About us
Kaleo (ka-leh-oh): to invite
Kaleo exists to build a loving, supportive community for single mothers to help them flourish. We provide practical life skills through classes and groups to help women find their courage, build community and discover new possibilities.
Find (y)our family.
We invite single moms into the community.
We invite all to be a part of our circle of supporters.
Single Mom Resource Course
Single Moms Unite! This 8-week course will help you find more time for the things & people you love. Create new habits, meet new friends.
Single Mom Support Group
Are you a single mom in the YEG area? Ever feel like you could use a group of fun, supportive women in your life who know exactly what you are going through?
Psychological Services
Kaleo Collective offers programs and groups to support women and their children with mental health. We help you get the support that is right for you. Get your Kaleo Access Pass to be connected with our partner The Grief and Trauma Healing Centre.
What People Say
What an amazing organization that supports single mothers and help them thrive. I had the pleasure to work with Kaleo Collective and I love this organization.
Emilie I.
19:10 07 Sep 22
Kaleo has been very instrumental to my healing through a very difficult life event - my separation and divorce. So glad I found this sisterhood.
GLADYS E.
20:20 11 Jul 22
If this is a new step forward for you on your journey, I highly recommend taking this course. Through different exercises, you will learn how to form new habits, hold yourself accountable to new changes and become aware of past actions through reflection and exploring your relationship to money. Be brave, this is the next step for you on your journey. It is time for you to move forward. If this is not a new ideal for you on this journey, let this be a good reflection piece to shine a light in your corners. How can you elevate yourself further through this course, how can you fine tweak your actions? To top it all off, the experience to be with other Mamas is comforting knowing that we are not alone, and sitting in each others space helps empower us. Thank you Kaleo for this opportunity.
G G
23:29 03 Jun 22
I had no idea really what to expect when I signed up for the Single Moms Resource program, only that I wanted to connect with other single Mamas. I’m blown away with the resources that were made available, the lessons I learned, the skills I attained, the connections I made, and for truly being seen as supported as a Single Mom. I’m blessed and truly grateful for Kaleo Collective for what it brought, and continues to bring into my life and ripples out to my children.
Jessika C.
23:11 03 Jun 22
I came to Kaleo Collective at a time that I really needed some support. I found a welcoming community that has comforted me in my journey. The women in the Kaleo community are phenomenal and I have formed some great friendships. Kaleo has also helped me thrive and grow into a leader. Layna is so loving and encouraging. Thank you Layna for creating such a safe space for single mamas to bond and grow.
Noel M.
02:56 10 Aug 21
Kaleo Collective is a amazing resource for single parents but not only that it’s a community, of single moms who support each other, and build each other up, as well as deliver amazing courses, that help get you on the right path to rediscovering yourself as a single parent, and help you refocus where you need to in what you need at the hardest time in your life, as well they do amazing things for your kiddos. Becoming a single parent was super scary and honestly the support I have received from kaleo Collective means the world to me and has really helped me realize I can do this! Thank you Kaleo 🙌
Alicia P.
00:40 15 Jul 21
I would 100% recommend Kaleo as a place for any single mom to find connection, support and community. Layna has an amazing heart and passion for connecting single moms with people and resources to provide love and support. I've been lucky enough to be a part of what she's doing in a small way and it's rewarding and inspiring! Kaleo is making a real difference in the lives of moms and their kids.
Bobbie M.
21:46 13 Jul 21
It is a privilege to be connected to this wonderful group of people! To make our world a better place - Join -and then tell 2 friends who will tell 2 friends -Thank you for all you do Kaleo!
Lynn K.
17:48 13 Jul 21
I have met so many amazing women through Kaleo and have seen firsthand the supportive and empowering community that Kaleo has created and welcomed me into.If you are a single mother looking for community and opportunities for learning and growth or someone hoping to support women in their single motherhood journey- Kaleo Collective is the charity for you!
Meghan K.
16:53 13 Jul 21
You want to see the lives of families dynamically changed for generations?! Single moms with the support of Kaleo Collective will do just that. This network of resources, support groups and programming goes above and beyond to make the lives of single moms a little easier throughout and no matter where they are in their single parenting journey.
Sarah C.
04:13 12 Jul 21
Kaleo is absolutely amazing. Both me and my children look forward to the events they host from the single moms support group to park play days. I am so thankful for everything Layna does to make me and my children feel loved.
