All contributions, big or small, make an impact on the 21 charities that are supported under the Federated Health banner.
What do Contributions Impact?
Contributions impact all areas that charities support including:
- programs
- personal and family support,
- hotlines
- research
- assistive equipment and devices
- travel costs
- advocacy
- educational resources
How is this reflected among the different charities in terms of donations?
Canadian Cancer Society
They offer an extensive support system for people with cancer and their family, friends, and caregivers.
Programs and services include:
- Cancer Information Helpline – trained professionals who can provide general answers to your questions about cancer or cancer prevention.
- Summer camps and year-round recreational programs for children and youth with cancer, plus their families.
- Home away from home lodges, air travel support and volunteer driving programs for people who need to travel to receive treatment.
- CancerConnection.ca is CCS‘s Online peer support through CancerConnection.ca for online peer support
Donations make a difference in the fight against cancer:
- An average of $150,000 enables the CCS to fund a potentially life-saving cancer research project for one year.
- $75,000 equips one research team with all the tools needed for their study.
- An average of $5,000 enables one person living with cancer to access to innovative cancer treatments by joining a Canadian Cancer Society-funded clinical trial.
- $100 supports one match through our Peer Support Program.
- $5,000 provides the funds to operate the Cancer Information Service for one day.
- $833 enables the Canadian Cancer Society to reduce the burden of cancer on one family for a year by helping them get to and from their child’s cancer treatment.
- $0.29 enables a Canadian Cancer Society volunteer in Ontario to drive one kilometer to take a cancer patient to their treatment appointment.
- Canadian Liver Foundation
Canadian Liver Foundation
CLF funds all forms of liver disease research and are the only national charity in Canada that does. As well, they offer programs and services for people with liver problems including:
- An up-to-date Resource Hub (liver.ca/resource-hub) with relevant and essential information on the 100+ forms of liver disease.
- National Help Line: 1-800-563-5483
- LIVERight Webinars – monthly webinars with experts on a range of liver disease and liver health topics.
- Healthy Workplace Presentations and Cooking Demonstrations and a bank of liver-friendly recipes
Donations make a difference in fighting liver disease:
- $75 covers the daily operational cost of National Help Line, ensuring that Canadians have an open line of communication for liver education and information.
- $100 waives the registration fee for one person to attend a LIVERight Forum
- $250 allows CLF to open and operate a liver stiffness screening and detection (FibroScan) clinic for one day
- $500 funds one day of liver research, putting CLF one step closer to a world without liver disease
Cystic Fibrosis Canada
CF Canada supports programs and services such as:
- Healthcare
- Advocacy
- Clinical Trials Network
- CF Registry
- Research
- Information and Support
Donations are invaluable.
- $25 – Supports researchers who are developing new ways to identify lung infections so that treatments can begin sooner
- $50 – Fund one day of supplies that will support a research team investigating which rare types of CF can benefit from Trikafta
- $100 – Fund one day of research into new ways to kill harmful bacteria that causes lung issues
- $150 – Help a research coordinator at one of our clinical trials sites educate CF patients on new gene therapy trials
- $200 – Fund one day of nasal cell testing to determine if Trikafta could benefit a patient with a rare type of CF
- $250 – Support the development of mental health resources for people with CF and caregivers
- $500 – Fund a graduate student for one week to investigate new ways to tackle antibiotic resistance in CF lung infections
- $750 – Equip a CF research facility with supplies for one week to test patient samples for a harmful type of bacteria, ensuring treatments can be provided to patients as soon as possible
- $1000 – Support a week of research to adapt a therapy program to a virtual format so that CF patients suffering from depression and anxiety can easily meet with a therapist
Institute for Advancements in Mental Health (IAM)
IAM offers programs and services such as:
- One on One Support
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis
- Recovery in Action
- Family Education and Support Groups
- Your Toolkit
- Scholarship Program
- Speakers Bureau
- Mental Health Innovation Prize
- The Future of Mental Health Initiative
- Support through personal counseling, recovery programs,
- family education and support groups
To contribute directly to these services, a donor can choose any or all of the following options:
- For $65, you can give 30 minutes of 1:1 counseling
- For $115, you can give 60 minutes of 1:1 counseling
- For $130, give 1 person 1 Recovery in Action Session
- For $805, give 1 person 7 Recovery in Action Sessions*
- For $1,500, give 1 scholarship to 1 student experiencing mental health challenges.
