The Edmonton Kids Up Front Foundation opens doors to a future world of possibilities for local kids who need a chance… kids who need someone to believe they’re valuable… to believe they’re worth it. Our Foundation creatively achieves these goals through granting event tickets that would otherwise go unused.
Granting event tickets that can’t be used, but are already paid for reduces cost, prevents waste and fills empty seats… Since 2003, we’ve granted 170,000 donated event tickets valued at $3.3M to local kids and families.
Our successful ability to deliver our one-of-a-kind program, is through our collaboration with a broad network of charitable partner agencies that operate within the Edmonton Capital Region’s education, health and community service sectors. Through these partnerships, Kids Up Front can reach more than 100,000 kids and families when broadcasting opportunities. (View our Agency Partners) Kids Up Front also shares strategic partnerships with many of Edmonton’s major sports, arts and entertainment organizations. Thanks to these important relationships, Kids Up Front continues to fill thousands of seats that may otherwise go empty with kids!
With regional programs in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto, The Kids Up Front Foundation fhas provided more than 650,000 experiences valued at $18.4M. For detailed information on how it works, and what you can do, please click Donate. Keep reading to learn more about Kids Up Front (Edmonton).
OUR MISSION
Provide kids with an experience that fosters possibilities, passions, and dreams, one ticket at a time.
OUR VISION
Provide every kid without opportunity a larger than life experience.
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
| Stakeholder | Value Proposition |
| Kids | Provide positive life experiences to kids that would otherwise be out of reach due to financial and social barriers. |
| Communities | Educate kids through experiences that have a positive social impact, helping them to build good moral values that will reduce harmful activities within our communities. |
| Agencies | Provide event tickets that can be distributed to kids within their agency to foster positive social experiences. |
| Donors | Provide larger than life experiences by facilitating the distribution of their unused tickets to kids using a cost effective organizational approach. |
| Board Members | Provide an opportunity for philanthropic individuals to make a positive impact in our communities and build relationships with other leaders. |
| Employees | Participate directly in the success of an organization with a mission to improve the lives of kids within our communities. |
OUR CORE VALUES
Committed | Integrity | Efficient | Innovative | Dependable | Relationships
OUR COMMUNITY & SOCIAL IMPACT
During childhood, we establish 40 Developmental AssetsTM including:
– Making constructive use of time
– Developing positive values
– Enhancing social competencies
– Developing positive identities
– Feeling senses of belonging, self-worth, and value
Research shows that children from economically and/or socially disadvantaged families and/or families facing chronic challenges such as illness or disability, may not achieve the various developmental assets that are necessary to grow into healthy, caring and responsible adults. By giving a ticket in, Kids Up Front breaks down barriers to enable socially isolated children to build positive assets through experiencing:
– Events that were once considered unattainable
– Positive social interaction with peers and meaningful adults
– Quality family leisure time
– A connection to Community
Kids Up Front primarily provides event opportunities for at-risk kids. Ultimately, our charitable Foundation achieves a deeper purpose through nourishing spirits and inspiring possibilities, passions, and dreams, one ticket at a time.
