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PASAN formed in 1991 as a grassroots response to the AIDS crisis in the Canadian prison system. Today, we are the only organization in Canada exclusively providing HIV/AIDS education, support and advocacy to prisoners, ex-prisoners, young offenders and their families.

Our mission at the Dion Children Foundation for Rare Disease is to increase awareness of rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases such as Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, that affect children with the intention of allocating funds for research and development of potential treatments and cures of these devastating diseases. Our belief at Dion Children Fund is that no child should be left behind. Our children matter, and so do the lives of so many other children affected by rare genetic neuromuscular diseases.

Vancouver Island PWA Society is the ONLY peer based HIV/AIDS organization on Vancouver Island. We are a non-profit, member based organization made up of HIV+ people. A volunteer Board of Directors, all of whom are living with HIV/AIDS, governs our Society. This is to ensure the stability of our grassroots philosophy of ‘By PWA’s for PWA’s’, in keeping with our person supporting model of service. In addtion to supporting our mission, we also offer life enhancement activities and a number of programs and services to our membership. Many of these programs and services are prepared and operated by HIV+ member volunteers themselves. With staff support we encourage this as we feel it enables self-empowerment for our members and promotes self-improvement through a healthy lifestyle and outlook on the future. All proceeds and donations go to support these programs and services directly. With one staff person we ensure the larger percentage of funding goes to support these important services.

NOFCC is an independent volunteered based registered charity established in 1998 by a group of parents of children with cancer. These parents wanted to provide help and support to families, which was not available through other programs. Being parents themselves, they recognized the particular difficulties involved in caring for a child with cancer and the geographic challenges of living in the north. NOFCC serves all families who have been touched by childhood cancer – families with a child on active treatment, those off treatment or receiving follow up care, and bereaved families. Our area expands north to Timmins and Kapuskasing, south to Parry Sound, east to North Bay and west to Sault Ste Marie and all areas in between. NOFCC is not funded by the government and the volunteers rely solely on fundraising activities and donations. At any given time, there are over 30 children in Northern Ontario on active treatment. Many treatments last over 2 years.

In 2005 a small group of Manitobans recognized a need that was not being addressed by the health care system and decided to do something about it. Helping Hands for Manitobans with Breast Cancer receives requests from Manitobans for prescriptions, special garments, transportation, accommodations, meals, childcare, wigs and rehabilitation program. We are a completely volunteer based charity with no paid positions. Help us help Manitobans with breast cancer.

OPACC was established in 1995 and is comprised of representatives from parent groups, parent contacts, and other family members from across the province. Our members are parents, guardians, survivors, or close relatives of a child/teen diagnosed with childhood cancer. We have been a Registered Charity since 2006. OPACC has collaborated on behalf of our children/teens and our families with appropriate regional, provincial and national bodies such as POGO, Childhood Cancer Foundation – Candlelighters Canada (CCF) and the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Ontario Division. Our Parent Liaison, Susan, meets with parents and families at Sick Kids and helps to address fears or concerns that they may have. She provides information on hospital services, community-based Parent Support Groups, parent drop-ins, liaison visits, and co-facilitated Parent Support Groups at the hospital.

The mission of Delta Gamma Center is to help children who are blind or visually impaired reach their full potential through family-centered, specialized services, and community support.

THE ARC OF COLORADO PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMS CHANGE ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (IDD) RESIDING IN COLORADO AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Adam's Hope is a non-profit charity dedicated to helping families in the Quinte region affected by autism.