Welcome to ICD’s Gift Giving Catalogue!
Give a gift that matters this holiday season
Browse our gifts of Connection, Support and Empowerment in the suggested amounts below or customize your gift and donate any amount you like! Each gift enables ICD to continue our work connecting, supporting and empowering people with type 1 diabetes to live healthy, inspired lives.
Plus, every dollar donated will be matched & DOUBLED until we hit our $50K goal!!
That means your gift donation will go twice as far in changing the life of someone living with type 1 diabetes. And, you’ll receive a tax receipt for the full value of the gift.
Support youth living with type 1 diabetes through the purchase of recreation and sport equipment and supplies! Your generosity will enable the experiential learning and mentorship provided by our Diabetes Sports Camps and other active ICD programs.
$25 provides sports and recreation equipment for active ICD programming
Mentorship with ICD leaders is a given at any of our events. Peer support is tailored to individual needs, meeting people where they are at, and helping them to move forward towards better diabetes management and better physical and mental health. Mentors share real world, lived experience.
$50 provides personalized peer-to-peer support and mentorship
Help ICD provide youth and adults access to camping gear and equipment to experience the incredible impact of an epic outdoor adventure. Participants apply diabetes skills learned in a challenging environment, building strength and stamina required to thrive in their daily lives.
$75 provides camping gear and equipment for a first taste of adventure
Those living with diabetes often struggle to access activities that support their management of the disease. Your donation will send a family to an exciting ICD workshop – think rock climbing or skiing! – that integrates diabetes management, skill-building and mentoring opportunities.
$100 funds a skill building workshop for a family living with T1D
We work with Paediatric Diabetes Education Centres to facilitate customized programming to support patients and families. We lighten the load on already stretched clinical teams, focusing on a critical period for tweens, teens and their caregivers as they prepare to transition into adult care.
$225 sponsors an in-clinic program, supporting patients and families
Being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age can be difficult. Families can feel isolated, overwhelmed and misunderstood. Diabuddies is an immersive awareness campaign that brings diabetes learning directly into classrooms, fostering a community of inclusion and support.
$300 brings our Diabuddies tour to a school near you
All children should get to experience the joy of camp. ICD camps remove the barriers people with diabetes face by building-in diabetes management and support directly into the day. Children join in interactive games while simultaneously learning to take control of their health.
$500 sends a child or teen to a week of ICD camp to make diabuddies for life!
ICD Retreats empower people with type 1 diabetes to access coaching and grow their diabetes management skills in a fun and active environment, to emerge as the next generation of leaders. Over 90% of participants in our Leadership Retreats return as mentors to pass on the skills they learned to others.
$900 funds an overnight retreat with peers and mentors
Gift the experience of a lifetime! By learning to manage their diabetes while overcoming the challenges of an Extreme Adventure, participants are gaining transferable skills that they can apply to the obstacles they encounter in their own lives, empowering them to dream big.
$1200 gifts a week-long Extreme Adventure with ICD Wilderness Leaders
Or, choose your own adventure and donate whatever you can!
✨ New this year: You can now also donate securities or mutual funds via CanadaHelps to maximize your tax benefits while creating a powerful impact for T1Ds.
