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The CACSP is a registered charitable organization incorporated in 1991. With only one part-time employee, the CACSP is almost entirely volunteer run. A committed and active board has made possible steady, sustainable growth. Funding is predominantly through Municipal and Provincial grants. The CACSP enjoys strong support from the Town of Sidney, the Municipalities of North and Central Saanich and the BC Arts Council. The area in which CACSP operates has one of the highest populations of artists in Canada whose work enriches arts and culture across Canada. The CACSP also fundraises for 'Arts in the Schools;' local arts practitioners are hired by School District 63 to support and enhance arts curriculum. Over 10K was granted in 2013 to SD63 and ~4,000 students experienced increased arts opportunities as a result. The CACSP is involved in over 30 arts shows and arts related events yearly. We support smaller arts organization programming through our member group grants program.

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 1. Harbour House - This home for 8 individuals is staffed 24 hours a day and offers barrier free housing to Red Deer's most vulnerable homeless population. 2. Supported Recovery Housing – Shared alcohol & drug free housing is available to tenants. A live in faciliatator and SHS staff provide long term support. 3. Peoples Place Emergency Shelter –This 35 space overnight emergency shelter is available to sober men, women, & families. 4. Non-Medical Detox/Tranistion – This program provides non-medical detox and supportive transition beds to 20 individuals at one time. 5. Mats Overnight Shelter – This emergency shelter is provided to 20 high and intoxicated adults who are in need of a safe place to sleep. 6. Aboriginal Elder Support – Individual, family, & group support is offered through counseling, sharing circles, sweats & ceremony. 7. RDHT Outreach - supports individuals and families to secure and maintain permanent housing. 8. 24 Hour Phone Support

PCFI is an all volunteer org dedicated to humanely containing our community's free-roaming cat population & improving their quality of life through our community sneuter programs. Operation CatSnips, our trap-neuter-vaccinate-return program for unowned, free-roaming cats, ensures these cats are sterilized, vaccinated for rabies, eartipped and released back to their home territory where they receive daily food and water and shelter. SNAP is our sneuter assistance program for cats of Port Colborne residents who qualify as low income. KitKat is our foster and socialization program for unowned kittens. Kittens are then adopted out through our partnership with WHS. Each time a cat is sneutered the birthrate is lowered by hundreds, resulting in fewer homeless cats and kittens and ending the vicious cycle of reproduction. Since June 2009 we have enrolled 801 cats in our programs. With your help we will continue to make a difference in the lives of our community cats!

The American Chestnut Foundation has one simple goal: to restore the American chestnut to its native forests. Destroyed by an imported blight many consider the worst environmental disaster of the twentieth century, the American chestnut was virtually eliminated from the eastern hardwood forest between 1904 and 1940. With its loss, wildlife populations plummeted; never to return to former levels. With recent developments in genetics, there is promise that this critically important wildlife food source and timber tree will again become part of our natural heritage. To make this possibility a reality, a group of prominent scientists, in 1983, established the non-profit research-oriented American Chestnut Foundation (TACF). The Foundation's mission is simple: to restore the American chestnut as an integral part of the eastern forest ecosystem. TACF is employing traditional plant breeding techniques, backed by advanced research methods, to develop a blight resistant American chestnut tree. TACF is restoring a species - and in the process, creating a template for restoration of other tree and plant species.

Creating Together Programs and Services: Drop-in Services: Creating Together’s services are designed to welcome children from 0-6 years of age and their families/caregivers in a safe, educational, and nurturing environment, where families can meet, interact, and have fun and learn from each other. This program provides a much needed support for our diverse population which includes families facing isolation, living in poverty, newcomer families, and/or at-risk families. The drop-in is open from Monday to Wednesdays from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Thursday to Friday from 10:00 - 2:00 pm, and every other Saturday from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Within the scope of Creating Together’s Drop-in Services, the following programs are provided: Parent Relief Parenting/Caregiver Information Sessions Resource Lending Library Clothing Exchange Seasonal Trips and Special Outings Celebrations and Community Events Nutrition Programs

The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has a simple mission - to create parks and save species. In creating parks, we work with State and Federal governments to identify potential land purchases, and then assist with funds to acquire that land. We don't hold any land - we pass it straight over to the Government to add to the National Park portfolio and it is then managed by the state rangers. In saving species, we work extensively with volunteers, scientists, governments, local communities and other organisations to deliver community-based conservation projects and research nation-wide, including developing corridors for native animals, connecting disparate groups of species to allow them to survive and thrive. Partnership is at the very heart of our philosophy and is central to everything we do.

Early Years: Educational programming, resources and support to parents and children to help meet basic needs and promote positive child development as the strong foundation for life. Family Services: Group, counselling, and in-home support services to help stablize and preseve the family unit and assist people in making positive change in their lives. Youth Services: Programs, resources and support to youth aged 12-18 that promote healthy connections to community, school, and family and assist in a positive transition to adulthood. Community Programs: A variety of support programming to enhance quality of life, integration and community involvement, eg. volunteer opportunities, employment counselling, immigrant settlement and language classes, debt counselling, Christmas Sharing, meals on wheels, community drivers, and advocate for seniors.

Individual and Couple Counselling: The Centre offers individual and couple counselling to adult residents of Greater Victoria. Counselling is available days, evenings and weekends. Our volunteer counsellors are trained and supervised to work with the following life issues: * relationship/communication * changes in status or roles (grieving/loss, divorce, marriage, career changes) * self esteem and assertiveness * conflict resolution * stress and anxiety management * anger * situational depression Clents with issues outside of our scope of practice will be helped to connect with appropriate services. Groups: Groups such as Self Esteem, Communication, Anger Management, Women's Support, etc. are offered three times each year beginning at the end of January , the end of April and the end of September. Please call to recieve information on the next session of groups.

Joe's Place - Generation Hope Youth Inc. is a non-profit ministry governed by a board of directors and supported by individuals, businesses, and churches. Joe's Place is Moose Jaw's only youth drop-in centre and attracts at-risk or potentially at-risk youth, unchurched youth and youth lacking support networks. We seek to share God's hope and love with these youth through mentorship with Christian adults and peers. In addition to the drop-in nights, youth are challenged and mentored through small groups, a work skills program and sponsorship to camps and retreats. The Joe's Place ministry thrives in a recently renovated 12 000 sq foot Zeller's building, using 100 volunteers to connect with as many as 200 youth in attendance each drop-in night.

The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is the premier performer of Canadian Afrocentric composers and a touchstone for the education of audiences and communities regarding the full spectrum Afrocentric choral music. The chorale aspires to position itself globally as ambassadors recognizing diversity as the foundation of life, while honouring the artistic process of music at the core of its activities. The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is Canada’s first professional choral group dedicated to performing Afrocentric music of all styles, including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and blues. The Chorale offers its publics ways of connecting through curated experiences of Afrocentric music. The Chorale promotes awareness of and interest in Afrocentric vocal music, past, present and future, in the spirit of African-Canadian composer R. Nathaniel Dett.

The North Bay and Area Community Foundation makes connections between those who want to help, and those who need help. Through our prudent management of endowed funds, we ensure that our donors achieve their goal of making a difference. Our knowledgeable granting ensures that the most worthy requests are supported. We are leaders in community development who help identify and fill needs while supporting not-for-profit organizations with funding and expertise. We are pleased to provide service to individuals, community groups, and other foundations by sharing our knowledge and expertise. Our roots are deeply engrained in the rich soil of community and our spreading branches shelter those in need. You can help us grow.

The John Howard Society of York Region is a multi-service, non-profit, charitable organization. Reducing crime and the root causes of crime are important aspects of our organization's overall goal. Each year, thousands of people make a new start after imprisonment. Our goal is to help clients succeed at becoming law abiding and contributing citizens. We know that helping individuals find connections to their community, such as housing and stable employment, are instrumental in their successful reintegration to society. Stable employment will not only provide income, but also the opportunity to be productive, develop networks of support, and to build knowledge and self esteem. As such, we invest in increased community safety by providing meaningful reintegration support services to those being released from institutions.