Donating
ACT - Autism Community Training has a number of projects for which we are currently raising funds. For more information on ACT’s work and how you or your company can provide support, please contact our Executive Director, Deborah Pugh at 604-205-5467 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please make all donation cheques out to ACT-Autism Community Training. If you would like your donation to go to a specific fund please include a note stating which fund you are donating to.
Index:
Current Projects
The Bursary Fund
In 2012 ACT provided $12,500 in bursaries to individuals who could not afford to pay the full cost of registering for an ACT event, a slight decrease from 2011. We give priority to those who are low income and/or are traveling to our training events outside their home region. Unfortunately, we cannot fund all of the dozens of parents, para-professionals and students who ask for help because we often exhaust our bursary budget. In 2013 we are setting a goal of $10,000 to be raised through donations for the ACT bursary fund. ACT will match these funds from the money we raise through our live events.
Community Outreach Initiative
ACT recognizes that many groups within the autism community around British Columbia feel isolated, especially if they live outside Metro Vancouver and Victoria. This is a huge, thinly populated province; many parents, siblings and adults with ASD have few people with whom to share their interests and concerns - even when they live in population centres. A priority for ACT is to find on-going support for community connections. We will be further developing our online presence and promoting the training of community faciliators. .
Adult Awareness Initiative
Over the past decade huge strides have been made in raising awarenes of the needs of children with ASD, but there is still little understanding of the challenges faced by the estimated 30,000 adults with ASD who live in B.C. Even more academically able adults with ASD usually have significant difficulties in employment and education. Few have access to help in overcoming the social challenges that are the most formidable barrier that they face. For those for whom autism is more obvious in its impact, there are a number of hurdles that they and their families face; while the may qualify for supported housing or employment support, they often face problems accessing these supports. This initiative will seek to promote awareness of the needs of adults with ASD and will require ongoing funding. Currently, ACT receives no public or private funding focused on the needs of adult with ASD in British Columbia.
Ways to Donate to ACT
Please make all donation cheques out to ACT-Autism Community Training. If you would like your donation to go to a specific fund please include a note stating which fund you are donating to.
Directly by credit card or cheque
ACT accepts donations either through Visa or Mastercard by telephone or by cheque.
We can be reached at:
Suite 150 – 2250 Boundary Road,
Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5M 3Z3
Telephone toll-free: 1-866-939-5188
Metro Vancouver: 604-205-5467
Fax: 604-205-5345
The United Way
You can designate ACT to receive some or all of your United Way donation. It's easy! Just use our full official name, ACT Autism Community Training Society, the city we are based in - Burnaby - and our charitable registration number - #861691236RR0001. Your contribution gets counted towards the United Way's annual goal, and they in turn send the amount you specified on to ACT.
ACT Autism Community Training Society’s Charitable Tax Number is #861691236RR0001.
CanadaHelps.org
 Donate through CanadaHelps.org |
ACT has joined CanadaHelps.org, a Canadian registered charity that gives us an affordable and efficient way to receive online donations. CanadaHelps issues tax receipts immediately and promptly forwards your donation to the charity you chose, less a 3% fee to cover their costs. If you'd like to add a message to us along with your gift (for instance to make a donation in memory of a friend or loved one) or wish us to acknowlege your gift either on our website or by mail (to you or the family of the person you're remembering) they will send us whatever information you provide. For ACT, this is a savings in staff time and transaction fees, and for you (the donor) it can be a good way to centralise some or all of your giving--you can direct your donation to the charities you support while reducing the number of receipts you have to keep track of. For further information about CanadaHelps, including their privacy policy, visit the CanadaHelps.org FAQ. So if this website or ACT's services have been of help to you or someone you know, and you'd like to acknowlege that by making a donation please consider using the CanadaHelps.org click-through button. |
Past Donations:
ACT would like to thank the following for their generosity:
| 2012 Donations |
Autism Speaks Canada
Thank you to all those who donated so generously in memory of Anne Brown, mother of Jackie Brown
Arlene Gallagher, Romy Chan, Saint Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church, United Way of Calgary - Donor Choice Program, Team Telus Cares, Blair Dwyer, Dave Singh
Mackenzie Financial (on behalf of T. Ying Zhong, a long-time ACT volunteer and Mackenzie Financial employee)
We also thank the many donors who gave under $100 in 2012.
| 2011 Donations |
Thank you to all those who donated Memorial gifts in honour of Hugo Chan
We want to offer our gratitude for all those who donated along the way to Cheryl and Leslie's Triumph Tiger 800XC Adventure to Alaska and to Cheryl and Leslie for making the journey
Team Telus Cares, The City of Burnaby, Project Equal, Smart Centres Management, Anonymous (in honour of Pat Mirenda and Jackie Brown)
and the many donors who gave under $100 in 2011.
