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The Northern Sonoma County Fire Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the safety and resilience of our community by supporting local firefighters and emergency responders. We provide funding for critical equipment, advanced training, wellness programs, and fire prevention efforts, including vegetation management. Through community engagement and education, we strive to protect lives, property, and the environment across Northern Sonoma County.

We work with people to promote their health, well-being and inclusion in society.We assist individuals through various prevention, awareness and educational services and activities. We remain active in our community to defend their rights and to give voice to their needs and concerns. Harm reduction guides all our interventions. Our approach, pragmatic and humanistic, places the participation of people at the core of our action.

Our mission is to help combat mental health issues among Firefighters and First Responders. We want to be a beacon of hope during these difficult times that many of us face. Mental health issues and an alarming amount of suicides have become more of an issue among Firefighters and EMS Personnel (⚠️Most recently they have even begun outnumbering LODDs⚠️). By providing peer support (one-on-one conversation with another firefighter/first responder) and financial assistance for licensed counseling (we will find a counselor who fits you, that lives in your area, and help cover the cost of the first cycle of sessions), we hope to give our brothers and sisters a way to fight back and provide them with an understanding of what they are experiencing. We also give back to families who have lost thei

Since 1989, Kids Help Phone has been Canada’s only national phone and online counselling service for youth. It is free, anonymous and confidential. Professional counsellors are available any time of the day or night, 365 days a year, to help young people deal with concerns large or small. As a community-based charity who receives no core government funding, Kids Help Phone relies strictly on individual and corporate donations to fund these vital services. Children and teens contact Kids Help Phone about every issue imaginable – from school, dating and family problems, to depression, abuse and suicide. For many children in rural areas, Kids Help Phone is the only way they can access professional counsellors in an atmosphere of safety and confidentiality. Many of the kids who contact us cannot or will not approach parents or teachers in their community for fear of reprisals and embarrassment.

The Ellsworth Fire Services Association Station 1, located in Ellsworth, WI, provides fire protection and emergency response services to the Ellsworth community. The Fire Department's mission is to prevent the loss of life and property. In addition to responding to fires, the Ellsworth Fire Services Association Station 1 also responds to medical emergencies, motor vehicle accidents, rescue calls, and incidents involving hazardous materials.

Deaf and Hear Alberta is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the accessibility, advocacy, education and communication needs of the Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing populations of Alberta. Our head office is in Calgary, Alberta, with a branch office in Edmonton. Our expertise lies in communication access -- through interpreting, assistive equipment, training and education for hearing loss prevention and management, and strengthening public awareness and understanding.

The Milos Raonic Foundation will harness resources in support of disadvantaged children. In particular, the foundation will support initiatives intended to reduce economic, physical and other barriers that might prevent the full integration of all children in the lives of their communities. In this stage of its work, The Milos Raonic Foundation will focus on children with physical disabilities and, especially, children in need of prosthetic devices that will enable them to reach their full potential.

The John Howard Society has been active in Sault Ste. Marie since 1962. We have 15 professional staff, as well as volunteers and students within the program areas. Many services are open to all in the community including: youth and adults facing barriers to independent/healthy living, offenders, the unemployed and high risk individuals: by virtue of abuse/low education and/or no support system. To ensure a full service continuum, the John Howard Society has become heavily involved in partnerships with other organizations and expands those partnerships each year. Services include: Community Education, Youth Prevention and Diversion – Peer Mediation, Community Service Order – Youth &A dult, Extra Judicial Measures, Homeless Prevention Services,Bail Verification and Supervision Program, Discharge Planning,Anger Management,Employment Employment Resource Centre, Community Assessments, Parole Supervision, Offender Treatment, Pardon Applications

We take these urban kids and bring them to our Lakeside wilderness location in Newmarket and offer them experiences that make them feel like part of a family. We help hundreds of kids develop practical skills, relevant knowledge and self-confidence. We concentrate on prevention rather than rehabilitation. In this way Trails builds trust and confidence and has a real influence on the direction of youths' lives.

The Flying Samaritans have four basic missions - primary care, specialty care, education and emergency care. In our primary care role, the Samaritans fly (and drive) to clinics where they provide non-emergency services, such as family medicine, optometry, audiology, dentistry and dental hygiene, and preventative health care. Most patients are the 60% of the Mexican population who are not eligible for Mexican Social Security medical care.

Results for Development Institute (R4D) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to unlock solutions to tough development challenges that prevent people in low- and middle-income countries from realizing their full potential. Using multiple approaches in multiple sectors including, Global Education, Global Health, Governance and Market Dynamics, R4D supports the discovery and implementation of new ideas for reducing poverty and improving lives around the world.

World Cares Center’s mission is to reduce the harm, suffering, and loss caused by disasters through the empowerment of underserved, at risk communities to prevent everyday accidents and react as educated and skilled ready responders when disasters occur. WCC believes that resiliency is best promoted when all facets of communities are prepared to respond to disasters together to mitigate their inherent risks, thereby reducing human and economic loss and suffering.