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The Tynehead Hatchery is operated by the Serpentine Enhancement Society, a non-profit volunteer society in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Metro Vancouver Regional District. Education is an important part of our mandate, and the hatchery is involved with students of all levels in Surrey Schools. The Society was formed in 1985 and built the hatchery in 1987. Members of the society participate in a variety of activities centering around the rearing of young salmon and protecting the Serpentine watershed. Th hatchery raises four different species of salmon; Chinook, Chum, Coho and lately Steelhead. The work of the volunteers has been very successful in that a great number of spawners of all four species are returning every fall.

The New City Institute was established in 1996-97 to replace New City magazine. Its predecessor, City magazine, founded in 1974, offered for many years the only in-depth alternative perspective on urban planning, housing, citizen participation, and sustainability issues in Canada.

The Fauna Foundation is a privately run, government-certified, non-profit organization committed to issues of animal welfare and is currently home to 12 former biomedical laboratory chimpanzees. Adopt-a-Chimp is a fundraising program that raises money for enrichment of their lives.

The Temagami Community Foundation is unique in its powerful advocacy and effective support of quality-of-life initiatives in a rural northern community. Its principal ambition is to identify, sustain, and further the essential character of the community.

Access to clean energy and light creates a healthy and safe home environment, enhances opportunities for education and contributes to economic development by increasing disposable income and encouraging entrepreneurship. Working in some of the most remote and undeserved areas in the world, LUTW provides technical training and builds the capacity of local service providers to transition away from unhealthy fuels and disposable batteries for energy and light. LUTW has worked with over 220 partner organizations to bring solar power to communities in 54 countries. Visit us at www.lutw.org to learn more.

Rockcliffe Park is a vibrant heritage village community in the heart of the nation's capital. The Friends of the Village of Rockcliffe Park Foundation (The Village Foundation) encourages and financially supports community initiatives in three key areas: conservation of the environment; preservation of the heritage character of the village; and promotion of a sense of community for all residents.

The Ottawa River Institute (ORI) is an incorporated, charitable organization based in the Ottawa Valley. ORI’s mission is to foster sustainable communities and ecological integrity in the Ottawa River watershed. Since incorporation in 2001 we've been working to: -Promote and support the wise use of resources -Increase understanding of the ecosystems within our watershed -Enhance appreciation of the Ottawa River watershed as a natural and cultural treasure -Create opportunities for watershed residents to celebrate and be nurtured by the natural beauty around us

The Sharing Farm grows food to feed Richmond families in need. The Farm is run by community members for community members, and is dedicated to providing fresh, healthy, local produce to our less fortunate neighbours. The Sharing Farm operates on a tiny budget, but thanks to the generosity of our over 1,000 yearly volunteers and the devotion of a small core of part-time staff, the Farm is able to provide thousands of pounds of fruits and vegetables every year to community meals throughout the city and the Richmond Food Bank. From a beginning involving collecting surplus fruit to give to the Richmond Food Bank, through growing vegetables on a small scale on donated land, The Sharing Farm Society now cultivates 5 acres between the Farm in Terra Nova Rural Park and our Orchard in south Richmond.

Greening Sacred Spaces (GSS) is a practical program developed by Faith & the Common Good to assist faith communities in greening. We help people of faith live out their calling to heal our planet and seek a sustainable future. We do this by: 1) equipping faith groups with practical roadmaps for increasing energy efficiency in their sanctuaries; 2) providing resources, networks and financial incentives to help faith groups involve their communities in a wide variety of sustainability initiatives; and 3) engaging faith communities in our interfaith support network devoted to dialogue and action around ecological sustainability.

Bread to the Nations supports several initiatives in Haiti to help strengthen families. The initiatives include relief support of basic needs, such as food and clothing for families, education, clean water and home building.

The Survivor Mitzvah Project (SMP) mission is an urgent humanitarian effort bringing direct and continuous financial aid to elderly and forgotten Holocaust survivors scattered across 9 countries including war-torn Ukraine, who are ill, isolated, alone, and in desperate need of food, medicine, heat, shelter, and some loving kindness. Our primary goal is to ensure that no Holocaust Survivor who has experienced the darkest days of human history ever be hungry, cold, or neglected again. Our secondary goal is to encourage people to work towards a kind and compassionate future by imagining a world without hate. Through education and outreach, we encourage people from all walks of life, all ethnicities, all races, religions, and genders to come together to stand up for each other and stop hatred and violence wherever it takes hold.