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Daytrippers is a registered charity led by a volunteer group of young professionals dedicated to giving back to the community. Daytrippers-sponsored trips are often the only vehicle through which underprivileged children can explore the world beyond their neighbourhoods and gain new perspectives on the world. Thanks to funds raised by Daytrippers, inner-city children have visited conservation areas, gone camping, and walked through a forest for the first time. And children from rural areas have visited Parliament in Ottawa, the Royal Ontario Museum, and many other cultural institutions that are inaccessible in their home environment. We cannot run these trips without your help. With your donation, everybody wins: STUDENTS get an educational and fun experience that they will remember for a lifetime, TEACHERS get to take their classes to a whole new learning environment like nothing they can offer in school, and YOU get to make a difference - and get a tax receipt.

We achieve our mission through four major program areas, targeting youth and educators – in both official languages: 1. Science projects and science fairs – science projects in schools and homes; regional science fairs in every province and territory; the weeklong Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF); and Team Canada representing the country at Intel ISEF, MILSET, and other international youth science competitions and events. 2. Smarter Science – a framework, resources, and workshops for teaching and learning science through inquiry for teachers in grades 1-12. 3. SMARTS – our online community for youth and the adults who support them. 4. School Campaigns – Invent the Future and Youth Science Month – national campaigns that provide teachers in 11,000 schools (every school in the country with grades 7-12/Cégep) with information on inquiry, project-based science, science fairs, and the achievements of Canada’s young scientists.

HOW CAN I HELP? Every day you hear of poverty and social injustice at home and abroad. People sometimes find it easier to ignore this reality, not from a cold heart but believing they can be of little or no significance. But our work has shown that it is ordinary people who can and do make an extraordinary difference. No one person or group can solve all the problems, but we can support the suffering and stand with them in solidarity, helping them make the necessary changes to improve their lives. What may seem very little, like a fund drive in a school, community, or church, a donation, or giving your time and service, together is a whole lot. Since most poverty and injustices are human-made, they can be unmade. Relieving poverty and injustice can and will be achieved with the good will and involvement of large numbers of people. Every support is a "Rainbow of Hope". You can choose to be part of the solution.

Rainbow Literacy Society (RLS) is a non-profit organization that provides free family literacy programs. These programs include Books for Babies, Time for Rhymes, Building Blocks Family Literacy Program, Homegrown: Stories for Life, Pillowslip Stories and Building Adolescent Skills in School. RLS also delivers the Write Break Adult Literacy one-on-on volunteer tutor program. RLS was formed in 1993 by a group of Vulcan County volunteers who wanted to develop preventative programs, based on the belief that language, literacy and communication skills are critical factors in the lives of every citizen in our community. Staff and volunteers from RLS developed the Building Blocks Family Literacy Program in 1997. Staff are trained to work in-home with families on literacy skills. This model is now used by various programs in Western Canada. In 2004 Rainbow Literacy Society was recognized by Literacy Alberta and received the Award of Excellence for an organization.

This excellent choir was founded in 1995 under the direction of founder and director Lars Kaario. It offers intriguing choral concerts to its listeners, sometimes collaborating with instrumentalists or the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra. It supports its own composer-in-residence. Its 4 CDs are highly acclaimed: Christmas Journey, Songs of Heaven and Earth, A Baroque Christmas with Ray Nurse and La Cetra, and Celtic Journey with Amy Stephen and Michael Viens. Laudate's singers are highly trained, most with music degrees. The choir is at home with an eclectic mix of repertoire, and interpret each style convincingly. Indeed, Michael McGlynn, foremost Celtic composer and artist of Riverdance and Anuna fame, says about Celtic Journey, "The combination of such excellent voices under a decisive guiding hand is very refreshing to hear on such a stylistically difficult release. This is easily one of the finest available records in the Celtic genre of vocal music that I have ever heard."

Le Nichoir was founded in 1988 in Vaudreuil-Soulanges. A group of volunteers started taking care of injured and orphaned wild birds in their homes. In 1994, the Centre moved to 637 Main Road, Hudson, QC for the summer months to an old and unwinterized barn. That year, 487 birds were cared for. In 2013, the public brought 1 500 wild birds including hundreds of ducklings to the Centre. Le Nichoir organizes several free public events and workshops. Two full time employees, 4 summer students and over 70 volunteers are at the heart of the Centre's operations. Le Nichoir is unique in Quebec, it has become an important educational and scientific resource. It is the largest rehabilitation centre for song birds in Canada. Le Nichoir is currently raising funds for the construction of the new Wild Bird Conservation Centre. This 4 season facility will replace the unwinterized barn, will have more rehabilitation space and a classroom.

