Please Help us out...

How can you help BC & Alberta Guide Dog Services?

We welcome help from private individuals, corporations, foundations, service clubs, youth groups, and employee or employer initiatives. Please make a tax-deductible donation and tell a friend about our work. Find out more about how you can hold a special event, fund-raiser, or sponsor a Guide Dog or Puppy. Contact us at (604)940-4504 or email us at guidedog@telus.net

    

BC & Alberta Guide Dog Services Message of Assurance

Any gift given with special instructions will be absolutely respected. Any and all   instructions will be carried out to the full, under the supervision of our Volunteer Board of Directors.

Make a Donation or a Pledge

BC - Alberta Guide Dog Services provides services free to Clients. We are supported through donations from Individuals, Corporations, Foundations, Service Clubs and Special Events. We do not receive any government funding, and rely solely on donations and pledges.

Become a Volunteer

BC - Alberta Guide Dog Services depends on the support of Volunteers. Many different volunteer opportunities are available, including fostering puppies, fostering adult dogs, and providing homes for stud dogs and brood bitches. If your are interested in the fostering program, please contact the office and we will mail you an information package. We also need assistance in the planning of fund-raising activities, public speaking about our work, help in the office, and volunteer driving.

Sponsor a Puppy!

The cost of raising and training one guide dog from birth until they are placed with a guide dog user at approximately two years of age is approximately $37,500 --- a price tag we can't afford without your help! Our clients receive their guide dog for a symbolic $1.

That is why we would like you to consider being a key part of our Puppy Sponsorship Program. For as little as $0.50 per day you can make a world of difference to a blind or visually impaired person by providing them with a professionally trained and supported Guide Dog. $0.50 per day may be small change to you but it means a great deal to us! Click here for more information?

Organize a Fund-raising Event

Special Events are our best vehicle for raising funds and for generating public involvement and awareness. Should you wish to hold such an event in aid of BC - Alberta Guide Dog Services, we would welcome your support. Please get in touch with our office at (604) 940-4504.

Make a Lasting Contribution

Lasting Contributions may be gifts made by way of Bequests, Endowments and Life Insurance Policies. The following Gift Plans will make a huge impact on the continuing success of BC - Alberta Guide Dog Services:

A bequest: a gift given through a Will. Instructions may be left indicating how the capital or interest or both may be spent on either general or specific purposes.

An endowment: These are funds from which only the income can be spent and the capital being preserved.  Endowments may be established in memory of a loved one or for a special occasion.

A Life Insurance Policy: annual premiums and paid up values of insurance policies qualify for tax receipts.

Charitable gift Annuities and Trusts: are gifts that allow donors to leave a bequest or make a gift, while receiving an immediate tax receipt.

Our legal title may be either British Columbia Guide Dog Services; or Alberta Guide Dog Services. The registered charity number is  No: 89131-1763-RR0001  for both titles.