Donate to Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter

5 Easy Ways to Give:

  1. One-time Donation

  2. Monthly Donation

  3. Donate Items

  4. Legacy Giving

  5. Fundraisers

 

Vancouver Rape Relief Society is a Registered Canadian Charity (119282143RR0001)

Rape crisis centres in BC receive no operational funding from any level of government. The funds we do receive to operate our transition house from the Province do not cover all of the costs of running the shelter. We rely greatly on charitable donations to assist women and their children get to safety and to carry out our equality seeking prevention initiatives. 

 


ONE-TIME DONATION

Cheques and mail orders send to:

Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
c/o P.O. Box 21562
1424 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, B.C. V5L 5G2
Remember to include your return address so we can mail you a tax receipt.

MONTHLY DONATION
Pledge a set amount of money each month.Contributions can be directly withdrawn from your bank account; credit card or given as post dated cheques. All donations are tax deductable. A tax receipt will be issued in January of each year for the previous year's donations. To make a regular monthly donation, print this form. Use this online calculator to estimate your tax return.

DONATE ITEMS

Vancouver Rape Relief gladly accepts new and gently used items for our transition house and rape crisis centre. Please find below a list of the items we need most:

  • We are currently looking for Fridge for our transition house. It must be new or gently used and hard wearing. We can arrange pick up.

  • Tooth Brushes 

  • Pajamas (new or very gently used)

  • Shampoo / Conditioner (unused - not hotel sizes)

  • Feminine Hygiene products 

  • Bedding for single beds (new or gently used)

  • Towels (Prefer white new or gently used)

  • Children’s toys (wooden toys is best for us)

  • Baby items – diapers, sealed unopened formula etc…

  • Car seats (if it has not expired)

  • Office Supplies/ public education materials (paper, paint, markers, button maker and supplies, lables etc)

  • Tickets to activities, local events, entertainment

  • Bus tickets

  • Gift Cards for groceries 

To donate items please call 604 876 0872 Monday to Friday 9.30-5.30 or email info@rapereliefshelter.bc.ca

Clothing and furniture please give to:
 

Mis'cel'any Women Helping Women (2 locations)
2615 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC (604) 254-9999
or
1029 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC (604) 215-9970

Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
302 Columbia Street,
Vancouver, BC
(604) 681-8480

Sheway (children's toys)
533 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
(604) 216-1699

Helping Families in Need Society
Tel: (604) 294 3087

LEAVE A LEGACY

  • Include Vancouver Rape Relief in your will
    When you include Vancouver Rape Relief as beneficiary
     in your will, your estate receives a tax deduction on the final income tax return;

  • Name Vancouver Rape Relief as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
    You can receive Income Tax receipts for the premiums on the policy, or you 
    mayassign fully paid life insurance policies and receive a tax benefit. Your insurance advisor and/or financial advisor will be able to make and advise you on all aspects of the use of life insurance policies for charitable giving.

  • Establish a Trust Fund
    A trust fund would pay interest, generate a tax credit and eventually benefit Vancouver Rape Relief. When you establish a Living Trust (there are several ways to do this) and make Vancouver Rape Relief the residual beneficiary, you receive the interest on your money and also receive a significant tax benefit. Your financial advisor can assist you to make and assess the value of this type of donation.

Community Fundraisers:

1. ANNUAL WALK FOR RAPE RELIEF
Join us on the last Sunday of May for a terrific walk around the seawall, a free "thank you!" picnic for walkathon fundraisers, free childcare and entertainment in the park. We will soon be updating the pledge sheet for people to print out and use to get pledges!

2. BOWLATHON!

3. BENEFITS
Host your own benefit for Rape Relief contact us to learn more...