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Boston Dance Alliance builds capacity for dance by identifying and creating shared resources, information, and productive partnerships to help dance flourish across the Boston metropolitan area and New England region. We are an independent service organization representing dancers, choreographers, teachers, presenters, allied arts and cultural professionals, arts journalists and scholars, wellness and health providers, and dance enthusiasts brought together across dance genres and geographies. BDA strives to increase cultural equity and access to dance for diverse communities, build dance audiences, and promote quality and sustainability.

Mission of Mercy Canada is a Christian organization which exists to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of the hurting children and adults of north east India by feeding, housing, educating and providing health and wellness care. Our vision is to see the children of India who live in poverty, experience transformation and wholeness through God's love. We can only succeed in fulfilling our mission to help children and the poor in India when people like you are involved and informed about the needs and opportunities! Thank you for joining us in making a difference.

Financial assistance requests on behalf of needy children can only be produced by primary school principals or CLSC’s (Local community service center) caregivers. This assistance must have a direct positive impact on children’s life in schools. Here are some examples. Health and welfare: glasses, meals, clothing; Homework lessons trainings; Supply and school materials; Daycare or transportation expenses; Specialized services: occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology, etc. Cultural activities; Scholarships in arts or sports. Nearly 3,000 children benefit from a financial assistance every year.

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) has supported graduate study, literacy and the creative arts through awards and grants since its founding in 1919. Since 1921 CFUW has awarded more than $1,000,000 on the Fellowships, Grants and Awards that it offers annually for Canadian women for post-graduate study in Canada and abroad. CFUW's National Fellowship and Award recipients have produced work in a variety of academic areas, including international humanitarian efforts, feminist and gender analysis, advanced science and engineering, medicine, public health, and social justice.

Through the establishment of a joint partnership agreement with Bolivian grassroots organization, Fundación Niños con Valor, BCF implements programs and projects that aim to alleviate poverty and its effects suffered by children and their families. These currently include residential programs for children who have been orphaned, abandoned or removed from high-risk situations. In the future, we hope to expand and include outreach programs to help stabilize at-risk-families, and community programs aimed at establishing new and supporting existing educational and health programs specifically benefiting mothers and children.

KV3C is a registerd charitable organization which offers universal programs that have supported families in the Kennebecasis Valley (KV) since 2001. Our programs have attracted families beyond KV as we have participating families from Sussex to Grand Bay-Westfield. Through awareness, parenting support, education and direct programming, we strive to provide quality learning opportunities which foster and enhance children’s holistic development (social, emotional, mental and physical). Because we know children learn best through play our program formats are play-based and promote learning in all elements of learning – social, physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual. Research has shown that the care, nurturing and enrichment that children receive in early childhood have a major impact on the rest of their lives. It is our goal to have a direct and positive effect on the well being of young children in the surrounding communities.

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.

We help install and monitor barrier fencing and culverts to reduce road mortality of amphibians in coastal British Columbia. We monitor how well these mitigation efforts work to improve habitat connectivity. We also help protect wetlands from habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species, and disease. We share information and promote stewardship of wetland habitats through public slideshows, workshops, school programs and by providing scientific advice to land owners and local planning departments. We highlight the connection between productive wetland habitat, water quality and human health in our presentations.

CWAF works with field partners on the ground to facilitate and deliver programs with a clear result driven focus. We execute hands on educational training which includes health and hygiene, clean water management, income generation, agriculture, nutrition, medical care and treatment. Our purpose is to create knowledge and understanding with an outcome resulting in a healthier educated childhood and therefore a more promising future. CWAF's goal is to promote a healthy childhood by providing basic healthcare, and improving social and economic outcomes in this region. Since 1998 we have partnered with groups in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.

Jazz Bridge is a nonprofit organization established by a group of caring Philadelphia jazz musicians and fans dedicated to assisting professional Greater Philadelphia Metro area jazz and blues musicians and vocalists in times of crisis by providing confidential and caring support in keeping with their personal dignity. Through donations, grants, Neighborhood concerts, and music bookings, Jazz Bridge assists those coping with emergencies involving health, legal, financial, personal and professional needs, while building an awareness of the local jazz sound and the community of musicians who make it. Help us be the bridge between the music makers and the people who love and appreciate this music.

Central Midwest Ballet offers our community excellence in dance performance and training. We assist our students to achieve their highest potential in technique while developing self-esteem, positive self-image, and lifelong health habits. Our curriculum and faculty provide our students instruction both in the foundational skills of classical ballet and in a variety of dance forms to help them appreciate the cultural and ethnic diversity of expression in dance. Our scholarship opportunities make our programs widely accessible to students from all economic backgrounds. CMB is committed to allowing our community to experience the joy, artistry and beauty of dance.

The Lifesaving Society is a full-service provider of programs, products and services designed to prevent drowning. We are a national volunteer organization and registered charity composed of tens of thousands of individual members, and over 4,000 affiliated swimming pools, waterfronts, schools and clubs. The Lifesaving Society is a leader and partner in the delivery of water safety education throughout Canada and around the world. We represent Canada in the Commonwealth Royal Life Saving Society and the International Life Saving Federation. The World Health Organization recognizes ILS as the world authority in the global effort to prevent drowning. The Lifesaving Society takes lead responsibility for drowning prevention in Canada.