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The National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) / Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Association for Children, together with its state and local members, supports and promotes court appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes. Every year, over 600,000 children experience foster care and need a caring adult to speak up for their best interests. A CASA/GAL volunteer is that voice.

Waladi could be your child, your grandchild, your niece or nephew, and the kid next door. Waladi, which means “my child” in Arabic, is everyone’s child. As the old African proverb goes, “it takes a village to raise a child.” Waladi is the brainchild of Simon Kattar, Executive Chef and co-owner of à la Carte Kitchen Inc., in Toronto. It is a registered charity dedicated to providing an education to children at home and around the world

Aims • To protect, develop and promote the role of music in education. • To establish a national network that provides support to parents, local advocacy and music education organizations. • To support the role of teachers of music in education. • To accumulate information and statistics on all pertinent aspects of music education in Canada. • To research and distribute appropriate resource/support materials. • To promote life-long participation and engagement in music. • To support the use of active music making in therapeutic settings.

The Deepwater Project awards scholarships for young people ages 10-17 to attend a small network of wilderness education programs.

The League of Women Voters Education Fund works to encourage the active and informed participation of citizens in government and to increase understanding of major public policy issues.

• CFFEF considers the role of Finnish Studies in the development and maintenance of Finnish culture in Canada to be of vital importance. • The Foundation invites charitable donations from individuals and institutions, corporations and organizations. • The CFF Education Foundation has charitable status and gives tax receipts for donations.

The Masonic Higher Education Bursary was established by Most Worshipful Brother Ross Sheppard, an Edmonton School Superintendent as the Official Outreach Charity of the Freemasons under the Grand Lodge of Alberta. The first four bursaries of $500.00 were given in 1959. Today, the Grand Lodge of Alberta continues to raise funds to assist students, who are in financial need, to attend university or college.

PACS is a service organisation established in 1984 for Christian Schools in the Canadian prairies. We are a Community of 15 Christian school societies in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba which represents 5,285 students. We provide leadership and support services for our member school societies in the areas of curriculum and school development.

Donations can be directed to specific programs such as Santas Anonymous, Social Justice, Holy Trinity Student school building project in Sierra Leone or to become a patron of the arts at the Suncor Centre for Performing Arts. Any general donations (non directed) will be used to support school programs.