Plan an Event

Community events provide vital, timely support for pregnant and parenting young women!

Thank you for making Jessie’s your charity of choice.

  1. Register

    The first step: register your event with us to get logos, a donation form, and other supports. Please give us 3-5 business days to respond - we are a small but mighty team.

Register my event now

2. Plan

Plan your event! Get our event checklist here.

3. Party!

Have THE BEST time! From milestone birthdays to a baby’s birth; from holiday fundraisers to dance a thons; from bra drives to a cause day at your business, events are a ton of fun.

Resources & FAQs

  • Society tends to stigmatize young families, and this can impose unnecessary stresses that contributes to adverse outcomes. As you promote your event, please refrain from using language that further stigmatizes young families or positions Jessie’s Centre as a place that “saves” participants.

    At Jessie’s Centre we offer opportunities for pregnant young women and young parents to exercise individual choice, experience personal empowerment, resolve problems successfully and move toward adult independence. The following language describes the Jessie’s Centre offers while honouring participants. Language on our website and social media accounts also contain respectful language that you can use to promote your event.

    Jessie’s Promotes and Endorses

    •Comprehensive, accessible services for pregnant young women, young parents and theirchildren.

    •Opportunities for pregnant young women and young parents to exercise individual choice,experience personal empowerment, resolve problems successfully and move toward adultindependence.

    •A commitment to feminism, anti-discrimination, accessibility, anti-oppression and positivesocial change in every aspect of our structure and functioning.

    •A supportive, respectful, anti-discriminatory approach to service delivery.

    •Systemic or social change designed to promote equity, fairness and respect towardchildren and young parents.

  • Please email our Development Associate Katy at katy@jessiescentre.org for a copy of the logo. Yes, we will need to see how you plan to use it if you hope to incorporate it into a poster, a flyer or your social media.

  • Don’t forget to tag us!

    Website: https://jessiescentre.org/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessiescentre/

    Instagram: @jessiescentreto

    X: @JessiesCentreTO

    LinkedIn: Jessie’s – The June Callwood Centre for Young Women

  • Please connect with the Development Associate, Katy Pedersen (katy@jessiescentre.org) to arrange when you can drop off cash donations at the office (205 Parliament Street). If donors would like a tax receipt, be sure to include the donor tracking sheet with the cash donations.

  • If donors paying with cash or cheque would like to receive a tax receipt, be sure to fully complete the Donation Tracking Sheet indicating which donors would like a tax receipt. We require their full name (first and last) and a mailing address to issue a tax receipt. We can only issue receipts for gifts above $10. Ticket proceeds can be donated by you, but are ineligble for a tax receipt.

    For donors paying online, they will receive their tax receipt automatically by email once they complete their donation.

  • Yes we can! In your event application, you’ll be asked if you would like one and we will collect the details we need to create your form that you can share with your event attendees or potential donors.

  • No.

    But we are happy to provide you with a letter that you can present to potential sponsors or venues to prove that your event is for a legitimate charity. Contact Katy katy@jessiescentre.org to request a letter.

  • No, though we do try to highlight events in the community when we can. If you tag us on social media, we will be sure to like and share!

  • We do, and we are happy to provide a list of items that are needed urgently. Please check with us first before planning a drive of any kind - we will only accept what we need because our storage is limited.