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Helping Us
The Children's Ability Fund has been working with our loyal donors
for more than 50 years to develop a greater understanding of the
needs of people with disabilities throughout Edmonton and northern
Alberta. With your help, we have been instrumental in providing
assistance to hundreds of individuals and many groups and organizations.
Over the last ten years more than 2 million dollars has been granted
for equipment... but the need continues and we need your
help!

... or download the donation form.
There are several ways you can contribute to the Children's Ability Fund
Donate to our annual campaign
Join the Monthly Donation Program
Add to the Bursary Fund
Contribute to the Endowment Fund
Donate a gift-in-kind
Be an Event Sponsor
Participate in the Planned Giving Program
Donate to the ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
Each year we ask our loyal donors to assist us with their continued support by
making an annual contribution. With ongoing funding we are able to make a
difference in the life of a person with a disability like Richard…
Hi!
My name is Richard. You've never met me, but I'm one of the many
people helped by the Children's Ability Fund. I am writing because
I want to help this very special organization raise more
money
this year
than ever before.
When I was just one year old, I had a stroke. This left me with a brain injury and
in a wheelchair. I cannot speak much at all - but I have so much to say! For 9 years
I used a Touch Talker to help me communicate with my family and friends. After awhile
it kept breaking down. I was so good at typing it couldn't keep up to me!
When I started high school.
I was so nervous. I was going to be meeting new friends and wanted
to make sure I could talk to them so they could get to know me.
That's when I wrote to the Children's Ability Fund and asked them to help buy a new talking device. The one that I really liked was called the Delta Talker. I knew it would help me learn, meet new friends and become more independent.
Now so many great things have happened! I have my new talking
device and have met many new friends at my school. I really enjoy
visiting with them and I like to answer questions in class. My teachers
say I am a good student, especially in science and math. This could
not have happened without help from the Children's Ability Fund.
They have helped so many people like me. Now, I want others to feel as great as I do. Please help them help others. Make a donation today. Your donation will make a big difference to others - just like it did for me.
Thank you for reading my letter. Maybe someday I can show you my new talker.
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Add to the Bursary Fund

Some friends of the Children's Ability Fund chose to make a donation
specifically to assist students with a disability. The Bursary Fund
was established to ensure a continued commitment to providing an
annual bursary to students in need through the
Children's Ability Fund Bursary.
Contribute to the Endowment Fund
In 1987, the Endowment Fund was established to ensure the continuity and longevity of the
organization and its goals and to ensure that the resources would be available to meet the
growing demand our economy has placed on non-profit organizations to provide funding for
the necessary equipment to people with disabilities.
Our target is $5,000,000 and we are happy to report that we have
reached the half way mark.
Donations made directly through the Endowment Fund and received through
the Planned Giving Program are invested and the resources
are used to ensure the long-term financial stability of the Children's
Ability Fund.
Donate a Gift in Kind
Cash donations are not the only way to contribute...
Other suggestions are:
Donate a prize to be
given away at one of our special events
Donate services to be used
in house or given away as a prize
Start an employee/employer
matching grant program
Offer employees paid time off
to volunteer
Hold a fun company event and
donate the proceeds
Be a Shining Star
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Be an Event Sponsor
See our special opportunities...
Participate in the Planned Giving... leave a long term gift.
There
are many ways to leave a lasting legacy like...
Outright Gifts...
Outright gifts - either of cash or other property - provide support
for the Children's Ability Fund's programs for individuals and groups, like the
Playground Project and the Bikes for Tykes Project.
There are many ways of making outright gifts, they share a common characteristic,
they can used as soon as the gift is made.
- Giving cash - whether by cheque, money order,
credit card or currency - is the most familiar way to
contribute to the Children's Ability Fund.
- Giving appreciated property like stocks and bonds is becoming a more widely used
means of donating to a charity especially because of the
favorable tax implications.
- Giving a gift of a Certified Cultural Property allows donors special tax
considerations (there are also special guidelines that must be adhered to.)
Future Gifts...
Many people who would like to make a gift to charity cannot afford
to during their lifetime. There are other ways of ensuring that
those charities that are dear to you will receive a donation on
your behalf.
- Giving through your will. There are several alternatives for donating to a charity
through your will; a general bequest, a specific bequest, a residual bequest
designates, or a contingent bequest.
- Life Insurance. There are several ways to make a future gift to a charity through
the purchase of a life insurance policy.
Gifts that Give Back...
Gifts that provide lifetime income to a donor are a type of future gift.
Some examples are:
- gift annuities
- charitable
- remainder trusts
- gifts of residual interest
Changes to the federal tax legislation have created more giving
opportunities than ever before.
Donation Contact Info
For more information about our planned giving program, please contact:
Carol Russ
Excutive Director
Children's Ability Fund
(780) 454-9191
Donor Bill of Rights
Link to the Donor Bill of
Rights document...
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