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The Money Mart Easter Seals 24 Hour Relay is an annual community based fundraising event that challenges groups of people to run or walk Relay-style for 24 hours. Teams of runners and/or walkers made up of corporate and recreational groups collect individual pledges or organize team fundraising events to raise money towards their collective team totals. Relay History In 1978, the first 24 Hour Relay For The Kids was held at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, B.C.. The event was originally organized by the Seawall Running Society. Twenty-three teams participated and raised over $70,000 to help send kids to Easter Seals camps and hence history began… Today, the 24 Hour Relay is now widely known as the Easter Seals 24 Hour Relay. There are eleven 24 Hour Relays across the country including Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Quebec, Toronto, Halifax, Annapolis Valley, and St, John's. This national event has raised in excess of $51 million in support of local Easter Seals prog

The mission of the Texas School for the Deaf Foundation is to strengthen and sustain language development, academic achievement, and career pathways for the deaf children of Texas.

In service to God, our mission is to build upon the social, physical, emotional, and spiritual strengths of children, youth, and families, and to affirm their worth.

Community Concerns for the Medically Fragile (CCMF) is a volunteer-driven group dedicated to meeting the needs of medically fragile children and young adults in the Sarnia-Lambton community. Moreover, we strive to assist families with medically fragile children/young adults in their day-to-day challenges, both financially and emotionally, and to raise public awareness about the unique characteristics of the individuals we represent. Our goal is to support medically fragile children and young adults, while recognizing their uniqueness, and their rights to dignity and quality of life. We use the term "medically fragile" to refer to individuals requiring 24-hour medical supervision and intervention, due to conditions such as cererbal palsy, severe epilepsy, paraplegia, etc. These individuals may be technologically dependent, as well as mentally and/or physically challenged.

The Canadian Health and Environment Education and Research Foundation (CHEER) works to educate health professionals and citizens about environmental health hazards. Working with its sister organization, The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, CHEER has alerted Canadians to the hazards of lawn and garden pesticides and the safe, effective alternatives that now exist. It has also taught nurses and doctors how to make hospitals and medical clinics more environmentally-friendly. Finally, it has shown the public the advantages of organic agriculture.

Social Services Network (SSN) is a not - for - profit charitable organization delivering culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and services to the diverse South Asian community in York Region.

ESTABLISHED IN 1978, THE CENTER FOR HOSPICE CARE (CHC) IS AN INDEPENDENT, COMMUNITY BASED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIVING THROUGH HOSPICE, HOME HEALTH, GRIEF COUNSELING, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION WITH OFFICES IN SOUTH BEND, PLYMOUTH, ELKHART, LA PORTE AND MISHAWAKA. CHC SERVES A NINE-COUNTY AREA IN NORTHERN INDIANA, INCLUDING ELKHART, FULTON, KOSCIUSKO, LAGRANGE, LA PORTE, MARSHALL, ST. JOSEPH, STARKE, AND PORTER COUNTIES. CHC'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIVING THROUGHOUT NORTHERN INDIANA, AND OUR VISION IS TO BE THE PREMIERE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ORGANIZATION FOR ALL END-OF-LIFE ISSUES. OUR CORE VALUES INCLUDE COMPASSION, DIGNITY, INTEGRITY, INNOVATION, QUALITY, SERVICE, AND STEWARDSHIP.

The mission of Lighthouse for the Blind of Fort Worth is to empower individuals who are blind through superior training, meaningful employment and specialized rehabilitation services so that they lead full lives with the highest level of independence and quality of life.

PROVIDE A HOME FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL.