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Quickdraw Animation is a charitable society that provides resources for animation lovers including courses, screenings, and a library with over 3000 books and videos. Quickdraw cultivates healthy communities by encouraging creative expression through animation. VISION: The Quickdraw Animation Society is recognized as a leading organization locally, nationally and globally. VALUE STATEMENTS: Quickdraw promotes a diverse membership by welcoming all individuals. Quickdraw cultivates healthy communities by encouraging creative expression through animation. Quickdraw fosters a high level of artistic excellence by serving as a hub for connection, innovation and creativity.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES • Education: To develop, update and distribute educational resources and programs for multiple-birth individuals and their families in Canada • Connecting: To develop and distribute, educational resources and programs for service providers, health care and support organizations which serve multiple-birth individuals and their families in Canada • Accessibility: To improve access to educational information and resources for multiple-birth individuals, families and communities in Canada • Awareness and Public Education: To advance the knowledge of the unique needs of multiple-birth individuals and families in Canada • Sustainability: To improve MBC’s financial sustainability, and organizational and human resources.

We are a 100% volunteer-based charitable organization out of Rochester, NY.We established ourselves in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea and invaded Eastern Ukraine.We are a team of diverse professionals who volunteer their time to help Ukraine with humanitarian aid and provide information on ways to help war victims in Ukraine. We have strong-built connections with other volunteer organizations across the USA and Ukraine to help Ukrainians in need.We partner with InterVol and local hospitals to provide medical supplies to hospitals in Ukraine.We use all of our collected funds to help Ukraine.

Mission: Forging ways for women & girls in extreme poverty to learn, connect and lead. We operate only in places of extreme poverty: villages of South Sudan, Haiti, Malawi, and refugee camps in Kenya and Uganda. Our programs create opportunities for marginalized and displaced women and girls in critical areas: Education: We increase girls' access to education (K-University) through scholarships, extracurricular enhancements, and leadership skills workshops. Advocacy: We train all of our Scholars in leadership and advocacy. As MBB alumnae they use their voices to promote human rights for all, especially marginalized women and girls.

The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) helps individuals and organizations to connect across cultures. We provide information, support and tools to help immigrants reach their goals. By engaging people through networks, education and arts programming we create a welcoming community. ICA offers services for newcomers, including settlement and integration counseling, translation and interpretation, English classes, mentoring, volunteer matching and peer support. We also provide outreach and education in the community through arts programming, as well as workshops on anti-racism, multiculturalism, diversity awareness, immigration and human rights.

St Michael’s Homes provides two programs within its rehabilitative homes serving a total of 75 individuals in four residential settings, all located in the City of Toronto. OUR PROGRAM VALUES We treat all individuals with respect and dignity. We believe that abstinence will increase overall quality of life. We know that recovery and an improved overall quality of life is possible. Your recovery plan will be driven by you and focused on your strengths. We value and are guided by the Catholic Social Teachings. We believe that peer-support and connection with community and society are a vital part of recovery.

The Edmonton Community Foundation connects passionate donors to charitable organizations delivering programs and services that enhance the quality of life in the communities in which we live, learn, work and play. The Foundation invests donor contributions in perpetuity, creating legacies that positively impact our lives in the areas of the arts and culture, health and wellness, community and social services, education and learning, recreation and the environment. Grants are distributed in a way that is flexible, creative and responsive. We respond to the wishes of our donors as well as the needs and opportunities in our community; together we develop strategic priorities towards lasting solutions.

Manitoba Eco-Network is an umbrella for non-governmental environmental groups in Manitoba. We provide information and resources to our member groups and the public. We operate an environmental library, conduct public workshops and publish the Eco-Journal - providing people with the information they need to take action for the environment, as well as undertaking projects and providing a volunteer referral service. Our current projects include Climate Change Connection, a GIS/Mapping Centre, a Water Caucus, Organic Lawn Care Education and the Manitoba Environmental Youth Network. Manitoba Eco-Network is a regional affiliate of the Canadian Environmental Network.

Founded in 1983 by visionary, community-minded leaders, the WindsorEssex Community Foundation, is dedicated to making our communities better places to live, work, learn and grown by strategically connecting philanthropy to community needs and opportunities. We help individuals, charitable organizations and corporations engage in philanthropy to create healthy, vibrant communities. We take a broad view of what each community needs to succeed, providing grant funding to everything from human services, education, arts, and culture to heritage, recreation, the environment and our children. We are "Inspiring philanthropy to benefit our community today and forever."

Pathways maintains seven core programs, which include: Regional After-Hours Youth Support (RAYS); Youth Transitions to Adulthood (YTA); Nekinan Home for Aboriginal Youth; Aboriginal Mentoring Homes; Aboriginal In-Home Support; Healthy Families (as part of the Calgary Healthy Families Collaborative); Connect Access. In addition to our core programs, we offer cultural resources to our clients and the public at large. These resources include: - Access to Elders - Accredited Aboriginal support, resource workers, and mentors - Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training and Teaching - Talking/Sharing Circles - Traditional Ceremonies and celebrations

Using a coaching series developed for the Passion Foundation as well as other coaching workshops Passion programs provide girls and young women with safe spaces to discover and create positive self images, positive community and healthy futures. For more information please visit our website www.passionfoundation.org Passion Foundation also houses Global Sorority. A documentary in the making that will connect with 100 girls and young women in 12 countries in the next two years. Project expected to be completed in 2014. For more information on Global Sorority and its impact not only in Canada but also overseas please visit out website www.globalsorority.com

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.