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Since 1946, the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind has trained and placed guide and service dogs to provide independence, enhanced mobility, and companionship to people who are blind, have low vision, or who have other special needs. The Guide Dog Foundation serves clients from across the United States and Canada. People come to us for our trademark small classes and personalized instruction, and we have successfully worked with individuals who are deaf-blind and those with disabilities other than blindness or hearing impairment. In addition to our guide and service dog programs, the Foundation offers extensive education and outreach programs to broaden the public's understanding of vision and visual impairment, and access and disability rights.

Wayfinder’s mission is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, we initially enabled blind and visually impaired children to lead fuller, more independent lives. Today, Wayfinder is a human services agency with expertise in child welfare, vision impairment and multiple disabilities. Across our programs, Wayfinder strives to achieve equity for all our clients, most of whom are low-income people of color. We serve nearly 20,000 children, youth, adults and family members annually. Our name became Wayfinder Family Services in January 2018

The principal endeavour of the Foundation is to build a Palliative Care Residence for the residents of Vaudreuil Soulanges and the surrounding areas. The cost of this project is estimated to be $3.5 million. This residence of 12 beds will offer services free of charge to people of all ages (children, adolescents and adults) who are in the final stages of a terminal illness. Four beds will be reserved to offer respite and emergency care. The patients in the Palliative Care Centre will be able to live the last days or weeks of their lives surrounded by their loved ones and in a quiet and peaceful environment while receiving quality professional care. Personalizing the care and ensuring that the human dimension is not lost will be a major goal for the personnel and the volunteers.

Honoring Life - Offering Hope Even small acts and celebrations can have a profound impact on the lives of hospice patients and those closest to them. Seasons Hospice Foundation brings comfort to patients and families by providing essentials and enriching lives with fond, lasting memories. Our funds also support community education to increase awareness about the benefits of hospice, funding for special programs and applied research to improve the quality of hospice care. Extending beyond the borders of traditional healthcare, we treat the whole person and their loved ones in ways that touch the human spirit—adding days to life and life to days.

At Alzheimer's Family Services Center (AFSC), we believe that all memory-impaired seniors, irrespective of ethnic background and socioeconomic status, deserve the right to superior personalized care that will enable them to age with dignity at home. Across the last three decades, this belief has guided our mission to improve quality of life for families challenged by Alzheimer's disease or another dementia through services tailored to meet individual needs. We play a key role in our community's continuum of long-term care services by offering affordable access to dementia-specific adult day health care programs, a variety of support services to help caregivers manage the day-to-day challenges of care, and community dementia education and outreach.

Providence serves preschool-aged children with all types of disabilities at 6 locations across Calgary. Our unique model gives children and families a blend of programs and services built on the skills of certified teachers and therapists, and education and therapeutic assistants working directly with the children in the classroom, every day. Each classroom has a certified teacher, a teacher's assistant, an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist and a speech-language pathologist. Our mobile Outreach Team visits more than 100 of the area's daycare and day homes, as well independent schools, taking therapies right to the children in their home community. Overall, children at Providence will achieve about 80% of their education and treatment goals. Many will improve to the point where they no longer require funding for their care.

Hospice Niagara programs and services (except pharmaceuticals) are free to residents of Niagara, thanks to the goodwill and charitable donations of members of the community. We offer a variety of programs and services to Niagara residents including: Visiting Volunteer Services where trained volunteers provide non-medical support and comfort to individuals living with a life-limiting illness right in their own homes, Day Hospice, which is a weekly opportunity for these individuals to enjoy a day of relaxation and caring companionship in a comfortable setting and Bereavement Support programs for children, adolescents and adults. In addition, the Stabler Centre in St. Catharines provides quality palliative care in a home-like setting. There are 10 bedrooms in the residence for those in the last weeks of their lives who are unable to remain in their homes.

CAWES helps thousands of women and children each year who are caught in the destructive cycle of domestic violence, adult female sexual assualt victims, and clients who require emergency accomodation . The shelter provides short term accomodation for up to 36 women and/or children at a time. In addition several programs provide the opportunity for clients to receive councelling and assistance during and after their stay. CAWES believes that every individual has a right to a life free from abuse; That providing a broad range of culturally sensative services and shelter will assist families to overcome the impact of family violence; Ending family violence requires societal change through education and awarenes; In the empowerment of women and children to regain control of their lives. Please visit our website @ www.cawes.com for more info Thank you for your support!

Community Concerns for the Medically Fragile (CCMF) is a volunteer-driven group dedicated to meeting the needs of medically fragile children and young adults in the Sarnia-Lambton community. Moreover, we strive to assist families with medically fragile children/young adults in their day-to-day challenges, both financially and emotionally, and to raise public awareness about the unique characteristics of the individuals we represent. Our goal is to support medically fragile children and young adults, while recognizing their uniqueness, and their rights to dignity and quality of life. We use the term "medically fragile" to refer to individuals requiring 24-hour medical supervision and intervention, due to conditions such as cererbal palsy, severe epilepsy, paraplegia, etc. These individuals may be technologically dependent, as well as mentally and/or physically challenged.

The Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre is an innovative and compassionate child-focused centre dedicated to transforming how the current system responds to child abuse. Working collaboratively with Calgary Police Services, Calgary and Area Child and Family Services, Alberta Health Services and Alberta Justice, Calgary Crown Prosecutors’ Office, the Centre provides best practices in victim support, investigation, education and treatment of child abuse. Our mission is to provide hope, help and healing to abused children, youth and their families and to improve the community’s response to child abuse. “We know child abuse is a problem. We know it’s a problem right in our own backyard,” said Sheldon Kennedy. “It’s time to shine a light on the issue – and come together as a community to address child abuse.”

St.Amant believes that everyone has the right to develop to the best of their abilities. St.Amant is a comprehensive resource for children and adults with developmental disabilities in Manitoba. A non-profit corporation, St.Amant offers a range of programming, services and care to support disabled individuals and their families. Services include a main residence (River Road Place), more than 70 community sites and homes, a research centre, a school and a daycare. St.Amant also offers effective programming for children with autism and for families who care for an individual at home. Each year, St.Amant improves the quality of life for 1,500 individuals and their families. The St.Amant Foundation is a registered charity that raises money to improve the lives of Manitobans with developmental disabilities or autism and their families. Since its formation in 1989, the Foundation has contributed millions of dollars to improve programming and facilities operated by St.Amant.

ORGANIZATION PROFILE Cancer Assistance Services of Halton Hills was created out of necessity in the fall of 2000 when the Canadian Cancer Society moved out of Georgetown. Since then this registered charity has provided practical care to hundreds of cancer patients in Halton Hills. With the community behind us, and many donations, we were able to open our office right here in Georgetown, serving Halton Hills. It is our goal to maintain high standards in patient care, offering support, dignity and hope. All our services are free of charge. Please visit our web site to see all the services we provide. Our more than 50 volunteer drivers provide free transportation to treatment centres and each year exceed over 200,000 Km's.