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The Vietnam Education Society was established in 2005 to raise funds to cover the cost of construction for new preschools and primary schools in rural Vietnam. Local authorities manage and operate the facilities, which are inspected by VES and our partner, East Meets West, on a regular basis. VES opened its first school in Vietnam in June 2007, a ten room school that serves close to 400 students in the small community of Cat Ne, Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam. A multipurpose room and early childhood development centre were added to the school. Since that time, VES has built three other schools and is currently (Spring 2013) working on plans for the fifth facility. VES also works with the Pacific Links Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping stop human trafficking along the border regions in Vietnam. VES provides 40 scholarships for at risk girls and sponsors a summer camp to provide these girls with support and life skills

SEED invests in education by providing scholarships to around 100 high school and university students. Scholarships allow otherwise disempowered students to access much more than an education. Schools in Kenya provide students with food, health, counselling and community support. They allow students to evade tasks of subsistence and live out their childhood. Most importantly, education becomes a tool to combat poverty, allowing children to gather skills, pursue their dreams, and live up to their human potential. Scholarships cover costs for students' school fees, which pay for lunch fees, textbooks, and extra teaching. Many students are unable to afford these school fees, thus diminishing the likelihood of them completing their education. SEED also operates a primary school in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya called SEED Junior Academy. SJA provides an education and lunch to around 60 children who would otherwise not be in school due to a lack of public education in the slum.

Guelph Community Christian School is committed to providing educational quality, for JK through Grade 8, that exceeds public standards while integrating Christian beliefs and values. At GCCS, the Christian component is part of every subject. The Bible is a guide for all of our programs as we seek to understand God's sovereignty over all human endeavours, and to respond in humility and service. We challenge our students to be changed by the Spirit of God from the inside out, and then to change the world around them. We make learning real through the use of Project-Based Learning. We teach peace-making through the Restorative Practices model for school relationships. We also put our mission into practice by collecting for the Salvation Army Toy Drive, Hope House Food Drive, and the Bracelet of Hope; sorting food at the Speroway warehouse, cleaning neighbourhood parks, planting trees in neighbourhood settings, etc. Education to change the world!

The Lethbridge Public Library connects you to ideas at our two community gathering places, the Main Branch in the heart of downtown and The Crossings Branch in West Lethbridge Centre, as well as on our Bookmobile which travels across the City. We invite you to log on to our 24/7 accessible virtual library at www.lethlib.ca. Visit the Library to enjoy speakers, forums, music, symposiums, an art gallery, festivals, craft fairs, info sessions, current events discussions, free Wi-Fi and public use computers. Our youth programs begin with babes and extend right up to toddlers, tweens and teens. We have a vibrant adult literacy program at the Main Branch called 'Read On'. Your Library card gives you access to fabulous databases like Ancestry.ca and Mango. Use it to download your favourite eBooks, eAudiobooks and magazines. Borrow DVDs from our amazing Blockbusters Collection and take a bestseller home today from the popular TopReads Collection. In 2012 730,460 people visted the Library.

Best Medicine Rep is a nonprofit professional theater company that specialize in new comedies. It is dedicated to the artistic, education, and cultural development of Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village. Why are we here? To entertain. To bring joy. To foster community and learning through shared laughter. To lighten our shared burden of existence for a short while. Why comedy? Broadly defined and properly presented, comedy encompasses all of human experience. It can make us laugh and make us cry. It can bring joy and it can bring anger. It makes us think and makes us forget. It exalts and ridicules. It can divert, and it can focus. Comedy levels life’s playing field. Why theater? Story is that which gives comedy context. It is what allows empathy and purpose. Performed stories (theater) provide for the communal experience, the shared joy of laughter that we seek to achieve. Theater brings a community together, eliciting pride and engagement, a sense of ownership and cooperation. We believe that the comic theater is the cure for what ails us.

In an intimate setting, the Gamm creates the finest of live theater; entertaining, intellectually enriching and emotionally liberating, which engages the audience intensely with perennial and present issues of consequence. Gamm further serves the public with educational outreach programming designed to both support the theatrical experience and help sustain and enhance the intellectual and cultural life of its community. Vision Statement The Gamm aspires to become a major regional presence in the performing arts community as well as a stimulus to economic growth in the local community and statewide. The Gamm is committed to reaching out to our ever-expanding community and carrying forward our well-established local identity to the rest of New England and beyond.   As a re-inventor of timeless classics as well as a fearless provocateur and producer of contemporary and new work, we aim to raise tough moral and political questions central to our understanding of human nature and community, both on a domestic and international level, and engage diverse audiences with common understanding and compassion.

Our Mission The mission of GVT is to create live, professional quality theatre in West Virginia and through theatre to enlighten, enrich and enliven the life of our Region. Who We Are: •We are a producing organization that is dedicated to sharing the connection between art and life with our community through the live, interactive voice of theatre. •We create work that speaks to the human spirit and work that entertains. •We are committed to the education of young people. •We are dedicated to developing new plays. •We are a unique rural arts group committed to excellence in live theatre. Goals •To produce theatre, here in rural West Virginia. •To develop new shows and to perform an eclectic choice of plays •To be a regional, residential theatre that combines talent from our community with professional talent. •To employ a core company of theatre artists. •To tour into schools and rural communities. •To be an artist-driven organization. •To provide quality programs for our area’s children and to teach them in theatre arts, self-worth and critical thinking. •To be a force in the economic growth of the Greenbrier Valley through our year-round programming.

