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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.

For over 27 years in Durham Region, Girls Inc. has helped girls at-risk achieve their full potential. We've provided thousands of girls knowledge, skills, and attitudes to overcome social, emotional, and economic challenges in order to achieve their full potential. Girls who participate in Girls Inc. programs: Grow self-esteem that carries over to home, school, and the community; Develop sound decision-making and communication skills; Assert themselves as confident individuals throughout their lives; Build key leadership and strong work skills; Create meaningful, supportive peer groups. Programs cover a variety of topics such as: - Body image and self esteem - Bullying and violence prevention - Health & relationships - Peer pressure - Substance use prevention - Science, math & technology - Financial literacy - Sports participation

The Annex Cat Rescue is a Canadian charity that is dedicated to helping stray and feral cats in downtown Toronto. The rescue does not run an animal shelter but operates through a network of foster homes and volunteers. Vet care and adoptions are arranged for lost or abandoned strays or the kittens (of feral cats) in foster care. We feed several feral colonies and trap-neuter/spay-return (TNR) feral adult cats.

Until There’s A Cure® is a national organization dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS by raising awareness and funds to combat this pandemic.

Under The Same Sun (UTSS) is passionately committed to ending the often deadly discrimination against people with albinism. UTSS promotes, via advocacy and education, the wellbeing of persons with albinism who in many parts of the world are misunderstood, marginalized, and even attacked and killed because of their genetic condition. UTSS is founded on the belief that all persons are created in God’s image and as such are worthy of love, respect and, above all, dignity. While UTSS acts globally, much of our focus has been on the crisis faced by people with albinism in Tanzania. From there, UTSS is reaching across Africa and the world, to stimulate a movement that roots out discrimination and plants the seeds of empowerment for people living with albinism. In Tanzania, and many parts of Africa, having albinism is a sentence to a harsh life and early death. Albinism is a genetic condition, more prevalent in Africa, which results in a person looking white due to a lack of pigmentation in the hair, skin and eyes. People with albinism usually have low vision, and are highly vulnerable to sun exposure resulting in high rates of skin cancer. Societal ignorance about the condition, as well as long-standing beliefs associated with witchcraft, lead to the dehumanization of people with albinism. It is widely believed that the body parts of people with albinism, used by witch doctors in magical charms and potions, bring wealth, health and good luck. This leads to brutal attacks resulting in maiming, death and the black market trafficking of albino body parts. Since 2006, more than 300 attacks have been recorded in 25 countries, and likely many more have gone unrecorded.

Headquarted in Montreal, CMDA solicits charitable donations via 3 annual campaigns and local activities. Chapters are located in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria. Magen David Adom (MDA) Israel was founded in 1930 and today has over 100 stations across the country. Israel’s only national first aid organization, operating according to the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, MDA provides emergency, medical, ambulance and blood services for the benefit of all Israelis, regardless of nationality or religion. It conducts training in first aid and pre-hospital emergency medicine, and maintains storage services of 95% of all blood and blood by-products. The blood services center is a state-of-the-art facility specializing in research into genetic diseases and cord-blood treatment. MDA relies heavily upon a network of volunteers in all capacities, from medical to para-professional to clerical

The Calgary Zoological Society was officially founded in 1929. Key to the zoo’s mission is generating affection for the amazing animals that call the zoo home, and inspiring people to care about their wild relatives. Our education team delivers more than 800 school programs to 21,000 students each year focusing on topics ranging from water conservation to saving endangered species. The ultimate goal is to motivate the next generation to take action. The Calgary Zoo’s Centre for Conservation Research conducts innovative research and participates in reintroduction programs that help secure the future of many Canadian endangered species. In addition, conservation initiatives throughout the world are identified and supported through the zoo’s Conservation Outreach. Over the past five years, more than 25 projects were supported in 20 countries and most involve community-based initiatives – helping local people to participate in conservation efforts in their own backyard.

Founded in 1999, The Mississauga Humane Society is a non-profit, 100% VOLUNTEERS RUN, legally registered charity dedicated to the rescue of companion animals who otherwise may be killed in the many overcrowded city pounds, as well as animals scheduled to be sent for research. We also retrieve stray cats to spare them from the harsh outdoor life. All our animals are neutered/spayed after rescue, unless the animal is too young or not in good health.

Surrey Women’s Centre offers crisis, court and counselling services for women and children escaping domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and other forms of gender-based violence. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to ensure that women and children have the support they need, when they need it!

We gather donations of new and gently used baby clothing and accessories. We launder and clean all items, and assemble them into beautiful colour-coordinated layettes containing a full year’s wardrobe for an infant born to a needy family in our community. Our assembled layettes are delivered to the recipient families through a variety of charitable organizations, non-profit groups, social service agencies and health care agencies who are working with these families on a long-term basis to develop and build life skills.

At Chai Lifeline Canada we are passionately devoted to alleviating the burden of those facing medical challenge. From the moment of diagnosis, through the arduous months and years, in good times and bad, Canadian families have discovered that Chai Lifeline Canada is a friend for life. Chai Lifeline Canada. Fighting Illness with Love.

ADRA operates worldwide in approximately 134 countries. ADRA seeks to identify and address social injustice and deprivation in developing countries. ADRA invests in the potential of individuals through community development initiatives targeting Food Security, Economic Development, Primary Health and Basic Education. ADRA's emergency management initiatives provide aid to disaster survivors. ADRA recognizes the dignity that is inherent in each person and is committed to improving the quality of human life. It serves people without regard to their ethnic, political, or religious association. It helps those in need, especially those most vulnerable, such as women and children.