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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.

Since its creation in 1987 the PTE Foundation Trust has annually provided support for Prairie Theatre Exchange operations and program. The organization reviews a request from PTE and determines what level of support it is able to provide. Typically support is given for the PTE School and new play development as both of these elements reflect the core values of Prairie Theatre Exchange. PTE began as a school and has a nation reputation for being a welcoming home to contemporary, Canadian theatre.

We provide theatrical programming and education opportunities that celebrate and express the diversity of the community, offering both performers and audience participants a professional and memorable theatrical experience.It is the mission of Cookeville Theatre Company, a not-for-profit corporation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to promote and facilitate the arts in Cookeville, Tennessee; provide for increased theater and performing arts education; promote and aid the creative skills and cultural welfare of the community; feature theatrical readings, theater productions and talent; and provide a home for performance art and artists by operating and sustaining a theatre to ensure the continued growth and development of the arts and other community culture within ou

The GRIT Program is an exemplary, fully-inclusive, non-profit early childhood program which assists children with special needs 2 ½ – 5 ½ years of age. Building on the family’s desires, the child’s interests and strengths and parent interaction styles, the program uses a coaching model to develop and boost an individualized program plan to best support the child’s joy of learning and development. The GRIT Program is grounded in the values of active family involvement, community inclusion, learning through play, and use of best teaching practices. Children’s program occurs in natural settings of home, community, and kindergarten, places where they would be if they did not have a disability.

Motto Inspiring our students to reach their full potential Belief Statements Our primary focus is student learning and achievement All students have the ability to learn and become contributing members of society Students learn at their own pace, and in different ways We are committed to the development of the whole student in an equitable and inclusive environment School communities must be safe, supportive and socially just, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect Education is a partnership among home, school and community and ongoing communication and dialogue strengthens this partnership We value diversity and the opportunity for our students to be enriched by diverse cultures and abilities Evidence-based decision-making and accountability are important

Founded in 1995, LFT is the only Toronto school to combine the intellectually stimulating education of the French curriculum from France with the inclusive Canadian perspective and values. From PK through grade 12, our students are fully immersed in the best aspects of our two complimentary cultures. We have a co-ed enrolment of over 450 students, and a truly international student body, with nearly half of our students speaking French at home. Many of our students also speak an additional language. The intimate size of the school has allowed us to create a close-knit, integrated and respectful non-denominational community within our school. Most of our teachers, and the school’s headmaster, hail from France’s education system and many have taught internationally producing an enriched and expansive educational environment. LFT offers a quality education recognized by the best North American and international universities.

The National Ski Academy (NSA) is a non-profit registered charity that was established in 1986. Our home at 200 Oak Street in Collingwood provides the facilities necessary for Canadian alpine athletes to pursue their ski racing dreams.The renovated 12,000 square foot Tornavene mansion offers classrooms, study hall, a gymnasium and weight room, tuning room, boarding for up to 35 student/athletes and a kitchen with a full time chef. Over the past 25 years, the NSA has offered integrated Academic/Fitness/Ski Racing programs with boarding as an option. These programs have helped to develop Ontario Team and National Team ski racers and many of the top coaches in the country. In addition to elite ski racing programs, the NSA prides itself on its comprehensive academic programs and “education that travels”. NSA graduating students have achieved a combined average of 84% over the past five years and gained acceptance and scholarships into some of the top Canadian and US universities.

The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for Jazz through performance, education and advocacy. We believe Jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism.From our first downbeat as a summer concert series at Lincoln Center in 1987, to the fully orchestrated achievement of opening the world's first venue designed specifically for jazz in 2004, we have celebrated this music and these landmarks with an ever-growing audience of jazz fans from around the world.Representing the totality of jazz music, Jazz at Lincoln Center's mission is carried out through four elements—educational, curatorial, archival, and ceremonial—capturing, in unparalleled scope, the full spectrum of the jazz experience.In the mid-1980s, Lincoln Center, Inc. was looking to expand its programming efforts to attract new and younger audiences, and to fill its halls during the summer months when resident companies were performing elsewhere. Long-time jazz enthusiasts on the Lincoln Center campus and on the Lincoln Center Board recognized the need for America's music to be represented, and lobbied to include jazz in the organization's offerings. After four summers of successful Classical Jazz concerts, Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) became an official department of Lincoln Center in 1991. During its first year, JALC produced concerts throughout New York City, including Brooklyn and Harlem. By the second year, JALC had its own radio series on National Public Radio, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (now known as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) began touring, and recording and selling CDs. By its fourth year, the program reached international audiences with performances in Hong Kong and, the following year, in France, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Norway, Spain, England, Germany and Finland. In July 1996, JALC was inducted as the first new constituent of Lincoln Center since The School of American Ballet joined in 1987, laying the groundwork for the building of a performance facility designed specifically for the sound, function and feeling of jazz.“The whole space is dedicated to the feeling of swing, which is a feeling of extreme coordination," explained Jazz at Lincoln Center's Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis of his vision for the new home of jazz, or the “House of Swing." “Everything is integrated: the relationship between one space and another, the relationship between the audience and the musicians, is one fluid motion, because that's how our music is." Under Marsalis's direction, JALC sought out world-renowned architect Rafael Viñoly and a team of acoustic engineers to create Frederick P. Rose Hall, the world's first performance, education and broadcast facility devoted to jazz, in New York City. As the centerpiece of a $131 million capital campaign drive, the 100,000-square-foot facility opened in fall 2004 and features three concert and performance spaces (Rose Theater, The Appel Room and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola) engineered for the warmth and clarity of the sound of jazz.