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THE PHIPPS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PROPELLED BY OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS COUNCIL, SERVES AS A WELCOMING AND OPEN HOME FOR THE ST. CROIX RIVER VALLEY REGION AND BEYOND, EMPOWERING AND CULTIVATING LIFELONG ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, PARTICIPATION AND APPRECIATION.

Situated in Hesquiaht Traditional Territory, the northern tip of Clayoquot Sound, the Boat Basin Foundation encompasses 117 acres of temperate rainforest along the west coast of Vancouver Island. It is home to the legendary Cougar Annie's Garden and the Temperate Rainforest Field Study Centre.

London Community Players is a community theatre that has been run by dedicated volunteers since 1973. Our home is the historic Palace Theatre which we are in the process of restoring to its former glory. As well, in any given season, we stage six major productions and share our home with other local groups. Our organization encourages Londoners to get involved with theatre and to “play a part”. That offer is extended to the youth of the city every summer in the form of our Youth Theatre Programme. Come out to the Palace Theatre and catch an LCP show! Check our website for show dates and times.

Founded in 1960, the Chilliwack Community Arts Council is home to artists, crafters and arts enthusiasts. We strive to provide quality events, classes, workshops, and activities that allow our community to engage in the arts, as well as offer support for individuals, groups, and organizations within the arts community.

Western Quebec Literacy Council is a volunteer organization that offers free, private lessons to people who want to improve their reading and writing skills. We train volunteers as literacy tutors. The volunteer tutor meets with their student for a 1-2 hour lesson each week in their home community.

THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY SETS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD; ENRICHES, SERVES, AND SHAPES CULTURAL LIFE THROUGHOUT THE SPECTRUM OF BAY AREA COMMUNITIES; MAINTAINS FINANCIAL STABILITY AND GAINS PUBLIC RECOGNITION AS A MEANS OF ENSURING ITS ABILITY TO FULFILL ITS MISSION.

TheatreLAB is Richmond's home for unexpected and evocative performance. Through artistry and imagination, TheatreLAB creates unique theatrical experiences that spark a collaborative exchange of ideas between artist and audience. The TheatreLAB ensemble cultivates and environment that fosters emerging talent and challenges artistic norms through experimental devices on new and thrilling works.

Indiana Heritage Arts makes its home at the historic Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville, Indiana providing year round exhibition space to prize-winning artists, where they can offer paintings for sale. IHA supports an annual student art competition held at the Gallery by providing prize money to the area's top art teachers.

Frame Your Future is a workforce-development program run by the Spokane Home Builders Association that builds a local training pipeline for residential construction. It partners with area schools and industry members to deliver construction-focused curriculum, hands‑on training (e.g., construction camps and trades training), and job-placement pathways for students and adults entering the trades.

The Healing Field promotes awareness of alternative viewpoints and pathways for mental health recovery and inspires hope for developing meaning and purpose. We bring together healing practitioners and participants who are interested in the community for the purposes of learning, self-healing, wellness and ending stigma. We offer community-based wellness activities to residents of Mt. Tahoma Sanctuary and encourage the creation of more uplifting homes.

TRACHOMA PROJECT: Trachoma is the largest preventable cause of blindness with the rate of infection in a typical village being as high as 45%. We have a program where we examine the children, provide medication where necessary, provide education as to good hygene and also clean water. THE CHISHAWASHA ORPHANAGE PROJECT: This orphanage is presently the home for 40 children and we are providing some buildings and covering some of their operating costs. THE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL PROJECT: We look after the cost of 100 operations each year and in 2006 we built a residence and we look after all of its annual expenses. CATARACT PROJECT: We continue to help with the children's cataract operations. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROJECT: We are building two much needed small schools in the very remote Gwembe Valley in Zambia. CHISANGA HEALTH POST PROJECT: Also in the Gwembe valley we are building a health post in an area that is the home to over 4,500 Tonga.

Ralph Connor, the pen name of Reverend Charles Gordon, was a literary giant – the prolific author of forty-one novels (plus additional published works) and the most popular and best-selling author of the early 20th century. A portion of the royalties earned was used to build the family home and parish office at 54 West Gate, Winnipeg. Today, it is a treasure of historical importance. Built in 1913, the three-storey, 23-room, 11,000 square foot home, Ralph Connor House (RCH) is designed in the Jacobethan Revival style, unique to North America. Today, it is one of four houses in Winnipeg with provincial heritage status and among fourteen designated heritage houses in the province. (Plans are underway to have it declared a national historic site.) Ralph Connor House, however, has a unique distinction among its provincial counterparts: it is a fully operational facility, not a museum. Over 90 per cent of the original interior is intact and furnishings are appropriate to the early 20th cen