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Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation is a registered charitable organization which includes Hamilton General Hospital Foundation, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre Foundation, McMaster Children’s Hospital Foundation, St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation and all of their associated programs. Through the generosity of our donors, we fund capital redevelopment projects, purchase medical equipment and technology, and invest in research and education. Our mission is to raise funds and manage donor gifts to support outstanding clinical care and research for the communities served by Hamilton Health Sciences; our goal is Health Care, Transformed.

Working together, we will meet our goals: • To increase public and professional awareness of epilepsy as a universal, treatable brain disorder; • To change attitudes, dispel myths and raise epilepsy to a new plane of acceptability in the public domain; • To promote public and professional education about epilepsy; • To identify the needs of people with epilepsy on a national and regional basis; • To encourage governments of health to address the needs of people with epilepsy, including awareness, education, diagnosis, treatment, care, services and prevention; • To fund the best epilepsy research in Canada.

The Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice provides dignity, compassion, comfort and support to citizens of Greater Hamilton, Ontario who are facing a life-ending disease or condition, and their families. Support is available from the time of diagnosis through bereavement. Our interdisciplinary team of specially trained volunteers and professionals provide social, physical, emotional and spiritual support. Care is provided in home, in hospital, or in long term care. In June 2007, we will also be able to provide care in our residential beds, Hamilton's first residential hospice beds. Support is provided through a number of programs: Visiting support; Day Respite; Bereavement for adults and children; resources; and, advocacy.

Hospice Simcoe provides for the needs of people in Simcoe County who are dying, who have dying family members or who are bereaved. We provide high quality Hospice Palliative Care from the time of diagnosis with a life limiting illness through death and bereavement. Our programs include Visiting Hospice, Residential Hospice and Bereavement Support. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people who are dying and their family members.

Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation works closely with the community to raise funds for our current multi million dollar expansion, education, research and state-of-the-art medical equipment. Serving a population of over 400,000 in scenic Ottawa, Queensway Carleton relies on corporate and private donations. Thank you and please do not hesitate to call at any time. 613.721.4731

The Shining Through Centre is located in a historic home in Woodbridge and is regarded as one of the premier sites in Ontario for support for children with Autism.

Coast Mental Health knows that recovery from mental illness is more than taking pills. Through individualized support and client involvement in goal-setting and care, Coast has successfully helped thousands of people in their recovery. Last year Coast staff and peer support workers reached out to over 3000 clients. We provided supported housing to over 900 people, helped hundreds of people find work and volunteer opportunities, served over 1000 meals each day, and provide such basic human comforts as laundry and shower facilities, and social and recreational activities. All designed to facilitate recovery for those in need. Coast clients form a thriving community of people working each day to overcome illness, adversity and stigma. We have seen many individuals move from unemployment, homelessness, being hungry and alone, to finding jobs, homes, food and a community of people who care. Coast welcomes anyone with a mental illness to participate in our services and programs.

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is a bilingual academic health centre dedicated to promoting heart health through integrated cardiac services including: primary and secondary prevention, state-of-the-art diagnostics, and therapies and rehabilitation. The Heart Institute is a regional facility serving our local communities within the Champlain District and western Quebec. The Heart Institute is a resource to the province, the rest of Canada, and the international community. The Heart Institute is committed to basic and clinical research which adds new knowledge. We educate professional staff and the public to apply this knowledge to improve the health of our community.

CMHA - Multi service community agency servicing Muskoka Parry Sound including crisis and intake support, community outreach and support, court diversion, supportive housing, counselling, seniors mental health, aboriginal mental health program, partner assault response program, and Adult Protective Services CMHA MUSKOKA-PARRY SOUND

Families of SMA Canada is a national registered charity dedicated to finding a treatment or cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy and support families affected by the disease.

Every month, the volunteers of Victoria’s Quilts Canada make and distribute over 480 quilts free-of-charge to individuals diagnosed with cancer across Canada. Each quilt, which represents a virtual hug, is handmade by one of about 1100 volunteers. The quilts provide comfort: spiritually, with the stress and anxiety of a cancer diagnosis, and physically, as they provide warmth during treatment. With the number of people stricken with cancer continually rising, Victoria’s Quilts Canada has seen a marked increase in the demand for quilts, and this trend is expected to increase even more. With the help of our volunteers, the community and blessings from above, we will continue to provide comfort, both physical and spiritual, to those struggling with cancer, and we will continue to grow until the day that cancer is no longer with us.

Funds donated to Make-A-Wish Atlantic Canada stay in our region to help grant the wishes of sick children. We grant wishes to children between the ages of 3 to 17 who live in all four Atlantic Provinces.