2024 VanU November Month of Giving
Every year VanU looks to help local organisations as part of our Annual giving month. Each Novemberwe look to help either donate items or ask members to donate financially if they can.
This year we will be supporting:
Covenant House
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank
Kidsport Vancouver
A4K
Below are details on how we are hoping our members can help in our month of giving campaign
Covenant House
We will be supporting both the Hope for the Holidays and Coveys Cupboard. Look out for our on field events throughout the month of November where you can drop off items to support these great initiatives for Covenant House. Last year we proudly collected and delivered 1700 items and we look forward to delivering more this year. Items that we will be collecting are non perishable food items, travel size toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo , conditioner, hairbrushes and much more! Further information on Covenant House can be found here
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank
We have again set up this year a virtual food drive. All proceeds go directly to the Food Bank and for every $1 donated, the Greater Vancouver Food Bank can double the value.
Online donations are also tax-deductible, the Food Bank will send you an automated tax receipt once your donation is successfully processed.
In our 2023 Virtual Food Drive we raised $4,751 which is amazing and we are hoping to raise as much as we can this year to support families in need. the donation link is live and can be found below:
Donate to the Greater Vancouver Foodbank VanU Virtual Drive
Kidsport Vancouver
Kidsport Vancouver helps families across Vancouver by giving children the opportunity to play through financial hardship. The number of families in Vancouver seeking financial support from Kidsport has increased dramatically over the last two years and they are asking for support from local organisations to help fundraise so they can support as many families as possible. A number of our families receive this support and we are proud to be supporting this organisation and working with them through the month of November. We have a VanU virtual link set up for anyone who would like to donate to Kidsport Vancouver, this link will be live through to the end of November:
Donate to the Kidsport Vancouver VanU Event
A4K
Athletics for Kids is another funding organisation for children playing sport. Each year we collect gently used Cleats that A4K distribute to local schools and organisations where families are unable to afford to purchase them. In 2023 as part of our November giving campaign we collected 50 pairs of cleats If you have any Cleats that are gently used and you can no longer use them, please hold on to them and look out for our on field activities in November where we will be collecting them.
As part of our campaign we look for our players to become involved and volunteer their time at our on field events to help these organisations. We will send out further details in November but we look forward to working with our membership to give back to the community.
Thank you for all your support!