Forward Together / Greater Vancouver Food Bank fundraiser
Donate $100 to Forward Together, and I’ll donate $200 to the food bank
Last year we raised $1200 for Forward Together, and $6000 for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. I’m not sure if Reddit will be doing the same kind of fundraiser that they did last year, but I figured we could do it again regardless:
Make a donation to Forward Together
If you donate $100 to Forward Together and email me the confirmation (russilwvong@gmail.com), I’ll personally donate $200 to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.
In 2022, I ran for city council with Kennedy Stewart’s Forward Together slate: Kennedy really got the need for more rental housing, he was one of the few solid Yes votes on housing in the previous term, and I wanted to help get him re-elected. In the end, he was defeated by Ken Sim and ABC. But Forward Together is still raising funds and paying down campaign debt from 2022.
At the same time, the Greater Vancouver Food Bank needs donations - there’s a lot of people who need help with groceries, and food prices are up.
I’d like to help raise funds for Forward Together, while also raising money for the food bank. So I’m doing a small fundraiser:
Between now and the end of the year, if you’re willing to donate $100 to Forward Together and send me your receipt, I’ll personally donate $200 to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. (I’ll get a charitable tax receipt reducing my taxes by about $100.)
My employer also matches my donations.
So your $100 donation will result in a $400 donation to the food bank ($200 from me, $200 from my employer).
It doesn’t have to be $100. If you want to donate $50 or $20, the same offer applies: I’ll donate 2X to the food bank, with as much matching as I can get. Just let me know how much you donated (I don’t see the amount).
Some limitations:
When you make a donation to a municipal political party (unlike at the federal and provincial levels), you don’t get a tax credit. That’s why I’m donating $200 instead of $100.
I’m willing to donate up to $5,000 to the food bank.
To make a donation to Forward Together, you must be a resident of BC, and you must be making the donation yourself, with no reimbursement from someone else. Elections BC rules.
Thank you for your generous support - it’s for two good causes!