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Great Campaigns for GivingTuesday 2017

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Partners are planning some really GOOD STUFF for GivingTuesday. There are creative and inspiring activities happening in communities across the country. Find out what’s happening in your area – have a look below or browse the interactive partner map.

Farmers Helping Farmers, PEI - On GivingTuesday, we are working with schools, women's groups and rural communities in Kenya to supply mosquito nets, vegetable seeds, pitchforks, books, a water tank, even a cow! Asante sana.

United Way, PEI - share why you are #UNselfie for the United Way this GivingTuesday.

Stella's Circle, St John's NF - celebrate GivingTuesday with us Nov 28, 6-7 pm at Rawlins Cross, where  we Light Up Hope for the 3rd year in a row, and serve hot chocolate, cider, cookies etc!

Memorial University, NF - for GivingTuesday students at the Memorial call centre are organizing Stuff a Stocking, filling stockings with toiletries, hats, scarves and mittens for local charities.

Cathedral Heritage Foundation, St John NB - adopt a stone for GivingTuesday! Help us restore  the historic bell tower that houses the 1885 award-winning bells. Learn more.

Colchester Historeum, Truro NS - Nov 28, 10am-4pm Join us for our Heat the Historeum event! A fun-filled day with entertainment, refreshments, and performances by the Happy Harmonies, the Flirtatious Five, Bob & CJ, and more! Free admission - all welcome!

Wilson's Home Heating Halifax - 3rd annual hug campaign benefitting 3 Nova Scotia charities: Alzheimer Society, Children’s Wish Foundation and Easter Seals. Wilsons donates $10 per hug to the charity chosen by the huggee. Since 2015 Wilson’s has given over 2400 hugs and over $24,000 to local charities for GivingTuesday.

Deloitte, Halifax NS - on GivingTuesday matching up to $5k for all donations to Alzheimer Society NS.

Bide Awhile, Halifax, NS - our GivingTuesday goal is $3.5k to allow us to take in 10 new animals, and ensure they leave for their forever families happy and healthy.

Rotary Club, Sackville NS – join our GivingTuesday food drive to collect baby food, cereal and formula to deliver to Beacon House on Nov 28.

Welcome Hall mission, Montreal QC - for Giving Tuesday we want to raise $2.5k to pay for a full day of meals for our clients. It’s easy to do! $3.49 feeds a Montrealer in need #GiveAMeal

Versature, Ottawa ON - Monday: #TECHGIVESBACK challenge - Tuesday: Versature donation to Youth Services Bureau Ottawa - Wednesday: Versature gives back with employee volunteer days - Thursday: 10 Ways your company can give back to your community - Friday: Rallying the Tech community and showcasing how other companies give back.

YMCA, Peterborough ON – on Nov 28, 6am-6pm Spin for Strong Kids Event. Our main hallway will be filled with bikes and costumed riders to raise funds for low-income families to access recreation, programming and day camp.

GivingTuesday Kitchener Waterloo ON -

GivingTuesday St Mary’s – this small Ontario town has a big heart! Multiple downtown businesses (the bakery, flower shop, craft shop and more) are coming together to give and support their causes of choice for GivingTuesday. Shop downtown St. Mary’s to find out more.

Troyer's Spices, St Marys ON - LEGO DRIVE in honour of Braxton Long. 8 AM - 6 PM, until December 9th, drop-off new/unwrapped LEGO sets at 110 Queen St. E. (St. Marys, ON). We will deliver ALL of the LEGOs to Children's Hospital the week before Christmas! THANK YOU!!

GuelphGives, Guelph ON - on Nov 28-7-9am join our Community Leaders Breakfast and help us celebrate the power of generosity. Get the details

Gore Mutual, Cambridge ON– on GivingTuesday we’re donating $30,000! Asking broker partners, staff, customers and the public to name a charity that’s important to them using #GivingTuesdayCa #GoreMutual. On Nov 28 we’ll give 6 charities $5,000 each!

Spinal Chord Injury, Ontario – A new and creative way to help - GivingCathetersDay

www.cars4cures.ca – give a car for GivingTuesday! Our goal is 200 cars by Dec 26. Donations benefit your choice of nine partners: Children's Wish Foundation, Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, Food 4 Kids, Pancreatic Cancer Canada, Distress Centre Halton, Healthy Minds Canada, 541 Eatery & Exchange, Boy’s & Girl's Clubs and Speaking of Dogs Rescue.

LGBT Youth and Drake General Store Toronto, ON - POP-UP event - join our staff, board, theatre artist Ryan Hinds, and Leeloo of leeloodles.com. at Drake General Store, 1151 Queen St W. Nob 28,  12-8pm, as we aim to raise $25k to support 2SLGBTQ youth.

