Charitable events in Alberta go virtual during COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 restrictions prevented them from doing that this year.
Instead, they held a month-long, virtual event and it paid off.The pint-sized heroes managed to bring in an impressive $50,000.“The fact that they were not only able to make the event happen; they raised five times the amount they did the year before,” said the Children’s Cottage director of marketing, Elisha Jackson.“$50,000 is a huge deal to our organization.”She said the money raised will help support operations at the Children’s Cottage Society’s Crisis Nursery – a 14-bed, 5,000-square-foot facility in the community of Bridgeland that provides free, short-term and around-the-clock care for kids whose.