Canada Lockbox Address Change

Rotary is continually searching for ways to improve our service to you and friends of The Rotary Foundation. In May 2012, Rotary changed its lockbox vendor in Canada to speed up your contribution processing times, improve data collection, and lower administrative costs. Our new partnership resulted in The Rotary Foundation (Canada) lockbox using anew addressthat began in May 2012.

Rotary has been working to secure a swift and easy transition, including outreach before the change began, updating forms and working with the new bank to forward all contributions sent from the “old” lockbox address to the “new” lockbox address. Unfortunately, we are still seeing almost one third of all Canadian lockbox contributions being sent to the “old” address. This is a growing concern since over the next few weeks, the agreement to forward contributions from the old lockbox will cease, resulting in contributions being returned to the donor/club treasurer, etc.

I am emailing to share this information and ask for your help in communicating this change. Please encourage use of forms located on www.rotary.org,www.trfcanada.org or through our Member Access site, as all of these resources provide the updated address:

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION (CANADA)
c/o 911600
PO Box 4090 STN A,
TORONTO, ON M5W 0E9

I personally thank you in advance for helping to spread the word and updating materials and websites to reflect the correct lockbox address.  None of us want to see generous gifts returned due to a wrong address! This will be especially important as we approach the year-end, and returned contributions in late June could negatively impact club and district giving goals for the Rotary year.

Hopefully together we can successfully communicate the change and prevent having to return gifts that allow Rotarians to do good in the world each and every day!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me or The Rotary Foundation Contact Center.

Warm regards,

Robbyn Singer Tarpy
Manager of Annual Giving
The Rotary Foundation
E-mail:Robbyn.Tarpy@Rotary.org

P.S. For a quick and easy delivery method of your gift, please consider enrolling in Rotary’s online recurring giving program, Rotary Direct, at www.rotary.org/contribute.