Dec. 3 marks Giving Tuesday and Calgary charities are desperate for financial support are hope people find ways to give whatever they can to help others.
Vibrant Communities Calgary looks at all the systems that contribute to poverty for Calgarians and tries to change those through research and policy advocacy.
Meaghon Reid, executive director at Vibrant Communities Calgary, is seeing a disturbing trend of greater need but fewer donors.
“We know from a survey that came out this year that giving is down to about 67 per cent of the population,” she said.
“In 2017, that was over 90 per cent, so every single year fewer people are in a position to give, even if they want to because they’re having their own affordability challenges.”
Reid says in times of uncertainty, people cut back on …