Our guide to 2021 charity gift catalogues

To inspire your Christmas gift giving this year, Faith Today has created a list of charity gift catalogues by affiliates of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

Canadian Baptist Ministries

Through Hopeful Gifts for Change, participate in reconciliation and peacebuilding efforts, and support women’s literacy in Rwanda, provide medical care for Syrian refugees or help exploited women in India. Gifts from $20 to $1,500. www.CBMin.org/HopefulGifts

Cause Canada

Provide mobility devices for individuals with special needs, medical care to children and mothers, or art and sports supplies. Gifts labelled “match” will be matched by an additional $6.50. Gifts from $24 to $325. www.Cause.ca/GiftGuide

Christian Horizons

Support children attending inclusive day camps, purchase supplies for inclusive education schools or help individuals with disabilities increase independence through public transportation passes. Gifts from $25 to $100. www.ChristianHorizons.org/GiftCatalogue

Compassion Canada

Support health projects like washrooms, water filters and telephone health services, or give emergency food packets to those who’ve lost work due to Covid-19. There’s also an option to buy a share to help fund larger projects. Gifts from $20 to $1,000. www.Compassion.ca/shop

International Justice Mission

Help fight cybersex trafficking and slavery, give toward trial fees to protect children from sexual violence or provide medical care and education for survivors of abuse. Gifts from $12 to $8,530. www.IJM.ca/Gift

Mennonite Central Committee

Welcome newcomers to Canada through MCC’s refugee resettlement program or provide disaster relief where most needed all over the world. Gifts from $10 to $5,200. MCCCanada.ca/christmas-giving

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries

Support pastor and leadership development or give to Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects. Donations to CFGB projects are matched up to 4 to 1 by the

Canadian government. Gifts from $6 to $8,500. www.NCMCanada.ca/gift-catalogue

Open Doors

Give to safe houses for persecuted Christians, provide Bibles in restricted areas or provide trauma counselling for believers who have experienced abuse due to their faith. Gifts from $6 to $1,780. www.OpenDoorsCanada.org/ product-category/gift-catalogue

Samaritan’s Purse

Gift options include giving a Christmas shoebox to a child, supporting outreach and Bible training events for youth, or providing business startup kits. Gifts from $10 to $10,000. www.SamaritansPurse.ca/Catalog

ShareWord Global

(formerly Gideons)

Provide Bibles and other Christian literature to youth or Indigenous people, or those in prisons or hospitals. Gifts from $3 to $410. www.BibleGiftCatalogue.ca

Tearfund Canada

Give practical items for cultivating crops and providing clean water for people in extreme poverty.

Or replace a few stocking-stuffer items with donations this year, even as small as onion bulbs, guinea pigs or bean seeds. Gifts from $7.50 to $3,000. www.GiftCatalogue.Tearfund.ca

World Renew

Participate in disaster response work to crises around the world through immediate assistance and long-term repair work. One of the current projects is an emergency relief program for Afghanistan. www.WorldRenew.net

World Vision

Provide winter clothing, give women feminine hygiene supplies or give solar lights to help children study. Or buy fair trade gifts for friends and family – the proceeds are donated to where help is most needed. Gifts from $10 to $15,000. www.WorldVision.ca/GreaterLove