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First United Church is a prominent inner-city mission in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver built around the pillars of social justice, hospitality, healing and housing. We operate a 24-hour low barrier shelter with 60 beds, offer nutritious meals onsite, and provide services such as housing and paralegal advocacy, addiction and grief support, a unique storage program, and personal care services. Our programs support and empower individuals living with mental illness, addiction, homelessness and other challenges— essentially, our work is to make hope possible. Our programs and services rely on substantial support from donors, the traditional backbone of annual funding at First United. Click DONATE NOW to help us continue our valuable work.

To transform, alleviate, educate and protect the lives of underprivileged, individuals and minority communities impacted by disasters, natural or man-made, suffering from hunger, illiteracy, diseases, or from violation of civil and human-rights into informed and vibrant members of society by fostering sustainable programs regardless of color, race, religion or creed.

Find ways and means to provide free medical treatment and services in the United States to needy individuals anywhere in the world inflicted with injuries caused by war and natural catastrophes Particular emphasis placed on treating children who lost limbs and/or have facial scars and getting prostheses and physical and occupational rehabilitation enabling them to lead as normal lives as possible

Value Statement: We value and promote the holistic knowledge and practices that support the sharing of national First Nations communities to love, respect and nurture First Nations children, young people, families, communities and nations. Core Values: Love and respect for our children, young people, families, communities and nations Respect for the people who work with First Nations children, young people, families, communities, and nations. The sharing of our individual and collective resources (knowledge, wealth, ideas, etc.) to nurture and care for the First Nations children in Canada. Respecting the value of diverse First Nations teachings and practices for today’s First Nations children, young people and families. Please visit our website at www.fncaringsociety.com

When you donate to the California Fire Relief Fund, you are supporting work on the ground by trusted nonprofit organizations. Every donation will be split evenly between American Red Cross and Direct Relief to provide critical services to the First Responders and those affected by the wildfires in California. Your support is needed now more than ever, as communities struggle to survive from the devastation caused by these fires. All donations are tax-deductible and each organization has been vetted by the Pledgeling Foundation.

Brant United Way is a volunteer-led organization with a vision to improve the lives of people in the Brant Community. The goal of United Way is to create opportunities for a better life for everyone in our community. Changing conditions in the community requires a multi-level investment approach. Donations from our community are invested in three areas of focus;All that Kids Can be, Healthy People Strong Communities, and From Poverty to Possibility. When you give to Brant United Way, your donation is invested locally. Our goal is to focus funding in areas of the community that need change the most. Community Impact means changing social conditions and creating opportunities for a better life for individuals, families and communities. It is part of a bigger effort to build the capacity of our community to meet the complex needs and work together to create a healthy vibrant place to live, work, and raise a family.

United Palestinian Appeal empowers Palestinians to improve their lives and communities through socially responsible and sustainable programs in health, education, and community and economic development.

United Search Corps remains unwavering in its commitment to addressing the distressing issue of murdered and missing individuals. Through collaborative partnerships, advanced techniques, public awareness, victim support, and data sharing, USC strives to bring justice to victims and closure to their families. Our mission is to advocate & support families of the missing. We provide LEO training as well as groundbreaking search tactic consultation in criminal cases both active & cold to agencies across the nation, tribal confederations and governments internationally. Our passion is being a voice for the voiceless and our focus will aggressively fight for those who can no longer fight for themselves.

Community impact is about achieving meaningful, long-term improvements to the quality of life in Canadian communities, by addressing not just the symptoms of problems but also getting at the root causes. It’s about making fundamental changes to community conditions. All United Way Centraides are working together for real change to happen. We do this by: Influencing public attitudes, systems and policies Focusing on underlying causes of social issues Strengthening the network of services and the capacity of non-profits and the community Engaging and mobilizing the community’s financial resources, influence, time, knowledge and action By combining community engagement with priority-setting and collaborative action at multiple levels, communities and Canada’s United Way Centraides are together achieving lasting, measurable change.

At Orleans United Church we strive to care for others at every stage of life: Our church family welcomes children of all ages with open arms in worship, Sunday School, and fellowship time, trying to teach and show Jesus’ love personally to each child. We respect and support the unique expressions of our teens, helping them claim their faith as part of growing toward adulthood. We reach out to young parents who are longing to find honest ways to give their children a positive experience of faith, and who recognize their own spiritual yearnings. We embrace adults of all lifestyles, family circumstances and ages, supporting and encouraging them to live their faith as fully as they can. We care for folks who are maturing physically and spiritually and offer them ever expanding alternatives to keep learning and growing in faith.