“The Cub House” – URSA’s New Home for Medically Fragile Children is now open. On Sunday, December 2, 2018, the first "Cub" moved-in. … [Read more...]
Thrifty Steals Backpack Drive for URSA
URSA is pairing up with Thrifty Steals, an online business owned by two moms, Jenn & Amanda who are on a mission to bring you quality products at a low price. For the month of November, if you donate $20 (or more!), Thrifty Steals will use the donation to fill a backpack with necessities like … [Read more...]
The Cub House – URSA’s New Home for Medically Fragile Children to open in November!
We are excited to announce the opening of “The Cub House” – URSA’s New Home for Medically Fragile Children. URSA means “Bear” in astrology. This home is for medically fragile children so our Cub House name is so fitting for these little ones. The home will officially open on November … [Read more...]
Thank you for supporting Brain Art 2018!
Brain Art 2018 Presented by NAVIGATE Financial Group Ltd. This year URSA hosted Brain Art, our annual fundraiser, on June 8th, at Festival Hall, in Inglewood. The purpose of the event is to use art and photography as a way of creating awareness of what it means to live with a brain injury and … [Read more...]
CBC Do Crew
CBC DO DREW Friday, October 27th was an incredible day! The CBC Do Crew came to our Bob Ward Group Home and did lots of painting, built in shelves and a custom storage cabinet. It was a feel good day - we couldn't have done it without the amazing volunteers/sponsors for the day! A few … [Read more...]
Copperfield Open House
On September 14th, URSA held an Open House for our Copperfield home. We celebrated the hard work put into building this incredible 6 bedroom home, the amazing clients who now call this place home and the dedication and support from families and staff. This home would not be possible without the love … [Read more...]
First Calgary
On September 13th, 2017, we had a great group of volunteers from First Calgary Financial take on different projects in our Admnistration building for our Brain Injury Services Day Program. We are truly greateful for the generous support from Community Partners like First Calgary. … [Read more...]
Lowes Work Crew
Lowes Hero Makeover Day On August 18th, 2017, employees from Lowes Signal Hill volunteered with URSA for Lowes Hero Project. Lowes volunteers painted, set up new furniture and put together a beautiful patio oasis for URSA clients. We love when the Community chooses to partner with URSA. Thank … [Read more...]
Brain Art 2017
URSA’s fourth annual Brain Art Fundraiser was incredible! The clients were thrilled to show off their masterpieces. This year, we were lucky enough to have two-time Grey Cup Champion and Calgary Stampeder Legend, Jon Cornish as our guest speaker. He gave an inspirational speech about brain injuries … [Read more...]
Rehab on the Mountain 2017!
Another successful trip with the Rehab on the Mountain Group! Most of our URSA clients had gone before and were very much excited to challenge themselves with new tricks and see if they remembered what they had learned last year. Many were surprised how much they did remember and how much was just … [Read more...]