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We believe that some things in life should never change...like healthy rivers and lakes, peaceful natural areas, forest walks and safe havens for birds, fish and wildlife. Since 1970, the Conservation Foundation has protected these places of natural beauty, environmental value and spiritual replenishment right here at home in the Rideau Valley of Eastern Ontario.

Sable Island is a 41k stretch of sand located approximately 290k SE of Halifax, NS, Canada. It is home to many species of plants & animals, including approx. 400 wild horses. The Island is also home to the threatened Roseate Tern, as well as Arctic Terns, gulls, sandpipers, plovers, black ducks and mergansers and is the only breeding ground of the rare Ipswich Sparrow. Living on Sable Island is the largest congregation of breeding Grey Seals and a small resident population of Harbour Seals. Sable Island Preservation Trust is a non-profit organization established in 1997 to help preserve and protect Sable Island's unique ecosytem. Sable Trust’s goal is to promote and conduct scientific research and monitoring and to undertake conservation programs which will ensure the long-term stability and viability of Sable Island, its plants and animal life, and the surrounding marine environment.

The Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation: 1. Develops programming for & manages Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park volunteers. 2. Manages all Visitor Services, Park programs and Outreach programs. 3. Raises money to support the development and ongoing operation of the Park. 4. Is home to the Foothills Fescue Research Institute - this research group focuses on native fescues of Western North America. From seed development to reclamation and public programming, FFRI's goal is to increase the scientific understanding and preservation of native fescue grasses. 5. Is home to Discover Archaeology - an elementary school outreach program that offers students hands-on immersion in Alberta archaeology and history. 6. Carries out research into local history. From tipi rings to town sites; bison kills to quarries; and nomadic hunter to the CPR, settlers, and generations of ranching, the Glenbow Ranch showcases for Alberta’s past.

Bethania Kids (The Bethania Foundation) is a Christian mission that nurtures and equips impoverished, orphaned, abandoned, and differently‑abled children — and supports women and families — in South India. It provides residential homes, care/after‑school centers, rehabilitation services and women’s empowerment programs delivering food, shelter, education, medical care and spiritual support so children and women can build stable, independent lives.

We provide essential and transformative eyecare, around the world and right here at home. We bring medical volunteers and partners together to care for the people who need it most. Our teams work side-by-side with local doctors and clinics to improve access to high-quality eyecare. Together we break the cycle of hardship that blindness and visual impairment cause, making patients, families, and communities healthier and stronger.

Changing Lenses, Changing Lives aims to ease the suffering of vulnerable children in developing countries, specifically Kenya .This will be achieved by ensuring the children have enough to eat and can attend school. They need to have access to electricity or solar lamps, so they can study at home; sanitary supplies for girls, so they can attend school regularly; and books, so they can read and learn like their wealthier counterparts.

The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada provides a lifelong home to donkeys and mules that have been neglected or abused, or that can no longer be cared for by their owners. The DSC provides a program in animal welfare education to school and community groups. In addition, the DSC has developed a Foster Farm Program wherein animals are placed in pairs on permanent loan at suitable farms. The Sanctuary Farm is open to the public on Wednesdays and Sundays, 10-4, May through October.

VOKRA is a no-kill, non-profit, registered charity dedicated to the rescue of cats in the Lower Mainland. VOKRA does not have a shelter. Instead, we provide over 100 individual foster homes throughout the Lower Mainland. In a home environment, our cats are safe and receive lots of love and attention. VOKRA covers all costs and provides ongoing support to foster families. VOKRA's Trap-Neuter-Return team humanely traps feral cats and kittens. Pregnant feral mothers are cared for through birthing and weaning, at which time we spay the mother and socialize the kittens. If the mother cannot be tamed, she is returned to a location where volunteers ensure food and water are available daily, and the cat’s health can be monitored. We also neuter feral male cats, and either adopt them out or release them as appropriate, with the same care arrangements. VOKRA rescued over 1,420 felines in 2009. VOKRA has no paid staff. We are 100% volunteer. Website: www.vokra.ca

The Good Shepherd Agricultural Mission is an independent, non-governmental, social development organization that has been providing support to those in need since 1952. 'The Mission' works in an array of areas, support to lepers, vocational training, education, disaster relief etc. but it's primary focus is the care and protection of orphan children. The Mission works hard to provide a loving home and family for every child in its care working hard to promote family relationships and impart a spirit of responsibility in every member of the organization.

We are a nonprofit Christian humanitarian organization. We receive donated usable furniture - nearly any furniture a person or family needs to set up a home. Then we distribute those donated items to families and individuals who are doing just that: re-establishing a household after a period of homelessness. HomeStart Foundation provides these basic items, free of charge, to people who have been homeless, with the goal of helping them achieve self-sufficiency, self-esteem, and long-term stability.

Carolinian Canada is a nonprofit coalition of public and community groups, since 1984, aimed at conserving the wildlife and habitats of Southwestern Ontario's Carolinian Life Zone - a unique ecological region, home to Tulip Trees, Hooded Warblers, Fowler's Toads and other wildlife not found anywhere else in Canada. It is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the country and contains some of the highest numbers of rare and endangered species. This Carolinian forest roughly covers the area from Grand Bend to Toronto south of Highway 401.

The Rideau Environmental Action League (REAL) is a non-profit, volunteer-run, community organization. REAL promotes environmental improvements and community-wide environmental projects within the Town of Smiths Falls and Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Counties. Some of our projects include Pitch-In Smiths Falls, Well Aware, home energy audits, the REAL Deal Reuse Store, a community garden and public awareness activities such as displays, our REAL Update newsletter, workshops, newspaper columns and our website www.REALaction.ca.