Yesterday the people at Gabriola Automotive did an extremely kind thing: they worked for free, fixing an awful lot of cars on a by donation basis. All the money they raised is going to the PHC food bank. In one day, they raised $1850.00. Seeing people work so hard for charity does my heart good.
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Agency will count the homeless on Gabriola Island, reports the Daily News: A Gabriola social agency plans to take a census of the island’s homeless population that it hopes will help guide future land-use decisions. People for a Health Community on Gabriola Island, which provides a food bank and other social services, expects to soon [...]
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From USA Today.com: Non-profit Panera cafe: Take what you need, pay what you can. Imagine walking into a Panera Bread and picking out anything you wanted to eat or drink — then, at the end of the line, instead of handing your money to a cashier, you faced a donation box. What would you do [...]
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Did you know that you can donate online to any of Gabriola’s registered charities? This method is easy, convenient, and offers options that I love. Interested? Hop over to CanadaHelps. Type Gabriola in the search box and you get a list of Gabriola charities. Click the name of a charity to learn more about it [...]
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So. Let’s suppose you’re going to give a bit of money to some Gabriola charity. Which one will you select, and why? To help with the decision, I made a list of Gabriola charities that are registered charities, and can give tax receipts. Then I narrowed that list down by seeing which charities have websites. [...]
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Some months ago a volunteer from the Gabriola Commons phoned me. Would I consider signing up to support the Commons? Would I give them a cheque to authorize bank account deductions each month? Well, no, I wouldn’t. I give to charities, but I don’t write cheques anymore, and that monthly deduction thing creeps me out. [...]
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Dear Gabriola charities, I’d give you a lot more money if I could donate online. Imagine me, at the end of last December, wanting to donate in a hurry before the end of the year. Yipes! No time to mail a cheque… and besides, I haven’t written a cheque in ages, since I pay all [...]
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