When you make a donation to Family Service, your gift goes to support operating costs of the agency. Alternatively, you may designate your gift to a specific program or location if you wish.

Here are some examples of what your money might provide:

$10 Buys
- A toy for an abused child visiting the Children’s Advocacy Center
- A puppet for children’s play therapy
- Personal hygiene products for shelter clients
Make a gift of $10

$25 Buys
- Transportation for victims who cannot otherwise get to the women’s shelter
- Diapers and wipes for a Healthy Start family
- One person’s attendance at a free financial literacy workshop, providing information on budgeting, credit, or homeownership
- Emergency assistance (food, electricity, etc) for a family in need
Make a gift of $25

$50 Buys
- A one hour initial counselling appointment to assess the needs of a client and share available options
- A one hour support group for victims of domestic violence
- A week’s food for a woman in the shelter with no money and no food stamps
Make a gift of $50

$100 Buys
- One therapy session for an individual or family struggling with relationship problems, depression, or substance addiction
- One budget counselling and education session for a family to enhance their financial self-sufficiency
- One reverse mortgage counselling session for seniors needing to supplement their monthly income
- One week’s worth of food for a woman and her children in the domestic violence shelter
Make a gift of $100

$250 Buys
- Two sessions by a certified credit counselor to assist families with loan modification and avoid foreclosure on their homes
- Two nights in shelter for a battered woman and her children
- Three therapy sessions for a child victim of sexual abuse and their family
Make a gift of $250

$500 Buys
- Two months group therapy for men in the Domestic Violence Intervention Program, to help them change violent behaviors
- Four pre-purchase homeownership counselling sessions for families looking to buy their first home
- Five therapy sessions for a couple trying to save their marriage
Make a gift of $500

$1,000 Buys
- A week in the shelter for a battered woman and her children
- Ten weeks of counselling for a child or adult victim of sexual abuse
- Eight sessions of mortgage assistance and debt management to help families avoid foreclosure as a result of unemployment associated with economic downturn
Make a gift of $1,000

Thank you for helping Family Service build safe and healthy families with your donation!