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Charities To Support This Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday offers a rallying point for donors to align their values with organizations that help them overcome feelings of powerlessness.

When you take the initiative to give to a charity that is supporting humanity in some way, you are making yourself a part of that good cause. You are making the world a better place by using your blessing to create another in someone else’s life. 

We all strive to make the world a better place and search for our part in doing so. Charities offer you that opportunity.

We have put together a list of charities to support this Giving Tuesday, most of these we are currently working with and a few of them are organizations some of our staff currently supports.

Open Doors Canada

For over 65 years, Open Doors has worked in over seventy countries, supporting Christians who suffer because of their faith in Jesus. ODC provides practical support to persecuted Christians such as food, medicines, trauma care, legal assistance, safe houses, and schools, as well as spiritual support through Christian literature, training, and resources.

For more information visit www.opendoorscanada.org

Prison Fellowship Canada

Their vision is to be a national community of reconciliation and restoration to offenders, ex-offenders, their families, and victims using a faith-based approach to transformation based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. They seek to prepare and mobilize the Canadian Christian community in response to the issue of crime and the restoration of offenders.

Be a Memory Maker this year, go to prisonfellowship.ca to see how you can help sponsor the child of an incarcerated parent. 

Faith Today

Since 1983, Faith Today – Canada’s Christian magazine – is the leading national hub of information and connection for Canada’s estimated four million evangelical Christians. It connects, informs, and profiles Evangelicals across all national Protestant traditions, equipping readers with expert research and insight into Canadian culture, Christian life, and ministry.

Click faithtoday.ca for more information.

IMAGO

Since its beginning in 1972 Imago has engaged in advocacy for the arts, addressed social issues, and promoted science/religion dialogue.  The founder Wilber Sutherland embodied a vision that called for reflection and action on a wide range of topics relevant to the cultural life of Canada.

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For more information about IMAGO, https://imago-arts.org/

Christian Horizons

Christian Horizons is a non-profit, faith-based charitable organization serving nearly 1,500 Ontario families. We believe and seek to ensure that people who experience disabilities belong in and with communities where their God-given gifts are valued and respected.

For more information visit: www.christian-horizons.org

Bible League

Bible League Canada has passionately shared the Word of God with Canadians. Today, God has given us the opportunity to work in 43 countries worldwide, sharing the Good News with men, women, and children who are hungry for Jesus and His Word.

Visit BibleLeague.ca for more information.

Coldest Night of the Year

A national charity fundraising walk that helps support local charities around Canada who serve people that are experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness.

Visit https://cnoy.org/home

Children’s Aid Societies of Ontario

CAS provides an effective children’s services system that supports ALL children, youth, families, and communities to thrive.

http://www.oacas.org/

Dave Thomas Foundation - Wendy's Wonderful Kids

More than 30,000 children are waiting to be adopted from foster care in Canada right now. Donate to help find adoptive homes for youth who are most often overlooked.

Children enter foster care through no fault of their own because of abuse or neglect. They deserve a safe, loving home.

As founder, Dave Thomas, always said, “These children are not someone else’s responsibility. They are our responsibility.”

Visit https://www.davethomasfoundation.org/canada/

Compassion Canada 

Compassion Canada works with local church partners around the world to identify real needs for children and families living in poverty and create a gift guide that donors can choose which area of need to give to.

For more information, visit www.compassion.ca

Share The Struggle

“Our motivation for caring comes from God’s love for us. God is the author of love and it is because of his great love for us shown through Jesus that we have hope for the future and care for you.” Share The Struggle works to do just that, share the struggle people may be facing and come together in love to provide hope and healing in whatever situations that may be faced.

Their mission is to be there for people in the middle of their struggle and let them know they are not alone.

www.sharethestruggle.org

Habitat for Humanity - Canada

Habitat for Humanity Canada is a non-profit housing organization that brings communities together to help working, low-income families build strength, stability, and independence through affordable homeownership.

Visit their website for more information: https://habitat.ca/