Feature Friday: SnowAngels London - Giving Back one Snow Shovel at a Time

Happy Friday, London! On this (yet again) snowy day, I decided to feature not a business, but a philanthropic organization that believes in giving back to our community.  If you've read my blog posts, or my Facebook page, you know that I am BIG on giving back.  This little organization has some really big ideas.  Their main idea is simple: Be kind to others by giving a bit of your time (and energy).

www.snowangelslondon.ca

The local organization I am talking about is SnowAngels London.  How I had never heard of them before is beyond me.  They started in 2015 with an idea that fellow Londoner, Lincoln McCardle, had.  There were lots of snow removal organizations out there but none that were completely reliant on community involvement. Many people in our city aren't able to either afford a service to clean their snow, or get outside and clean it themselves due to various restrictions or inabilities. It was time to step up and create SnowAngels.  When it snows, as it tends to do in our fair city, a Snow Angel can check out a map posted on the website and go shovel a driveway or two to help out those that aren't able to do it themselves and can't afford a service. 

How SnowAngels works is you go to their website and click on if you NEED a SnowAngel to help you out with snow removal, or WANT to BECOME SnowAngel and remove snow for people in your neighbourhood.  You fill out a form to register and create a login name and password, and check out a map to see where the help is needed, or post on the map so you can get the help you need. If you older son or daughter is looking for those much-needed volunteer hours, they do count for those students attending high school in the TVDSB, but other school boards would have to be called to verify if SnowAngels would count for volunteer hours in their respective schools.  

Photo Courtesy of: www.libertyk12.org

All in all, this is a wonderful initiative that is simple, easy to follow and makes all of us feel good :) As the temperature gets warmer (especially this coming Family Day weekend), we probably won't need SnowAngel's services for much longer (thank heavens.. see what I did there?) but keep them in mind for next winter.  Guaranteed, it will snow. And guaranteed, someone would appreciate the help of a kind neighbour, especially if you are a "SnowAngel."


Have a great day, London - and don't forget to get out and enjoy the family day weekend!

Check out more info on SnowAngels here:

Website: http://snowangelslondon.ca/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SnowAngelsLondon/

Email: archangel@snowangelslondon.ca