The World of Unusual Gifts

Does your gift acceptance policy take into consideration some of unusual and uncommon gifts that donors want to give to your organization? How do you evaluate a human skull, for instance, and does it even qualify for a charitable tax receipt? Does your organization really need a piano? Or, how about that piece of land? Join us for an entertaining panel discussion on some of the weird and wonderful gifts that six local charitable organizations have been the recipients of.  As well, you will hear about some of the gifts that these charitable organizations had to decline and how they managed the relationship with the donor.

Panelist include:

Deborah Walker, University of Victoria - Panel Moderator

Melanie Mahlman, Victoria Hospitals Foundation

Megan Landels, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Amy Hinrichs, Royal Roads University

Jenna Falk, Galiano Conservancy Association

Jessica Bell, Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island