How You Can Help...

Ways to Donate

1. By cheque or credit card (Visa, Master Card, Amex)
   
   
2. Publicly-traded Securities - A gift of publicly-traded securities is the transfer of ownership of stocks or bonds to a qualified donee, such as Canadian Municipalities.
   
   When you donate publicly traded stock to the Vancouver Park Board, you will not pay tax on the capital gain and you will receive a tax receipt for the fair market value of the stock, just as if your gift had been a cash donation.
   
   Please Note: In order to receive the tax benefits, securities must be transferred and not cashed first.
   
   
3. Planned Gifts

• Charitable Bequest - Leave a bequest to Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation in your Will. The Park Board will provide an official receipt for income tax purposes to your estate when it receives the bequest.
  
  
• Life Insurance - Name the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy. If you designate the Park Board as the irrevocable beneficiary of your life insurance policy, we will be able to provide you with an official receipt for income tax purposes for the amount of premium you pay each year.
  
  You can also make the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation the owner of a life insurance policy. If you pay premiums on this policy, you can get an official receipt for income tax purposes for the amount of those premiums.
  
  
• The Park Board also accepts other planned gifts such as Charitable Remainder Trust and Gifts of Residual Interest. For more information about the Park Board's planned giving options please contact the Fundraising and Development office at 604-718-5888