“Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!” 

Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol”

So far, individuals have contributed a total of $3100 charity donations to various organizations that will be matched by The Dickens Society as a second donation to The Charles Dickens Museum as it copes with the financial impact of COVID-19.

Help us reach our $5,000 threshold by contributing! After you have donated to the cause of your choice, simply email DS Secretary Sara Malton at Sara.Malton@smu.ca with the amount and name of the organization.

Thus far, Dickensians across the globe have financed a range of COVID-19 relief funds, including the following:

• The Food Bank of NYC
• Our Sisters of Charity Development Fund
• Royal Free Hospital, London
• The Intensive Care Society, via the National Funding Scheme (UK)
• Adsum House Shelter and Support for Women
• COVID-19 Response, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Partnership for Community Development Organization, Hamilton NY
• Thames Reach Covid 19 Appeal
• Focusing Philanthropy Covid-19 Response
• United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
• Navajo Nation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund
• International Rescue Committee
• Project Bread
• Boston Medical Center
• WBUR (Boston’s NPR News Station)
• Royal Free Hospital, London
• Chalk Farm Food Bank (a local food bank, delivering to the poor and isolated)

Thank you for continuing to care for your fellow citizens during this difficult time.