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We make cycling better through education, action and events. More cycling means healthier, happier, more connected communities. We’re leading the way in making cycling an attractive choice for everyone. HUB (formerly the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition) is a charitable organization, originally established in 1998 as a non-profit to address cycling issues in Metro Vancouver. Since then, we've grown a lot! We've educated thousands of children and adults and motivated thousands more. Core Values As Metro Vancouver's most recognized and respected cycling organization we: Respect those who use other forms of transportation Value cycling as a community building tool & as a healthy practice for individuals & our environment Avoid funding or support that could compromise the integrity of our mission, purpose or values

Global Friends is Canadian charitable organization run entirely by volunteers. We inspire and are inspired by passion, compassion, action and impact. Global Friends is dedicated to helping connect and empower youth around the world. Our intent is not to set up models of dependency but to provide the resources and introductions for mutually beneficial partnerships that can lead to self-sustainability.  Our goals are to facilitate empowerment and encourage strategic partnerships so people thrive as individuals and collaborators.   We believe children are the future.  Their courage and ingenuity inspires us. We strive to nurture their potential to become independent, contributing members of their home neighbourhoods as well as valued members of the global community by providing resources to meet basic needs, funding meaningful education, and fostering environments where dreams can become reality.

We are a youth music organization running three distinct but symbiotically connected programs: our youth orchestras themselves (260 participants in three orchestral ensembles rehearsing weekly and producing a minimum of five concerts per season); our FOOSA Summer Music Academy (a two-week immersive program featuring internationally acclaimed faculty from some of the best music schools in the world and offering a tour to Los Angeles to perform at Disney Hall); and our Accent on Access Violin Program (a free afterschool music program for underserved students, meeting four days a week, 90 minutes per day, emphasis on equity and inclusion). Mission and purpose: Music is life. Live big! Start young. We cultivate musical excellence and a spirit of cooperation in young musicians throughout the Central Valley. We are committed to the principles of access and excellence, and strive for comprehensive inclusiveness.

Founded in 2016, Sound Aloud exists to equip this generation with the tools to find their voice (identity), release their sound (purpose), and live it ALOUD (unashamed); becoming the sound of freedom to this world. Our heart as a ministry is to use the Creative Arts (fine, performing, visual), holistic health, and mentoring/outreach programs to unleash the treasure that is buried just beneath the surface of our “generationals”. We do this to spark the creative, and vivid imaginations that need motivation and training - the type of training that prepares them to become confident young men and women, and the hope of our future. Our programs and services create positive outlets, give support, nurture dreams, send a message of hope, deal with issues that this generation face, bring cultural awareness, cross religious and cultural boundaries, provide discipleship, help build confidence, build strong self-esteem, character, and create teamwork and connection.

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.

SPEC has served children and families in the Brooks area since September 1978. Today, SPEC’s dedicated staff and volunteers continue to encourage growth and learning for all levels of the family unit, from newborns to adults. The difference staff and volunteers make is evident in the smiles on the faces of those served and the stories of those who return to provide updates on their successes and to extend their heartfelt thanks. SPEC programs celebrate multiculturalism and diversity, and are continuously growing to reach all children and their families. SPEC welcomes contributions, which help to maintain and enhance programs and services. Your contributions are integral in fostering brighter, healthier lives of children and families, by helping SPEC to provide them with the information and support that they need. SPEC operates four major programs: LINKS, Parent LINK Centre, Connections and Family Support Services. See website for more details - www.spec.ab.ca

We offer: - Family caregiver support groups and coffee breaks facilitated by trained volunteers - Educational workshops - Bi-monthly newsletter and monthly e-newsletter - Resource lending library of books, DVD's, videos and various handouts for pick up, mail out or emailing - Online resources posted on our website - 1 on 1 help navigating the system and links to other resources and supports - Resource Guide for Family Caregivers - Caregiver Wellness Booklet- a personal wellness journal - Medical Information Package - Educational Activities to Support Family Caregivers: Facilitator's Manual - Volunteer Ambassador Program: experienced family caregivers speak with community groups and organizations - Seminars for healthcare provider training programs and other organizations - "Lunch & Learns" for employees, human resources staff and management teams - connection with CABC (Caregiver Association of BC) and CCC (Canadian Caregiver Coalition)

