EMPLOYMENT &
ECONOMIC GAINS
Create measurable results for women securing employment and achieving financial stability.
Making Changes Association
Empowering Women and Teen Girls, Creating Exponential Impact.
Since 1981, Making Changes Association has helped women and teen girls in Calgary build confidence, develop essential skills, and overcome barriers to new opportunities.
Since 1981
Creating Opportunities
Women & Teen Girls
Building Confidence & Skills
One Community
Creating Lasting Change
Ready for Change? We're Here to Help
Making Changes provides no-cost programs for women and teen girls in Calgary seeking workforce preparation, professional clothing, skills training, and leadership development.
Be Part of the Change
When women and teen girls have access to the right opportunities and support, the impact extends to their families, workplaces, and communities.
Calgary Is Losing Brilliant Women To Solvable Problems
When mothers can't return to work, survivors can't leave unsafe situations, and newcomers can't integrate, families suffer and communities lose contributors.
Making Changes provides the hand up women need to overcome these challenges and make Calgary a better place.
Programs for Sustainable Transformation
For Women
We help women gain financial independence through comprehensive workforce preparation programs that remove the barriers preventing them from achieving more for themselves, their families, and their communities.
For Teen Girls
We support teen girls by providing the tools, guidance, and confidence they need to navigate their education, careers, and personal growth.
Dress for Success Calgary
Professional clothing and workforce preparation for
women entering or re-entering employment.
Women in Technology
Six-month intensive training removing barriers to entry
in male-dominated tech sectors.
My Best Friend's Closet
Stylish clothing and increased confidence for
low-income teen girls.
Basic Digital Skills
Essential digital literacy for women new to navigating
Canadian systems.
GREAT Program
Leadership development teaches teen girls they belong
in rooms where decisions get made.
Basic Digital Skills for Work & Learning
Practical digital skills to navigate everyday
tasks with confidence.
The Exponential Impact Your Help Creates
Our integrated approach creates sustainable transformations in which each woman and teen girl helped by Making Changes becomes someone who lifts others, extending your investment far beyond the initial contribution.
WHY MAKING CHANGES
EMPLOYMENT &
GENERATIONAL
POVERTY BROKEN
Help women create different outcomes for their children, breaking cycles that have trapped families for generations.
WORKFORCE
DIVERSITY
Help Calgary employers access qualified diverse talent while addressing gender gaps in male-dominated industries.
COMMUNITY
SOCIAL CAPITAL
Fund engaged community members who volunteer, mentor, and strengthen Calgary.
FAMILY STABILITY
Enable women to adequately house and feed their families, creating stable environments where children thrive.
LASTING LEGACY
Strengthen Calgary for generations by creating a legacy that extends far beyond your lifetime.
PERSONAL
FULFILLMENT
Create a sense of purpose, meeting the deep human need to contribute meaningfully beyond personal success.
EXPONENTIAL
TRANSFORMATION
Start the ripple effect that will unlock potential for women across generations and communities.
See What Your Investments Create
Women achieving financial independence. Teens discovering their voices. Mothers creating different outcomes for children. This is the sustainable transformation your support funds.
see your impact
★★★★★
“I feel so lucky to have taken the Women In Technology program, not only because I achieved my goal and gained my first IT job working at AltaGas, but because I was able to improve my skills and gain the confidence I needed.”
Kelly Yuan
READ Kelly'S STORY
★★★★★
"My encounters with Dress for Success Calgary have been nothing short of transformative. Not only have they equipped me with the tools to dress for success, but they have also instilled in me a sense of self-assurance and resilience."
Ngozi
READ Ngozi'S STORY
★★★★★
“There are no words to describe how thankful I am to have visited My Best Friends Closet. I left with a much-needed pair of sneakers, gym clothes, multiple fabulous outfits and a positive new perspective on life. The simplest things can inspire a girl to do big things. I am excited to see what my future holds.”
Sarah
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How You Can Help
Choose the pathway that fits your capacity. Monthly giving, one-time support, transformational funding, and hands-on involvement all contribute to creating exponential impact in the lives of women, their families, and our communities.
Give Monthly
Create predictable impact in your
community with ongoing support.
Provide a One-Time Gift
Contribute at any level, any time. Your support funds
everything from interview clothing to tech training.
A Donation of Any Size Provides Direct Support
$10
A woman walks with confidence.
$15
A teen girl feels she belongs at school.
$20
A woman unlocks new possibilities.
$50
A teen girl builds unshakeable self-worth.
$100
A stronger Calgary where women and teen girls thrive.
SUPPORT MAKING CHANGES IN OTHER WAYS
DONATION DROP-OFF
Donate quality clothing and professional items that help women present themselves confidently in interviews and workplaces.
LEARN MORECOMMUNITY CLOTHING DRIVES
Organize a drive that fills wardrobes while building awareness of women's barriers in your network.
LEARN MOREHOST A FUNDRAISER
Create community connection while raising funds that remove barriers preventing women's success.
LEARN MOREWhy Supporters Choose Making Changes
Donors, volunteers, and corporate partners choose Making Changes because their support creates real transformation, measurable outcomes, and visible impact in the community where they live and work.
why making changes
★★★★★
“I feel so grateful for all the blessings that I have had personally and professionally. I love finding opportunities that allow me to pay it forward as so many people have stepped up to help me along my journey.”
Trina Cooper
READ Trina'S STORY
★★★★★
“Part of supporting others is how we are able, together, to build stronger communities for longer-term success. I am grateful to the Making Changes Association for the opportunity to help their members who seek to orient their careers toward positive outcomes.”
Tahir Merali
CEO of Escape Velocity Services
READ Tahir'S STORY
★★★★★
“I volunteer because my entire goal in life is to make a difference and give back. I’ve been through so much bad in my life personally, I know what it’s like to have to start fresh and have nothing, so being able to help others in a similar situation means a lot to me.”
Alanna Pearson
Founder of Social Boss
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Our Partners & Supporters
Thank you for your generosity and commitment, which made our programs possible, as reflected in our Annual Report 2025–2026.
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