Offers From Businesses

Calgarians, you rock! Your commitment to helping this city get back on its feet and supporting your neighbours, friends, family and community is overwhelming. Kudos to you for stepping up to help!

There are local businesses out there who would also like to help out in any way they can and offer a token of their appreciation for all the good deeds you’re out doing. Below is a list of businesses with offers for people affected by the flood and for volunteers. Please contact the business directly about their offer.

If your business would like to post an offer on www.yychelps.ca, please send an email outlining the details to [email protected].

Disclaimer: Offers received from local businesses have not been vetted nor are they endorsed by YYCHelps. Please exercise caution when contacting any business offering free services.

HELP CLEANING UP

Homeowner Cleaning Assistance
Samaritan’s Purse Canada is providing assistance to homeowners in southern Alberta who have been impacted by recent flooding. Samaritan’s Purse volunteers will provide assistance pumping out basements, removing furniture or belongings, and tearing out damaged drywall and building materials. Additional information for homeowners.

Knight Plumbing And Heating
Knight Plumbing and Heating is offering free use of sump pumps to affected Calgarians to clean their basements. Just return them back. Call 403-282-1010

Action Auger
We are pumping out people’s basements at no charge. Call 403 288 1111

Pumps and Heaters
Premium Portable Washrooms has good pumps for basements, as well as some electric heaters that can be put to use where needed. Phone Brendan at (403) 978-6220

Pumps and Generators
The Telsec Group has 6-8 employees with pumps and generators ready and willing to help where needed. Please call Mallory at (403) 203-3000.

Free Childcare
YYC Cleanup Free Childcare  are attempting to arrange childcare for anyone that needs it during cleanup. We opened a first childcare location in Springbank Hill. Check out their Facebook page for details.

CalgaryArtsDevelopment.com
Working to help people with specific arts-related concerns. We are also trying to gather as much data as possible about the flood’s impact on Calgary’s arts community through these forms.  Call (403) 264-5330 for details.

Free Flood Damage Audit
Turnover Manager would like to offer our services to all those affected by the recent Alberta floods. Turnover Manager is a property auditing tool that will let you audit the damages to your property, track the repairs and log the receipts and paperwork with the report. Read more details.

Morphic Envirotech – Free Air Purifiers
For home owners with allergies or asthma finding it hard to breathe in their homes (even after the bulk of the demolition is complete) Morphic Envirotech can offer a few free air purifiers.  Priority for these units will go to people with a pre-existing medical condition that is being made worse by the air in their homes. The units are available for up to 90 days but it is my hope to move units among homes every few days. To arrange for delivery email: [email protected]  More details on the MorphAir Purifier: http://www.morphicenvirotech.com/

FAMILY/HOME

Camp Kasota West Offering Reduced Camping Rates for Families in Need
Camp Kasota West is offering a choice of two camps at a specially reduced rate of $50/week to families that have suffered the effects of the recent flood and whose children or youth might enjoy a camping experience. The choices are:  Week 3 ( July 15 to July 20)  and  Week 7 (August 12 to August 17).  Deadline for registration: July 10, 2013. If you have financial or other needs or challenges, Camp staff are available to discuss them.  Please contact: [email protected]

Free Listing Service at Wheels Estate Rentals – Lend a Travel Trailer or Land for Parking
Wheels Estate Rentals is offering a FREE listing service to match those looking for trailers/land and those able to lend a travel trailer or land for parking an RV.  “If everyone starts to view their travel trailers as a “PORTABLE SECOND” home and a way they can HELP, I think we can make a HUGE difference in the community.”  Visit their website: http://wheelestaterentals.com/

Free Laundry at Homestyle Laundromat
Homestyle Laundromat (3225 17 Ave SE) is offering free laundry services to Calgarians affected by the flood. Show your driver’s license or ID to show which area you live in to have access a FREE washer and dryer. This is SPECIFICALLY for those that have been affected by the floods and have no power or water or sewage etc. Call Richard at (403) 235-2292. Hours available: 12pm-5pm Monday-Friday.

Free Laundry at the Laundry Brigade
The Laundry Brigade has over 150 women standing by throughout the city ready and willing to take laundry in for FREE! They will arrange pickup for a central location in the community i.e. community centre, assign a volunteer and get the washing to them and then return to the community centre for pick up.

Contact:  [email protected]

Free Laundry through Tide Loads of Hope
Tide is offering free laundry services Thursday, June 27 through to Sunday, June 30 at Glenmore Coin Laundry (6624 Centre Street SW).

Elizabeth’s Everlasting Photography
Many families have been devastated by the tragedy of the flooding and have lost everything and this includes photos. Elizabeth’s Everlasting Photography is offering a free photo shoot to all the families that have lost their family photos and to volunteers. Please contact this business directly for more information. Ph: (403) 836-9333

Alberta Flood Photo Restoration
I am certified in Adobe Photoshop and have worked with damaged photos before and just wanted to find some way I could help those in need after the floods. No charge, no hidden sneaky fees, just an offering of trying my best to preserve something that is meaningful to you. Visit the blog for more details.

New Wedding Venues Required
Reflections Weddings & Events is offering their services to help couples in this situation find a new venue at no charge. If you or someone you know is in this position please contact them and they can either set up a time to meet with you in person or they can meet over the phone.Visit the blog for more details.

IT SERVICES

Calgary Flood IT And Computer Support For Businesses: Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery
If you know of any business owner affected by this outage without IT support or who’s IT support team is unable to respond, InfinIT is available to support those business owners in creating and acting upon a disaster recovery plan. They will help them structure these plans FREE OF CHARGE. Visit the website for more details.

Free Infrastructure Hosting
The IT Company is offering free, no obligation infrastructure hosting to all companies that require it. Free server functionality while you get your infrastructure up and running. Call Patricia Howse at (403) 456-2009 x100 for more details.

Voice & Text Messaging

Free Baths For Dogs/Cats Caught In Flood
Pawsitively Natural Dog Daycare & Training Academy is offering free baths for all dogs/cats caught in the flood affected communities for the rest of this week. Call them at 403-984-9247 to set them up. Space is limited and regular grooming rules apply (e.g. no aggressive dogs/cats).

HEALTH