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Gamiing Nature Centre has an interesting history of indigenous settlement and European colonization. In 1984 the Schipper family purchased the 100 acre abandoned farm on the west shore of Pigeon Lake. To protect the land from development it was put in Trust with the Kawartha Land Trust in 2002 to preserve it in perpetuity to keep it available as an environmental education site for our and future generations. This was the first gift to the Kawartha Land Trust. The family re-established the original forest by allowing the land to revert to its natural state. With planting stock provided by MNR and the help of family, friends and volunteers, hundreds of native trees were planted on the property.Gamiing Nature Centre was established as a charitable organization in 2000,with a Board of Directors to guide the activities on the property. That name was chosen to honour those who lived on the land before us and to indicate our location along the shore.See www.gamiing.org

The mission of Haiti Plunge Inc. is to educate, challenge and empower both American and Haitian youth in social, educational and agricultural sustainable development in rural Haiti. The organization is committed to enabling young people to make a difference with their lives and be of service to others. Eight teams annually participate on-site in one of the nine bush villages they are assisting in sustainable development. HPI provides medical, educational, agricultural, disaster relief and environmental support to the nine village co-operative (pop. 38,000 ) founded by the organization in 1984. Since 2020 the focus of HPI has been building Rainwater Collection Units in all of its villages to provide access to clean water for the village populations.

The Northern BC Children and Families Hearing Society is a non-profit organization that was founded over 30 years ago to support families of deaf and hard of hearing children and reaches out to communities across Northern British Columbia. The Society offers the following: Education Support: -Workshops-Family ASL (American Sign Language)Classes -Newsletter-Resources Library -Welcome Packages for Parents - Adventure Camp for deaf/hard of hearing children Family Support: -Family Barbeque/Silent Walk -Speech & Hearing Awareness Month -Christmas Social Event -Coffee Nights for Parents -Family Day - June -Play Learn Share Grow Social Group -Facebook

WIZO, founded in 1920, is an international organization of volunteers working to improve the lives of women, children, and the elderly living in Israel. WIZO's members work to support over 800 WIZO programs in Israel, including child care centers, schools, shelters for battered women and girls in distress, and services for the elderly. WIZO USA, established in 1982, is a membership organization whose primary focus is supporting its WIZO projects in Israel. WIZO USA aims to strengthen the bond between Israel and American Jewry by promoting Jewish identity and education. Since 1959, WIZO is recognized by the United Nations as a non-governmental organization with consultative status at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).

Friends of Be an Angel provides funding for humanitarian aid & evacuations. Its mission is to support Ukrainian refugee and rescue efforts implemented by the German & Moldovan NGO Be An Angel in partnership with other humanitarian groups including Women’s Movement for the Future. Together, we evacuate Ukrainians, especially the vulnerable--children, elderly, disabled & seriously ill. The partnership also delivers direct aid to Ukraine including food, clean water, medical equipment, supplies and medications, clothing, blankets and more--all the way to the front lines. Friends of Be an Angel was set up to give American individuals, foundations & companies the opportunity to support this extraordinary rescue and aid work on the ground in Ukraine during the Russian-led war and occupation.

The Friends have developed programs to help foster community involvement, educate the public about the wonders of the Park and the natural world, and to protect this precious resource. Our programs encourage people to respect the Park and take responsibility for its well-being. We encourage people to enjoy the Park through recreational activities, and provide ways for the community to contribute to an area that means so much to them. Throughout the year we have special one-day events for people to enjoy. Last year, due to the flooding, we had over 750 people pitch in to help out. Our annual events include: Purge-the-Spurge Volunteers help “weed out” leafy spurge, a nasty invasive weed, at this one of a kind event. Tackle-the-Tansy and Battle-the-Burdock are new programs that the Friends are initiating this year. Invasive plants are becoming an increasing problem within the Park, squeezing out native vegetation and wildlife, and reducing biodiversity.

