The Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society is a registered charitable organization (organization number 500080585). 

 

First and foremost, we would like to thank you for your consideration in donating to the Strathcona Regimental Society.  All donations to the Society will further our goals and aims, to foster and support the Strathcona families, preserve our traditions and heritage, preserve and maintain our historical artefacts, and establish and maintain our facilities for the Strathcona Ceremonial Mounted Troop.  If you would like to donate money to a particular facet of the Society, please mention it with your donation and we will ensure your donation is directed to it.

Some examples of this are as follows:

1.  Strathcona families and deployed members.  Donations to this go towards:
    a)  Kids Christmas Party, Summer Family Day.
    b)  All Ranks Dinner & Dance.
    c)  Tastes of Home packages (care packages to deployed members.) from the Strathcona Ladies.
    d)  Family Support Troop (events and activities for the families of deployed members)

2.  Ceremonial Mounted Troop.

3.  Pipes & Drums.

4.  Historical Vehicle Troop.

5.  Strathcona Society Newsletter (published twice per year).

There are several methods to send a donation:

1.  For current serving members: You can approach your pay office and ask to fill out a CF 77 direct pay allotment form.  This form is directly linked to our Society and is very quick and easy to fill out.  Through this form you are able to set regular monthly donations which are automatically deducted from your pay.  Conduct the following on your form:

    a)  Fill out your particulars at the top of the page.
    b)  For ‘name’ in paragraph 61, fill out “LdSH(RC) Regimental Society”.
    c)  Inform the clerk that the allotment code is Y006, and the amount you would like to donate per month.  The amount of your allotment is up to the discretion of the individual.  Once complete, sign and date the bottom.

2.  Through the United Way program.  Simply follow these steps:

    a)  Go to the United Way Website at www.unitedway.ca.
    b)  Click on the red Donate Now button at the right of the screen.
    c)  Scroll down the page until you see a list of provinces.  Under Alberta, select ‘Alberta Capital Region’.
    d)  At this point you will be redirected to a new page.  Once again, click on the red donate button at the right of the screen.
    e)  Under ‘enter total gift’, type the amount you would like to pledge.  Ensure that the box with the ‘x’ before it has a number in it for the amount of instalments you would like the donation to be paid in.
    f)  Select one of the three credit card options for how you would like to pay and then click the red “additional services” button at the bottom of the page.
    g)  Click the link ‘other charities’, and search for Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society.  Or if you search by charitable organization number, type in 107643462RR0001.  Click the button to the left of the name to select our charity, and then fill in your amount in the box below and click save.
    h)  You should be redirected to the last page, with our Society coming up as a name under the ‘other charities’ link.  From there you can click continue and fill out the required credit card and personal information.

3.  By sending a cheque or money order to the Society at the following address:

    Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society
    c/o Regimental Second in Command
    PO Box 10500 Stn Forces
    Edmonton, AB  T5J 4J5

As a charitable organization, every donation you send to us will be acknowledged with an income tax receipt for the amount pledged.  All donations sent to the United Way program will have tax receipts sent via the United Way.

We thank you for your generous support to the Strathcona Regimental Society.

Perseverance!