“I just wanted to say thank you to our donor and the Women’s Transition house for the gift card hamper this year. I broke down in tears when I opened the card and saw your generosity. Thank you so much for making a year so difficult feel more comfortable for my children and I.” ~Hamper Recipient
A gift can come in many forms, but the kindness behind it is what shines through. Thank you to our existing donors for your past support, and a warm welcome to our new donors! Last year, for many reasons, we had an increase in the clientele we serve and were able to provide Gift Card Hampers to 250 women and 296 children. Thanks to the generosity of all you, our donors, we were able to help make Christmas a little brighter for all of them.
Please note that we will be collecting donations of Gift Cards only again this year, in lieu of gift items, and will then distribute them to the women and families to use for their own Christmas shopping.
Sign up to be a Hamper Donor and we will match you, your company or group, with a VWTH client family or individual. Our clients include single women, single moms of young children or teenagers and older women.
Interested? Please complete our online Hamper Application Form for Donors (below). Upon receipt of your donation form, we will contact you to provide additional information including your matched client/family, their Christmas wish list and information and guidelines.
For questions regarding the Christmas Hamper Program, please contact us at christmas@vwth.bc.ca or by phone at 250-592-2927 ext#217.
IMPORTANT – Tax Receipt information
If you would like to receive a tax receipt for your gift card donations you will need to do the following when dropping off your Gift Card hamper:
1. Include a separate envelope labelled ‘TAX RECEIPT REQUESTED’
2. Include your hamper match sheet in this envelope with your donor# and match#
3. Include your name, and address you would like on the tax receipt
4. If it is a group of people donating please include a list of names, addresses, emails and amount donated of those needing a tax receipt
5. ORIGINAL sales receipts for all corresponding gift cards you have purchased. A tax receipt cannot be issued without the original sales receipt(s)
6. An ACTIVATION receipt for each gift card. (if applicable).
We invite community members to join the program and become donors. For more information, please contact our program coordinator at christmas@vwth.bc.ca or by phone, at 250-592-2927 ext. 217. We thank all generous donors for their heartwarming contributions.
