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Join the Dance is the Ontario representative for Pierre Dulaine's internationally acclaimed Dancing Classrooms of Mad Hot Ballroom and Take the Lead Fame. A 10 weeks Inter-curricular, Character Education program for children and youth that utilizes ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of not only the participants, but also the lives of the teachers and families who support them. Academic components of History, Geography, Literacy, Public Speaking and Social Studies are woven intricately into the joy of the dance that provides 50-minutes of good physical fitness and mental health stimulation. Culminating events allow diverse school communities to Join the Dance and Dancing Classrooms are fully endorsed by the Toronto Public and Catholic Boards. $100 will provide 1 student in a classroom with twenty 50-minute sessions for ten weeks. $2,000 sponsorship/donation provides the program to one entire classroom.

www.cpomc.ca Canadian Parents Of Murdered Children offers unique support to distressed parents and other persons who have experienced the death by homicide of a son or daughter or other persons(family and friends of those who have died by homicide); provide contact with similarly bereaved parents or other persons; establish self-help groups that meet on a regular basis; provide information about the grieving process specific to survivors of homicide victims; provide information about the criminal justice system as it pertains to survivors of homicide victims; communicate with and provide information to interested professionals in the field of mental health, social work, community services, law enforcement, criminal justice, education,medicine, religion, law, funeral services, and other areas, about the problems faced by the survivors of homicide victims; educate society at large to the challenges faced by the survivors of homicide victims, and foster awareness of such challenges.

CHA is the recognized champion for a sustainable and accountable quality health system that provides access to a continuum of comparable services throughout Canada, while upholding a strong, publicly-funded system as an essential, foundational component of this system.

AMBERHEART Breast Cancer Foundation - a registered charity focused on creating breast health education and cancer prevention programs related to early detection and increasing awareness of breast cancer. Amberheart centers its attention on endorsing healthy ways of living, pro-health habits and identifying women who, because of risk factors, have a high probability to develop breast cancer. Its activities are mainly addressed to young women and those who do not participate in the government supported breast cancer prevention program. The activities of the organization are addressed to: - women, who for any reasons do not participate in the mammography screening program and - younger women who are not covered by it - breast cancer survivors - adolescent women Besides the educational materials such as brochures, videos and flash presentations, we offer courses in breast cancer prevention and detection methods for women and health care specialists

WI is women working: (1) To be a voice for and to empower women everywhere (2) to relieve poverty (3)to improve health & safety (4)to provide education for everyone, and (4)to promote community connections & cultural pride. The NBWI is a grass-roots organization that allows participation by anyone regardless of class, colour or creed.

TRACHOMA PROJECT: Trachoma is the largest preventable cause of blindness with the rate of infection in a typical village being as high as 45%. We have a program where we examine the children, provide medication where necessary, provide education as to good hygene and also clean water. THE CHISHAWASHA ORPHANAGE PROJECT: This orphanage is presently the home for 40 children and we are providing some buildings and covering some of their operating costs. THE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL PROJECT: We look after the cost of 100 operations each year and in 2006 we built a residence and we look after all of its annual expenses. CATARACT PROJECT: We continue to help with the children's cataract operations. COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROJECT: We are building two much needed small schools in the very remote Gwembe Valley in Zambia. CHISANGA HEALTH POST PROJECT: Also in the Gwembe valley we are building a health post in an area that is the home to over 4,500 Tonga.

Goals of the Creston Kootenay Foundation; i. Enhance the welfare, health, safety and education of residents; ii. Preserve and protect our enviroment; iii. Advance the arts, culture and recreation in our community. Mandate of the Creston Kootenay Foundation; The Foundation receives and maintains a fund or funds and applies all or part of the principal and income there from, to charitable non profit organizations that are providing services to communities and residents in the Foundation's area of responsibility.

In this remote, water-access only archipelago, which lacks many commercial and government services, the Surge Narrows Communnity Association often acts as a facilitator and initiator of projects that improve the comfort,happiness, health and safety of the community. It is a point of contact for government agencies and a disseminator of information. Despite it's status as the only registered organisation in the area, SNCA resists the imposition of any kind of governmental role, preferring to enable individuals to take responsibility for the well being and harmony of the community. By providing buildings for all kinds of activities and by fundraising to support community generated projects, SNCA gives vital support to the islands' people.

PACE Society consists of active and inactive sex workers, community leaders and professionals that work collaboratively to create opportunities for individuals involved in survival sex work to make free choices pertaining to their lives. In light of the changing social, legal and economic conditions in which sex work takes place, PACE Society makes the distinction between sex work (formerly prostitution) and survival sex work. Survival sex work is defined as the lack of opportunity to consistently exercise the right to refuse sex work. We work to increase the health, safety and rights of refusal for individuals involved in survival sex work.