Founded
in 1988, Bruce House is a community-based organization
providing housing, compassionate care and support in
Ottawa for people living with HIV and AIDS, based on
the belief that everyone has the right to live and die
with dignity.
We
achieve our mandate in part through our House Program
for people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) who require high
levels of care and support and through our Independent
Living Program, which provides rent-geared-to-income
housing units and apartments for PHAs, along with support
such as counselling, coaching and family support, as
required.
We
encourage you to browse through this site to discover
more about our programs and services and to find out
ways that you can get involved. Thank you for visiting.
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Thank you to everyone
who joined us for A Taste For Life! We hope to see you
all again next year!
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It's Workplace
Charitable Campaign time - United Way 2010-2011
As
our long term supporters are aware, Bruce House does
not receive funding by United Way of Ottawa unless our
supporters specifically designate Bruce House for their
donations.
That being said, our supporters who participate in
United Way’s workplace campaign have been very
generous. Donations last year from this source were
approximately $35,000. Unfortunately, this was a
slight decrease from the year before.
We
would like to remind our supporters that when the United
Way volunteer comes to your desk you can say yes and
still support Bruce House.
Just write in Bruce House in the space provided, along
with our charitable number – which is
13412 7166 RR0001.
In
due course, United Way will remit your donation to us,
minus an administration fee of 15%. While we regret
this fee we welcome the opportunity for people to
participate in the workplace campaign while still being
able to support people living with AIDS in Ottawa
through Bruce House.
Unfortunately, your donation comes with no details. We
do not receive your name or the amount of your donation,
whether it was a lump sum or on payroll deduction. We
just receive 3 installment cheques per year. For this
reason, we are not able to thank you personally for your
gift (or to send you things like this newsletter!)
To
those who support Bruce House in this way, please accept
our most sincere thanks!
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