One Fire CanadaOne fire doesn’t spread on its own.
One fire doesn’t spread on its own.
It needs people willing to feed it.
For twelve years, HIP has run largely on volunteer hours and good will. That got us this far. One Fire Canada is the campaign that makes sure the next twelve years don’t depend on the same thing.
Case for support
Why now
Every year, HIP turns away youth who applied for Y2Y because there wasn’t a seat for them. That’s not a marketing problem. That’s a capacity problem, and it’s the one problem an organization can’t story-tell its way out of.
One Fire Canada is a five-year, $2.5M campaign to build the operating capacity HIP has never had – paid staff where there’s only ever been volunteers, a program budget that doesn’t depend on one grant renewing on time. Behind it sits a longer goal: a $10M permanent endowment, so the fire doesn’t go out the year a founder steps back.
None of this changes what happens at the fire itself. It changes how many youth get to sit around it.
One Fire Canada is a five-year, $2.5M campaign to build the operating capacity HIP has never had – paid staff where there’s only ever been volunteers, a program budget that doesn’t depend on one grant renewing on time. Behind it sits a longer goal: a $10M permanent endowment, so the fire doesn’t go out the year a founder steps back.
None of this changes what happens at the fire itself. It changes how many youth get to sit around it.
16
Board members, constitutionally split between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous voices, gender balanced & geographically dispersed
Free
Every Y2Y spot, fully covered – travel, meals, accommodations
2027-28
Gatherings already being planned in Edmonton, and Calgary
Four Ways In
Find the fit that makes sense for you
Whether you’re one person or one company, there’s a way to back this that
matches what you’re able to give – and what you want to see it do.
matches what you’re able to give – and what you want to see it do.
1. INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Support a youth
Any amount, one time or monthly
The simplest way in. Your gift goes straight into covering the real costs
of a Y2Y week – transportation, meals, materials – for a youth
who couldn’t otherwise attend.
The simplest way in. Your gift goes straight into covering the real costs
of a Y2Y week – transportation, meals, materials – for a youth
who couldn’t otherwise attend.
2. INDIVIDUAL or FAMILY
Sponsor a youth
Firekeeper $500 – Pathfinder $1,000 – Peacemaker $5,000
Fund one youth’s entire Y2Y experience, start to finish. Named for the roles Elders have always asked young people to grow into.
Fund one youth’s entire Y2Y experience, start to finish. Named for the roles Elders have always asked young people to grow into.
3. GROUP or FOUNDATION
Sponsor a Youth Initiative
Project-based, single or multi-year
Back an alumni-initiated and led project so they can take an idea they had at Y2Y and actually build it in their own community.
Back an alumni-initiated and led project so they can take an idea they had at Y2Y and actually build it in their own community.
4. CORPORATE or INSTITUTIONAL
Become a Partner
Multi-year, tied to One Fire Canada
Join other organizations already backing this
work at a capacity-building level
Join other organizations already backing this
work at a capacity-building level
The fire’s been burning twelve years. Help us make sure the Flame doesn’t go out
One conversation is enough to start. Reach out and we’ll figure out together where you fit.