SPECIAL FEATURE
CHANGE YOUR
COMMUNITY
ONE CHARITY
AT A TIME
M A K E A D I F F E R E N C E
Thinking of
extending your
giving spirit
beyond the
holidays?
Charities across
BC are working
hard to build
capacity and enrich
our communities.
W
hile most charities and
non-profits in BC see a
sizeable uptick in dona-
tions around the holidays,
they rely on the generosity of donors to
run key programming all year round. Most
charities receive at least half, if not more of
their funding from community donations,
both in financial giving and volunteer
hours. Because of this generosity, millions of
Canadians benefit from healthcare research,
healthy food and nutritional advice, access
to arts and education, and robust social ser-
vices, just to name a few essential services
the non-profit sector provides.
Yet, the past two years have been hard
on charities, as inflation and lingering
covid-19 impacts meant an increased
demand for services, with many organiza-
tions struggling to meet that demand. If
charitable giving—as an individual or as
part of a corporate strategy—is on your list
of new year's resolutions, consider these
well-established organizations—just a few
of many that are making tangible impacts
in BC communities every, single day.
THE GREATER VANCOUVER
FOOD BANK
Greg Douglas, senior director of develop-
ment from the Greater Vancouver Food
Bank (GVFB), says the organization's key
purpose is providing healthy food to those
The Greater
Vancouver
Food Bank
