Father's Day Gift Guide - Homeward Trust Edmonton: Ending Homelessness

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 the 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

Be sure to also check out our other gift guides – Mother’s Day Gift Guide and Holiday Gift Guide – if you missed them. 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.

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 First 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.

Check this out: Master Chef Cast-Iron Hibachi with 2 Cooking Grills, $35

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. 

Check this out: Outdoorsy Themed Sign, $8

hereforgood.printmachine.ca #YEG-based

The folks at Print Machine, a custom printing company that offers a variety of customized printing and embroidery services, has launched “Here for Good,” a campaign that helps keep Edmonton businesses here for good. The t-shirts from this campaign help support local businesses and non profits in Edmonton, such as this one designed for Old Strathcona Youth Society. Proceeds from this particular t-shirt will be given directly to the Old Strathcona Youth Society. 

Check this out: Old Strathcona Youth Society Tee, $19.95

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

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. 

Check this out: Beer Soap 4 Pack, $35

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. 

Check this out: Socks on the Prairies, $16

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.

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We recognize we are gathered, in collaboration and with joint purpose, on Treaty 6 territory. This territory is the home and gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples. The Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Inuit, and many others. We know the importance of the Treaty and our responsibility to these communities and that only in partnership can we create the social change necessary to end homelessness. It is vital that we meaningfully engage and partner with Indigenous people and communities in this work. It is important to recognize and address the conditions brought forth by colonialism. Displacement from traditional homelands, systemic racism, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous people in child welfare, correctional systems, and homelessness are responsibilities we all share.