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We recognize there are many worthwhile causes and because we are unable to support all of them we have to be selective.
Shoppers Drug Mart® does not support the following types of requests.
- Event-style fundraising, including galas and golf tournaments, because of diminished returns to health charities
- Advertising in yearbooks, handbooks, journals, event programs or recruitment initiatives
- Advocacy or lobbying
- Amateur sports including community, regional, provincial and national athletes, teams and organizations
- Capital campaigns (i.e., fundraising for building “bricks and mortar” or purchasing equipment such as MRIs)
- Endowments, contingency funds or deficit campaigns
- For-profit organizations (i.e., businesses)
- Organizations and programs based or operating outside of Canada
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion or lifestyle
- Political causes
- Private foundations or clubs
- Private schools and universities
- Religious or faith-based projects or programs
- Operating or administrative expenses
- Travel, accommodation and/or meal expenses
- Service clubs, fraternal organizations or commercial third party fund-raising groups
- Support for individuals or individual families
Should your request fall under one of the above-mentioned categories, you may still apply but it is probable that your request will be declined.
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