Formerly Medical Development for Israel The Children’s Health Alliance for Israel (CHAI) is an American non-profit organization founded in 1982 to support state-of-the art clinical services, research, training, and capital projects at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel. The mission of the Children’s Health Alliance for Israel (CHAI) is to offer support to ensure that children receive the finest care that pediatric medicine has to offer at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel. Schneider Children’s is the first and only pediatric tertiary care hospital of its kind in Israel and the Middle East providing comprehensive care to all children, irrespective of race, religion, or nationality. Since its inception, the Medical Center has raised the level of children’s care to the highest standards of medical excellence.

Still Moon Arts Society was created on July 2, 2004 as a result of 5 years of expanding art projects in the community. Still Moon aims to engage the local Renfrew-Collingwood community through art and environmental education. One of our most notable events is the annual Moon Festival, celebrating the Harvest Moon in a night filled with local talent, reflections on the water, and art installations. This event draws thousands of locals to recognize Renfrew Ravine and our diverse community. Our work has culminated in countless hours spent coalescing diverse disciplines of art with Still Creek, one of the last visible creeks in Vancouver. Still Creek runs through Renfrew Ravine, a natural gem in the area surrounded by urban landscape. The ravine is home to a diverse variety of animals and native plants. Our work with our partners and locals has led to salmon returning to a local part of Still Creek for the first time in 80 years in November 2012.

AMIGOS is a leader in international youth development, creating a world in which young people realize their full potential as leaders and global citizens. We provide extraordinary opportunities for youth to design and lead projects in collaboration with US and Latin American peers and partner organizations across the Americas. Our strong partner network, built over 50 years, enables authentic engagements in communities across the region. The AMIGOS Colorado Chapter recruits, trains, and supports AMIGOS participants and their families from the greater Denver Metropolitan Area, Boulder, and the surrounding counties. Our chapter accepts participants August through December of the fall prior to each summer experience. During the months of November through May, Colorado Chapter participants will take part in local training and fundraising events as they prepare for their AMIGOS experience.

Sign language opens the world to the Deaf Communication is the cornerstone of all human relationships. Silent Voice Canada is a community organization, founded in 1975, serving Deaf children, youth, adults and their families in American Sign Language (ASL), with programs that focus on communication. Silent Voice is the only organization in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) offering community and family-based support to Deaf children and adults in ASL - through social-recreational programs for Deaf children and their hearing brothers and sisters, and an in-home ASL teaching program for families. Also, in partnership with other organizations, we provide special assistance and outreach services to socially and economically disadvantaged Deaf adults living in the community. Communicating with ASL empowers a Deaf child and adult, opening up a world they had never imagined.

Established in 1992, Quoddy Futures Foundation (SCEP*)is one of the original sites in Environment Canada’s Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP). QFF is unique in that it is located on an international river and represents the interests of both Canadian and American residents of the St. Croix Valley and Passamaquoddy Region of the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine. QFF maintains its office in the Quoddy Learning Centre located at the Ganong Nature and Marine Park near St. Stephen, NB. The organization is a not-for-profit, charity that promotes a sustainable future through its Quoddy Community Initiative and Quoddy Ecosystem Initiative; companion programs that address both environmental and community issues. Currently, QFF operates the 350 acre Ganong Nature & Marine Park, Camp Waweig, a community camp located on the Waweig River. * QFF is the operating name of St. Croix Estuary Project Inc. - SCEP

The primary purpose to join and organize Ecuadorians, their families and friends or other nations that live in California so that jointly we can carry on projects of assistance to those in need in Ecuador and in the United States. AECalifornia carries on its objectives by social activities, intellectual, cultural, sports and events of service to the community. The organization is open to the public at large and welcomes anyone who shares our ideas and not for profit activities, our mission and objectives. We share friendship, typical Ecuadorian food and that of other countries. Together we plan projects to help our brothers and sisters in need in Ecuador and in the United States. We share our friendship, culture, music, singing and dancing and organize activities to raise funds to carry on our charitable activities in support of hospitals, nursing homes, emergency relief, medical missions, for children and the needy. We support the medical missions from American doctors going to Ecuador to perform surgeries on Ecuadorian children and the poor.