Named Recipients of the GCWCC
United Way Centraide and HealthPartners are the campaign’s philanthropic partners. Each expert in their respective impact areas uses research, local knowledge, and community partnerships to make informed investment decisions to maximize the impact of donor dollars. Their broad national networks allow donors to the GCWCC to make donations that will help people directly within their own communities, whether urban, rural, or remote.
United Way Centraide
United Way Centraide is committed to helping people and families across Canada build better lives. They do this by moving people from poverty to possibility, helping kids be all they can be, and building strong and healthy communities as to not let anyone behind.
HealthPartners
HealthPartners is a coalition representing 17 of the country’s well-known health charities who work to improve understanding, treatment and prevention of diseases that affect 9 in 10 Canadians. We're supporting Canadian families and caregivers through investments in research, treatment, education, local support programs and advocacy.
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Impact stories vividly illustrate the transformative power of charitable work and offer a compelling narrative that resonates with potential donors. By harnessing the emotive force of these stories, organizations can inspire generosity, foster empathy, and cultivate lasting relationships with their supporters.
Dollar Impact of your Contributions
$1 per pay provides a child in Guelph with a backpack and school supplies for the fall.
$14 per pay provides a Chromebook and food for one student from Edmonton so they can be successful in their studies.
$25 per pay provides a daily, healthy breakfast to 10 children during a summer day camp program in Halifax.
$2 per pay provides childcare support for a parent to attend a financial literacy class in Edmonton.
$14 per pay connects 25 people in need to resources for food, shelter, and other necessary supports in Vancouver.
$29 per pay provides a move-in kit for someone in Calgary who is transitioning from homeless to housing, including cleaning, hygiene, kitchen, and household supplies.
$47 per pay provides one week of healthy, nutritious food for the North End Harvest Market in Guelph, which serves over 100 families.
$20 per pay provides 20 tenants living in Bas-Saint-Laurent a session about their rights, obligations, and recourse.
$25 per pay provides mental health support for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and their family in Edmonton.
$39 per pay supports a neighbourhood-based multicultural event to connect and engage residents and celebrate the community’s diversity in the Vancouver area.
$46 per pay provides a woman escaping domestic violence with temporary housing and counselling in Halifax.
$4 per pay funds one day of research conducted by a graduate student under the supervision of a hepatologists.
$12 per pay funds four days of lab work for a graduate student to help combat lung infection and inflammation in people with cystic fibrosis.
$20 per pay supports the operations of a diabetes research lab for half a day.
$100 per pay helps a cancer patient take part in a clinical trial to test new potentially life-saving treatments.
$5 per pay provides educational tool-kits to support individuals who have just been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis and their families.
$10 per pay increases access to implicit bias training that helps organizations identify and eliminate structural inequities in their mental health programs, policies, and services.
$15 per pay mails a comprehensive handbook to any Canadian looking for answers about lung health.
$50 per pay provides 25 health-care professionals with tool kits to help their patients better understand diabetes and its management.
$4 per pay delivers a special backpack containing a teddy bear with a removable warming and cooling pack to ease sore joints, a children’s book, and practical tools to help kids live well with arthritis.
$5 per pay provides short term and emergency financial assistance to residents to cover medical and other expenses associated with kidney disease and its treatment.
$10 per pay can help fund a custom piece of equipment for a person impacted by a neuromuscular disorder to improve their quality of life.
$40 per pay helps connect a newly diagnosed MS patient to an MS Navigator within our MS Knowledge Network.
$20 per pay produces informational materials on the reality of living with ALS to advocate for better policies and standards of care to government decision-makers.
$40 per pay contributes to the advocacy efforts of our members to improve;
- Access to Medications – for better treatment options
- Healthy diet and living – to improve access to and the affordability of healthy food
- Sickness and disability benefits – to improve access to federal support programs
$100 per pay helps fund a custom piece of equipment for a person impacted by a neuromuscular disorder to improve their quality of life.
Request an Impact Speaker
If your department is located in the National Capital Region, complete this form to request an impact speaker! Outside of the National Capital Region, contact your local manager to request a speaker. Storytelling will make every campaign more relevant and powerful. You don’t need to do it all alone! Your local manager is there to help you identify and book a speaker.