Celebrating its 25th year, the Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts (TRICA) provides meaningful, world-class experiences in the arts taught by outstanding and loving Educators, inspiring children to develop values and attitudes for a stronger sense of Humanity, Community and Good Will. Our programs for children Ages 2-12 include Summer Dance Camps, After School with TRICA, Family Dance Night, world-class arts instruction for young learners and exciting enrichment in preschools and schools across the Treasure Valley. In 2019, Jon Swarthout & TRICA received a “2019 Good Neighbor Award” from the Boise Mayor and TRICA was designated as a “2020 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by The Great Nonprofits organization. The construction project underway in Boise’s Hyde Park district is an adaptive reuse transforming an abandoned cathedral into a children’s arts institute. By the end of October 2020 the project had gained its unanimous approval (Conditional Use Permit) from City of Boise Planning & Zoning and Boise City Council to become a private children’s arts school. The approved permit allows cultural and social events to be held annually as an accessory function to the church and school.

Monumental Theatre Company was founded in 2015 from Stewart Musical Productions, LTD. Stewart Musical Productions was previously known as Limelight Theatre and was founded by Jan Stewart in 2009. The business was revived in 2015 by Michael Windsor, Jimmy Mavrikes and Beth Amann. As a company, we are committed to fostering new work and providing platforms for emerging writers and local artists. Monumental was founded by three members of the oft-degraded “millennial generation;” we hope to contribute positively to, or bolster the reputation of, our generation by developing works for millennials by millennials. Twenty-somethings these days are often accused of being lazy and tethered to technology; we will strive to remind our accusers and ourselves that we are all connected on a basic human level. Great art should be relatable across generations, and we want to help our peers contribute to that cannon. Monumental Theatre Company is committed to presenting thought-provoking, emotionally-driven theatrical material; championing new work; and encouraging audiences of all ages to engage with the millennial generation’s emerging artistic voice. Monumental is defined as “great in importance, extent or size;” it is a tall-order for a young company, but it is a bar we are determined to meet. We hope to continue to grow with and thrive in the D.C. community by presenting significant works that speak to a wide variety of theatre-goes. Our youth as a company leaves us uniquely positioned to promote a love of fine arts in the next generation; our enthusiasm for the work and writing of our peers lends itself to that goal.

Founded in 1979, MRT primarily serves the Merrimack Valley – a region of northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire located about 45 minutes from Boston – where it is the only professional theatre. It also draws audiences from the greater Boston area (where it is one of three LORT Theatres), New England, and beyond. Merrimack Repertory Theatre has become known for its unwavering commitment to high production standards and selection of mostly regional and world premieres. This tradition has been embraced by artistic director Sean Daniels, who continues to develop MRT as a leader of new play production in the country. MRT attracts leading professional playwrights, directors, actors and designers from around the country, who share the company's commitment and welcome the opportunity to make MRT one of their theatrical homes. During the 2016-17 Season, the intimate 279-seat theatre will feature seven vibrant plays and musicals about who we are as a people, a country, and New Englanders, that “advance the cause of human understanding through the art of theatre." The lineup includes four world premieres, and three plays that explore New England themes. The Theatre has mounted over 200 productions in its 37-year history, including 23 world premieres and 40 regional premieres. MRT is governed by a 30-member Board of Trustees and receives advisory assistance from a Board of Overseers. Both boards are composed of community leaders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.

New York Classical Theatre’s mission is to reinvigorate and create audiences for the theatre by presenting free productions of popular classics and forgotten masterpieces that pop up in non-traditional public spaces throughout the five boroughs. We are the only all-free professional theatre in New York City. Our free productions currently pop up outdoors in Central Park, The Battery, Battery Park City Parks, Prospect Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park and indoors in Brookfield Place and One Liberty Plaza. New York Classical’s hallmark is Panoramic Theatre, a style created by Founding Artistic Director, Stephen Burdman, to build a unique relationship between the actor, audience and venue. Scripts are adapted to fully embrace each performance space and through the influence of 19th century staging and single camera cinema techniques, the audience is placed at the center of the action of the play, giving them access to a deeply immersive theatrical experience. Our outdoor productions in expansive public locations push Panoramic Theatre further. At each performance, the audience follows the actors from place to place as the plot unfolds from scene to scene, following the journey of the characters. Using different areas to stage specific scenes opens up endless creative possibilities for performers and our audience. By utilizing large physical environments as our playing arenas, audiences literally inhabit the world of the play and become active participants in the drama unfolding around them. By offering our Off-Broadway performances for free, we ensure that all people, regardless of their economic, ethnic or educational background have access to the highest quality professional theatre. Our open rehearsals in public venues also allow our audience to observe the evolution of a production while demystifying the language and poetry of classical theatre. We firmly believe that the themes of the classics remain relevant to the lives of all New Yorkers today. Through the lens of classical theatre, we come to better understand human nature and our role in contemporary life. As a result, our free performances build new and future audiences for live theatre by attracting many underserved and non-traditional spectators.

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