2024 Charity Suggestions

[Beketov 9,100]

Hello @Members!

 

Why does December keep sneaking up on me! I was supposed to be on top of this more this year! Anyway, the holiday season is nearly upon us which for the VHL means our annual charity drive!
 

For those who haven’t been around, a quick recap: Every December in addition to Christmas festivities we hold a charity donation drive to help out communities beyond our own. This will be our sixth year doing the charity drive (which can I just say, holy shit, we've one this 6 years now?!?) with previous drives donating thousands to the Make a Wish Foundation, Food Banks of Canada / Feed America, the Red Cross,  SickKids Foundation / St. Jude's, and Doctor's Without Borders.

 

Now we could probably pick a charity ourselves but sometimes we don't make the best decisions, just look at the theme weeks, so we're asking for help! As always you’ll be able to donate to any charity you wish and have it count but the league matching donation and any donated through us will go to the charity that’s chosen.

 

In an ideal world that charity fits a couple of criteria so if you can try to keep them in mind for your suggestions that would be great:

 

1. Should be something that accepts PayPal donations since all league funds run through that.
2. Should be something with a wide reach and ideally international or at least having Canadian / American equivalents we can split donations between.
3. Nothing political or divisive.

 

So let’s see what you can come up with! Feel free to also discuss your favourites in here if someone suggests something you feel strong about but try to keep it as on topic as possible. Here’s to the start of another VHL holiday season!

[Frank 5,253]

Scott's Tots

[Spartan 4,530]

6 minutes ago, Frank said:

Scott's Tots

Hey I run that, send me the paypals folks

[Steve 1,950]

 

[Beketov 9,100]

Just now, Steve said:

 

We did them last year. Great cause but probably good to spread it around a bit.

[Steve 1,950]

1 minute ago, Beketov said:

We did them last year. Great cause but probably good to spread it around a bit.

Oh, I forgot about last year. 

[Banackock 8,133]

https://foodbankscanada.ca
 

https://www.unitedway.ca

 

https://endingviolencecanada.org
 

 

[der meister 3,238]

ACLU / CCLA? 

[EthanSea611 16]

https://www.save.org/

[Ricer13 2,823]

https://www.believeinthegold.ca

[Smarch 3,192]

https://www.compassion.ca
 

Multiple options to choose from for donation streams. Including donations to buy Christmas gifts for children in poverty. 
 

 

[Lemorse7 1,021]

My trust fund ( for legal reasons this is a joke)

[Acydburn 1,618]

My suggestion would be 

 

https://www.cancer.org/ - American Cancer Society -Four Star Charity

 

I have personal history with this organization. They've saved my ass multiple times and have only good things to say about their staff. 

 

The Canadian equivalent would be https://cancer.ca/en/ aka Canadian Cancer Society - 3 Star Charity

or 

https://youngadultcancer.ca/ Young Adult Cancer Canada - 4 Star Charity

https://youngadultcancer.ca/about/

 

Or if we wanted to go in a different direction

 

https://rmhc.org/ - Ronald McDonald House - 4 Star Charity Locations across the world

https://rmhc.org/about-us

 

[Jubis 1,350]

https://www.sickkidsfoundation.com/?appeal=nia-ppcgo-ggl&utm_campaign=mass_evergreen_sem&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAu8W6BhC-ARIsACEQoDCPAuvgJJgIrgR9RlnPqIssuevNVNCsTBEcwBpHfWjRjcCCxK9yAQ0aAjkGEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

For me it's this 

[Beketov 9,100]

1 hour ago, Jubis said:

https://www.sickkidsfoundation.com/?appeal=nia-ppcgo-ggl&utm_campaign=mass_evergreen_sem&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAu8W6BhC-ARIsACEQoDCPAuvgJJgIrgR9RlnPqIssuevNVNCsTBEcwBpHfWjRjcCCxK9yAQ0aAjkGEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

For me it's this 

We did the SickKids foundation 2 years ago.

[Baozi 1,662]

https://pawsitivematch.org/

 

Calgary based but I believe they do work internationally.