Baycrest Foundation, Toronto ON – our goal is to raise $25k to purchase 22 new portable aspirators for our residents. This will allow aged residents the mobility and freedom to enjoy concerts, our creative arts studio, or a meal with their family www.baycrest.org/givingtuesday.

Canadian Blood Services Mississauga ON – Heartland blood donor clinic 756 Brittania Rd W, Unit 2. Mon/Tues/Thurs 4-8pm, Wed/Fri 9am-1pm, Sat 8am-2pm.

Boston Pizza and Big Brothers Big Sisters, Mississauga ON - Nov 28, 5-9pm, teaming up for celebrity server night  Boston Pizza 35 Square One Dr, Mississauga https://twitter.com/saugagives/status/930087876276162560

ERDO, Mississauga ON - This Giving Tuesday, help provide Plumpy’Nut a high-energy peanut based protein for malnourished children in the Horn of Africa. Donations are matched 7x by the Cdn Gov't and a private donor, so $100 = $700 of lifesaving food!

Canadian Blood Services Sudbury ON – save lives by giving blood at the Sudbury BLOOD DONOR CLINIC at 944 Barrydowne Road, Nov 28, 3-7pm

Transcona Historical Museum, Winnipeg MN - 50-50-50 campaign - for GivingTuesday we will celebrate our 50th anniversary with 50 new donors and $50 individual donations to preserve our community history.

GivingTuesday YYC, Calgary AC: local charities will meet to celebrate Mayor Naheed Neshi's proclamation of GivingTuesday Nov 28 at 8:30 am on the 54th floor of The Bow.

Langley Chamber of Commerce, Langley BC - asking local businesses to ADOPT A CHARITY for #LangleyGives and holding a dinner/discussion “How businesses can get involved in GivingTuesday", attendees wear RED in celebration of GT!

JD Farms and Bonetti Meats, Langley BC - teaming up with #LangleyGives to provide a pancake breakfast complete with turkey and pork breakfast sausages at the Aldergrove Legion Nov 8, 7-10 AM

Shareity #VanGives – a Vancouver GivingTuesday hackathon, hosted by SpencerCreo, a shared space for nonprofits. Drop in Nov 28, 12-2pm, to share work stations, refreshments and promote GivingTuesday initiatives. Bring laptops, hashtags and DO GOOD STUFF! with us. RSVP

Growing Chefs, Vancouver BC - our GivingTuesday goal is to get 30 new monthly donors - gifts will be matched by Whole Foods. PLUS BC Place will be lit green to celebrate Growing Chefs programs. http://www.growingchefs.ca

One to One Literacy Society, Vancouver BC – on GivingTuesday, the first 20 new monthly donors to Page Turners, will have their gift doubled and get a signed copy of One 2 One advocate Karin Konoval’s Jeffrey Takes a Walk in December.

The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) and the Happy Herd Farm Sanctuary (HHFS) collaborating for Giving Tuesday to raise $10k for vet expenses and programs. On Nov 28 businesses will donate revenues: Virtuous Pie, Coze Design, Nice Shoes, Vegan Yarn, Tao Organics, Eternal Abundance etc. PLUS donations will be matched up to $2.5k by animal advocate donors.

One Girl Can, Burnaby BC - on Nov 28th all One Girl Can Holiday Card sales and donations will support sending aspiring Kenyan software engineer Joyrita, to university. Browse cards.

Volunteer Terrace BC – Nov 28, join us 4-7 pm at our office (3235 Emerson Street). We'll have cookies and refreshments to accompany you while you explore our programs, services, and get to our staff members! We will also have opportunities for questions, membership sign-ups, volunteer sign-ups, and more!

Northwest Community College, Terrace BC – Nov 28 pancake breakfast to raise money for student bursaries. Mayor Carol Leclerc will be serving pancakes!

IWOF, Nanaimo BC – buy a brick for GivingTuesday! We have 3,900 bricks at $5 each to build a new reading centre for children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

PayPal when you make a donation on GivingTuesday through CanadaHelps using a PayPal account, PayPal will match 1 per cent of donations.

Ipsos Canada – on Nov 28 employees across Canada will be volunteering and supporting programs such as Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Club’s Holiday Hampers, Winnipeg Cheer Board and more.

Take the #CanadaHelps GivingTuesday pledge - tell us how you plan to celebrate GivingTuesday, and your favourite charity could win $5,000! http://bit.ly/givingtuesday-pledge

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