How you can help us
1) Donate
Visit our donation information section here and also learn more about Donations and Taxes.
2) Organize an event
Organize a fund-raising event to benefit CAFA: evening event, show, supper fundraiser, draw, marathon, golf tournament, garage sale, etc. Let us be a part of your project.
Promote yourself through our cause. Artists, designers, inventors! Organize a show, event or art exhibit and enjoy increased visibility by supporting CAFA’s cause.
Download Fundraising Guide http://www.lacaf.org/download/Fundraising-guide.pdf, Pamphlet "Diagnosis Ataxia?" (bilingual), 2011 Mailing Campain pamphlet (bilingual), Funraising Guide : full version (PDF), Event Proposition form (DOC), Pledge Form, and In Memoriam donation form.
3) Payroll Deduction Program
The goal of the Payroll Deduction Program is to seek employer participation and to encourage employees to make donations to CAFA through payroll deductions. Also, we can challenge employers to match the amount donated by their employees. Contact CAFA’s office for posters, letters, and applications.4) Become a volunteer
Your voluntary participation is essential for our organization. Who makes voluntary help enriches his life!
We are looking for people who have experience in
- organizing fundraising events,
- translation, writing and text revision in French and English,
- graphic design and advertising...
Find more opportunities by filling the survey "Getting involved to get the association going”.
5) Friendly Visits Volunteer Program
Too often isolation becomes the fate of people suffering from ataxia and those close to them. To help break this unruly pattern, we offer a visitor program which gives people with ataxia and their family the support of a caring friend.
Our volunteer visitors are carefully chosen and well trained. They show empathy and provide comfort to people suffering from ataxia. They also assist by supplying a much needed rest to the family and informal caregivers.
This service is intended for people with ataxia who are members of CAFA living in a home or at home, suffering from solitude, their plight, or absence of parents or friends. On a regular basis, once a week or at an agreed upon frequency (an agreement is made between the volunteer and the recipient to the day and the time of the visit), the person with ataxia receives a visit from a volunteer.
People who would like to offer their service as volunteers have to like to talk, have a variety of interests enabling various methods of interaction and have very good listening skills.
CAFA can contribute their part by paying the transportation costs for the volunteer, after an agreement is made and the volunteer has submitted a visit schedule. - Promgram pamplet (PDF) - Form to be filled out by volunteer (DOC)
6) Planned giving
Planned giving is accessible to everyone, whatever your budget, and it is also a wonderful option that can help you make a significant gift to the Canadian Association for Familial Ataxias - Claude St-Jean Foundation.
There are many of planned giving possibilities with interesting tax implications:
| -Gifts of Cash | -Gifts of Securities | -Charitable Gift Annuities | -Charitable Remainder Trusts |
| -Will Bequests | -Gifts of Life Insurance | -Gifts of Retirement Plans | -Gifts to the Endowment Fund |
| -Gifts of Property | -Donor Advised Funds |
Making a planned donation requires reflection and preparation. Please consult with your legal, taxation or financial advisor to choose the most appropriate donation for your situation.
7) Promotional Items
Order now our promotional items and take occasion to donate to the CAFA - Claude-St-Jean Foundation!
| T-shirt CAFA West - $15.00 | T-shirt ACAF/CAFA - $15.00 | Cap - $15,00 |
| Cilicone bracelets: -$3,00 each -or2 or more for $2,50 each |
Bag $25,00 |
Bottle $10,00 |
8) Donation Bank Can
A well-paced donation bank can bring up to $ 300.
Place a can in a store or a restaurant, on the reception desk of a business or a bank, on a coffee table in your office to the attention of your colleagues, in another visited but secure place. Use them for your fundraising and ataxia awareness activities.
Every gesture counts!
9) Running Room
We invite 'Club members' and 'Clinic Participants' to start an event or to register for an event or race that is affiliated with CAFA.
On the Running Room website you also can
- Create your own personal home page to support CAFA.
- Donate directly to CAFA.
- Sponsor an athlete participating in a race affiliated with CAFA.
10) Donate Hbc Rewards points
The HBC REWARDS COMMUNITY PROGRAM allows you to donate your Hbc Rewards points to the CAFA – Claude St-Jean Foundation. You can give some or all of your points earned when shopping at the Hbc Family of stores.
The CAFA can redeem its points for cash, merchandise or Hbc Gift Cards and use them for fundraising drives and prizes, appreciation awards or operational needs.
Donate your points step by step
- Go to the Hbc Rewards Community web site
- Enter Community Organization Public ID number : 9961755
- Donate points