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Fundacion Via Cocina is a community based project focused on improving the health and economic development of vulnerable women, youth and underprivileged in Medellin Colombia. With a personalized training and mentoring system sharing healthy food recipes, cooking techniques and applied financial planning and entrepreneurial small business fundamentals, we build a program for individuals and families based on their current reality, applying the training to objectives created with them, for them, in their own home. Additionally, we provide classes to individuals and groups who want to learn to cook healthy dishes with local ingredients for their families, transforming them into uncommon flavors that are low in fat, oil, salt and sugar-free. These activities look to decrease frequency and severity of non-communicable diseases in the communities, including obesity, diabetes and cholesterol.

Chatham Christian School provides students in JK through Grade 12 with quality, Christian education. We offer a comprehensive program of studies that meets the Ministry of Education expectations using curriculum that is uniquely filtered through a Christian worldview. Students receive individual attention and encouragement from Christian teachers who re-affirm what is taught in church and in the home. CCS is a non-denomination Christian school with students from over 30 churches enrolled. As an independent school, CCS receives no government funding and must rely on tuition and donations to meet the annual budget. A Tuition Assistance Fund has been established to give financial aid to families who desire to have their children educated in a Christian school but cannot afford the tuition fees.

Diaconal Ministry is rooted in and patterned on the humble loving of Jesus, who "did not come to be served, but to serve". Mark 10:45 FOUR-YEAR DIPLOMA IN DIACONAL MINISTRIES. Each of the first three years of this full-time program is "theme year" - one in education, one in pastoral care and one on social justice. During each theme year, students work at field placements in their home community and gather twice in Winnipeg for intensive two-week Learning Circles. Students also take external university courses. Degrees can be granted through joint agreements with University of Winnipeg and St. Stephen's College in Edmonton. ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION, PASTORAL CARE OR SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRIES TWO-WEEK LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MODULE, WHICH IS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR ALL OTHER CCS PROGRAMS.

Family Day cares for over 4,000 children across the Greater Toronto Area in both centre- and home-based child care programs. We also offer various community services, including o Integration Services, providing consultation and support services for children with developmental delays; o Community Resource Programs for families, caregivers and children, providing playtime, toy-lending, education and support programs; o Training Programs for caregivers and families on a broad spectrum of child and family issues; o The Innovation Centre, developed by the Board of Directors, dedicated to improving the quality of child care through funding and support for research projects and professional consultation with other organizations. We are the lead agency for five Ontario Early Years Centres (Don Valley East, Markham, Mississauga Centre, Scarborough Centre and Thornhill).

Walmer Road Baptist Church, home of the Walmer Centre, is an urban conventional Baptist church (CBOQ) in downtown Toronto. Having been in the Annex for over 120 years, we minister to those in the city with our Sunday Service, kid's club,House Groups and in the week ministries for example the Walmer food bank, the Gathering spot, healing rooms and much more. We have a heart for the arts as seen in the Walmer Theatre and the many other creative programs that we have on our premises. Providing a financial donation to Walmer will allow for the continual growth of our ministries and allow us to continue to fulfill our vision allowing for another 120 plus years of ministry. "Lord you have been our dwelling place in every generations" Ps. 90:1

The Brant Historical Society operates the Brant Museum and Archives,and Myrtleville House Museum. Through each museum, the Society offers a variety of programs and services that explore the unique heritage of our community. The Brant Museum & Archives, located at 57 Charlotte St., provides an overview of the history of the City and County and the Society has operated this museum since 1910. It houses our archives and research facilities, as well as our sizeable collection of artefacts. Myrtleville House Museum, located at 34 Myrtleville Drive, is one of the oldest homesteads in Brantford. A Heritage Canada Foundation property, the home has been restored to reflect early nineteenth century lifestyle. The BHS took over the daily operations of this site in 2008. Myrtleville is the destination for much of our family and children's programming, special events, and summer camps.

