For more than 30 years, LIFE*SPIN has facilitated a Christmas Sponsorship program that provides additional support to the poor families in our community. This program relieves poverty for low-income families with children over the Christmas season. LIFE*SPIN matches low-income families with those wishing to help a disadvantaged family celebrate Christmas. We are again offering this program and have greatly appreciated your support in past years.
In 2024, we collectively sponsored 4,350 children in more than 1,600 low-income families. Throughout the year, we continued to help with food security, children's programs, access to disability supports, housing, filing Income taxes, the Free Store, and health supports, making innovative adjustments to meet the needs of the very high-risk population we serve.
Christmas is a particularly difficult time for many struggling to raise children in poverty, and this has been exacerbated by rising food and housing costs. Your support will help to bring joy to the families in need this holiday season.
Please complete the form below if you would like to do the Christmas shopping for a specific family. Please deliver the gifts to LIFE*SPIN, by November 27th or wait until December 13th, when we will be here from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. for the final donation day.
We are again offering the option to sponsor the children in a family, without having to do the shopping and delivering it to our office. You may select any donation option that suits your preferences, below:
Gift Card Purchases: You are welcome to drop off gift cards, that you purchase, directly at the office during business hours, place them though the mail slot in our door at 866 Dundas Street, or mail them to us at P.O. Box 2801. Please include your receipts if you would like a Charitable Tax Receipt.
Toy Drive Hosted by London's Emgency Services volunteers: If you wish to purchase toys not matched to a specific family, please bring them to Christmas Lights & Sirens event on Saturday, November 29th from 10:00 am to 1:00 p.m. This will be a drive-through donation set-up at Fire Station #1 at 400 Horton Street (at Colborne). First responders will receive your donations from your vehicle or you are welcome to take a picture with Santa and show your little ones around the fire station and emergency vehicles. First responders will load up all the donations for drop off at LIFE*SPIN. Mail us your receipts, by December 31, 2023 for a Charitable Tax receipt.
Cheque: Please mail your donation to LIFE*SPIN at P.O. Box 2801, London, ON N6A 4H4
E-Transfer: Please make your e-transfer to life@execulink.com and use the password "toys" as an answer to your question. Please email directly as well, with your full name and mailing address for your Charitable tax receipt.
Donate Online: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/lifespin/campaign/christmas-sponsorship/ You can print your Charitable Tax Receipt directly from the site, so you don't need to worry about mailing in your receipts later.
Shop for a family: If you would like to shop for a family, please complete the form below. We start taking registrations from families in need at the beginning of October. We will email you your family's wish list from the children that includes their first name, gender, age, clothing size and one or two gifts to choose from.
Please check your spam folder, if you don't receive the family information in your inbox. Mail us your original receipts, by December 31, 2023 for a Charitable Tax receipt.
Donors who request that their name not be publicly released shall remain anonymous.