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You hold the key to a bright future for the kids who need it the most. Communities in Schools of Tacoma

Opera.ca provides services in advocacy, communications, and support for Canadian opera creation. Working in collaboration with OPERA America, Opera.ca leads members in dialogues relating to artistic quality and creativity, education and audience development, community service, governance, resource development, promising partnership opportunities, international trends in opera production and new technologies. One of the most significant programs of Opera.ca was the Canadian Opera Creation Fund, which supported the creation and development of opera and music theatre. Other services include Annual Meetings, the biennial Banff Opera Colloquium, regional roundtables, and High Notes, Opera.ca’s monthly electronic newsletter. Opera.ca is a registered national arts service organization governed by a nine-member Board of Directors.

Seeds in the Middle, named by fourth graders in central Brooklyn, inspires parents, educators, students and their community to access all opportunities beginning with improving their health, enhancing arts education and greening their environment. We are joyful, respectful, educational and engaging. We nurture the whole child. Our innovative strategy to fight obesity and combat health disparities initiates at schools. We weave proven programs into a comprehensive package to turn around ills driving down opportunity and advancement. We empower and educate all to get healthy and scale disparities. Our pilot Hip2B Healthy schools are in central Brooklyn, a neighborhood with one of New York City's highest obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rates. Our programs are models for replication. We have run community farmers markets and founded Soccer for Harmony tournaments, inspiring social change through soccer. We are proud to boast that our focus 4th grade class test scores in 2012 surpassed the citywide average! At Seeds in the Middle, we partner with faculty. We teach how to grow, market, access and prepare nutritious food, how to exercise and engage in the arts, all the elements needed to promote life-changing lifelong health. Our partners come from all walks of life: chefs, athletes, educators, artists, builders and more. We cross cultures. We transform gray into green, destitution into inspiration.