Donations...
Registered Charity #803913060 RR0001
Mail cheques to:
Helping Homeless
Cats
P. O. Box 101
Saanichton, BC V8M 2C3
Dedicated volunteers (not paid employees) run Helping Homeless Cats rescue and cats are kept in foster homes until adoption. We depend on your donations which are a great help to us. Please:
mail a cheque - and we will mail you a tax receipt
use our CanadaHelps.org donation page to donate by credit card or by Pay Pal to "Helping Homeless Cats of Greater Victoria Society". They provide your tax receipt.
use our Pay Pal donation page to donate to our account catadopt@shaw.ca , either through Pay Pal or by credit card (even without a Pay Pal account). For a tax receipt, please email us your name and address or fill out and return a donation form to us found in Forms & Agreements.
Please see our section on Fundraising for information on how you can help through donations of many kinds other than money. Please also see our Volunteer Application Form in the Forms & Agreements section. We do depend heavily on donations of money, supplies, and time. We are a small organization run by a handful of volunteers and cannot do large fundraisers.
We are a Registered Charity and give tax receipts for donations of cash or cheques. For your convenience in mailing, there are donation forms in the Forms & Agreements section. Please consider making a Basic Donation, a Sponsoring Donation, a Memorial Donation or a Gift Donation:
A Basic
Donation is just that – a one time donation sent to us and we will mail
you a tax receipt.
A Sponsor
Donation is where you select a cat (from Cats in Care, Cats Needing
Trust-Building, or Cats for Adoption) and donate for their food ($25/month) or
all their basic maintenance needs ($50/month). This can be for one month or
ongoing. A sponsor can also donate for a cat’s medical needs which vary and
are more substantial (contact us). If a sponsor donation is a gift for a
friend or a memorial, see the information below.
A Memorial
Donation is a considerate way to show love and respect for a special pet
who has passed away - either your own or that of a friend. A Memorial
Donation can also, of course, be given in memory of a person who has passed
away. They will receive a page printed by us with a photo of a cat being
helped by the donation – or, if preferred, a photo of their cat which you
email to us. (Also, if desired, a photo of the cat in memory can be added to
our “In Memory Of” section.)
A Gift
Donation is a generous way to donate in the name of a friend who is
celebrating a birthday or special holiday. Especially for cat lovers, this is
a very considerate way to give a gift of love rather than more “stuff”.
People appreciate the gesture of helping rescued kitties in their name! We
will send them an 8-1/2 x 11 page with the photo and name of a cat being
helped by your donation given in your friend’s name.
Planned Giving is another way to fulfill your own charitable objectives and ensure that your support of our cat rescue work will continue into the future. Planned gifts include bequests through your will, gifts of life insurance, charitable trusts, and retirement plans. These gifts can be made in cash, stocks, bonds, personal property, life insurance, and real estate. Please contact your estate planning attorney for more information.
Provincial employees can donate to us through the PECSF list! Our number is DC1499.
If you cannot donate money, refundable recycles, consignment items or items we can sell on www.usedvictoria.com – please keep in mind that we always need donations of towels, flannel sheets, carriers, kennels, stainless steel or ceramic food/water dishes, litter boxes, litter, cat food, catnip, and new scratching posts or new cat toys. We also need your leftover wool/yarn for our handmade catnip mice.
If you have only time to donate, that is always appreciated. Please call Linda at 778-426-2426 to schedule a time to visit cats – playing and brushing are always needed. We are located near the Swartz Bay Ferry. Please see our Volunteer Application Form mentioned above.