Donation Policy
There are so many
needs worthwhile and so many opportunities to help. Every year we receive
hundreds of requests for donations. Although we would love to help there are
limits to what we can do. At the Chocolate Tulip we have made a longstanding
commitment to a few local charities that we have chosen to work with as such any
additional requests of donations are limited to the following criteria.
We only accept donation requests from local registered non-profit charities directly. Due to our long standing charitable commitments our donation are limited to the following with no exception:
We do not accept requests from second or third party organizations or persons on behalf of a charity
We do not
accept donation requests from Individuals, Government Agencies, Individual
Companies, Events, Trade Shows, Political Organizations, Research Studies,
Athletic Teams, Conferences, Conventions, Professional Association Meetings,
General campaigns, celebrations, parades, festivals.
We do not donate material (including but not limited to flowers, vases, plants, planters, gift baskets)
We do not donate gift certificates
We do not provide cash sponsorship
We do not accept requests for sponsorship in trade for advertising
We do not accept requests for merchandise for promotions, auctions or raffles
These are the guidelines regarding our donation policy.
We require six to eight weeks minimum lead time to review requests.
All donations must be submitted in PDF form in writing on company letterhead via email or letter mail.
All donations are limited to the following:
We will provide our design expertise and donate our labour costs for an approved donation request
We will provide supplies including but not limited to flowers, vases at discounted rates to qualified organizations. We do not offer free floral bouquets, arrangements or plants for donations or auctions.
Should you wish to request a donation based on the above guidelines please email us a request on your company letter head including the following details.
Date of Event
Reason for donation request
Number of pieces requested and location the pieces are to be placed.
Budget for materials including flowers, vases etc.
Are vases to be returned?
If there are any colour requests please advise us.
Thank you for thinking of The Chocolate Tulip. We are proud to be a part of our community. There are limits to what we can give and the number of requests we receive is truly overwhelming, we simply cannot help them all but we do our best to do what we can. We will advise you if your request has been approved for consideration or if we have further questions.