Litter-a-thon

It’s fine for parents to sponsor their own children—but we cannot issue a charitable tax receipt when you sponsor your own child. Just give your child cheque or cash. They’ll record the donation in the normal way.

Please take note: DO NOT SUPPORT YOUR CHILD USING THE ONLINE PLATFORM. If we receive online donations from parents designated to their own children, we will re-direct those funds to another student or the general student fund. This is due to federal regulations about tax receipts (we can’t issue a receipt when the money is designated for your own child).

We ask parents to avoid intentional reciprocal donations. A reciprocal donation arrangement is when two different families each agree to mutually sponsor one another’s children for the same amounts. (For example: John sponsors Bill’s child for $100, and Bill in return sponsors John’s child for $100). These arrangements can complicate charitable tax receipting and may be disqualified from charitable tax receipts under some circumstances. It’s best to avoid this. BVCS reserves the right to refuse to issue a charitable tax receipt in these circumstances.

Sample Litter-a-thon Sponsor Form. Click for enlarged copy.

We’ve created a serial-numbered, two-part carbonless form that will allow students to provide donors with a record of their pledge or donation.

Each student will be issued their own booklet. Donors who are sponsoring more than one student and who wish to receive a charitable tax receipt can keep their copies of these forms and make one online payment (below) to cover all their pledges. Donors who do not care to receive a charitable tax receipt can provide cash or cheque to each student individually.

Do not provide cash or cheque to a student who is not able to provide you with a copy of your donation slip from their booklet. If in doubt about the legitimacy of a donation/sponsorship request, please call our office at 250-847-4238.