A monthly donation to Family Transition Place doesn’t simply help provide shelter, counselling and support for women and children in our community – it gives a whole lot more. Please become a monthly donor. With regular monthly donations we build a reliable and stable source of finances, and can continue to do very important work in our community.
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If you would prefer to not submit your information online, please complete this form and mail it to Family Transition Place, 20 Bredin Parkway, Orangeville, ON L9W 4Z9 or email a copy to kelly@familytransitionplace.ca.

Planned giving (also known as gift planning or legacy giving) is a charitable gift of any amount made during a donor’s life or at death and is part of their financial or estate plan.

Please check out FTP’s Amazon Wish List for special-request items. 
NOTE: We do encourage folks to shop local whenever possible, but with the risks of the pandemic to our congregate living format, FTP staff is better able to manage deliveries coming in from a couple of weekly couriers rather than several different deliveries/donations coming in every day. With fewer couriers, we reduce the number of contact points and the items will be coming directly from a supplier. As with every donation, these items will still need to be placed in quarantine.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON BEDBUGS: Family Transition Place provides housing for up to nine women and their children at one time. An outbreak of bedbugs would be a serious issue and we do our best to avoid this sort of disruption. Bedbugs like to live and travel in pre-owned items such as desktop computers, appliances, TVs, game systems, purses, clothing, suitcases, backpacks, mattresses, and books. We are unable to accept any items of this nature in order to prevent bedbugs from entering our building.

For information on how and what to donate, please visit our General Donations Guide.

The Dufferin County Take it Back Directory is also a helpful resource.

Family Transition Place is unable to accept used clothing donations at the shelter as our storage areas are limited. However, we have relationships with two local clothing consignment stores that will accept quality used clothing and sell it on FTP’s behalf:

Family Transition Place has recently developed a thorough food handling process and Food Donations Handbook*. We can accept perishable and non-perishable (including fresh and frozen) quality food items that have valid expiry dates, and are not damaged or spoiled, as well as some prepared food items. Due to health and safety regulations, these prepared items must be from a regulated food provider, facility or caterer, and not previously served to the public (event buffet, banquet, etc.).

If you have a food donation that meets our health and safety regulations, we would appreciate you calling the number below to make arrangements for delivery, and you completing the applicable areas of our Food Donations Form to accompany the donation.

You are not liable for any risk associated with your donation. Family Transition Place food donors are protected by Ontario’s Donation of Food Act, 1994. This legislation protects those who, in good faith, donate or distribute fresh food.

Food items that are used regularly:

• Non-perishable food**:
  • Canned pasta sauce
  • Canned vegetables
  • “Cooking soups” – tomato soup, cream of chicken, cream of celery, cream of mushroom, cream of broccoli, cheddar soup
  • Breakfast cereals cold and hot like oatmeal
  • Peanut free school snacks fruit cups, apple sauce puddings
  • Reusable water bottles, school lunch containers/tupperware
  • Apple juice, orange juice, hot chocolate, frozen juice mix
  • Frozen individual entrees
  • Frozen meat and fish
• Perishable food** – for example: meats, cheese, loaves of bread, fruit, vegetables, brown and white sugar
  • PLEASE NOTE: WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CANNED BEANS AND DRIED PASTA

For more information on what we’ll accept and our food donation guidelines, please contact Kelly Lee at 519-942-4122, ext. 243.

*Adapted with the permission of York Region Community and Health Services.

• Support one of our fundraising events by donating prizes or purchasing tickets.
• Hold your own fundraising event or draw with proceeds directed to Family Transition Place. MORE…
• Donate your HBC reward points to Family Transition Place using the HBC Rewards Community Public ID # 6890147.

For more information, please contact our Manager of Development & Community Relations at 519-942-4122 or 905-584-4357 ext. 240 or contact us via email.