Events


Bowness #HelpANeighbourYYC Event

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 […]

Bowness supporters meet at Timbertown

Dave and Kelsey

Take Back the Town Supporters

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 […]


Artina Reno Media Visit Day

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 […]

Dave talking with Artina

Calgary Filipino Lions Club

Pub Night Sponsors

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 […]


Fall Fundraiser Oct 20, 2015

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. […]

Fall fundraiser 2015

Calgary Sun Hearts and Hammers Article 5.25.2015

Calgary Sun Covers Ramirez Reno May 25, 2015

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 […]


Jose from Shaw TV riding lift

Ramirez Media Visit May 19, 2015

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 […]


Ramirez Project Media Event May 19, 2015

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 […]

Exterior ramp

Karen Whiteman handing out IOR award

Our Dave Bonk – Fast Pitch Coaches Award Winner

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 […]