Jennifer
17:24 10 Jul 21
Kaleo Collective is an incredibly supportive, inclusive, generous and resourceful charity for single mothers and their children. Having had the experience of being a single mother herself, Layna Haley truly appreciates and understands the challenges that many single mothers face in our community. Layna's heart and passion for serving women shines through every program, fundraiser and initiative she leads through her charity.As the Founder and Executive Director of The Grief and Trauma Healing Centre, we are humbled and honoured to partner with Kaleo Collective to provide low-cost and pro bono individual and group counselling services to Kaleo's membership. These women and their children are absolutely incredible and it is our privilege to support them in healing from the losses they have experienced throughout their journey.Thank you Layna and Kaleo for being a beacon of light, love and hope for single mothers and our community at large. We appreciate and acknowledge the beautiful and impactful work you do, helping one mother at a time.Sincerely,Ashley Mielke
The Grief and Trauma Healing C.
14:19 10 Jul 21
I was brought up with the message to look after yourself because nobody else will. So when I became a single mom in a foreign country, I assumed I was on my own again. Until faith made my path cross with Layna and Kaleo. I didn’t need help financially, I didn’t need help raising my daughter and I thought I didn’t need support. I just wanted to help the charity because I realized many single moms do need this support. But in connecting with Layna, I realized how valuable Kaleo and all these moms are. I have found friends and have made connections I would have never thought possible. I feel so much stronger and have so much support now that I have found this group, it is truly a blessing.Kaleo to me, is not a charity, it is a community. A support system where every mom can get whatever they need, without judgement and with an abundance of love. A safe haven for kids to connect and for moms to feel understood. ❤️
Lisette M.
14:14 10 Jul 21
This organization, acutally that is not quite accurate more like family, is filled with strong knowledgeable people. Great people to have in your corner.
Kristin Z.
06:43 10 Jul 21
Where do I even begin? Kaleo deserves more than just five stars. Kaleo has created such an amazing support system for single moms. It’s a support system that provides you the tools, resources and confidence to keep you going when you sometimes feel you can’t. Layna has a heart of gold and truly the most loving, kind, generous and over all amazing person I’ve ever met. She makes every single person feel important, empowered and loved. I’ve gained some amazing friends and support systems through Kaleo and like I said, there aren’t enough stars to show how amazing Kaleo really is.
Allie F.
05:52 10 Jul 21
Kaleo Collective is an amazing, loving and supportive community for single moms, with a focus on connection. Layna, the Founder, has a passion for creating safe and supportive spaces for all single moms to share, grow, build community, learn new skills, build friendships, thrive and have fun. There are so many great programs, courses, groups and activities for both the moms and their children. The single mom resource group is a fantastic course with so much valuable information and skill building and I would highly recommend it.The wonderful Kaleo community of single moms that has been built, and continues to grow, is amazing and I am so thankful to be a part of it! Kaleo has had a very positive and significant impact in my life and in the lives of my children. I always feel loved, supported and empowered. Thank you for everything!
Kristen B.
05:00 10 Jul 21
Kaleo is a place I can call home. As a single mom Kaleo has given me a tribe of women who love deeply and share honestly. Single moms are some of the most heartfelt women I know and I have found them through Kaleo. This organization has given me opportunities to learn and grow that have greatly impacted my ability to be the best mom that I can be. I am so grateful to Layna and all the love she has poured and continues to our into not only the organization but into each of us women who have become the Kaleo family. Her authentic love for each of us individually and as a group keep bring more and more greatness into each of our lives. I am humbled by her strength and determination to create this beautiful place Kaleo!!
Angie P.
04:57 10 Jul 21
How do I write about Kaleo Collective without tears?As a solo-single Mama I have a lot of weight on my shoulders. And although I have a great support system, the network and connections I’ve gained through the Kaleo Family are invaluable.Kaleo is a community where Mamas can come together and feel fully accepted without judgement, bond though shared experiences and share knowledge and resources.In turn, we’re enabling each other, ourselves and our children.The kids not only see their Mamas learning and gaining self-efficiency and self-esteem, they also see us being powerfully vulnerable as we lean on each other for support. They are learning through the most powerful means: the example of their Mamas and adult loved-ones. They also have the opportunity to feel really special through events and activities, and to make their Mamas feel special by giving back to them by participating in Little Santas and Love Your Mama.I am so happy to see Kaleo growing and having the ability to offer more and different programs, and to be able to support more Mamas as it grows.I highly recommend joining the family as a Mama, a volunteer or a donor!Thank you Layna for sharing your heart, your ENTHUSIASM, and your family with us. And Happy 24th Austin! 🥳
Erin P.
