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Our Vision: To increase awareness of malignant melanoma and skin cancer through Education, Advocacy and Research;To ease the burden and to provide support for melanoma patients, care-givers and medical professionals through centralized, current and coordinated information and services;To create a national association to aid in providing additional treatment options and a united voice for patients with malignant melanoma; and To ultimately find a cure for Melanoma. We believe in the strength of our collective patient voices. We believe that patients should have equal access to the best available treatment and therapies for melanoma; that patients should not be burdened by issues of cost or availability; that there should be readily available and consistent information and treatment standards to ease the stress when receiving a diagnosis; and that there should be open, empathic and honest dialogue for patients from their doctors.

Pain BC is a non-profit society made up of health care practitioners, people in pain, and others with a shared passion for easing the burden of pain in British Columbia. Pain BC recognizes that nothing affects our well being more than pain; whether living with a chronic condition (like arthritis, heart disease, or cancer), suffering with an illness like fibromyalgia or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, or recovering from injury or surgery, persistent pain is the common element with the single greatest impact on quality of life. Your donation will help ease the burden of chronic pain in BC by supporting Pain BC's educational, outreach, and advocacy initiatives. Thank you for helping us to provide much-needed hope and support to the over 400,000 British Columbians living with chronic pain.

A strong community needs great health care close to home. Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Foundation supports the Health Centre’s remarkable physicians and staff as they take care of our community. Donations support facility renovations to our patient care areas. For example, support from donors helped build a new wing that opened in 2012. Donors also help purchase essential medical equipment, like a new endo-bronchial ultrasound that pinpoints lung cancer, and funds training for our dedicated health care professionals. Current priorities include renovating our patient spaces like lounges and waiting areas to make the more comfortable for patients and families; building a new Dialysis Centre; and building and equipping two new Interventional Suites in our Diagnostic Imaging department.

History The Lung Association of Alberta & NWT began in 1939 as the Alberta Tuberculosis Association. Our goal was to educate the public about TB, conduct mass chest x-rays and provide a rehabilitation service for TB sanitarium patients. Over the years, The Lung Association has broadened its scope to encompass all aspects of lung health. Current areas of focus include issues related to asthma and allergies, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and lung cancer, flu and infectious diseases, environmental issues, smoking prevention and cessation, sleep apnea, and continued work in the area of TB. Through your assistance The Lung Association of Alberta/NWT helps improve the quality of life for those suffering with lung disease through education, advocacy and program support. For further information please visit: www.ab.lung.ca

In 1998, a charitable component was added to the Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival raising funds for local charities on an annual basis. The Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation was established in 2003 to help focus and grow this necessary component of the Festival. To date over $1,500,000 has been raised through the annual Pledge Challenge. The Pledge Challenge is an opportunity for our paddlers to raise funds for local charities. Money is raised on behalf of the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation and then dispersed to the selected charities. In 2009, the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation will be supporting a total of eight local charities through a three-tier system. 2009 Charities Include: The Sens Foundation (project s.t.e.p), Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health, POGO, Candleighters Childhood Cancer Support, OCRI Breakfast Program, Algonquin College Foundation, Ottawa's Children Treatment Centre, Good Day Workshop.

In 1898, as a chapter of a national organization, we set out to provide home care nursing services in Montreal, Quebec. In 2006 we flourished into an independent, locally based organization under a new name. Our name is the only thing that changed. We stayed true to our roots as are liable organization that has helped people in Montréal for well over a century. The people, services and commitment to the community that our clients have come to trust over the years remain the same. NOVA Montreal provides: •Respite and assistance with activities of daily living to caregivers of people who suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, strokes, cancer and frail health; •In-home nursing; •In-home respite for parents of children with special needs; •Health care, support and counseling to street youth; •Palliative care; •Foot care clinics.

Since opening in May 2002, Carpenter Hospice has served more than 1,800 residents who have ranged in age from 21 to 103 years. We support people from our community with all types of terminal illness such as cancer and ALS. Our services also extend beyond residential care to our Wellness Program and Bereavement Support Program. The opportunity to come and live at Carpenter Hospice is not based on financial ability and there is no user fee. The hospice is dependent on the generosity of the community and fundraising for the majority of its operation revenue. Carpenter Hospice raises $1.3 million each year; which provides us with the capacity to offer all of our services and programs at no cost to the end users. Every dollar makes a difference in allowing the hospice to provide the highest quality of care for our residents and program participants. For more information about making a donation to Carpenter Hospice, please visit us online: www.thecarpenterhospice.com/donation.php

OtherHalf – Chinese Stem Cell Initiative is proud to be working in partnership with Canadian Blood Services’ stem cell program, OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, in educating the Chinese community about the urgent need for more stem cell donors in Canada’s stem cell network. Out of over 18 million registered donors in the Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide (BMDW) database, only about 500,000 are of Chinese origin. That is why it is very difficult for Chinese patients to find unrelated stem cell donors for transplants. A patient’s best chance of finding a stem cell donor is within his/her own ethnic group. For many patients, stem cell transplants are their only hope for survival. Stem cell transplants are used to treat potentially life-threatening illnesses including blood cancers (leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma), aplastic anemia, immune dysfunctions, and genetic and metabolic disorders.

The Montreal General Hospital Foundation is a founding partner of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Its primary function is to raise funds for advancement and ongoing development of Montreal General Hospital services and facilities. Thanks to its generous donors, the Foundation can support advances in patient care, teaching and research. Over its 186 year history and with leading support from the community, the MGH has developed into one of the leading healthcare institutions in the country. Today, the Montreal General is a McGill University Teaching Hospital, one of only 2 Quebec Government designated Level 1 Trauma Centres and also Comprehensive-Care Cancer Centre. Current projects include reconstruction of Gastroenterology Division, renovation of Palliative Care, construction of new Cardiac ICU and new Mental Health Inpatient facilities. Nearly $90 million has been invested by the MGH Foundation in the Hospital over the last 6 years.

Each year, the Lung Association invests heavily in Canadian respiratory health research. Recently, the Quebec Lung Association created Canada's first respiratory health chair. This $2.5 million chair was set up at Université de Sherbrooke. Despite medical advances, lung disease has been flourishing at an ever increasing rate over the past few years. In Quebec, it is estimated that over 1.4 million people suffer from either emphysema, lung cancer, asthma, sleep apnea, pneumonia, sarcoidosis, chronic bronchitis and even tuberculosis, which is showing signs of recrudescence. The Quebec Lung Association provides a variety of services to meet the population's needs. Whether for problems related to COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma or any other respiratory illness, or for information on the various programs designed to help quit smoking, our toll-free telephone lines are available to the entire Quebec population.

Chapel Hill House is a not-for-profit organization providing cancer patients and their families a weekend getaway in a safe, relaxing central Ohio cabin.

MISSION STATEMENT When a kid is fighting cancer, he needs some respite from hospital beds and lab coats and treatments. We are Christopher's Haven. We are a home for kids and their families while they battle cancer. Our home is more than a place to stay, it's a support system to help with things large and small, and a community where families can be together, share a laugh, be comforted, and comfort others. Christopher's Haven allows kids and families to focus their energies on beating the cancer that has attacked them all. We know that medicine can heal the patient. Christopher's Haven helps heal the child.