With a postal strike still continuing a number of organizations including ourselves have made arrangements for donations to be made via other options rather than the mail.
For St. Columba Church donations see options on our Giving page.
If you are seaching for a way to give a Chrsitmas gift to family or friends that you would usually mail a gift to, consider a gift in support of an Anglican or United affiliated charity here in Canada or around the world. You can usually make a donation by phone or online.
Mission and Service (M&S) United Church of Canada: General donations can be directed to M&S (Missions) along with your St. Columba donations or to specific programs and projects with Gifts with Vision. There is also a specific Advent donation feature directed to children in need donate online or phone 1-800-465-3771.
Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) Anglican Church of Canada: General donations can be directed to PWRDF (Missions) along with your St. Columba donations or to specific programs and projects with World of Gifts, (double match dollar for dollar until a total of $110,000 is donated, and 4X for donations to Candian Foodgrains Bank).
Some other organizations St. Columba's Church has recently supported that are connected to the Anglican or United Church you might consider supporting include:
Broadview Magazine: Donate to support the longest running progressive Christian magazine in North America (195 years) https://broadview.org/ (2X match dollar for dollar until December 25)
Vancouver School of Theology donate online
Our Place, Victoria donate online or by phone
Threshold Housing, Victoria donate online or by phone
Sorrento Centre, Sorrento BC donate online or other options
Naramata Centre, Naramata BC donate online