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We are a local non-profit ministry committed to improving the lives of children and families in the greater Victoria community. Our focus is children 6-12 years and families in need as well as the prevention of homelessness. We offer varied and fun programs including a BBQ ministry, a Saturday SuperKids Program and other activities that help children make healthier lifestyle choices.

Goals: To provide children with a learning environment that will enhance their development, and prepare them for a more successful entry into school and community. To address possible emotional, social, and behavioural difficulties in children through the provision of early identification and intervention strategies. To provide the resources, supports, and prevention interventions to families, thereby enabling the parents to build secure relationships and to enhance parenting skills.

Prevent and reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections and blood (STIs), HIV / AIDS and various forms of hepatitis among marginalized people living, working or transiting the territory of downtown Montreal, struggling with addictions, prostitution, homelessness and mental health; Awareness and educate the public and the environment to the realities of these people to promote their cohabitation; Support the efforts of our members to socialization and social integration.

WRA, formed in 1979, rehabilitates injured and orphaned urban wildlife for release back to the wild. Its specialty is native birds but treats small mammals also. WRA speaks to children and adult groups about urban wildlife issues and ways to prevent common injuries. An average of 3,000 patients are admitted to its facility in Burnaby, BC every year.

The Awo Taan Healing Lodge is dedicated to supporting the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual healing and wellbeing of women during their time of crisis and beyond. The shelter offers a full range of in-house crisis and outreach crisis, healing, and prevention programs. There is also a children’s program to ensure each child’s emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual healing and well-being are supported as well.

Raising the Roof was created as a result of a national consultation on homelessness conducted in 1996. Experts from across the country expressed a need for an organization that would play a key role in facilitating shared strategies to end homelessness - strategies that would show people in tangible, practical terms what they can do in their own communities to prevent and address current problems of homelessness.

The BairFind Foundation is bringing and keeping more children home through community awareness programs and innovative solutions designed to change the cultural conversation around missing children. As a tax exempt 501(c)(3) , our objective is to expand the search through youth education and prevention, collaborative real-time response technologies and standing with families in their continued search.

OUR MISSION IS TO PREVENT BURNS & IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE OF BURN SURVIVORS THROUGH PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH. WE SUPPORT FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED BY BURN INJURIES IN PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES, WHICH INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION, LODGING, AND MEALS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE LOVED ONES IN THE BURN CENTER. WE HELP FUND THE BURN CENTER AT THE WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, THE ONLY ADULT BURN TREATMENT CENTER IN THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA. WE SEND AND ACCOMPANY YOUNG BURN SURVIVORS FROM THE DC AREA EVERY SUMMER TO THE CHILDREN'S BURN CAMP IN CONNECTICUT. WE PROVIDE BURN EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR CITIZENS AND FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH INCLUDES A RECENT PROGRAM SPECIFIC TO THE SENIOR POPULATION WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE SHARE IN THE REHABILITATION OF RECOVERY OF BURN SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF SURVIVOR SUPPORT PROGRAMS.

For more than 15 years, YouthLink Calgary Police Interpretive Centre has been engaging and empowering Calgary’s youth to make confident and positive choices surrounding some of the greatest challenges they shall ever face – namely substance abuse, online safety, domestic violence and bullying / gangs. We impart tools, strategies and resources through experiential learning exhibits at the Centre, interactive online resources, and engaging programming. Not only do our programs meet the learning objectives of the grade 6 Alberta Education curriculum, YouthLink also supports the Calgary Police Service – Crime Prevention and Reduction Continuum. The core of what we do is proactive and preventative. Our vision is ... A safer community exists through the informed choices, empowerment and greater resilience of our youth. Facebook: www.facebook.com/YouthLinkCGY Twitter: www.twitter.com/YouthLinkCGY Pinterest: pinterest.com/YouthLinkCGY

Camp Carmangay does not offer a long term in residence program but rather focuses its energies towards reoccurring visits. We do enlist the staff of the various organizations that access our facility to participate in the Camp Carmangay experience thus creating an environment where staff and client can establish a rapport to the betterment of all involved. Supervisory staff arrives with their charges and are able to leave behind offices, walls, and robotic responses. Our environment is unprejudiced and promotes dialogue that is neither clinical nor forced. Our programs include: Youth Crime Reduction Education Prevention (REP) Program Equine Assisted Therapy - Western Horsemanship Drug and Alcohol Education and Prevention Program Multicultural Awareness Health and Wellness Employability and Job Training Please refer to our website for more indepth information on our programs and organziation www.campcarmangay.org

Edesia is a social enterprise non-profit founded by Navyn Salem in 2009 that focuses on the production of nutrient-dense ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods. With a mission to help treat and prevent malnutrition in the world's most vulnerable populations, Edesia has reached over 16 million children in over 60 countries working in partnership with UNICEF, the World Food Programme, and USAID/USDA.

National Fire Safety Council (NFSC) furnishes fire prevention, fire safety and life safety educational materials to school aged children and their parents by means of safety programs conducted through local fire departments and schools. NFSC also makes grants, contributions, and loans to other 501 (c)(3) organizations that could not carry out their charitable purpose without such support.