CAH Christmas Sharing: A year-round impact!
A heartfelt boost for the most vulnerable
High rents and food insecurity continue to worry Toronto’s seniors.
Fortunately, the community can count on CAH to identify those most in need among its clients. And the seniors in our community can count on your generosity.
In December 2024 et January 2025, our CHRISTMAS SHARING has received $12,302!
Year in, year out, Christmas Sharing gives the CAH team the flexibility to provide nearly 90 seniors with grocery vouchers and other assistance to help them absorb unexpected expenses.
These needs are identified by CAH case managers with the help of care attendants. They are in constant communication with their senior clients in Toronto, and it is they who are on the front line in identifying those whose unexpected expenses are throwing them into disarray: buying a new pair of glasses, a hearing aid, caring for a sick pet…
Christmas Sharing also enables the CAH team to subsidize (partially or fully) the cost of accessing programs and services. In 2023-2024, CAH subsidized its customers to the value of nearly $40,000, an assistance made possible thanks to the generosity of our donors.
About our special Baskets of Kindness campaign!
This year, we exceptionally offered potential donors the opportunity to give a senior (or a couple) a personalized basket that would meet their needs while bringing a little whimsy to their door.
61 donors were seduced by the idea!
Throughout 2025-2026, when the opportunity arises, our team will be putting together beautiful personalized baskets that will delight seniors! Of course, the team will continue to use the funds raised through the Christmas Sharing program to meet other pressing needs, on a day-to-day basis or for special occasions.
Thank you for your contribution in PERSON!
The community got together once again thanks to the Ensemble vocal Les voix du coeur, presented on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 at the Paroisse du Sacré-Coeur. All proceeds from the Christmas show were donated to CAH!! We will post the results soon. You may continue to give on line!
How can you contribute to Christmas Sharing AT ALL TIMES, for the well-being of our community’s seniors?
1) Donate online
Click here: MAKE A DONATION, then click Donate online Don en ligne,a drop-down menu of options will appear. You’ll immediately receive your tax receipt.
2) Donate by cheque
Send your cheque to the following address, indicating on the cheque that the donation is for the Partage de Noël 2024 campaign:
Centres d’Accueil Héritage, 33 Hahn Place, bureau 104, Toronto (Ontario) M5A 4G2. Attn. : Jean Tété.
3) Donate by credit card
Call Jean at 416-365-3350, ext. 242.
Every dollar counts!
- 30 allows a senior to enjoy the holiday season and buy a turkey and a few groceries.
- 50 helps a senior buy fresh produce (meat/fish, yogurt) for two weeks.
- 100 will help a senior face a particularly precarious period (for example, an unexpected medical expense) so that he or she can cover food expenses for one month.
- 200 can buy a pair of glasses and bring precious comfort to the recipient.
While for many people the holiday season is a resolutely positive time to celebrate with family and friends, this is not the case for those who are alone and living in precarious financial circumstances. When the French-speaking community rallies around Partage de Noël to improve the quality of life of the most underprivileged seniors, sharing, love and mutual aid come to the fore.
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$12,051 were raised by the CHRISTMAS SHARING in 2023!
Reminder: Reminder: If you miss this year’s show, you can still enjoy the two SING-ALONGs we created with Les Voix du coeur during the pandemic: SING-ALONG 2020 et SING-ALONG 2021.