November 12, 2011
How to Donate
1988: Then-Premier Bill Vander Zalm (middle) helps the Kids Fund push that year with Sun reporter Gillian Shaw (second from left) and columnist Shelley Fralic (second from right)
The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund is a registered, non-profit charity that has helped disadvantaged children in B.C. communities since 1981. We carry on that tradition today, sharing stories in print and online about the needs of abused, disadvantaged and disabled children, not only to raise awareness but also to raise money.
Your donation, along with interest earned from our trust and endowment funds, enables The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund to provide grants for projects serving children and youth.
Pacific Newspaper Group, which publishes The Vancouver Sun, absorbs all administration costs, so every penny you give goes to the children and youth of B.C. Our board of directors works diligently to ensure your donations make a real difference for British Columbians and the programs that help them.
In the three decades since the launch of The Children’s Fund, readers have donated close to $11 million. A portion of that money, $2.5 million, is in an untouchable endowment fund, and The Children’s Fund uses interest generated by that nest egg to issue twice-yearly grants to more than 900 B.C. children’s charities. To date, the fund has granted $6.8 million to children’s charities across the province, and has also issued large cheques to kick-start long-standing projects like the Canuck Place hospice and the KidSafe program for at-risk inner-city kids in Vancouver.
ADOPT-A-SCHOOL
Our latest project is Adopt-a-School, an initiative that grew out of a Sun story published this fall detailing the plea of an inner-city school teacher who wanted people to know that her elementary students were desperately in need of basic essentials: warm clothing, coats, socks and shoes and nutritious snacks. The story produced an outpouring of help from readers, and the fund hopes to harness that generosity and direct it to other inner-city schools in B.C.
Every dollar raised in the campaign will be matched by The Children’s Fund. Donations, which are tax deductible, can be directed to the endowment fund or to the grant fund for our Adopt-a-School project.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the questions we are asked most often:
Are donations tax deductible?
Donations, which are tax deductible, can be directed to The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund endowment or to the grant fund for our Adopt-a-School project.
How can I donate?
You can donate online or by mail. To donate by mail, print out the donation form below and mail it in. We accept Visa, MasterCard, or a cheque or money order payable to The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund Society. Mail to: The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund Society, Suite 1 — 200 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3N3
Online: To donate online, go to our donations page on the Vancouver Foundation website, which you can find here.
Can I give a gift of securities?
Yes. We appreciate your gift of publicly traded securities (stocks, income trust units, bonds, mutual fund units), which may be exempt from capital gains tax. For more information, contact Rose Isla at risla@sunprovince.com or 604-605-2334.
Can I leave a legacy gift that will help children in need?
You can make a bequest in your will, directing a gift to The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund and you can specify particular areas or projects where you would like to see it directed. Contact Rose Isla, whose contact information is above, for more information on including The Children’s Fund and Adopt-a-School in your estate planning.
Can I donate clothing or other items that might be needed?
Our Adopt-a-School project not only collects money, it is a conduit so readers can immediately donate goods such as coats, shoes and gloves directly to schools and students who need them most. For information on how to donate new items, email adoptaschool@vancouversun.com or call Adopt-a-School coordinator Kathy Anderson at 604-605-2654.
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I woujld like to donate by mail but I can not find the form. Where have I possibly not looked. ?
You’ll find an online form here: https://vancouverfoundation.ca/vansunkids/donateonline.asp
We’ll be providing the mail-in form here Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience.
i have kid-sized used mittens, gloves, toques, fleece jackets that would be great in a home that needs them. I see your article indicates only new items, but it is possible to accept used?
thanks.
Is there on-going programs to help these schools now that the Christmas season has passed? I would be interested in helping with a monthly donation to a breakfast/lunch program to a school in need. Please advise if there’s is a way to do this.
Also, I mailed in a donation in Decembeer, but have not yet received a receipt. Will that be sent out this month?
Thanks,
Judi Curtiss
South Vancouver
Hi
I collected money for donation from my friends and acquaintances. I just wonder what kind of proof (that I send this money directly to you) I can give them from you.
Thanks
Hi Mr. V, if you contact the Vancouver Foundation with the details above, they’ll provide you with receipts I’m sure. Info is up top on our ‘donate’ page here.
And thanks for helping!
Hi
Other than items such as clothes or school supplies, do you also accept items that can be used for fun such as board games or game systems?
In addition, if items are donated, would they be given to a specific school based on need or do we need to specify what school it would go to?
Thanks
If you want to give to a specific school, indicate which when you donate and the funds will head where you want them to head. I’m sure the schools in question would love board games, but best to contact them directly for non-cash donations.
donating for Lynne Wasyluk
Hi, I read your article about Queen Alexandra elementary and I was wondering if there were any other schools you could tell me about like Alexandra in need of volunteers or funding for their Arts Department. I’d really like to help. Thanks.
We have 20 or so binders at work here that are not being used. Do you know of any school that might like to have them? They have Toyota cars or text on the outside but could be covered easily.
I appreciate you help in this matter.
Denise
604-682-8881
I have spent the last 25 minutes trying to access your “how to donate” Vancouver Foundation morass, and it keeps telling me there is no such thing as Adopt-a-School. When I tried to print your form it started printing 11 pages, with no page numbers on the website. The form in the Vancouver Sun is so tiny one can’t get the required information in the spaces.
Why is this so difficult? I am about to keep my $100.00 in frustration.
Hi Lois, I’m so sorry the donation form isn’t working for you. We really appreciate your support and don’t want to make it difficult to donate to Adopt-a-School. If you’re making an online donation, the link goes to the Vancouver Foundation, which manages that for us. That link is: https://vancouverfoundation.ca/VanSunKidsfund/donateonline.asp. I’ll email you with more details including our phone number in case we can be of further assistance. Thanks again.
Hello, I made a donation to Adopt a School through my workplace. Our cheques were collected in February. I would like to get in contact with someone to discuss receiving my tax receipt. Please e-mail me with the contact information of someone who can help me with this.
Thanks, Kate
Hi Kate, and thanks for your donation! If you drop a note to adoptaschool@vancouversun.com, we’ll make sure your situation gets sorted ASAP.