Make a Difference Today: Your Support Helps Transform Lives

All donations are used to support our mission of raising awareness about mental health and addiction, as well as providing support to those affected by these issues. The Jordan Leigh Foundation is a registered non-profit organization, and your donation may be tax-deductible, depending on your country’s tax laws. Please consult your tax advisor for more information. We value your privacy and will not share your personal information with third parties, except as required by law. Thank you for your generosity and support!

At The Jordan Leigh Foundation, we are committed to breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and addiction, offering critical support to those in need, and empowering communities to RISE UP together. Your donation plays a vital role in advancing our mission and helping create a more compassionate, understanding world. Importantly, your support also helps us expand our efforts, enabling us to reach our future goals, such as developing new programs for youth and broadening our impact.

Fighting Stigma

Mental health and addiction are often clouded by stigma and misconceptions. With your support, we can challenge these stereotypes, raise awareness, and promote understanding. Together, we can create a society that embraces and supports everyone, no matter their struggles.

Empowering Initiatives

Your generous contributions enable us to take direct action. From providing essential items and food to the homeless to offering warmth and comfort during difficult times, we ensure that no one in our community feels forgotten.

Outreach is about more than offering resources – it’s about offering humanity. By personally distributing RISE UP Bags to individuals in need, we create opportunities to connect, listen, and show compassion. These interactions remind people that they are seen, valued, and deserving of dignity. Treating someone as a person, not just their circumstances, helps break the stigma surrounding homelessness and addiction by humanizing the individual rather than defining them by their struggles.

Monetary donations go towards purchasing and filling RISE UP Bags with essential items like toiletries, clothing, and gift cards. These bags provide comfort and resources, but our outreach provides something just as powerful: hope and connection. By supporting us, you help ensure these bags – and the powerful connections we create – reach those who need them most.

How Your Donation Helps

Every contribution, no matter the size, creates lasting change. Here’s how your donation can make a difference:

  • $5 provides a hygiene product for a RISE UP Bag

  • $10 covers the cost of one RISE UP Bag

  • $50 funds a complete RISE UP Bag, filled with essential items like toiletries, clothing, and gift cards

School Presentations

We believe in educating the next generation to create lasting change. Your donation allows us to bring mental health and addiction awareness to schools, where we strive to intervene early. By addressing mental health challenges and unhealthy coping mechanisms at a young age, we aim to stop addiction before it starts.

Our school presentations focus on teaching students the importance of mental health, overdose prevention, and healthy coping strategies while fostering empathy and understanding. These sessions are designed to empower young people with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate life’s challenges, reducing the likelihood of turning to harmful coping mechanisms in the future.

We also host interactive workshops, like the assembly of RISE UP Bags, to promote kindness and compassion. These experiences not only provide practical support to those in need but also teach students the value of empathy and community action. By investing in our youth, your support helps lay the foundation for a brighter, healthier future – one where stigma is replaced with understanding, and prevention takes priority over intervention.

Supporting Community Partners

Our community partnerships enable us to extend our reach and amplify our impact:

  • Shepherd's of Good Hope (Ottawa): This partnership allows us to distribute RISE UP Bags directly at their shelters, providing essential items and support to individuals facing homelessness. By working together, we ensure that those in need receive comfort, resources, and care.

  • Body & Sole Clinic: Through this partnership, we fund 8 FREE therapy sessions for individuals who cannot afford treatment. This initiative provides access to critical mental health support, promoting healing and well-being. Learn more about this partnership on our Body & Sole page.

How Your Donation Helps

  • $100 funds one therapy session for someone in need through The Every Soul Healing Center

  • $800 funds a full 8-session therapy package for someone in need, offering them consistent support and care

Sustainability

When you donate, you contribute to the long-term sustainability of our foundation’s programs. Your support ensures we can continue offering impactful outreach, create empowering products through our RISE UP Collection, and foster a positive, compassionate world. By wearing and sharing our products, you help spread kindness and raise awareness, making a tangible difference in the lives of those in need.

Additionally, your generosity helps us achieve our future goals of expanding our programs, increasing outreach efforts, and developing innovative initiatives to support our mission.

Join Us in Creating Positive Change

We can't do it without you. Donate today and be part of something bigger than yourself.

With gratitude,
The Jordan Leigh Foundation Team
Registered with Corporations Canada under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
Business Number: 781478029RC0001
info@thejordanleighfoundation.com

Jodi & Jillian with the students of Algonquin College after filling up 55 RISE UP Bags.
Students filling out RISE UP Bags for the homeless.
Jodi and Jillian handing out RISE UP Bags at Shepherd's of Good Hope in Ottawa.
Jodi & Jillian presenting Jordan's story at Vanier College.