Home Hospice Association
Give a Card.
Grow Compassion.
This Giving Tuesday (December 1), Home Hospice Association is bringing our teams, supporters, businesses, and communities together through Cards for Compassion.
By donating a gift card or making a financial contribution toward the purchase of gift cards, you help us build communities rooted in compassionate end-of-life care
Our Goal
Give a Card.
Grow Compassion.
with a combined value of at least:
$5,000
100
donated gift cards
Our Progress:
2 of 100 Gift Cards
$ 200.00 of $5,000 Secured
This Giving Tuesday, Home Hospice Association is bringing our teams, supporters, businesses, and communities together through Cards for Compassion.
By donating a gift card or making a financial contribution toward the purchase of gift cards, you help us build communities rooted in compassionate end-of-life care.
Every card adds to the number of people we can support; people who might otherwise face dying, death, grief, or loss alone.
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members,” Coretta Scott King said. “To serve,” she said, quoting her husband, “all one needs is a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.”
— Coretta Scott King, as reported in the Los Angeles Times
Our Giving Tuesday Goal
Cards of Compassion Campaign
Every donated card brings us closer to our goal and demonstrates what is possible when HHA’s teams, leadership, businesses, and communities work together.
The donated gift cards will be featured throughout the Giving Tuesday campaign to encourage people to participate, contribute, and learn more about HHA’s work.
Funds raised through Cards for Compassion will help HHA strengthen and sustain compassionate end of life care for people of all ages, under any roof.
For 2026 Giving Tuesday (December 1, 2026) our Cards of Compassion Campaign will help ensure that three groups of people facing significant and often unseen challenges receive the understanding, connection, and compassionate support they deserve:
Frontline workers:
Every day, frontline workers support people and families through illness, crisis, caregiving, dying, death, and grief. They bring skill and compassion to this demanding work, often carrying its emotional weight without enough time, space, or support to process their own experiences. Those who care for our communities deserve to feel seen, valued, and supported too.
Children, youth, and families:
Children and young people are too often left out of conversations about serious illness, dying, death, and grief, while families struggle to find support that reflects their age, circumstances, culture, and lived experience. Every child, young person, and family deserves compassionate, developmentally appropriate support so they can ask questions, express difficult emotions, and face these experiences with greater understanding and connection.
2SLGBTQIA+ elders:
Many 2SLGBTQIA+ elders enter the end-of-life journey carrying past experiences of discrimination and exclusion, which can affect whether they feel safe seeking care. No one should have to hide who they are, fear that their relationships or chosen family will be overlooked, or choose between receiving care and being themselves. Every elder deserves to experience this journey with dignity, belonging, and care that honours the life they have lived.
Give. Support. Connect.
Three Ways You Can Help
Eligible financial and in kind donations may receive an official charitable donation receipt in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency requirements.
Donate a physical or electronic gift card from a business or service that people can enjoy. Gift cards of any value are welcome. Cards from national businesses and online retailers are especially helpful because they can be used by supporters across Canada.
Fund the Purchase of a Gift Card
Make a financial contribution and HHA will use it to purchase gift cards for the campaign.
Donate a gift card from your business
cards for Compassion offers businesses and organizations a simple and meaningful way to support compassionate care. By donating a gift card, your business can:
• Contribute to the work of a registered Canadian charity
• Be recognized as a Cards for Compassion supporter
• Introduce your business to people who value community involvement
• Help HHA raise funds for community rooted end of life care
• Become part of a national network committed to compassionate communities
Participating businesses will be recognized through the Cards for Compassion campaign, subject to contribution timelines and campaign requirements
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What value of gift card can I donate? Gift cards of any value are welcome. Several smaller cards can also be combined to help us reach our goal of 100 cards with a total value of at least $5,000.
2. Can I donate an electronic gift card? Yes. Physical and electronic gift cards are both welcome.
3. Can I give money instead of purchasing a gift card? Yes. You can make a financial contribution and HHA will use it toward the purchase of gift cards for Cards for Compassion.
5. Will I receive a charitable donation receipt? Home Hospice Association will issue official charitable donation receipts for eligible contributions in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency requirements. Please contact taylor@homehospiceassociation.com if you have questions about whether your contribution is eligible.
6. Will my business be recognized? Participating businesses will be recognized through the Cards for Compassion campaign when donation timing and campaign requirements allow.
7. How do I deliver a physical gift card? Please contact our team using the information below to arrange delivery.
4.. Can my business donate more than one gift card? Yes. Businesses may donate one card, several cards, or a collection of cards with different values.
Together, We Can Make a Difference
Put Compassion Into Action
Whether you donate a $25 gift card, fund the purchase of a $100 card, or introduce us to a business that can help, your contribution becomes part of something larger.
Together, we can transform individual acts of generosity into sustainable support for compassionate end of life care.
To donate a gift card or learn more about Cards for Compassion, please contact:
Taylor Welsh
Compassion in Action Team Lead
Home Hospice Association
Taylor@homehospiceassociation.com