Hollyhock is a non-profit educational retreat centre located on gorgeous Cortes Island, BC, that offers immersive learning experiences for the mind, body & spirit. Hollyhock selects world-class presenters, who are experts in their field, to teach on such topics as the arts, health, well-being, sustainability, business & leadership. With over 100 educational programs and 4 social change conferences we inspire 2500 people annually. With stunning ocean views amidst lush rainforest, majestic snow-capped mountains, & exquisite gardens, Hollyhock is the perfect setting to learn and grow both personally and professionally. Now more than ever, we need places where we can build our capacity to be better global citizens. Such places are rare. For more than 27 years, Hollyhock has offered guests an experience that sends them home not just transformed & inspired, but also equipped with new knowledge & tools, to engage in making the world better.

The Yukon Wildlife Preserve is a 700-acre wildlife viewing facility located in Whitehorse,Yukon Territory, Canada. It is home to several species of northern ungulates, including muskox, moose, caribou, mountain sheep, elk, wood bison, and mule deer. It offers a full range of educational programs to the general public, including guided interpretive tours, self-guided exploration, on-site, experiential school programs for local students and summer Nature Camps for children. It also serves as the rescue and rehabilitation centre for northern bird and wildlife species in the Yukon.The Yukon Wildlife Preserve team is made up of a dedicated volunteer board of directors who employ 6 full-time staff to deliver the various programs and anywhere from 6-15 additional employees, usually summer students, during the busier summer months.The Preserve also hosts interns, volunteers, post-secondary research programs and northern environmental monitoring activities.

According to the World Health Organization, Haiti is the most water-impoverished country on the face of the Earth. They have water, it is just not safe to drink it! They are also the most economically impoverished country in the western hemisphere. They are our neighbours! We are working in Haiti through Clean Water for Haiti Foundation. We are employing Haitians to build and install bio-sand water filters for Haitians in their homes. These filters are very durable and extremely effective in filtering out all biological pathogens, producing safe, clean water from even the most contaminated sources. One bio-sand filter can produce enough clean water everyday to supply the needs of even large families. In Haiti, families can commonly be 8-12 people, sometimes more, and most of them are children. And children are always the ones most affected by water-borne illnesses. Water-borne illness is the second largest cause of death in Haiti and the #1 cause of death in children.

Over the years, Science North has grown from a one-building science centre to a world-class and world-renowned organization, including an IMAX® Theatre with 3D capabilities, a 6,000 sq. ft. Special Exhibits Hall, a digital planetarium, the F. Jean MacLeod Butterfly Gallery, and an earth sciences centre - Dynamic Earth, home of the Big Nickel - at a separate location. Science North's mandate is to serve all of Northern Ontario, our new office in Thunder Bay, Science Camps and Outreach Programs are crucial to accomplish this goal. Science North must self-generate 60% of its revenues through admissions, memberships, on and off-site businesses and philanthropic efforts. Our fundraising efforts help Science North remain relevant, current and dynamic. They allow us to enhance and renew our visitor experiences, ensuring that Science North is doing its part to make Northern Ontario an exciting place to live, work and play. We cannot exist without you! Please donate today!

Ross Farm Museum is a window into the past of Nova Scotia’s rich agricultural history with many things to see and do that the whole family will enjoy. Established in 1969, The Ross Farm Museum is located on highway #12 in New Ross, Nova Scotia, just 15 minutes from the Lighthouse route, or 25 minutes from the Gloosecap trail. Our Museum is a living, working, farm museum depicting 150 years of agriculture in Nova Scotia. We are a single family upland farm on land originally granted to Captain William Ross. Ross Farm Museum is still being farmed with Oxen, the way it was in the late 1800s. In Rosebank Cottage, the original home of the Ross family built in 1817, you may see food being prepared over an open fire, straw hats being woven, wool or flax being spun, butter being churned, or many other skills being demonstrated that were daily chores for our forefathers, but are now almost lost.

Through the vision of Artistic Director Wayne Specht, Axis Theatre Company has developed world-class, highly original theatre. It has actively pursued a multi-disciplinary style of presentation, incorporating many theatrical disciplines including dance, clown, puppetry and acrobatics underscored by inventive text and music. Our newest production RAVEN MEETS THE MONKEY KING is currently touring BC elementary schools in communities of all sizes,from our home in Vancouver up to the border with the Yukon. This new creation joins other successful productions in our popular Theatre for Young Audiences repertoire such as KING ARTHUR’S KITCHEN, THE EMPERORS NEW THREADS, ROBINSON CRUSOE and of course THE NUMBER 14, our comedic tour de force, which earned which earned both universal acclaim and multiple awards. Stretching the boundaries of live theatre, Axis has produced over 50 original works and been rewarded with 16 Jessie Richardson Awards by the Vancouver theatre community.