NEW! 3X donation match from Canadian Pacific
February is Heart Month, and Canadian Pacific will triple match donations*. Let your donors know that their support will have TRIPLE the impact in February!
*All donations made to Heart & Stroke in February will be matched up to a total of $100,000 by Canadian Pacific. Matched amounts will not appear in your fundraising totals.
An easy way to make a bigger impact
When you fundraise online, more of that money goes directly to research — and that means more lives saved. Payments can be accepted by credit card, and tax receipts are issued immediately. You can make a big difference with the device you’re using right now!
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Meet our top fundraisers
Feel inspired by the life-saving funds raised by our top fundraisers. Start making a difference today and you, too, could be on this list!
- Anthony F. Graham - Toronto, Ontario $40,868
- Pat Semeniuk - West Vancouver, British Columbia $10,805
- Megan Shelly - Belcarra, British Columbia $7,669
- Paramjit Manhas - Nanaimo, British Columbia $7,218
- Peter Canham - London, Ontario $6,600
- Eleanor Palmer - Wolfville, Nova Scotia $5,663
- Karen McArthur - Lindsay, Ontario $5,585
- Cheryl Nelson - Delta, British Columbia $5,550
- Art Lyall - Caledonia, Ontario $5,425
- Lorraine Howard - Waterloo, Ontario $5,282
February 2021 is coming soon! Start now.
FAQs
We’ve tried to answer many common questions below, but if you need additional help, please get in touch.
- Fundraising online means less admin costs meaning more dollars go towards research and more impact.
- Donors get their tax receipt immediately.
- Donate by credit card.
- Online fundraising is simple and can be done from the comfort of your home, anytime.
- It’s safe and secure!
Fundraising involves asking for donations and sharing lifesaving information with your neighbours, friends, family, co-workers.
You will be sharing women's heart and brain health statistics, as well as signs of heart attack and stroke.
We encourage you to set a personal fundraising goal of $400 or more.
You can collect money by reaching out to your networks with your personal fundraising page link and asking them to make a donation directly to your page. You can do this via email or social media. For suggested content and tips, click here.
Our easy-to-use online tools are the best way to collect donations. This helps us to keep track of how much you have raised and issue instant tax receipts to donors to avoid any processing times. However, we know that some people may prefer to donate to your Heart Month Virtual Canvass efforts by other methods. If you receive a cheque donation, you can enter all the details into your Participant Centre and mail your donations to:
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Attention: ShanShan
2300 Yonge St., Suite 1300,
Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E4
Inside the envelope make sure to provide:
- Donor Information
- First name, last name, full address of the person making the donation.
- Your Participant info, if applicable
- First name, last name, email, constituent ID (if known)
- Program Information
- Program and Event Name (e.g. Fundraise Your Way Virtual Canvass, Fundraise Your Way Celebrate, etc.)
- Amount included in the mailing.
Your Participant Centre is your gateway for fundraising online! Use your Participant Centre to:
- Share your story - Customize your personal page, using compelling pictures, text, even video!
- Make the first donation a self-donation - lead the way and kick off your fundraising!
- Shout it from roof tops - Share your page via email and social media. Make it known that you’re helping save lives!
We’ve made it easy for you! Check out our email and social media resources that have customizable messaging for you to email to your contacts and share on your social media platforms.
The easiest fix is to request a new password. Simply click on this link and follow the steps to request a password reset.
Our easy-to-use online tools are the best way to collect donations. This helps us to keep track of how much you have raised and issue instant tax receipts to donors to avoid any processing times. However, we know that some people may prefer to donate to your Heart Month Virtual Canvass efforts by other methods. If you receive a cheque donation, you can enter all the details into your Participant Centre and mail your donations to:
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Attention: ShanShan
2300 Yonge St., Suite 1300,
Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E4
Inside the envelope make sure to provide:
- Donor Information
- First name, last name, full address of the person making the donation.
- Your Participant info, if applicable
- First name, last name, email, constituent ID (if known)
- Program Information
- Program and Event Name (e.g. Fundraise Your Way Virtual Canvass, Fundraise Your Way Celebrate, etc.)
- Amount included in the mailing.
When you donate online, you will receive your official tax receipt via email immediately. If you do not receive your tax receipt, please reach out to heartmonth@heartandstroke.ca to request a new one.
Heart & Stroke adheres to CRA guidelines and must account for all tax receipts that have been printed and distributed which is difficult to do when in the hands of thousands of volunteers. Interim tax receipts allow for strong tax receipt control, tracking, and reporting.
We’d be happy to hear from you! Please contact us via email at heartmonth@heartandstroke.ca.
Please check out the Our Impact section to keep up to date and learn more about how your dollars are making an impact.
We recommend calling or emailing any neighbours that you have contact information to let them know that you will be fundraising for Heart & Stroke online only this year, for their safety and their community, and that you will provide more details soon.
Encourage any neighbours you have spoken with by phone or email to let any of your other neighbours know that you will be fundraising online this year.
Our supporters' safety and wellbeing is our highest priority. Given the increased risk of the COVID-19 virus spreading when people are exposed to others, we are taking precautions in all of the communities we serve.
Check out the following page with updated information from Heart & Stroke: www.heartandstroke.ca/articles/coronavirus-heart-disease-and-stroke
Heart & Stroke is always evaluating our programs to ensure they deliver the most impact on our mission. Right now, we don't know what the Heart & Stroke canvass campaign will look like in 2022 but we know that online fundraising is here to stay. When you fundraise online, more of that money goes directly to research — and that means more lives saved. Payments can be accepted by credit card, and tax receipts are issued immediately. You can make a big difference with the device you’re using right now!
Fundraise With Social
Want an easy way to significantly boost your fundraising? Try social media.
Even if you’re not very active online, your network is powerful and ready to help.
Or if you are interested in starting a Facebook Fundraiser, please read these guidelines. Alternatively, you can post on Facebook using the text available when you click on the red Facebook button.