The Scona Initiative is founded upon our belief in serving our community. As part of our school culture, we strive to make a lasting impact on local and international levels. Since 2008, Scona Initiatives have raised over four million dollars, allowing us to provide support for those in need.
Last year, Scona Lords came together and raised over $257,000 for the Edmonton Food Bank, an organization dedicated to bringing access to higher levels of education for rural areas of Honduras. The goal for the 2027 Initiative is to make a lasting difference in our community and our selected charity Kids Kottage!
Edmonton’s Kids Kottage
Their Purpose:
What does my donation go towards?
$25 Donation: Nutritious Food for Hungry Tummies - Babies in our care require specialized attention and supplies every day. Your gift provides the items needed to care for an infant - including formula, diapers, clean clothing, bath supplies, soothing comforts, medications, and a safe place to sleep. These necessities help ensure babies remain comfortable, nourished, and cared for around the clock.
$50 Donation: Welcome a Kid to the Kottage - Children come to us during some of the most difficult moments of their young lives. To help children feel safe they get their choice of a special stuffed animal friend to call their own. Your gift also helps welcome a child with all they need including fresh clothing, pajamas, shoes, personal care items, and cozy bedding. These essential items ensure children feel welcomed and cared for from the moment they arrive.
$100 Donation: Infant Essentials for 24 Hours - Babies in our care require specialized attention and supplies every day. Your gift provides the items needed ton care for an infant - including formula, diapers, clean clothing, bath supplies, soothing comforts, medications, and a safe place to sleep. These necessities help ensure babies remain comfortable, nourished, and cared for around the clock.
$250 Donation: Sweet Dreams and Nighttime Comfort - Bedtime can be especially difficult for a young child in crisis. Your gift helps provide nurturing, trauma - informed care, including warm baths, clean pajamas, bedtime stories, a welcoming bedroom, and attentive overnight supervision from our experienced child care staff. The familiar routines help children feel safe, secure, and cared for as they settle in for a restful night’s sleep.
$600 Donation: Shelter a Child for a Day - Children in crisis need more than a safe place to stay. Your gift provides a child with 24 hours of shelter and expert care in our safe, accredited, home-like environment. This includes nutritious meals, clean clothing, medication support, emotional care, nurturing routines, and around-the-clock supervision from our trauma - informed team. Through every hour of the day, children receive the safety, stability, and support they need during a difficult time.
$1000 Donation: Toys, Educational Resources and Special Celebrations - Children in our care need opportunities to learn, play, and create. Your gift provides a week of educational resources, developmental activities, therapeutic play opportunities, books, toys, creative supplies, and special celebrations. This helps support healthy development and emotional well-being while helping children learn, build confidence, and create joyful memories.
$2500 Donation: Family Crisis Support and Prevention - Children arrive at the Kottage because their families are experiencing crisis. Your gift helps support the professional intervention, family support, and community coordination required to keep children safe while families access the services and resources they need. Working alongside caregivers and community partners, our experienced team helps strengthen families, reduce future crises, and create better outcomes for children.
$250,000 - The Scona Sibling Bedroom - Through donations and support help us reach our goal to fund a space designed for up to four children from the same family. When children arrive at Kids Kottage, they are often facing one of the hardest moments of their young lives. They may feel scared, overwhelmed, uncertain, and far from the routines and comforts they know. In those moments, having a brother or sister nearby can make all the difference.
Services and Programs They Provide:
Edmonton’s Kids kottage provides Many services and programs to help Families in Need
Continuum of Support:
Edmonton’s Kids Kottage provides steady support that follows people through every stage of need, from the moment they seek help to the point where they begin rebuilding stability.
CRIsis Prevention:
Since 1995, Kids Kottage has helped offered crisis prevention and early intervention services for families in the Edmonoton area through providing safety for kids from ages 0-10 while simutaniously supporting the families in need
Immediate Relief:
The Kottage operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year providing Emergency Shelter that provides children with a safe space to go and stay for families in need. The average stay for a child is around 5 days
Support for Youth:
Pathways Forward:
Ongoing Care:
If needed will follow up with families for up to 6 months after the child’s stay and help to provide them with support and community
And more info to come!
As always thank you for supporting our schools Initiatve!
-The leadership 35 Team