Wanuskewin Heritage Park is home to one of Canada's historic treasures and a link to the past unlike any other heritage site in the country. The 760 acre property has for generations been the spiritural gathering place of seven Northern Plains First Nations. A beautiful network of trails and a striking interpretive centre help explain to visitors the significance of this region to life before European contact. This history is informed by the longest running active archeological research study in Canada, a project that has unearthed artifacts dating back 6,000 years. Educational programming, ceremonies, traditional celebrations and cultural events still bring people to this place to learn, share and grow. A growing archive maintains First Nations art, oral histories, artifacts and symbolic objects for the enjoyment and enlightenment of visitors.

The Children’s Safety Village of Brant is a place where children currently enrolled in elementary school can learn the fundamentals of safety and awareness. Programs such as fire prevention, smoke alarms, traffic safety, bicycle and helmet, internet safety, home alone safety and stranger awareness are taught. The Safety Village serves Brantford, Brant County and Six Nations. In the Fire Prevention training program, after the in-class training, children are encouraged to identify various fire hazards found in Sparky’s apartment. Children are encouraged to demonstrate the skills that they have learned in the police training class in a miniature town that is complete with sidewalks, roadways, street signs, traffic lights, and a working railway crossing. The children navigate their way through the village by foot, on bicycles or in small battery operated jeeps.

The British Columbia Girls Choir (BCGC) includes singers from Grade One to young adult. There are four choir levels and acceptance is based on the age of the singer, the ability to match pitch and musical experience. BCGC's membership consists of singers from nearly every school district in the Greater Vancouver area. The choirs explore a wide range of repertoire each season including classics, seasonal, folk tunes, contemporary, music in other languages as well as selections by Canadian composers. The most senior singers are invited to tour. The choir has toured to Australia, Northwest United States, British Columbia, China, Scotland, England, Germany and Costa Rica. When at home the choir regularly participates in community outreach events using the joy of singing to help raise awareness and funds for other charities.

Managed by a volunteer Board of Directors and directed by a faculty that includes Artistic Director, Conductors and Vocal Coaches, the Toronto All-Star Big Band cultivates an enthusiastic team of volunteers involved with program delivery, fundraising and promotion. Our important scholarship program rewards participating musicians with student bursaries and summer student employment. Graduates of the Toronto All-Star Big Band are uniquely prepared for future careers as professional musicians in Canada. Based in Etobicoke, the Toronto All-Star Big Band serves its home constituents through participation and performance. Ambassadors for Etobicoke, the members of the Toronto All-Star Big Band reach a vast community of concert-goers across the GTA and throughout south-central Ontario, delivering over 80 public performances per year to audiences numbering in excess of 100,000.

The Waterloo Concert Band was created in 1858 to serve the musical needs of the growing community of Waterloo, Ontario. As a non-profit, charitable organization, it has grown from its roots into a 50-piece ensemble. Performances range from formal concerts to nursing home events, Christmas Parades, and civic events such as Remembrance Day. A unique feature of this Band is that there are neither auditions nor membership fees. The Band itself is a cross-section of the population of the local area: we have enthusiastic amateurs as well as seasoned professionals, including students from both high school and university. Our talented, volunteer membership ranges in age from 18 to 80. Your donation helps us to buy new music, repair and maintain our instruments, and continue to offer concerts to the citizens of Waterloo Region and beyond!

We help children obtain an education by the paying school fees and school expenses of elementary and secondary school students through our child scholarship program. We work to keep children with their families supporting grandparents who are caring for their orphaned grandchildren. We partner with Kenyan charities that manage children’s homes (orphanages) and schools. We mitigate the effects of drought by water harvesting through the installation of gutters and tanks which collect rain water from large roofs in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. We foster individual self-sustainability by supporting community development projects. We strengthen the church by funding and working directly with local church groups. We help Kenyans to understand and apply universal values and principles that will allow them to succeed and overcome corruption and poverty.