Shine Through the Rain Foundation

Registered Name: Shine Through the Rain Foundation

Business Number: 891881005RR0001

What we're working to address

Illness is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy. Patients in treatment with life-threatening illness often struggle financially because they are out of work. Parents or spouses stop working to care for the patient and bills become harder and harder to pay.

Shine Through the Rain assists these patients and their families with their rent bills, utility bills and transportation costs (including hospital parking). We also provide grocery cards to our families.

Our Strategies

Shine through the Rain offers several programs to assist those who are currently in treatment. Our Rainy Day Fund provides financial assistance to help pay for rent, utilities and transportation costs. Our Rainy Day Gifts program sends care packages to patients to help lift their spirits. We provide camp scholarships for children who are ready to return to camp and being a kid again and we supply several oncology camps with backpacks for all the children attending.

Creating Change

We want every patient and every caretaker to be able to focus on healing and not stressing about bills. We want to take some of the stress of being ill away - and make sure no one is scared of going without a home, without hydro, or unable to reach their hospitals and doctors.

Long-term Desired Outcome

We're working on making sure no one who's currently in treatment has to worry about losing their home, getting their water and power turned off or not being able to get to their treatments.

Our Results

37 Families

March 2020: Utility Bills

You helped pay over $7,400 in utility bills in March!

9 Families

February 2020: Rent Bills

You helped pay over $7,000 in rent in March!

18 Families

March 2020: Grocery Gift Cards

You have helped pay over $1,800 in grocery gift cards in March.

In June you helped us pay rent, utility bills and transportation costs for 27 families! That's thanks to you!

2019: $146 027.51

In 2019, you helped 329 families across Canada!

Families that you helped with rent, utility bills and transportation costs in 2019.

* Based on information the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) provides to CanadaHelps on a quarterly basis. Charities must file financial information within six months of the end of their fiscal year at the CRA. Charities may file more frequently. The Reporting Period End Date for the data presented is indicated in the chart.