IKEA Canada donates $500,000 as part of its ongoing COVID-19 community relief
Relief efforts to provide funding and in-kind products to Furniture Bank, National Association of Friendship Centres, Black Health Alliance, Save the Children, and Boys and Girls Club of Canada BURLINGTON, ON–IKEA Canada has made a donation of $500,000 in funding and in-kind products to support vulnerable communities across Canada in …
Bayshore HealthCare Partners with Amazon to Donate 1,000 Fire Tablets to Seniors
TORONTO, ON–Bayshore HealthCare, one of Canada’s leading home and community care service providers with more than 350,000 clients across the country, has partnered with Amazon to donate 1,000 Fire Tablets to help support isolated seniors, through their Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living charitable division. According to Statistics Canada, the impact …
WE Charity Delivers Documents to Finance Committee
Responses made publicly available on WE Charity’s website TORONTO, –In anticipation of the Finance Committee resuming its study of WE Charity, and in fulfilment of undertakings from its previous study, WE Charity is providing information and documents requested during its witness testimony at FINA on July 28 and August 13, …
Cooperation Canada on Allegations Concerning WE Charity Operations in Kenya
by Kat Guerin Over the past six months, Canada’s international cooperation sector has watched with concern the evolving media coverage and investigations regarding the WE Charity and its related organizations. As a sector, we have refrained from any statements that might interfere with ongoing investigations into a charity whose internal …
National Survey Reveals Vital Need for COVID-19 Relief Support Beyond Canadian Border
Children Believe study highlights Canadian generosity: 72 per cent of Canadians are willing to support charities that improve the lives of children and families in vulnerable communities in Canada and beyond Markham, ON–There has never been a greater need for the world and its communities to come together, and this …
Canadians donate over $2M to child, youth mental health
VAUGHAN, ON–Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations (CCHF) is proud to announce that the A Family of Support: Child and Youth Mental Health Initiative has raised over $2 million for mental health programs across Canada as part of its first fundraising campaign. Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations (CCHF) raises over $2 million for …
Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund to Provide $1 Million to Help Young Canadians Return to Hockey
Canadian families impacted by COVID-19 can apply now for registration fee subsidies CALGARY, AB–The Hockey Canada Foundation has launched its new $1 million Assist Fund to provide registration fee subsidies for qualified Canadians who are registered with Hockey Canada-sanctioned associations for the 2020-21 season. “As a prominent national sports organization …
CMA Foundation commits $2 million to support long-term care improvement program
OTTAWA, ON–The CMA Foundation announced a $2 million grant to the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) for LTC+: Acting on Pandemic Learning Together, a program designed to drive improvements in long-term care and retirement homes across Canada. The CMA Foundation’s commitment doubles the current available funds and will allow …
211 service goes nationwide with funding from the Government of Canada
Free, confidential service helps people impacted by COVID-19 to navigate available community and government supports OTTAWA–Everyone in Canada will soon have access to 211, a free, confidential information navigation service that connects people to critical government and community-based health and social services in their community thanks to funding from the …
World Animal Protection highlights the threat of superbugs on World Food Day
TORONTO–The rise of superbugs from industrial farming is presenting a danger to public health worldwide says global charity World Animal Protection. This is because on industrial farms, animals are routinely given the same important antibiotics used to treat humans who are seriously ill. October 16th was World Food Day, and …