A
number of organizations are accepting donations
in the wake of the tsunami in South Asia
on Sunday December 26th.
Canadian Red Cross
Canadians wishing to make a financial donation
may donate at www.redcross.ca
, call 1-800-418-1111 or contact your
local Canadian Red Cross Office.
The 24-hour toll free line accepts Visa
and MasterCard. Cheques should be made payable
to the Canadian Red Cross, earmarked "South
East Asia Earthquake and Tidal Wave Relief"
and mailed to Canadian Red Cross National
Office,
170
Metcalfe Street, Suite 300,
Ottawa,
Ontario, K2P 2P2.
UNICEF Canada
Donations to UNICEF's Indian Ocean Emregency
Appeal can be made online at www.unicef.ca
,
by
toll-free telephone at 1-877-955-3111 or
by mail at
UNICEF
Canada,
2200
Yonge Street, Suite 1100,
Toronto,
ON, M4S 2C6.
World Vision
Toll-free at 1-800-268-5528 or www.worldvision.ca
.
Oxfam Canada
At www.oxfam.ca
or toll-free at 1-800-466-9326.
Doctors Without Borders
At www.doctorswithoutborders.org
or toll-free at
1-888-392-0392.
Canadian Catholic Organization for
Development and Peace
Toll-free at 1-888-664-3387, at www.devp.org
, or cheque payable to Development and
Peace, marked for tidal wave disaster mailed
to
Development
and Peace,
5633
Sherbrooke St. East,
Montreal,
H1N 1A3.
Canadian Tamil Congress
Donations accepted at 1-416-751-8777.
Canadian Relief Organization for
Peace in Sri Lanka
Donations accepted at 1-416-429-2822.
Christian Children's Fund of Canada
Donations accepted toll free at 1-800-263-5437,
or
online at www.ccfcanada.ca
.
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
Donations accepted at 1-416-631-5705 or
online at www.jewishtoronto.com
.
CARE Canada
Donations accepted toll free at 1-800-267-5232
or online at www.care.ca
.
The Salvation Army
Donations accepted at www.salvationarmy.ca
.
Save the Children Canada
Donations accepted toll free at 1-800-668-5036
or online at www.savethechildren.ca
.
South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund
Donations can be made at any branch of TD-Canada
Trust, to account# 03302-5207651. You may
mail a donation to
P.O.
Box 22097, 45 Overlea Blvd.,
Toronto, ON., M4H 1N9.
Or
you can call toll free at 1-888-222-2375.
ADRA Canada
Donations accepted toll free at 1-888-272-2372
or online at www.adra.ca
.
Samaritan's Purse - Canada
Donations accepted toll free at 1-800-663-6500
or online at www.samaritanspurse.ca
.
Royal
Thai Embassy Relief Fund
The Thai Society of Ontario, with the Royal
Thai Embassy, is raising funds to send to
agencies in Thailand to provide drinking
water for the survivors
of the earthquake/tsunami.
If you wish to contribute to this fund,
please send a cheque or money order, made
out to:
“Royal
Thai Embassy Relief Fund”, and mailed to:
Royal Thai Embassy,
180 Island Park Drive,
Ottawa,
ON K1Y 2A0.
Please include your return address, as the
Embassy will send you a letter of
acknowledgement.
Toronto
Police Services
One of the easiest ways to donate is also
the safest – cold, hard cash at your local
police station.
Police
H.Q. is located at 40 College St. The other
cop shops open for your cash contributions
are located at:
11 Division, 209 Mavety Street,
12 Division, 200 Trethewey Drive,
13 Division, 1435 Eglinton Avenue West,
14 Division, 150 Harrison Street,
51 Division, 51 Parliament Street,
52 Division, 255 Dundas Street West,
53 Division, 75 Eglinton Avenue West,
54 Division, 41 Cranfield Road,
55 Division, 101 Coxwell Avenue,
22 Division, 3699 Bloor Street West,
23 Division, 2126 Kipling Avenue,
31 Division, 40 Norfinch Drive,
32 Division, 30 Ellerslie Avenue,
33 Division, 50 Upjohn Road,
41 Division, 2222 Eglinton Avenue East,
42 Division, 242 Milner Avenue East.
*
sources include CFRB Newstalk 1010, CFOX
and Pulse24 websites as well as the Thai
Society of Ontario.