OUR FUNDING FOCUS Skill Development & Qualified Coaching Developing fundamental player skills at all amateur hockey levels…Providing qualified community based coaching programs and resources. Accessibility & Diversity Supporting continued growth of female and sledge hockey…Recruiting new groups to the game… Providing underprivileged youth with the chance to play. Health & Wellness Promoting lifelong health and wellness for participants…Building life skills based on our core values of respect, responsibility, and pure enjoyment of the game. Athlete & Alumni Support Preparing amateur players to represent Canada in international competition… Recognizing, preserving, and connecting Canadians to our rich hockey heritage. Next Generation Programs Addressing issues related to our aging hockey facility infrastructure and lack of new capacity…Leading edge initiatives aimed at keeping Canada the world leader in hockey.

Quilt of Belonging,one of Canada's most powerful and comprehensive art projects, shows that there is "A Place for All" in the fabric of society. This 120 foot long textile mosaic is a richly hued portrait of the human family. Its 263 blocks portray the rich cultural legacies of all the First Peoples in Canada and every nation of the world. The astonishing range of materials and their stories connect the threads of our past to the limitless possibilities of our future. Over 1 million visitors have seen the Quilt in exhibitions across Canada and the United States. It was recently featured at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and the G20 Summit in Toronto. Our books, and website, popular with people of all ages and from all walks of life, have created an impact around the world. The Quilt project offers the world hope and a vision of how people can live together in harmony.

The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia is a public charitable foundation created by and for the people of Nova Scotia.   We engage in three core activities:   * we establish and maintain endowment funds on behalf of private donors, businesses, charities, and communities which, in turn, support registered charities and other eligible recipients within the province of NS;   * we engage in strategic grant-making; and * we provide leadership with respect to a broad range of community issues, connecting people who care with causes that matter.   We are a member of Community Foundations of Canada, which represents a network of 168 community foundations nationally, and who together hold close to $2.5 Billion in assets. In 2008, Canada's community foundations granted nearly $170 Million to organizations doing good work in our communities each and every day.

Annualy CLMS promotes various project; see the Funds page for a list of (2013)individual projects. --------------------------------------------- Concordia Lutheran Mission Society's (CLMS) purpose is to support and promote various missionary, educational and social ministry projects. This allows individuals opportunities to support specific or general mission projects in Canada and foreign countries. CLMS is a Canada wide independent mission society, chartered under the Corporations Act of Manitoba. It was established in 1998. It holds Auxiliary Organization status with Lutheran Church-Canada(LCC). CLMS has a self-governing Board of Directors however it works closely with LCC and its partner churches around the world, to support various missionary, educational and social ministry projects — primarily overseas work, but also domestic projects. CLMS connects mission-minded individuals with numerous mission needs that emerge in our Church’s mission fields.

Spirit being the antonym of matter, the spiritual realm is inclusive and unitive, while the material realm is exclusive and separative. The more spiritual is a thing, the more inclusive and universal it is. Spiritual light dispels darkness is the operating principle of SHEN. There exists a large amount of ignorance born out of misunderstandings of what religion truly teaches. Religion is a two-faced institution. One unites and the other divides. Religion is founded upon one unseen spiritual reality underlying the entire universe. This reality connects us all and defines the unifying face of religion, its core spirituality. Religion also confines this infinite reality in finite forms rendering somebody's God less Godlike, somebody's prophet less prophetic, and another’s community less righteous and deserving. This is the divisive face. Spiritual Heritage Education Network Inc. proposes to use the unifying face to dull the edge of the divisive one.