Wondering what to do with your used stamps? The Canadian Bible Society collects donations of used stamps.
Here’s how our Stamps for Freedom Program works:
- Stamps collected from donations across Canada are combined to create charity boxes and are sold to stamp collectors and vendors.
- The revenue generated from the stamps allow CBS to purchase Bibles for Canadian prison ministry.
- 10 lbs of stamps = approx 6 Bibles for distribution
Instructions for collecting
- Keep the stamp on the envelope
- Cut out the stamp leaving a 1/4 inch border around the entire stamp
- Collect stamps on white or light coloured envelopes and not on industrial brown envelopes
- Ask your church congregation to collect their stamps
- Make a box as a collection vestibule
- Ask to put an announcement in the bulletin about the program and to let them know how to collect and where the drop off location is
- Ask the groups within the church (i.e. Women’s Groups, Seniors Groups, Sunday School) to collect as a special ministry
- We also accept personal collections that are already in books, binders, etc.
- If mailing to CBS please ask for Stamps to be put on the package vs. the electronic metering – we will collect those stamps and add them to the boxes
Drop off locations
Every few months deliver the stamps to your closest drop off location
| Province | Drop off Centres |
|---|---|
| Alberta | Edmonton – Sherwood Park Bethel Lutheran Church 298 Bethel Drive Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2C5 Organizer – Marilyn Jansen (780) 467-7412 / (780) 417-7775 church Hours: Mon – Thurs 8-4 / Fri 8-3 |
| British Columbia | Bible Centre / Café Logos 1207 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5V 3E2 (604) 872-6691 |
| Manitoba | Canadian Bible Society – Winnipeg Office 952 St. Mary’s Rd Winnipeg, MB R2M 3R8 (204)257-8835 / (855)265-9977 |
| New Brunswick | Crandall University 333 Gorge Road – Suite 121 Moncton, NB E1G 3H9 (506) 858-8970 |
| Newfoundland & Labrador | Canadian Bible Society – St John’s Office 7 Stamps Lane, St. John’s, NL A1E 3C9 (709) 722-7929 / (800) 722-7927 |
| Nova Scotia | Canadian Bible Society – Atlantic Office 80 Walker St. Suite #4 Truro, NS B2N 4A7 (902) 701-3789 |
| Ontario | London Open Door Christian Fellowship 920 Dundas St. London, ON N5W 3A1 (519) 438-6005 Toronto Canadian Bible Society – Toronto Office 10 Carnforth Road Toronto, ON M4A 2S4 (416) 757-4171 / (800) 465-2425 Uxbridge Brian J. Evans Financial Services 38 Toronto St. N. Uxbridge, ON L9P 1E6 (905) 852-3184 Windsor Glenwood United Church 1825 Grand Marais Road West, Windsor, ON N9E 1E9 (519) 969-3333 |
| Québec | Québec Canadian Bible Society – Quebec Office 1025, rue Saint-Jean Québec QC G1R 1R9 (418) 692-2698 / (855) 692-2698 |
Donate your used stamps today to help provide the Key to Freedom Bible to men and women in prison.
Contact us
If you are interested in setting up a Collection Depot, or if you need additional information, please contact us:
Canadian Bible Society
10 Carnforth Rd
Toronto, ON M4A 2S4
1-800-465-2425
info@biblesociety.ca
