BEHIND THE BRAND

Thriving together

At Making Changes, we’re “women helping women”, committed to empowering women to thrive in their communities through our Programs. With this in mind, we’ve embraced/adopted an origami Japanese crane as a symbol of our organizational identity. The Japanese crane represents hope and happiness. This reflects what our clients have told us about their experiences with Making Changes. The drive for our clients’ hope and happiness is also what inspires the ongoing passion and commitment of our staff, volunteers and Board to Making Changes.

Origami involves transforming a flat piece of paper into something beautiful. At Making Changes, that “something beautiful” is the empowerment and confidence of women and teen girls. The many folds of the origami crane represent “the many hands of women helping women” through their interaction with Making Changes and our Programs. It’s a thoughtful collaborative process to help achieve hope and happiness for clients through their own transformation and for our staff and volunteers to know they’re making a real difference. It’s about everyone thriving together, each in our own way.

Making Changes acknowledges the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, the Tsuut’ina Nation and Stoney Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley and the Metis people of Alberta, Region III. We honor the hardships that were endured by the peoples on this land to allow us to be in this space to do the work that we do in our community. We respect the culture of the peoples who walk through our doors and we strive to provide space for them. We acknowledge that Indigenous peoples continue to experience hardships and our agency will be champions for change in our daily service to community. Making Changes is committed to inclusivity and recognition of all peoples who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.