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Sponsor a family this Christmas!

The holidays can be a very stressful time for individuals and families on fixed or low incomes. People must often choose basic necessities over a special meal or gifts for their children. By sponsoring an individual, couple, or family in the YWCA NWT housing program, you can help spread some holiday joy and bring hope and happiness!

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Stumped for gift ideas? Contact giving@ywcanwt.ca.

 

Sign up to support an individual, couple, or family by December 4, 2026


Here's how the YWCA NWT holiday family sponsorship program works:  

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  1. Review the Gift Value Guidelines on this page to determine which family size suits your budget or that of your workplace or organization. You can sponsor a family, individual adult, or a couple without children. 

  2. Email us at giving@ywcanwt.ca and let us know what family size you would like to sponsor;

  3. We'll let you know the child's age, gender, if they are a single parent or two parent/guardian family, and a wish list (if we have received one from the family);

  4. Go shopping! (or supply gift cards if that is your preference);

  5. Drop off unwrapped gifts and grocery gift cards at the YWCA NWT housing office on the date/time provided in the e-mail sent out to sponsors - parents like to know the gifts their children are receiving. We'll send you a reminder e-mail with dates, times, and locations for drop-off.

  6. Feel great about bringing joy to a local family this holiday season! 

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Questions? E-mail us! 

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YWCA NWT

giving@ywcanwt.ca

24 Hour Crisis Line 1 (866) 223-7775 

©2026 YWCA NWT

Land Acknowledgement:

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YWCA NWT acknowledges that our physical offices are located in Sǫ̀mba K'è on Chief Drygeese Territory, in Treaty 8. This place is also known as Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. These are the traditional lands of the Yellowknives Dene and home to the North Slave Métis peoples. We acknowledge that we provide services within the entirety of the Northwest Territories within many traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples. We are grateful to the many Indigenous peoples of the NWT for allowing us the opportunity to learn, work, serve, and live on their lands. 

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