Corporate Giving Opportunities

By far, the best way to get your employees engaged in a corporate team building event is by giving back to the local community. Toronto Cares Initiative has several opportunities available for corporations to create kits or put on events that will directly impact low-income marginalized families within Toronto. From holiday events to food security initiatives to supporting those with mental health challenges and the unhoused, we provide a plethora of options, each with the opportunity for your employees to engage with each other while giving back.

Each year, Toronto cares distributes toys to low-income marginalized families across Toronto. In 2023 we distributed over 1,000 toys to these families in-need, with help from Toronto firefighters toy drive as well as many, many corporate partners. If you would like to host a toy drive at your company, please complete the form below. 

All toys must be dropped-off to our storage facility at 7 Ingram Dr, Toronto by Friday, December 13th, 2024 @ 7:00 pm.

We are most in need of items for ages 14-18.

Examples: 

• Bluetooth toques, mini speakers, headphones
• Age-appropriate make-up, jewellery sets 
• Lip balm, bath bomb making kits 
• Sports clothing (hats & hoodies) 
• Basketballs, soccer balls, footballs 
• Popular age-appropriate board games
• Color-changing lamps

Kits for a Cause is a program run by the Bargains Group, where corporations are able to purchase supplies, that are shipped directly to their office, to create kits at their own facility, which would then be donated to a local charity or non-profit organization. 

Kits for a Cause will work with your corporation in order to determine what items will be put into each of the kits based on your number of participating employees and your budget.

Types of kits that we require:

• Hygiene kits (for the homeless)
• Winter Wear kits (for the homeless)
• Anxiety kits (for our clients with disabilities and mental health challenges)
• Stocking Stuffer kits (for our Christmas gifts to children under 18 years of age

Some Basic Details: 

Looking for an easy team building, hands-on, engaging and fun volunteer opportunity to make an impact with your employees, friends or family? Why not host your own kit packing event and pack kits full of our most needed supplies. This is the perfect option for: school groups, corporate volunteers, faith-based organizations and groups of friends! This activity can be completely customized to whenever and wherever fits best for you. No budget? No problem! We can help you fundraise on our free platform that is completely customizable to fit your branding and voice.

We offer a variety of on-site volunteering opportunities so your employees can get out of the office and actively support the community. Some programs offer the opportunity to interact with our clientele directly, while others are more focused on team building and working together. We are able to accommodate groups of 10-100 employees. A budget is required for all Corporate Giving Events, available on a sliding scale, dependent on the number of employees attending and the type event chosen.

Types of on-site events you can support: 

• Produce Market/Food Bank (all low-income families can attend, although the majority of our clientele are seniors)
• Grocery Boxes/Mobile Food Bank (specifically dedicated to families with disabilities, mental health challenges, seniors and the unhoused who are most vulnerable and unable to attend regular food banks)
• Christmas, Easter & Back-to-school Gifts (available for all low-income families with children under the age of 18) 

If you'd like to learn more about any of these specific programs, please email helping.toronto.2020@gmail.com to get a copy of the event proposal.

The federal government is quite strict when it comes to giving charitable tax receipts. Your company, as part of its corporate giving, has the opportunity to either sponsor an event where your products and/or logo are present for our clients and the general public to be aware that you are sponsoring this particular initiative, or to receive a tax receipt in your company's name, but unfortunately it is not possible to do both at the same time.

Please visit our DONATE PAGE to complete the corporate tax receipt form, if you would like to go that route.