Hope Mission

In 1929, Reverend Harold Edwardson established a soup kitchen in Edmontons inner-city serving meals to hundreds of people struggling with unemployment and homelessness at the onset of the Depression. Today, Hope Mission has grown into a not-for-profit Christian social care agency providing daily meals and life-changing care for thousands of impoverished men, women and children in Alberta. Basic and emergency care are provided to more than 800 people daily as well as counsel and referral services for men, women, and youth. Each day Hope Mission provides over 1700 meals and shelter for more than 600 people. Specialized care and treatment are offered for men and women through faith-based addiction treatment programs. Hope Mission also facilitates Alberta-wide after-school recreation and hot meal programs for children, summer camps for inner-city children and youth, and operates a year-round Youth Sports Centre. Hope Mission continues to reach out to the inner-city community through ...