03:26 10 Jul 21
Joanne M.
03:01 10 Jul 21
Happy 24th birthday Austin!! 🥳🥳Kaleo Collective is one big, beautiful, happy, supportive and empowering community.
Karen B.
02:37 10 Jul 21
Being apart of Kaleo Collective, is one of the best decision I ever made since becoming a single mom. Kaleo's support towards me and my children over the past year has been so overwhelming, and I am extremely thankfuI and really blessed to be apart of a organization, that focuses on both the wellbeing and self development of single mothers and their children. Thank you kaleo Collective❤❤🤍💖
Zitronie R.
01:43 10 Jul 21
Kaleo Collective has been an amazing help to my kids and I since becoming a single mama!It was the end of summer, and I had just driven halfway across the continent to move back to Alberta as a newly single mom, with my 1 and 4 year old kids and 2 pets, in a vehicle full of anything that would fit. It was a tough phase in my life, and although having all of my family here was a great help, most of the friends I had before I left Alberta had either moved away or we had grown apart over the years. My family didn’t fully understand what I was going through, despite my mother being a single mom herself. This is a new millennium, and single moms today have different challenges than before. I felt like a new person, trying to navigate single motherhood with few friends. Then we attended our first Kaleo picnic, and the great moms and kids we met that day quickly became permanent fixtures in our lives. Soon after that, Kaleo began offering an excellent variety of very low cost or no cost classes to single mamas and their kids, which my kids and I have happily attended over the past few years. Through taking Kaleo moms classes and going to various events, I’ve learned the ins and outs of being a fulfilled, productive, supportive and supported single mom while my kids made new friends, were entertained and even educated via their own Kaleo activities. These kinds of classes and activities would have totalled 1000s of dollars for me elsewhere, yet because Kaleo Collective is a charity, the costs are extremely affordable for single mothers. Kaleo has grown so much and continues to grow, and because of that I’ve now filled my life with a new family of kind, supportive and fun single mom friends who also attend Kaleo’s classes and events. Having Kaleo and these welcoming women in my life, who understand the various challenges of being a single mom can only be considered an asset in our lives. Many thanks to Kaleo and my strong mama friends, and to all you new faces we see joining us weekly.
C L
23:47 09 Jul 21
Kaleo Collective is the best community for single mamas. I am so glad I have found a place where I have found so many like minded mamas, support and SO many resources to make me an even better mama so my kids can thrive! The founder Layna, is truly a gem. She is what I like to call the matriarch of mamas and has proven time and time again that we are not alone. If you are a mama and you feel alone, connect with Kaleo- you won’t regret it!
Christina P.
22:53 09 Jul 21
As a single mom, life can be scary. Add anxiety and recovering from an abusive situation and you can feel very very alone. I had a phone call with Layna from Kaleo before my first in person meeting with the support group and I already had a good feeling about this amazing group of women. Kaleo has helped me grow in more ways than I ever could have imagined or dreamed of. I have found my love for myself, my confidence and truly a place to belong. From weekly meet ups for my mental health to courses on vision planning, budgeting and so much more I cannot thank Layna and the whole Kaleo family for truly giving me my life back!
Lennea B.
21:16 09 Jul 21
This is an organization that I'm honoured to serve and support. The work that Layna and her team at Kaleo do to bring women together, to foster confidence and belief in themselves and to help them to build and refine skills that make life better for them and their kids is heartwarming. Kaleo targets an important gap missed by governments and agencies - and the women who participate appreciate the opportunity to journey collectively.I'll conclude by acknowledging that I'm not a mom, or a single mom - but I was raised by one. I also married one. 😉
Jeff H.
20:56 09 Jul 21
Upcoming Events
July – August
Kaleo Kids Connect
Feb 1 – Mar 22
Single Mom Resource Course
December 17, 2022
Little Santas
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Our Impact
Our Single Mom Resource Courses help create positive changes that impact your life and your children’s lives. Many discover a new sense of confidence, build friendships and gain the knowledge needed to take control.
Here is what our moms had to say:
- Demonstrated increase in self esteem 96%
- Learned how to access community services they didn’t know existed 78%
- Had increased confidence in managing their personal finances 69%
