General News and Announcements

January 28, 2010

The United Church of Canada, along with the other churches and agencies that are members of Canadian Churches in Action (CCA), is submitting a detailed proposal to CIDA requesting that all donations for Haiti relief be matched dollar for dollar by the Canadian government. We expect that this request will be approved.

For United Church donations to qualify for matching funds, certain conditions must be met:

• donations must be received by Financial Services Unit of the General Council Office no later than February 12, 2010
• donations must be received from individuals only, not businesses or companies

Please read Update on CIDA Matching Funds for Haiti Donations for more information, including steps congregations can take to ensure donations collected are seen as coming from individual donors.