Vancouver Firefighter Charities Umbrella Day

Vancouver Firefighter Charities (VFC) will welcome the rainy season and raise much-needed funds for its charitable outreach programs by hosting its annual Umbrella Day fundraiser at three transit hubs across the city on Friday, November 6th.

Vancouver Firefighter Charities Umbrella Day

The ninth annual event takes place from 8:00am to 4:00pm with firefighters volunteering their time to sell branded umbrellas for $30 to collect donations at City Centre Station (Granville & Georgia), Yaletown Roundhouse (Davie & Mainland) and City Hall Station (Cambie and Broadway).

You will be able to donate by cash or card.

Last year’s event raised more than $10,000 for VFC community programs that include Snacks For Kids, Toys For Kids and Sports For Kids. All three programs are supported entirely through firefighter payroll and community and corporate donations as well as fundraising events like Umbrella Day that are hosted by the VFC throughout the year.

About the Programs

Snacks For Kids provides food donations to food-insecure students at more than 100 schools across Vancouver. Toys For Kids ensures that local children have toys to open underneath their tree for Christmas, no matter their family’s socio-economic status. Sports For Kids builds physical literacy for children and youth through volunteer-led programs and events.

The VFC and its team of volunteers are setting a goal of raising $15,000 in donations and are hoping to get as many people as possible to stop by, chip in and help lend a hand to the many causes that the fundraiser supports.

The VFC recently launched its 40th annual Hall of Flame Calendar — the longest running firefighters calendar in the world — that also raises funds for the VFC’s three charitable programs in addition to its Safety for Seniors program that benefits at-risk seniors in communities and the BC Professional Firefighters Burn Fund.

About Vancouver Firefighter Charities

Vancouver Firefighter Charities is how firefighters help people when they’re not at the firehall. Firefighters raise funds, then build programs to help in-need and at-risk people of all ages directly, with all programs and fundraisers managed by off-duty Vancouver firefighters who give their personal time and donate funds directly to VFC through voluntary payroll donations. In 2018 the Vancouver Firefighters’ Payroll Donation program raised more than $140,000 for charitable programs like the Snacks For Kids Nutritional Program that ensured 300,000 food donations were made to almost 1,600 at-risk youth in 40 Vancouver schools.

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