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When you make a donation to Christmas Exchange, you are helping provide food hampers and food vouchers to families in need during the holiday season. Your financial contribution will help ensure that no one in Ottawa goes without a festive holiday meal this year.

It’s easy to help Christmas Exchange help others.

Financial Donation

You can make a one time donation, or choose to donate on a monthly basis by either cheque, or credit card.
  1. Download and print our pledge form (PDF 432K PDF file). Click here if you need the free Adobe Acrobat® Reader program. Complete the information and mail it to:
    Christmas Exchange
    P.O. Box 5167
    Ottawa, ON K2C 3H4

    We will mail you your donation receipt for income tax purposes.
  1. Or give through CanadaHelps and print your own receipt.
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  1. Do you have a couple of hard to shop for people on your holiday gift list this year? Why not make a donation to the Christmas Exchange in their name? Just complete the form below and send it to Christmas Exchange. We will forward a card on your behalf informing them of your thoughtfulness and mail you the receipt.

    Gift donation form (PDF 64K PDF file)
On behalf of the thousands of families and individuals the Christmas Exchange will help this year, THANK YOU for your donation.

Donating Gifts of Securities

Making a gift of securities is growing in popularity but many people are unaware of the enormous benefits to both the charity and the donor of this type of donation.

What Are Gifts of Securities?

Securities include anything from stocks and bonds to mutual funds. These gifts of securities mean significant advantages for donors when they are given directly to a registered charity.

What Are the Benefits?
  • If you sell the securities and donate the proceeds to a charity, 50% of any capital gain would be taxable.
  • By transferring the security directly to the Christmas Exchange, donors avoid being taxed on the capital gains of their gift. They receive a receipt for income tax purposes for the full appreciated value of their donation.
  • Donating publicly traded securities is the most tax-efficient means of making a charitable donation.
  • In addition, for those who are retired and on OAS, there is an additional benefit in that the value of the securities donated does not appear in their income statement. Therefore, they avoid the "claw-back" they would otherwise incur by selling those securities.
How Do I Donate Gifts of Securities?

Donating securities is easy. Through CanadaHelps www.canadahelps.org you can now donate gifts of securities online to Christmas Exchange.

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