Donations

There are many ways to donate to the Help Our Students Program:

* directly by cheque or etransfer

* online by credit card, debit card or PayPal

* by donating shares.

You can specify which school you wish to support or let us use your donation where it’s most needed.

You can make a donation in honour of someone (e.g. your child’s teacher) or in memory of a loved one.  When you choose to make a dedicated donation, we will send a donation card to you or to the address you specify.

Cheque

Download and print the Donor Form and mail it with your cheque to:

Help Our Students Program

59 Callaway Court

Orleans, ON  K1C 7S4

Online

Click on the Donate NOW button.  You will be transferred to the CanadaHelps website, a Canadian registered charity that processes online donations for Canadian charities.  Once you donate, you will receive your receipt for income tax purposes directly from CanadaHelps.

You may make a one-time donation or a monthly, recurring donation that you may stop at any time.

Please note that CanadaHelps deducts 4.0% of each donation (3.5% for monthly donations) to cover their processing and administrative costs.  Once we receive the remaining amount, all of it is distributed to students.

Shares/Securities

You can donate shares in Canadian equities.  When you donate shares to a charitable organization, you receive an official receipt for tax purposes for the amount of the sale of the shares and you are exempt from paying tax on any capital gains incurred as a result of the sale. The CanadaHelps fee for processing securities varies between 2% - 3%, depending on the value of the securities.

For more information on donating securities, click here to visit the Canada Revenue Agency.

Insurance

By donating a new or existing life insurance policy, you can make a large donation that is greater than the premiums paid. By naming the Help Our Students Program as the beneficiary, your annual premiums qualify for charitable tax receipts.

Legacy Giving

Giving to the HOST Program through your Will allows you to make a lasting impact on these students while reducing estate taxes.

Click here to view a sample Bequest to the Help Our Students Program.

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