Last Sunday's edition of the Toronto Star featured a story on two well-recognized Canadian charities admitting to using a discredited fundraising technique which involved more than just a "flat fee" being paid to fundraisers who knocked on doors, called on the telephone, etc. Please see the link to article for additional information.Canadians that generously donate their money to help charities shouldn't have to second guess where their money is going, but rather they should feel confident that 100 per cent of their contribution is going to the cause at hand.
With that said, Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW), a not-for-profit organization based in Toronto, is dedicated towards providing bedkits to children living in underdeveloped countries, and was recommended in an article in the Toronto Star as one of the best charities to donate to.
Since the organization's inception 37 years ago by Murray and Margaret Dryden, parents of hockey legends Dave and Ken Dryden, more than 880,000 bedkits have been donated to children to help save lives.
Furthermore, SCAW prides itself on ensuring that 100 per cent of every bedkit donation reaches a child in need by sending volunteers to each of the different countries to hand-deliver each bedkit to the appropriate child. The child is photographed with the bedkit and this photo is sent to the donor.
