How Your Donation Helps
Thank you for making a priceless difference in a child’s life!
Perhaps you have decided you want to help children and families facing homelessness and poverty. We want you to know that we are right there with you. Nothing is closer to our hearts at Stephen’s Backpacks Society than that very dream. To date, your donations have helped deliver hope, either in the form of a backpack gift, a pair of running shoes, or a furnished home – to over 100,000 children.
At Stephen’s Backpacks we have a long list of recipient groups that have children in need. Individuals, children and families have come to these various shelters by a number of means and under different circumstances, but all of them are in need of shelter, help and hope. These wonderful agencies provide the necessities of life; families are lifted up, placed in a home, and taught about how to survive and even how to thrive in their new circumstances.
Imagine having a new apartment and having just enough support to almost provide the basics and rent… but that’s all. No extra money to buy beds, no extra money to buy a birthday or Christmas gift… or running shoes for school for that matter.
When you look into the eyes of children, right here in Calgary, who are homeless through no fault of their own, you can’t look away. These children are scared, in shock and are looking to their parents for security and normality, yet little is coming.
This is the place where we meet children and families. Stephen’s Backpacks uses your donations and your involvement to Deliver Hope and Change Lives.
Tax benefit for charitable donations
When an individual files their personal income tax, they may total up all their charitable donations during a calendar year.
Visit the following link to see just how much of a tax credit you can generate when you give money to registered charities in Alberta such as Stephen’s Backpacks: Make the Most Out of your Charitable Tax Credit