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New Life Girls’ Home offers a residential program for young women aged 18-30 years old, who have life controlling problems such as drug/alcohol addiction, sexual abuse, eating disorders, self-abuse and other compulsive behaviours. Focusing on loving, Christ-centred nurturing, students in the program are offered intensive Christian education, one-on-one Biblical discipleship, life-skills training, and ministry opportunities. New Life Girls’ Home is a Christian ministry and is registered as a non-profit charity. We do not receive any government funding and rely totally on individuals, groups and churches to support us. Thank you for your support which makes it possible to reach more young ladies, offering a safe haven of hope and renewal.

A PLACE CALLED HOME operates a 19-bed hostel for homeless single adults, couples & families with children from the The City of Kawartha Lakes and County of Haliburton. Services include 24-hour staffing & support; advocacy & referral services; meals, laundry & showers. Our Staff assists each client develop a personal plan of action to assist them in finding safe & affordable permanent housing as well as helping them overcome any barriers to that end. Although government funding is received, A PLACE CALLED HOME must raise in excess of $113,000.00 annually to support the hostel services. Your support helps us to ensure that everyone has a safe place to return to at the end of their day. For more information about or organization and the work we do, please visit our website at www.aplacecalledhome.org You may direct your donation to: - Our Core Program of Shelter (Hostel Program) - Pledge to our Annual Mark-a-Thon - A Memorial or Special Occasion donation

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Warren G. Bennis Education is the future. It is no surprise then that the expectations that parents, students, and the community have of our schools are so high. We all want to ensure that our children have an environment that will cultivate learning, promote exploration and develop the first-rate citizens of tomorrow. Our collective challenge is to ensure that our schools can meet these expectations by providing high quality educational programmes which meet the demands of the years to come. When it comes to keeping our schools running effectively - it takes leadership, cooperation and extraordinary dedication, as parents and teachers, to get our children and youth to where they need to be.

YWTHS is a registered not-for-profit with charitable status. We operate Kaushee’s Place, a 15 bed emergency shelter for women (and their children) who have experienced violence. In addition, Kaushee’s Place contains 5 apartment units for longer-term second-stage housing. We are in the process of building an additional 10-unit Second Stage Housing complex, Betty’s Haven, which will open in fall 2013. Our core services are: • Shelter: safe, appropriate and accessible short and long term shelter for women and their children; • Advocacy: individual advocacy, community advocacy, support for women and children to develop self-advocacy skills; • Support: support the self determination of women through strategizing, safety planning, responding to in-person and crisis line requests; • Expertise: contribute expertise to community action agendas and agencies • Collaboration: communicate and work with other agencies and community partners

CHATS is using its 32 years of experience and knowledge to support the growing number of seniors and their caregivers in York Region, Bradford West Gwillimbury, and New Tecumseth. We have built our reputation on our caring volunteers and staff, the choice and flexibility we offer seniors/caregivers, our cost-effective volunteer-driven model, and our passion for seniors’ independence and wellness. CHATS is dedicated to assisting seniors lead an independent lifestyle in the diverse communities that we serve. Facilitated by a skilled team of 550 volunteers and over 200 staff, CHATS embraces professional business savvy with caring, compassionate dedication – a unique combination that ultimately benefits our clients, our community partners and the communities we serve.

The Women's Interval Home provides 24 hour emergency and short term shelter, support, individual and group counselling, transitional services, school program, and child witness counselling services.

ONE CARE is a community-based, charitable, not-for-profit health organization providing supportive care to families in Huron and Perth Counties and surrounding area. For over 40 years we’ve been committed to providing quality services that enable or extend the ability of seniors and persons with disabilities to remain safely in their homes and active in their communities.

Renfrew and Area Seniors' Home Support is a non-profit, charitable organization that has been providing volunteer-based support services for seniors and adults with disabilities since 1987. Practical services provided include 1. transportation to out-of-town medical services and to bring clients who live in the outlying townships surrounding Renfrew into Renfrew for medical appointments and other essential services, 2. home maintenance (indoor housekeeping, outdoor groundswork), 3. frozen meals (a selection of over 25 entries), 4. grocery delivery service within Renfrew, 5. client intervention and assistance help with forms, information on various community services and general advocacy assistance, 6.friendly visiting (provide weekly visits to prevent isolation/loneliness) and 7. telephone security checks (regular phone calls to ensure all is well).