Show your support for PWS all year round
Join Pillars for PWS, our monthly donor program, to support and enhance the lives of individuals with PWS throughout the year.
By giving monthly, you are able to significantly impact the Ontario Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (OPWSA), our programs, and everyone we support. Choose a monthly giving amount that fits within your budget and your generosity will create invaluable sustained funding for OPWSA. Your donation will be directed to the priorities set out by our Board of Directors and with feedback from our members, allowing us to plan and support OPWSA’s growth, and invest in long-term projects and initiatives.
Why Become a Pillar for PWS?
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Your monthly gift means that OPWSA can rely on your regular and consistent support and use those funds as effectively as possible towards programs and services that enhance the quality of life for individuals with PWS.
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You can choose a monthly giving amount that fits within your budget and charitable goals, and you can start donating on the day of your choice.
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Your donation will go further by lowering our administrative costs.
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You will receive regular updates throughout the year on the impact of your support.
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Depending on the monthly giving amount you select, you may receive free tickets to our annual Wines Among the Vines event.
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You will automatically receive an annual tax receipt for the total amount of your donations made within a calendar year.
How Pillars for PWS Works
Choose a monthly donation amount that will be charged to your credit card on your choice of day each month. Whichever date you start your monthly donation on is the date your credit card will continue to be charged on going forward. Your generosity will continue until you notify us to change or stop. Your donation will be administered through Canada Helps.
Canada Helps will automatically send you an annual tax receipt for the total amount of your donations made within a calendar year. This receipt will be sent via email to the email address you have used to set up your Canada Helps profile.
OPWSA provide regular updates to our monthly donors on the impact of your support to our community throughout the year. If your donation falls within one of the levels indicated below, you will receive public acknowledgement of your donation.
For more information about Pillars for PWS and OPWSA, please contact:
Jennifer Coens
Executive Director
416-481-8657
ontariopws@gmail.com
Your Donation Matters
Your donation will support the following priorities for 2022/2023:
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Community programs and initiatives such as crisis counselling, training to agencies and staff that support individuals with PWS, providing free fridge locks for Ontario members, hosting Family Gatherings across Ontario, and hosting an annual conference
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Provide subsidies for camp for teenagers and adults with PWS at our annual PWS Week at Shadow Lake Center
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Support the work of the Residential Options Sub-Committee which has been established to work with families, the provincial government, municipalities, service providers, funders, developers, advocates, and others to address a critical need in our community: supportive, sustainable housing for adults with PWS
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Development of resources, programs and initiatives for our community based on emerging needs