Donate Your Car

Donate a Car Canada accepts Vehicle Donations for Kawartha Food Share.

Free towing is provided in most areas across Canada, or you can drop off your vehicle to maximize your donation.

When you donate your car, truck, RV, boat, or motorcycle to Kawartha Food Share through Donate A Car Canada, it will either be recycled or sold at auction (depending on its condition, age and location).

Donate a Car Canada will look after all the details to make it easy for Kawartha Food Share to benefit. After your vehicle donation is complete, you will receive a tax receipt and we will put your gift to good use.

Please click here to donate a vehicle.

For Every $1 Donated We Can Purchase Up To $3 Worth of Food

Cash donations allow us to access food through many different sources including bulk purchases, food drives and other food programs. Cash donations also let us purchase food that we need the most.

You Can Do This One of Three Ways

1. Click on the Donate Now button to take you directly to the Canada Helps webpage.

2. Stop into our office at 665 Neal Drive, Peterborough Ontario. We are West of Ashburnham and South of the 115; in the same building as Cathcart Trucking, just on the opposite side.

3. Send a cheque or cash donation to:
Kawartha Food Share
665 Neal Drive, Unit 1
Peterborough, ON K9J 6X7

The food donations made by local residents every day have a very meaningful impact on our food supply. It is easy to donate food by dropping it off at any of these local grocery stores that kindly allow us to keep our donation barrels in their stores:

• Independent Grocer (Lansdowne St E)
• Real Canadian Superstore (Lansdowne St W)
• No Frills (George St & Lansdowne St W)
• Metro (Chemong Road in Portage Place)
• FreshCo (Brock St & Lansdowne St W)
• Foodland (Peterborough- Sherbrooke St. & Hunter St., Lakefield & Norwood)
• Sobey’s (Towerhill Rd & Lansdowne St W)
• John's Independent (Bridgenorth)

Donor Receipting Policy: 

Kawartha Food Share (KFS) is committed to accurate, transparent, and compliant receipting practices in accordance with all applicable Canadian tax legislation and regulatory requirements. This policy outlines the organization’s approach to issuing official income tax receipts for eligible donations.

Policy
Kawartha Food Share is a registered charity and prepares and issues official income tax receipts for eligible donations in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.

KFS will issue:
• Official tax receipts for monetary gifts of $10 or more
• Official tax receipts for eligible gifts-in-kind, based on fair market value and in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) guidelines

1. Compliance with Regulatory Requirements Policy 
All receipting practices will comply with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements for registered charities.
Procedures
• Receipts will include all required elements, including:
o Registered charity name and number
o Date and amount of donation
o Description and fair market value of gifts-in-kind (where applicable)
• Receipts will only be issued for eligible gifts as defined by CRA

2. Monetary Donations Policy
Receipts will be issued for monetary donations meeting the minimum threshold.
Procedures
• Receipts will be issued for donations of $10 or more
• Donations below this amount may be receipted upon request

3. Gifts-in-Kind Policy
Receipts for gifts-in-kind will be issued only when the value can be reasonably determined.
Procedures

• Fair market value will be:
o Determined based on reasonable and supportable methods
o Supported by independent appraisal where required

• No receipt will be issued where:
o Value cannot be determined
o The gift does not meet CRA eligibility requirements

4. Record Keeping Policy
KFS will maintain accurate records of all receipted donations in QuickBooks Non-Profit Edition.