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Core Programs - Chinese Learning Academy Offers accredited, basic training (ECS to grade 12) in mastering the skills in Mandarin Chinese language. - Chinese Library Has had about five thousand members since its inception in 1992 and contains seventy thousand items of books and videos. - Educational.Cultural.Recreational Courses A home to a number of educational, artistic, cultural and recreational programs as well as summer camps. - Chinese Artifacts Museum The Museum displays a diverse collection of objects reflecting the history and culture that goes back more than five thousand years and offers guided tours of the Centre, the Museum and Chinatown as well as customized cultural programs. - Facilities Rental Open for public renting, the facilities features a 6,000 sq.ft. multi- purpose auditorium with performing stage, a unique cultural hall, Wi-Fi connections, meeting space in various formats.

Founded by Maxim Mazumdar in 1979, Stephenville Theatre Festival has enriched the economic and cultural fabric of the Bay St. George area while becoming a major tourism draw for the region. The festival has also been widely recognized for having made a substantial contribution to the development of theatre in Newfoundland and Labrador. The festival has provided training and hands-on experience for numerous artists, many of whom are now among the top professional artists in the province and country. The festival creates employment for a significant number of people each year and attracts a large number local residents and visitors. These factors make it a significant economic generator for the Bay St. George area. The festival's longevity can be directly attributed to the fact that it is created by, for, and with the community it calls home. Stephenville Theatre Festival values those who have lent their support through the years and look forward to continued and new support.

Home of the Barrie Kiwanis Music Festival and Youth Talent Search Competition, Barrie, the Barrie Music Festival Association is comprised of a group of interested volunteers who dedicate their efforts to promoting performance opportunities for young musicians. We believe that Music Festivals provide a unique experience for competitors. Preparing for performances over several months, and then actually performing in public, teach competitors skills that will last a lifetime. And our young musicians not only get the chance to hear each other's performances, but they also receive adjudications and workshops from some of Canada's top musicians. Whether or not they continue into careers in the performing arts, for most competitors this will be the first step in what will become a lifelong support of the arts in their communities. The Barrie Music Festival Association is grateful for donations in any amount. Please help us keep the music alive! Thank you.

Since 1957, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) has worked to unite and strengthen humane societies & SPCAs while advocating for the humane treatment of animals in our homes, on the farm, in the lab, and in the wild. The CFHS's member societies help animals in communities across Canada. The CFHS represents these members on issues of national importance, and provides them with information and advice to help them better serve animals in their communities. Over the decades, the CFHS has been at the forefront of efforts to reform Canada’s shamefully lax animal cruelty law, to create rules protecting farm animals from undue suffering, and to improve the treatment of animals used in research. The CFHS receives no government funding. It depends on the support of caring Canadians to continue promoting responsible pet ownership, fighting for effective laws to protect animals, and strengthening humane societies and SPCAs nationwide.

As the professional orchestra of Alberta’s creative capital city, the ESO presents over 80 concerts a year of symphonic music in all genres, from classical to country. Our Educational Concert Series engages and entertains over 26,000 Edmonton-area school children each year, both in the classroom and at the Winspear Centre. The acoustically superb, 1716 seat Francis Winspear Centre for Music is home to the ESO and houses the famous Davis Concert Organ. The ESO also regularly performs as the opera and ballet orchestra for Edmonton Opera and Alberta Ballet productions. Ticket sales only cover 40% of the funds necessary to keep our orchestra playing. We invite you to make a tax deductible donation, joining hundreds of individuals who like you share the vision of a strong a prosperous professional orchestra for the entire community to enjoy.

Pacific Theatre is a mid-size, professional theatre company that has been in operation since 1984, and in its current home since 1994. At the beginning of the 2008-2009 Season, the company has mounted seventy professional mainstage productions including fourteen commissioned original world premieres. While operating a fully professional mainstage the theatre is also community based and offers non-professional community members opportunities to work along side theatre professionals in its community shows (Stones Throw Productions). A total of twenty-three community shows including eight original works have been produced to date. Since opening the new space in 1994, Pacific Theatre has received seventy-five nominations for Vancouver’s Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. In 2007, Pacific Theatre received 3 Jessie Awards, including Oustanding Production of the Year for GRACE.

