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Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) of Canada is a national children’s charity dedicated to helping kids and supporting families across Canada. At RMHC, we know that when a child faces serious illness or disability they face it better as a family, and we are dedicated to helping kids and supporting families when they need us most. RMHC achieves this by supporting each Canadian Ronald McDonald House®, the Ronald McDonald Family Room® Program and many other children’s charities across Canada. Since inception, RMHC has awarded over $59 Million to local children's charities across Canada.

For over 40 years, Renascent has honoured the principle that everyone deserves a chance at a better life in recovery. Through the gratitude and generosity of donors, Renascent has never turned away a suffering alcoholic, drug addict or family member simply because they didn’t have enough money. In 2010, Renascent celebrated 40 years of service and welcomed its 40,000th client. You can help lay the foundation for the next 40 years by making a one-time or monthly donation to the Renascent Foundation.

HSC was founded in 1973 as a national voluntary health charity. The Huntington Society of Canada (HSC) is a national network of volunteers and professionals united in the fight against HD. Together, we: Strengthen families as they cope with each progressive loss, thanks to a network of HSC Resource Centres and individual and family service professionals across the country. Provide day programs, support groups, summer camps, in-service seminars, counselling, resource materials, and referrals for Huntington's families. Educate healthcare professionals about HD through seminars, care manuals, and video resources. Partner with globally rewith globally respected research organizations on research into areas that hold the most promise for a treatment or cure. Offer postdoctoral graduate scholarships to encourage more young scientists as they begin their careers. Lead 30 volunteer chapters and area representatives from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island.

On April 1, 2008, the Northern Cancer Research Foundation and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation joined forces to become Northwestern Ontario's most effective fundraising organization. The integrated foundation represents more effectively the needs of patients and their families, with efforts encompassing all areas of healthcare delivery as well as medical research and disease prevention. The new Health Sciences Foundation features three specialty funds: the Northern Cancer Fund, the Northern Cardiac Fund and the Health Sciences Discovery Fund. Each fund represents an area of high activity and high need in our community: in Northwestern Ontario, Cancer and Cardiac Disease are responsible for the vast majority of deaths, while medical research is the single most significant area of growth and promise in our community. Donors are able to designate their gifts to either fund or can support any area of care within the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

The NCWC Education fund works closely with the National Council of Women of Canada, which represents over 750,000 Canadians through its 24 Nationally Organized Affiliated Societies, Provincial Councils in 6 Provinces and 15 Local Councils of Women. Joint research has been done and public education programs held over the past 10 years on: *Young Women and Violence Prevention *Securing Our Future-the Economics of Later Life action plans/curricula developed to help young women plan for a healthy economic future *'Canada's Water'07 AGM panel re water shortages,impacts of mega dams, drought, mining, a need for a National Water Strategy *'The Water/Energy Connections Project' 08-10 i.e. NCWC Education Fund AGM programs re Great Lakes, Nuclear,'Soft' Water/Energy Paths,Climate;Public Meetings, Newsletters, Web site, Cross -Canada Survey on water/energy use & public opinion on government energy and water policies (*Project funded by the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation)

The Canadian Red Cross Society is a volunteer-based humanitarian organization founded in 1896 and incorporated in 1909. The Society provides disaster relief and humanitarian service to the public through its international, disaster, safety and community-based health and social services.