Get involved
Our mission is to educate and empower the next generation of leaders.
We believe that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and creating change, with your help we can change the future for thousands of children, their families, their communities and ultimately their Nations. Your donations go along way for our elementary and high school students.
100% of your donations go directly towards our projects. Ruben's Shoes Society is a Registered Canadian Charity.
All donations greater than $25 will receive a Tax Receipt.
Charitable Number: 817268535 RR0001
STUDENT DESKS
PURCHASE A DESK
$50
By buying a desk for a classroom, you are giving the gift of education, a gift that will continue to give. You are giving a student a place to read, write, explore and dream. You supply the desks, we'll continue to supply the love of learning!
thank you to all of our generous desk donors
Robbie Horvath - 1 desk
Diane and Jurgon Borovica - 3 desks
Caree Bray - 2 desks
Jennifer Olley - 1 desk
Joanne Griffiths - 1 desk
Iris Popovski - 2 desks
Tiffany Francis - 1 desk
Beatriz Clarke - 5 desks
Chelsea Vickers - 1 desk
Sheryl Strongitharm - 14 desks
Lorraine Layng - 1 desk
Jessica Owen - 3 desks
Brent Ranger - 2 desks
Renee Tonks - 1 desk
Brenda Huber - 2 desks
Shawn Kenmuir - 1 desk
Amy Beeman - 2 desks
Christian Martin - 55 desks
Brent Ranger - 2 desks
Linda Buchanan - 1 desk
Kristy and Dave Masson - 4 desks
Pacific Valley Siding - 9 desks
Laura Warren - 4 desks
Loni Olson - 1 desk
Manjit Dhaliwal - 8 desks
Joni Martinson - 2 desk
Judith Addie - 2 desks
Erin Lemon - 4 desks
Julie Cook - 3 desks
Michael Shih - 6 desks
Carol Graham - 1 desk
Pat Lake - 1 desk
Amelia Hara - 1 desk
Damian Proulx - 2 desks
Alison Cowie - 2 desks
Chelsea Grills - 1 desk
Patricia Louie - 1 desk
Holly Lake - 1 desk
Tina Day - 1 desk
Rosie Zarif - 1 desk
Emily Hokanson - 2 desks
Grant Vickers - 1 desk
Jesse Johnstone - 1 desk
Douglas Horne - 1 desk
Maegan Mak - 1 desk
Rahuldev Gandhi - 1 desk
Daniel Ryu - 1 desk
Robert Horvath - 2 desks
Paula Schick - 1 desk
Carol Graham - 1 desk
Renalyn Morales - 1 desk
Bruce Strongitharm - 3 desks
Sandy Redburn - 1 desk
Christine Hay - 1 desk
Bonnie Ledger - 1 desk
Teri Conrad - 1 desk
Adam Bornn - 10 desks
Mark Sloat - 1 desk
Mitch Clancey - 2 desks
Sharon Dupuis - 1 desk
Amrit Dhaliwal - 1 desk
LIBRARY
PURCHASE LIBRARY BOOKS
$20
Reading encourages a love of learning and that’s why we are trying to fill up our libraries! We want to give our students the opportunity to experience places, cultures, history, arts and science all within the walls of our schools. Your $20 donation will be put towards new books for our libraries.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES KIT
PURCHASE SCHOOL SUPPLIES KIT
$40
Your $40 donation will make sure a student is ready for school! They will receive everything they need for class: a backpack, notebooks, pencils, erasers, crayons, rulers, scissors and more.
SCIENCE LAB
PURCHASE A MICROSCOPE
$85
For $85 you can purchase a microscope for our science lab. With this one piece of equipment, you will help our students see the smaller workings of our world, which will in turn open their eyes to a much bigger world, with infinite possibilities.
CLASSROOM FAN
PURCHASE A FAN
$100
Classrooms get hot in the Dominican! Fans help circulate the air to keep our students cool and comfortable while they’re learning. Your $100 donation will purchase a fan for one of our classrooms.
COMPUTER LAB
PURCHASE A LAPTOP
$300
Our dream is to have a computer lab filled with technology for our students! For $300 you can purchase a laptop for our computer lab and enhance the scientific and technological capacity of our students. Access to computers also encourages innovation and entrepreneurship.
endowment fund
create an endowment fund
An endowment fund provides annual revenue to keep Ruben's Shoes Society running indefinitely. As the fund grows, interest earned off the capital investment grows as well and provides re-occurring annual revenue without depleting the capital investment.
If you have a significant amount to donate for your year-end Charitable Giving, you can create a legacy that gives in perpetuity, year after year, year after year.
A portion of the endowment fund will be used to directly support our operations, while a portion is used to directly fund projects.
If this is of interest, we would love to hear from you.