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To provide comprehensive, innovative supports and services to those affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder across the lifespan.

The Foundation engages residents and businesses through donations of time and resources to help keep first-rate services within the community, such as a well-equipped hospital and excellent, caring medical professionals. Donations may be made by individuals, families, groups, business, corporations and foundations. Gifts may be In Memory of a loved one or In Honour of a life event. Donations may be in response to a campaign or as part of your annual giving plan. Gifts may be made to support the Foundation's annual fundraising campaign or designated to a particular piece of equipment. Donations may also be designated to an Endowment Fund to ensure quality health care is available into the future. Gifts may also be made to honor a member of the healthcare staff, to recognize and thank them for providing caring, extraordinary attention. If indicated, Foundation staff will send a card to commemorate your gift. Thank you for choosing to support local health care.

Started in 1995, and a registered charity since 1998, The Oakville Strokers' program is made possible by the generosity of our volunteers, organizations, participant families, private donors and friends. The home of The Oakville Strokers is the Glen Abbey Community Centre, Oakville, Ontario.

Marianhill has been a well-reputed part of the community since 1954 and has continually worked to provide new and innovative services to the elderly residents of Renfrew County. We have been an accredited Health Facility since 1989 and we continue to strive to meet the standards of excellence. Several of our services are only offered at our facility including Palliative Care and our Day Program for seniors and developmentally challenged individuals.

Programs and Services Available: *Life Skills Program is offered to help people develop skills in dealing with and coping with daily living situations *Vocational counselling and support provided *Opportunity to engage in a variety of recreation activities *Volunteer opportunities available *Public awareness presentations *Mental Health First Aid Canada Training Course available

We are Canada’s only national organization focused entirely on lymphoma. A registered charity, we are led by a volunteer board of directors drawn from the lymphoma community. Our board includes lymphoma patients and medical and research professionals. A small, dedicated staff brings expertise in program implementation, communications, fundraising, and administration. We are guided by expert members of a Scientific Advisory Board. Lymphoma patients across the country help organize, and participate in, education events, support groups, and online forums. Lymphoma Canada operates in both official languages, with staffed offices in Ontario and Quebec and a volunteer presence across the country.

Benefits of Therapeutic Riding The rhythmic side-to-side, forward, and backward movement of the horse mimics the human gait, moving a rider's pelvis and torso in the same motion as walking. This stimulation gently relaxes taught muscles and improves core strength, balance, and coordination. Learning new routines, sequencing, and accessing short-term memory skills assist individuals who otherwise may experience difficulty with these tasks. The real success of therapeutic riding comes from most riders being highly motivated to learn new skills, simply because they genuinely enjoy riding!

Our program is designed for up to 18 participants, from kindergarten to retirement, with a variety of mental, physical, and emotional challenges, for the fall, winter and spring riding sessions. The fall and spring sessions are eleven week while the winter session is six weeks. Our summer program is smaller, with a maximum of six riders, and runs for six weeks. A team of professionals provide an inclusive riding environment that aids physical rehabilitation, helps people with their personal development, teaches horsemanship skills, and is a stimulating recreational activity.

Children with Sanfilippo Syndrome are missing an essential enzyme that breaks down a complex body sugar called heparan sulfate. This sugar slowly builds in the bones, the brain and other organs, stopping normal development and causing hyperactivity, sleep disorders, loss of speech, mental retardation, dementia, and finally death by the mid teens. There is no cure or treatment yet. Sanfilippo Syndrome is one of seven Mucopolysaccharide (MPS) disorders. There are four different enzyme deficiencies that cause Sanfilippo, which are described as types A, B, C & D. There is very little difference between ther four types, t hough there have been a few very mild cases of the B form reported where the children have remained relatively healthy into early adult life.

The Langley Care Foundation, though the Langley Care Society improves the lives of our elders and those with disabilities through the operation of the Langley Lodge complex care facility. Demographics show there is an increasing number of elders that require high levels of care. The Health Authority refers to this as “complex care”. Our residents require assistance with functions that many seniors take for granted. Everyday activities such as dining, bathing, and other personal needs are attended to. In addition we strive to provide programs that enhance their quality of life but which are not totally funded by our healthcare system. Programs such as physiotherapy, music therapy, and horticultural therapy are proven to improve both quality of life and longevity. A gap exists between what is funded and what we require to properly enhance our residents’ quality of life. Your investment will ensure that seniors live out their lives with dignity and in comfort.

TB Vets now famous Keytag Program came into being in 1946, providing veterans with meaningful employment and British Columbians with a valuable key return service. World War Veterans set up TB Vets and BC's key return service to provide jobs for the many veterans who returned from overseas service suffering from the disabling effects of tuberculosis and other respiratory ailments. Today TB Vets provides for the employment of people with a variety of disabilities. TB Vets continues to return lost keys to their grateful owners, with donations to our Keytag Program now funding a range of vital community initiatives. Like the veterans before them, our employees are committed to the community and to the services they offer British Columbians.

FogQuest is an innovative, international, non-governmental, non-profit organization. It is a registered charity in Canada. Our water projects are for small rural communities in the most arid parts of the world. Even in locations with little or no rain, there are often fog-covered hills that can be a source of clean water for the people. We work with the communities and local NGOs to develop projects that are appropriate to the environment, and the culture and religion of the people. The large fog collectors require no energy source. The fog droplets are carried to the mesh of the collectors by the wind. The water that is produced flows by gravity to the community. Because fog, and rain when it occurs, are almost entirely free of harmful bacteria, the fog collection system is also a good alternative in places where the ground water supply is contaminated. Twenty large fog collectors can provide water for a village of 200 people. The cost is low, only about $1 for 1000 liters of water.