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Vision Statement: "We envision an Ontario where women work together for safe, healthy families, communities and pursue an enriched and balanced lifestyle."

CORE VALUES As the voice of anglers and hunters, the OFAH will professionally represent Ontario’s anglers and hunters, their hunting and fishing rights and traditions, and their passion for hunting and fishing, and for fish and wildlife conservation. The OFAH supports, and will seek to enhance, Ontario’s rich traditions of hunting and fishing, and the quality of life they represent. The OFAH will promote, encourage, and seek to ensure the conservation of Ontario’s fish and wildlife, their habitats, and the ecosystems that support them, to ensure continuing benefits to anglers and hunters, and by extension, to all of the people in Ontario. The OFAH will encourage, conduct and lead proactive fish and wildlife management, individually and in cooperation with others, to ensure the conservation of resources, the protection and enhancement of our hunting and fishing heritage, and the provision of benefits to meet the needs of Ontarians.

The Federation of BC Naturalists (BC Nature) is a federation of local natural history groups, formed in 1969 and now represents 50 local nature clubs with 4700 members throughout BC. As a grassroots, largely volunteer organization, BC Nature works to protect and educate naturalists, the public and decision makers about the natural history of British Columbia, including its biodiversity, species at risk, and parks and other natural areas. Our members participate in many groups that help shape public policy on our environment. Our member clubs are at the forefront of many conservation and stewardship projects, and most clubs organize nature outings and speakers in their local communities. BC Nature is the lead organization for these projects in BC: Wildlife Tree Stewardship, Important Bird Area Caretakers, Wildlife Viewing, Living by Water and Provincial Park Interpretation. More information at www.bcnature.ca

The FMCBC is a federation of mountain and outdoor recreation clubs representing most regions of British Columbia. Its membership of approximately 4500 includes hikers, climbers, mountaineers, backcountry skiers and snowshoers. As a registered BC Society and federal charity the FMCBC is funded by membership dues and donations. It also receives grants from public agencies and private organizations for specific projects. The FMCBC offers third-party liability insurance to member clubs.

Less than an hour, northeast of Montreal, the Lanaudière Festival is the most highly-acclaimed classical music festival in Canada. Thousands of music lovers flock to the outdoor Fernand-Lindsay Amphitheatre,sitting under the roof, or picnicking on the sloping lawn to hear major symphonic orchestras and internationally renowned soloists. Concerts are also held in the magnificent historic churches of the Lanaudière region. More than 25 wonderful concerts and a wide range of tourist activities are available from July to the beginning of August.

Pacific Theatre is a mid-size, professional theatre company that has been in operation since 1984, and in its current home since 1994. At the beginning of the 2008-2009 Season, the company has mounted seventy professional mainstage productions including fourteen commissioned original world premieres. While operating a fully professional mainstage the theatre is also community based and offers non-professional community members opportunities to work along side theatre professionals in its community shows (Stones Throw Productions). A total of twenty-three community shows including eight original works have been produced to date. Since opening the new space in 1994, Pacific Theatre has received seventy-five nominations for Vancouver’s Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. In 2007, Pacific Theatre received 3 Jessie Awards, including Oustanding Production of the Year for GRACE.

Celebrating 30 Years of “Theatre for Everyone!” A donation to the Vancouver Fringe celebrates every kind of theatre imaginable. Your investment brings together over 90 different theatre artists and companies for 11 days each year. It provides theatrical offerings for all tastes and ages, something unique for everyone. Audience members like you are as varied as the experiences these performances bring. Your gift helps a wide range of experienced and emerging artists present their skills and imagination in over 700 performances at prices everyone can afford. Audiences, artists, and over 500+ volunteers meet in the evenings to share perspectives, exchange ideas, and connect with creativity—in true community. This is a cultural event like no other in which so many experiences manage to give something personal to each one of us. Your support makes it possible. Note, your CanadaHelps donation is not eligible for Fringe Benefits, as you will receive a full charitable tax receipt.

The Canadian Paediatric Foundation (CPF) was established in 1985 as a charitable organization to help the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) fulfill its mission. Funds raised helped the CPS develop health information for Canadian families, provide education for those caring for children and youth and support advocacy on child health issues. Much has changed since the CPF was founded in 1985. What is unchanged however is our commitment to the health and well-being of children and youth in Canada and abroad. In 2005, the foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary. Part of that celebration included a new name and identity: Healthy Generations: Building a Future for Children and Youth.

The Eastern Townships is unique in its history and heritage. The people of the area are noted for their sense of community and commitment to institutions and organizations. It is the aim of the Foundation to support this commitment by directing funds raised towards gras-roots, volunteer-based organizations and projects in the fields of health and social services, arts and heritage, youth, education and research.

Our independent expertise, concrete actions and strategic partnerships contribute to improving the distinct personality of our city and serve to strengthen the consistency and quality of projects that have an impact on our heritage. Our goal is to contribute to making Montreal a model in terms of the promotion and protection of heritage sites, to heighten public awareness and to engage citizens. Our commitment is to safeguard and promote the urban heritage of Montreal and its neighbourhoods in order to make the city a better place to live for all residents and visitors of today and tomorrow.

Inaugurated in 1984, the creation of this hospital is the work of the Father Armand Gagné, trinitaire, whereas he was missionary in Guatemala of 1975 to 1983. At the time of the departure of the Father Armand for another mission, his friends, parents and old parish of Quebec (Canada), which organized already various activities and liftings of funds to help the Father Armand in the realization of his projects, decide to officialize their regrouping. Thus in March 86 was born it: “Fondation les Amis du Père Armand Gagné inc.” recorded as organization of charity. Today still, thanks to tens of voluntary, the Foundation supports all the projects initiated by the Father Armand in Guatemala. 100% of the gifts of the public are versed with our projects.

Foothills Academy was established in 1979 with a dual purpose: 1. To offer a fulltime educational and treatment program for students with severe learning disabilities, and 2. To provide to the greater community, a Community Services component consisting of assistance to professionals and parents as well as research, tutoring, child and youth programs, inservice, lectures and the publishing of materials relevant to the learning disabled child. Foothills Academy School accepts students between the ages of six and eighteen who have experienced ongoing difficulty with the regular or special education programs offered to them in other settings and who have been identified as severely learning disabled. These children typically have average or above average intelligence, display few signs of emotional/behavioral dysfunction and are significantly behind their peers in academic pursuits.