Father’s Day Gift Guide
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we’ve put together a gift guide featuring some local businesses that give back to the community. These companies donate some or all of their sales towards helping our vulnerable neighbours.
Please note: This list is not at all exhaustive and we apologize if we have missed one of your favourites. If you know of a local business like this that gives back to the community and isn’t listed here, send us an email with your suggestion, and we’ll be sure to include it. Email your suggestions to media@homewardtrust.ca
If you missed them, check out our other gift guides – Mother’s Day Gift Guide and Holiday Gift Guide. Any day is a good day to show Mom, Dad or that special someone just how much you appreciate them, especially if you are also supporting the local community.
Find Edmonton
findedmonton.com #YEG-based
The start-up cost for anyone moving into their first home can be expensive, especially for someone moving out of homelessness. Find provides free essential furnishings to individuals and families who are moving out of homelessness. In addition to supporting Housing Support program participants, Find sells gently used furniture and housewares at a low-cost to the public via its brick-and-mortar shop and online. Every purchase from Find goes back to supporting individuals and families moving out of homelessness.
Bissell Thrift Shop
bissellthriftshop.com #YEG-based
The Bissell Thrift Shop is a social enterprise of Bissell Centre, a non-profit organization grounded in eliminating poverty. Sales from the shop go directly back into Bissell Centre programs and services to support community members. From the revenue earned at the Thrift Shop, 89¢ of every dollar goes back to supporting the community through Bissell Centre’s life-changing services and programs including meals, outreach, housing, mental health, employment, financial empowerment and more. Shop online or instore for a unique and one-of-a-kind gift for dad.
Libertine Fragrance
libertinefragrance.ca #YEG-based
Libertine Fragrance offers unisex scents—unisex perfumes, perfume oils and incense—that are formulated, bottled, labelled and packed by hand in Edmonton. All scents are created in-house with an aromatic story in mind and are made to offer a slow moment of pause to the day. Libertine Fragrance invests 1% of all website sales into community organizations that help those that need it. Previous donations raised have gone to Indspire, an organization that helps provide education access to Indigenous youth across Canada.
Check this out: Incense cones – Saffron & Oud, $40
The Bro Brick
thebrobrick.com #YEG-based
Based out of Edmonton, Bro Brick Company creates a range of exclusive scented soaps for men and women. Each year, the company gives back to the community and donates soap to shelters in Edmonton.
Adesso Man
adessoman.com/ifssa #YEG-based
Adesso Man and Islamic Family & Social Services Association (IFSSA) have partnered together for its “Socks on the Prairies” series, which weaves together the diverse stories of the Albertan Muslim community and the deep roots between Muslim and Indigenous communities in Alberta. The Socks on the Prairies celebrates the many communities and people who have helped nurture and develop the Canadian landscape. Every dollar from your purchase goes directly towards supporting IFSSA continue to serve families and communities in need.
All prices are quoted in Canadian dollars. All prices quoted were checked shortly before publication, but prices change often and might not match what is found online. Readers should make sure to check in-stock and delivery status this year.
