Eighty-five years ago, Calgary was a city in flux, emerging from the Great Depression while the world was at war. Out of that turbulence, a new force for community took root — United Way came to Calgary to meet the moment.

In 1940, our community needed to rebuild from the economic and social upheaval of the 1930s. United Way of Calgary and Area soon found itself at the heart of our postwar recovery as a funder and collaborator with the many organizations also born to serve our community during crisis.

Since that time, we’ve been here, side-by-side with our partners, through every major social, economic or natural crisis, including floods, wildfires, economic downturns and a pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of local lives have been improved because of the generosity of donors, the dedicati

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