Thank to all of you who have supported our work throughout the years.
Vancouver
Rape Relief and Women's Shelter is a non-profit, volunteer
based organization that has operated since 1973. We provide
transition housing for battered women and their children,
a 24-hour rape crisis line, a women's organizing centre and
public education about violence against women. We respond
to over 1400 new callers and shelter 120 women plus their
children each year.
Vancouver
Rape Relief and Women's Shelter relies on funding from a diverse
base in the community. We rely on volunteers for all of our
fundraising activities therefore 100% of your donation goes
directly into the operation of the transition house and crisis
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Thank-you to all of you who joined us in Stanley Park on May 31st for the 2009 Walk for Rape Relief!
Online Donations for Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter can be made at:
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If
you are interested in supporting our work with a donation
there are a variety of options possible:
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One
Time Donations
You can
send cheques and mail orders to us at:
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
Donor Club
You
can pledge a set amount of money each month to Vancouver
Rape Relief and Women's Shelter. We suggest half of a day's
pay per month. Contributions can be directly withdrawn from
your bank acocunt or given as post dated cheques. All donations
are tax deductable. A tax reciept will be issued in January
of each year for the previous year's donations. To make a
regular monthly donation print out a form to fill out and mail it to us
along with a blank cheque. OR you can send in a year's worth
of post-dated cheques.
Please
call:
(604) 872-8212
TDD (604) 877-0958
or e-mail us
if you wish to have further information. |
Donate Online
You can donate to us online at canadahelps.org. CanadaHelps is a public charitable foundation (896568417RR0001) and is Canada's only donation portal that provides access to all of Canada's 80,000 charities, from national organizations like national cancer charities to smaller groups like local animal shelters and soup kitchens. |
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Annual
Walk for Rape Relief
Begun in
1979 to help finance the Rape Relief crisis lines and to begin
raising money for the Women’s Shelter it has gotten better
each year. 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, more
information is available at Events. |
Donations of Stuff
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New
or gently used linens such as bath towels, face cloth,
bedsheets, blankets
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Regular
donations of foods such as pastas, rice, coffee, tea,
cheese, milk
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Regular
donations of fresh fruit and vegetables
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Toiletries such as toothpaste, shampoo, soap, moisturizers, combs and
brushes (sorry not the hotel sized bottles)
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Cleaning
supplies such as dish soap, laundry soap, bleach
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Office
supplies such as pens and pads of paper
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Childrens
toys, especially for older children like puzzles and
games, tickets to activites such as the aquarium
and Science World
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Gift
certificates for all of the above items
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Leave
a Legacy
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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;
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Name
Vancouver Rape Relief as a benificiary of a life insurance
policy.
You can receive Income Tax receipts for the premiums on
the policy, or you may assign fully paid life insurance
policies and recieve 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.
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Establish
a trust fund,
which 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.
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