Supply Drives & Emergency Fund

  • CWCF Emergency Fund

    An ongoing initiative, the Emergency Fund helps provides immediate, urgent assistance for families in need.

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  • Back to School Drive

    August 2012

    We collect donations for new backpacks and fill them with school supplies distributing them to children who would otherwise miss out on this annual back-to-school tradition.

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  • Mother’s Day Drive

    May 2012

    We collect donations to purchase necessities and create care packages for women and children, who are struggling to make ends meet, every May.

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  • Christmas Hamper Drive

    December 2012

    Kids need food before anything else, regardless of the time of year. We collect donations for food hampers, distributing them to families led by single mothers – helping them carry their families through the holiday season.

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CWCF Emergency Fund

When women find themselves in untenable positions, they often wait until the last option is exhausted before they ask for help. In these crisis situations, CWCF stands ready to step in with immediate assistance – whatever it takes – all funded by your donations. We distribute funds to appropriate front-line organizations, which provide immediate, hands-on help to single moms and kids in crisis. For more information on the Emergency Fund and how it helps in crisis situations, email us for details – or simply DONATE NOW.

Back to School Drive

August 2012

There’s something to be said about the feeling of showing up at school on the first day with a new, clean backpack, fresh school supplies, and a feeling of pride and enthusiasm about the year ahead. Cause We Care Foundation works to ensure that children living in poverty in our community experience that feeling, too.  Each year, we collect donations for new backpacks and school supplies and distribute them to front-line organizations that get them to kids in need. This year will mark our fifth annual backpack drive.  Each backpack we supply is filled with the following:

1 package lined paper

1 package coloured pencil crayons

1 package regular pencils

1 pencil sharpener

1 pencil case

1 pair of scissors

1 12” ruler (cm and inches)

1 package non-permanent coloured markers

1 large glue stick

 

For more information on how to help, email us for details or DONATE now online.

Mother’s Day Drive

Please DONATE.

May 2012 – Mother’s  Day is a time to celebrate and honour mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in our society.  Cause We Care Foundation believes in celebrating the efforts and dedication of all mother’s…especially single mother’s living in poverty trying to raise children with little or no support, resources or financial means.

This year will mark our 5th Annual Mother’s Day Supply Drive and we are raising money to provide much needed toiletry supplies and bus passes to single mothers in need across our community. This year, our Care Packages will include the following:

1 book of 10 single-zone bus passes

1 adult toothbrush and 1 tube adult toothpaste

2 children’s toothbrushes and 2 tubes children’s toothpaste

1 shampoo and 1 conditioner

2 bars soap

1 tube unscented hand cream

1 deodorant

1 package toilet tissue

1 package sanitary pads

1 package dishcloths

1 package laundry soap

1 package dish soap

We will be stuffing and delivering Care Packages to the following front line organizations and subsidized housing facilities:

Munroe House

Semlin Gardens

Fraser Gardens

Alder Gardens (Surrey)

Como Lake Gardens (Coquitlam)

Crabtree Corner

Crabtree Corner Housing

YWCA Single Mother’s Support Group members

North Shore Crisis Center

Ray Cam Community Center

Kate Booth House

Collingwood Neighbourhood House

Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House

 

Please help us honour a single mother in need by making a donation. Thanks to our Corporate Partner, Save-On-Foods, Cambie Street location, we are able to purchase all the items at cost. Every $65 donation will give us the ability to purchase, stuff and deliver a Care Package to a mother less fortunate than ourselves.

Please DONATE.

We will be stuffing and delivering Care Packages on Wednesday, May 9th from 9am – 11am, just in time for Mother’s Day.  We are looking for volunteers; to help and volunteer for our Mother’s Day Drive, email us for details.

Your generosity makes a difference.  All donations to this year’s Mother’s Day Supply Drive must be made by 11pm, Friday, May 11th.  Please help us help a single mother in need.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Hamper Drive

December 2012

For the past five years, Cause We Care Foundation has supported families led by single mothers by organizing a Christmas Hamper Drive. Last year, because of generous donations, we filled and delivered 500 hampers to the most in need and helping to carry their families through the holiday season.

Each hamper delivered contained:

$10 Save-On-Foods Gift Certificate

1 can tuna

1 can salmon

1 can pork and beans

1 can pasta sauce

1 package dried pasta

1 box of 2 chicken noodle soup

1 box macaroni and cheese

1 package rice

1 package cookies

1 box crackers

1 package Goldfish crackers

1 box (peanut free) chewy granola bars

1 package hot chocolate

1 box of instant hot oatmeal

1 box of Cheerios

candy canes (minimum 4 per hamper)

 

Additional items kindly donated with thanks by:

Happy Planet juice

Purdy’s Chocolates

BC Hothouse fresh cherry tomatoes and mini cukes (Windset Farms)

5lb bag potatoes (BC Fresh)

Peri-Peri sauce (Nando’s Chicken)

Coffee (Salt Spring Coffee)

Children’s socks (Army & Navy)

 

Hampers were delivered to eight front-line organizations including the YWCA’s single mother’s program, 4 transitional housing facilities, a crisis centre in North Vancouver, an inner city school, a day care and three local drop-in centres for women and children living in impoverished neighbourhoods.

For more information, please email us for details or DONATE now online.