SPOTLIGHT: Jhonajoy & Help-A-Homie
Dear Reader,
I think one of the most impactful woman I have ever met from our community has to be Jhonajoy (Joy) from Kappa Alpha Theta - who has grown her own non-profit, volunteer charity for our Edmonton Community. This amazing student organization betters the lives of people experiencing homelessness in our city by providing them clothing, food, and even community, to better their lives and opportunities.
Help-A-Homie has been running since January 2021 - their first post on Instagram featuring a donation page to fund their first food-drive. If anyone has ever lived in Edmonton, you know that this weather is no joke - winter comes to ravage. They provided over 100+ readied, hot, and fresh meals to homeless people across Edmonton in their first run! And the impact just keeps growing from there!
They didn’t just stop at food - they started giving generalized goods to those in need; jackets, shirts, pants, air mattresses for tents, gloves, jackets, scarves, handwritten notes, and more. Their team didn’t just stop growing at their personal volunteers, but they inspired countless other student groups to pitch in and donate (even their time) to this selfless cause.
This charitable student group hasn’t just impacted those they directly wanted to support, but have inspired countless others to start assessing the homelessness in our city. Those who fall into poverty aren’t the exception, they’re people just like us whose unfortunate circumstances make it a lot harder to bounce back from - anyone can become homeless. Your neighbor, a school friend, the owner of a business startup, a student who works a part-time job, or even those closest to you. Help-A-Homie empowers Edmonton, and especially the University of Alberta, to act in direct response to the disadvantages present in our city. And I couldn’t imagine anyone better than Joy - who inspires happiness and kindness with every smile - to lead this cause with grace and humility.
If you want to find out more, keep up-to-date with Help-a-Homie donations, or want to get involved feel free to check out the links below!
WEBSITE: https://www.helpahomie.ca/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/helpahomieofficial/
XOXO,
Tina