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We reveal stories about freedom's heroes, from the era of the Underground Railroad to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today.

The BC Sports Hall of Fame is a non profit organization dedicated to inspiring excellence through the stories of British Columbia's sports heroes. The inspiration for the Hall is its honoured members and the collection of artifacts and stories of their challenges and triumphs from over 100 years. We inspire, educate and entertain through our educational programs, entitled the Hero In You. On line lesson plans provide teachers from grades 3 to 7 with curriculum-based content to teach students to set goals, develop a personal plan and puruse their dreams through inspirational stories of our Honoured Members. Field trips provide students and community groups with interactive, experiential tours of our galleries, including the Rick Hansen, Terry Fox, Greg Moore and Olympic Inspiration Galleries. Our On the Road teams share the stories of our heroes and our collection with communities and schools across the province, currently reaching 92% of the school districts in BC.

Pipeline makes theater of the imagination. Our company thrives on adventure and believes no story is worth telling without a little risk. We love our villains as much as our heroes, especially in those puzzling moments when we can’t quite tell them apart. Above all, we aim to leave you with stories that stick somewhere in your heart, your brain, or your guts.

PFPB is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to educate people about the history, temperament, and plight of the pit bull-type dog; raising awareness to rally against Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) and Breed Discriminatory Laws (BDL). PFPB’s goal is to restore the image of the pit bull-type dog to its former reputation of America’s companion animal, war hero, and family member.

The mission of the National Medal of Honor Museum and its attendant education center is to commemorate the stories of our Medal of Honor recipients, unite Americans around what it means to be patriotic, and inspire us to find the hero within ourselves. At a time when Americans yearn for common ground, visitors will appreciate the deeds our best and bravest have done in defense of our liberty and the virtue of putting service over self.

H’art Centre uses fine arts to help adults with intellectual disabilities find their voice, tell their story to the world, while improving literacy, interpersonal and life skills. H'art students have published three books featuring their fictional hero Newton, a young man with intellectual disabilities, as he confronts life challenges like finding a new group home or riding the bus alone for the first time. They turned two of the books into musicals which they performed to rave reviews. Since 2007, H'art students have been participating in a pilot project with Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in which a number of H'art students attend Queen's classes. In 2005, H'art received the Canada Post Literacy Award for Community Leadership. H'art Centre is based in Kingston, Ontario but is committed to sharing its approach with like-minded organizations in Canada and around the world.

Our projects, which take groups of teenagers and young adults to Jamaica and Benin (West Africa), include the construction of houses, a school, a medical centre; renovations in homes for the aged and in homes for abandoned and abused children; social work in these homes; disinfection of civil prisons; and medical clinics in these prisons.

Colorado Music Hall of Fame (“The Hall”) is a nonprofit with a mission to celebrate, promote and support Colorado’s music community. The Hall envisions a future where Colorado's music scene is as iconic as its mountains. -Celebrating Colorado music by inducting our state’s music heroes, hosting events, sharing music history and Hall of Fame exhibits (coming soon to a new location in Denver) -Promoting Colorado as a music destination -Supporting local musicians and industry professionals with mini-grants for mental health and addiction counseling

CompassioNet Impact Development Canada collaborates with partners in Puerto Vallarta, to mitigate poverty and its effects in the communities in and around the city of Puerto Vallarta. Winter 2014: 2 homes built and purchased materials for 2 more, plus paid for land for a family to build, ESL classes and tutoring, and micro-enterprise loans given. In 2013 4 homes built, ESL classes and tutoring, library continues to grow. In 2012, built one home, grew the library and gave ESL classes. In 2011, financially supported two families to build their own homes. In 2010 CIDC paid to connect sewer services for 15 homes on Madre Selva. Ongoing activities include: - Home construction for the poor; - Supporting education and training opportunities; - Books and materials for small neighbourhood libraries; - Interest-free micro-enterprise loans for small business start-ups; - Interest-free loans to buy materials to improve, purchase or build homes for families.

To preserve and interpret the Bolling Home, birthplace and childhood home of First Lady to President Woodrow Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, while increasing awareness of contributions she made to the institution of the Presidency and to the country.

Building a home with the power of music to enrich the lives of our students and their community.

BIFHSGO is a member of The Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa / le Conseil des organismes du patrimoine d'Ottawa (CHOO/COPO), an umbrella organization providing networking for the entire local heritage community in the City of Ottawa. The Society is also an associate member of the Council of Irish Genealogical Organizations (CIGO), and affiliated with both the Federation of Family History Societies in the UK and the National Genealogical Society in the USA. We work in close cooperation with Library and Archives Canada on researching Canada's Home Children, particularly the indexing of Home Children's names found in ships' passenger lists and in the records of the Middlemore Homes. BIFHSGO's role in Canada's Home Children story is to establish databases of information about Home Children who came to Canada and to ensure that the information compiled is freely available to all