hearts and Hammers takes the opportunity to announce an upcoming media event. The Ramirez project involved extensive renovations to address the accessibility issues for the family. Renovations include an exterior wheelchair ramp, automatic […]
Congratulations go out to Dave Bonk, founder of Hearts and Hammers Calgary on his Coaches Award win at the Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch on April 16, 2015. Fast Pitch is a competition between twenty-two non-profit organization leaders in Calgary, with each leader given 3 minutes to make a pitch […]