Established in 1973, we have grown to become a leading dance training organization east of Montreal. We offer recreational classes to children, teens and adults, as well as pre-professional and professional dance training for all ages. We offer support for local and visiting professional artists and companies and produce local and touring performances. Located in bright, beautiful studios in the Maritime Centre, we currently engage over 30 dance instructors and accompanists and offer over 140 dance and fitness classes per week, year round. Halifax Dance is recognized nationally for the high calibre of training that our instructors, choreographers and performing professionals provide to our students. Many of our alumni go on to university dance training programs and professional dance company schools. Halifax Dance is home to the Young Company and numerous professional Companies-in-Residence.

Inter Pares is a Canadian organization dedicated to promoting international social justice. In Canada and overseas it works to build understanding about the causes and effects of poverty and injustice, and the need for social change. Inter Pares accompanies communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Canada to create sustainable livelihoods and healthy futures, including humanitarian assistance and human rights protection for people caught up in civil violence. It supports people’s struggles for self-determination and their efforts to challenge structural obstacles to change, accompanying people in their efforts to hold their governments accountable and to promote democratic social and economic policies. Through advocacy and coalition-building, Inter Pares also links social action at home with social change work abroad, promoting relationships of mutual support among activists around the globe. For more information, please visit www.interpares.ca.

Hycroft, home of University Women’s Club of Vancouver, has been recognized by the City of Vancouver as a significant part of the community’s heritage. The public is welcomed to Hycroft for lectures, dinners, art exhibits, music recitals and the annual ‘Christmas at Hycroft,’ which delights thousands. Built in 1909 through 1911, the property represents a unique period in Vancouver’s history. Designed by Thomas Hooper, Hycroft has numerous fine elements of the Italianate style. Many notable features reflect the American Beaux Arts Movement, and include ornamental plasterwork by Charles Marega, sculptor of the lions on Lions Gate Bridge. The grandeur of the house is complemented by its gardens. The Foundation has funded restoration of the terrace, balustrades, rose garden, entrance columns as well as repairs to drainage and electrical systems. Donations to the Hycroft Heritage Preservation Foundation will help preserve this heritage gem for future generations.

Established in 1970, the Miriam Foundation supports rehabilitative, vocational, residential services and programs that foster increased socialization and community integration for children and adults living with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorders. The Foundation, through the Lou Greenberg association also owns and manages 19 adapted community homes which offer a caring and supportive environment and promote inclusion. The Miriam Foundation also supports educational initiatives of a national scope through its Abe Gold Learning & Research Centre, including conferences and training and a bilingual national web portal (Autism Central). The Miriam Foundation publishes Exceptional Family, a national resource magazine for Parents and caregivers of children with cognitive and physical special needs. The Miriam Foundation also funds the Trampoline Programme, an early intensive therapeutic programme for children with an autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability.

Nova’s Ark began as a dream by former special education facilitator and recently retired elementary school Principal Mary-Ann Nova. Nova’s Ark is a registered charity (85916 1176 RR0001) providing social and communication opportunities for people of all ages and abilities involving a wide range of exotic and gentle animals. The volunteer peer mentors are a key factor in the successful integration of our visitors with the animals, allowing for unique, positive and memorable experiences. The animals bring people together, but it is our amazing youth volunteers who keep people coming. Supported by private, corporate and service donations, Nova’s Ark provides programs and activities that benefit the community in various ways. Nova’s Ark has created many customized day visits, spring and summer camp opportunities and off site presentations for service organizations, group home facilities, education centers and special event functions.

TWO WHEEL VIEW believes that all youth should have the opportunity to expand their physical and cultural boundaries. There are many youth, due to financial or social limitations, that are never exposed to what may provide the greatest source of learning – real life experiences that bring home valuable insights and logical steps for positive change. By exposing young people to new challenges, other cultures and diverse environments through an intense hands-on experience, TWO WHEEL VIEW believes we can open young people's eyes to new ways of thinking and positively impact them to create positive change in their own lives and communities for the future. TWO WHEEL VIEW offers a range of programs from local after-school programs to international bicycle expeditions. All programs are free for youth and are supported through individual donations, grants, and volunteer support.