Who says an eCard can’t help Change Everything?

For the last two decades, the Vancity Community Foundation has been extending a hand across the province (and not just over the Holidays) through a variety of local initiatives. This year, Vancity will donate $1 (up to $10,000) to the Vancity Community Foundation – supporting important work in one of three key focus areas, every time you send a Vancity Holiday eCard.

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The Enterprising Nonprofits Program

Social enterprises represent a growing part of today’s economy, in that they achieve not only social or environmental objectives, but a financial bottom line as well. The Enterprising Nonprofits Program has grown to include 10 different funding partners which provide support and resources to hundreds of organizations. These organizations create community services, employment opportunities for marginalized populations, and generate income for local charities. For example: United We Can, a recycling depot operating in Vancouver’s downtown eastside generated $2,000,000, created 150 jobs, and diverted 20 million containers from landfills last year alone.

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Affordable Housing and Homelessness 

Supporting the development of solutions around the issues and underlying causes of homelessness – and contributing to increased supply of affordable local housing – is an essential part of Vancity Community Foundation’s focus. To that end, VCF supports non-profit organizations in planning and/or securing financing in order to make housing options more readily available. For example: The Surrey Homelessness and Housing Fund recently provided $1,000,000 toward the completion of Maxxine Wright Place, which will create 36 new living units for high-risk pregnant women.

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Food Systems and the Environment

Vancity Community Foundation has long recognized the connection between local food systems, the environment, the economy, and our overall health. As such, VCH supports initiatives which enhance community food production, protect land and natural resources, improve access to local healthy food, and contribute to sustainability. For example: Farm Folk / City Folk and Vancouver Farmers’ Market Society have generated more than $4,000,000 in the community and have also helped preserve more than 3,500 acres of farmland.

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Or, want to give even more? With CanadaHelps.org, you can make a direct contribution to the Vancity Community Foundation.