Donate a Gift to the Excellence in Literacy Foundation
The Excellence in Literacy Foundation Donations Gift Catalogue
Millions of Canadian children and youth desperately struggle to become literate. They struggle in silence, feeling confused and ashamed about being unable to learn, unable to understand instructions, and unable to do homework. As these children grow up, their low literacy skills will further hinder them in learning and understanding information essential to daily life. Information that could lead to opportunities, help them develop confidence and live productive, safe and healthy lives. Imagine the consequences of people with low literacy levels trying to understand employment ads, complete a job application, decipher a rent agreement, complete a medical consent form, read a transit schedule, follow their doctor’s directions, understand dangerous medication interactions, or figure out product label instructions. These are just a few examples of the types of literacy struggles many of your fellow Canadians face on a daily basis. But that’s life—and unfortunately that’s life for 42% of Canadians!
If you believe that every Canadian child deserves the right to learn how to read and write and you want to help plant the root of literacy in a community in Canada that needs your help— please take this opportunity to sponsor an Excellence in Literacy Foundation program. The ELF strives to serve children, predominantly from First Nations, new Canadian, low-income and special needs communities by providing training, literacy workbooks, and small grants to non-profit organizations and schools across Canada. Over 14,000 such children have been helped so far through ELF but there are thousands more who still need your help…
How to make a donation for an item from our Gift Catalogue
Please click here to go to our Donations Gift Catalogue:
Once you decide on an item that you would like to donate please follow the following instructions:
Please click on the Canada Helps link at the bottom of this page
When on the Canada Helps website, please follow these steps:
Step 1 – Please enter the donation amount related to your gift(s).
Step 2 – Please select the desired frequency of your donation.
Step 3 – Under fund/designation you will find a drop down menu. Please select the appropriate gift item. We apologize for the possible inconvenience, but for multiple donations of different gift items, separate donations will have to be submitted.
Step 4 – If you wish your gift recipients to receive an e-card, notifying them of your gift, please select that option.
If you would prefer that the ELF send your gift recipient a card by standard mail, please select that option and enter the details as indicated.
Thank you for your generous support!
We have had the pleasure of working with dozens of outstanding community partners across Canada. We are proud to have been able to support them in developing their excellent programs.
Please click here to read some testimonials from community partners across Canada.