A 85-year-old charity tradition will look a little bit different this year.
This year’s Lung Association Christmas Seals campaign is a collaboration between Alberta Lung, Chrysalis and the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts.
The initiative sells seals, similar to stamps, to raise money for various programs.
The campaign started in Denmark in 1902, when a postman came up with the idea of adding an extra stamp to letters and parcels, with the money from those stamps used to help children in need.
All the artwork on the 2024 seals was made by artists involved with the Nina Haggerty centre and Chrysalis, an Alberta society for people with disabilities.
The trio of charities are asking donors to do things a little bit differently this year, as the Canada Post strike has delayed seal and donation deliveries.
“We’re challenged right now, and there’s a significant barrier in receiving cheques within each organization,” said Chrysalis CEO and …