Sustaining (monthly) Donors
- Convenient – Sign up once with your credit card or bank account information and we will take care of the rest. You will receive two annual tax receipts – one in February and one in April. You are welcome to make changes at any time.
- Affordable – Small monthly amounts may be more manageable for you but really add up for us. A gift of $10 a month is less than 35 cents a day – but adds up to $120 a year that will go towards supporting our Emergency Shelter and counselling programs for women and children.
- Effective – Monthly donations held reduce our administrative costs so your gift can have a greater impact and give Transition House predictable, reliable cash-flow – enormously helpful for our operation, our emergency shelter and our service and support programs.
To give to VWTH as a Sustaining Donor, CLICK HERE. For more information or to make changes to your existing monthly gift, please contact our Development Office, 250-592-2927 ext 213 or email laurar@vwth.bc.ca
- Donor Story – Marion
Marion Evamy and Red Art Gallery
"We support the Victoria women’s Transition House because they offer a sanctuary for women and their children, escaping the horrors of domestic violence. Unfortunately, our government social services and legal system are unable or unwilling to provide safe havens for these women, so they are often forced to live with their lives constantly in danger.
VWTH provides these frightened women the strength and resources needed to break free from the cycle of abuse. I can’t think of a organization that is more needed or important in our society. I am fortunate to have never been the victim of domestic abuse, but have known several women who were very thankful for the services offered. Our business, Red Art Gallery has been supporting VWTH since 2011, through various fundraisers and monthly donations.
I have been blessed to use my artistic talents to support the charities I believe in, and I am so pleased that VWTH wanted to use one of my abstract paintings for their 2023 holiday cards. I also know how healing it can be to immerse yourself in artistic endeavors. My hope is that we can continue to heal those women in our midst who need assistance, whether it is through art, counselling or practical courses, designed to provide an ‘out’ from the violence in their lives."
Marion Evamy
- Donor Story – Samantha
Samantha Dickie is a Victoria-based artist who specializes in ceramic sculpture and installations. Her award-winning work has been exhibited across Canada, most recently at the Fifty Fifty Gallery in Victoria. Samantha is also a well-known philanthropist, supporting non-profits and projects through her Viveka Foundation Fund held at the Victoria Foundation. For the past three years Samantha has supported Victoria Women’s Transition House with a generous donation that is split between the children’s Violence is Preventable Program and the Family Law Advocacy Program.
There is so much need in Victoria, why have you made the decision to donate to VWTH again this year?
VWTH is one of the most critical organizations in Victoria. The need for community services that support access to safe shelter, housing, food security, and physical/emotional wellbeing are in endless demand, even more so after COVID. After sitting on non-profit boards, my primary mandate in philanthropy is to support these essential organizations by taking some pressure off annual fundraising for initiatives that fall outside of core operations and governmental funding streams. Individual donor funding committed on an ongoing basis that doesn't require annual grant requests and reports is a way to support important programming that can be relied upon year after year.
You have a degree in Gender Studies and Indigenous Studies, how has that education shaped your thinking about the support that women and marginalized people need?
Gender Studies and Indigenous Studies disseminate the architecture of how the colonial, capitalist system is built with interlocking identities of inequity and oppression. The fabric of discrimination, omission and violence facing marginalized people is systemically structured, consciously created, and unconsciously upheld. Within this unequal system, specific challenges to accessing basic rights to safety, security, nourishment, opportunity, education, independence, and resources require unending support, much of which is reliant upon the important non-profit community organizations such as the VWTH. These organizations never have adequate funding and can always use more support in multiple ways.
Your generous donation is split between two different VWTH programs (Violence is Preventable and Family Law Advocacy). What impresses you about those programs?
Access to education and legal resources are parallel requirements within the umbrella of support required to shift the paradigm of domestic violence. The court system and structure of family law is incredibly intimidating and can be confusing for most all of us, let alone the women who are facing multiple barriers to access. Having free and direct access to legal information, resources and support, delivered with respect and adequate time from law experts who can address the specifics of each individual situation is critical for women to be able to escape coercion and violence towards self-advocacy, safety and independence. Simultaneously, working with kids to understand what they witness, experience, and how they feel is a key aspect to interrupting the cycle of abuse. I am incredibly impressed by the reach that the VIP program has across the school boards in Victoria.
Your charitable foundation is called the Viveka fund – Viveka is also the name of one of your past exhibitions. What does it mean to you?
I have been taught the term 'Viveka' to refer to a pinpointed quality of discernment. I started in philanthropy as a teenager, and in discerning the framework of my core values, I felt the responsibility to start my own fund through the Victoria Foundation as soon as I was able. I've named my foundation ‘Viveka’ as I don't feel the need to have my personal name front and centre in the philanthropic work that I do.
Samantha Dickie credit Lia Crowe
Friends
Annual giving up to $499
As a VWTH Friend, your thoughtful donation helps ensure that women leaving abusive situations have support, a safe caring place to stay with their children, and hope for the future. Our shelter services and crisis line are offered, at no cost, and are available 24-hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Contributors’ Circle
Annual giving $500-999
VWTH relies on its donors to deliver quality counselling and support services as well as safe shelter to some of our community’s most vulnerable citizens. Your Contributor’s Circle gift demonstrates your deep generosity and investment in our organization. We are pleased to recognize your gift in our Annual Report.
Leadership Circle
Annual giving $1000+
Donors who are inspired to give $1,000 or more annually are welcomed as members of the VWTH Leadership Circle. From time to time, Leadership Circle donors are offered opportunities to meet with our staff at special presentations to learn more about our organization and our challenges. Invitations to presentations and special events are included. We are pleased to recognize your gift in our Annual Report.
Tribute Giving
A donation to Victoria Women’s Transition House in memory of a loved one, or to celebrate a birthday, anniversary or any special occasion is a meaningful way to recognize an individual. When you make a Tribute Gift, a personal note will be sent on your behalf as a notification of your thoughtful gift and you will receive a tax receipt for the full amount of the donation. If you are suggesting for friends and family to give a donation to VWTH in memory of a loved one, please let us know so that we can alert you to the names of the thoughtful donors who made a Tribute Gift.