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The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is dedicated to the protection of all children, educating the public, offering prevention programs and advocating on the behalf of missing and exploited children. Our staff and case workers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide ongoing support to families, social service agencies and law enforcement in regards to missing children’s cases.

Our Community–Based Special Projects are financed through donations and fundraising. Nominal fees are charged to cover registration and operating costs.

The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound is a community service agency mandated by the Province of Ontario through the Child and Family Services Act, 2000 to ensure the best interests, protection, and well being of children. The Society also provides programming for youth who have had conflicts the law, as well as offering volunteer programs for early child intervention. We service the districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound through our individual offices and as well as services within these communities.

Since 1986 the CCS has been dedicated to preventing harm and neglect to children and building strong families through support services, respite programs and crisis nurseries. We are a trusted source of support with over 150 staff in three locations offering programs and services to clients across Calgary and surrounding areas. In our 27 year history our core programs have helped over 57,000 vulnerable children, including over 2,300 children and 1,500 families in 2013. Our clients are as diverse as the city we serve. Families from all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds reach out to us. The CCS offers non-judgemental programs and services aimed at helping our clients through a crisis regardless of what their circumstances may be. We believe that asking for help is a sign of strength and we aim to work collaboratively with local agencies to ensure families are provided with the best services and resources to meet their needs.

The purpose of the Christian Counselling Centre is to provide personal counselling assistance for individuals and families who are experiencing relational, emotional, and spiritual difficulties. The Christian Counselling Centre is committed to maintaining professional standards as it facilitates empowerment in ways which are based on the Scriptures. It is dedicated to help people who are experiencing emotional, psychological and spiritual distress and suffering. To help alleviate this distress and suffering the Centre offers Christian counselling by qualified Christian professionals.

The Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society has been collecting, preserving, and protecting Cole Harbour’s cultural and natural heritage for 40 years. A community response to the rapid change from rural to urban landscape, the Society continues to champion this once prosperous agricultural community and bring its story to life at the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum, an original 200 year old farm. "The Farm" is a community museum dedicated to preserving and interpreting Cole Harbour's agricultural past, and to developing an understanding of plants, animals and farming today. It relies heavily on community support and volunteers. Admission to the Farm is by donation so that the community may visit often and stay connected our rural roots!

Who are we? An advocacy group The fundamental mission of the Comite popular is to promote the social, economic, political and cultural rights of people living in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste neighborhood. The Comite popular focuses on urban development and housing rights. Urban development The committee members are particularly sensitive to urban development projects and intervene when necessary. Similarly, the committee is also planning urban proposals that reflect the aspirations of local people. Right to housing The committee provides a service of help and reference on the rights of tenants and struggle to increase the number of social housing (eg, develop cooperative housing projects). Some services: - L'Infobourg, a neighborhood newspaper - Le Vestiaire du Faubourg, a clothing store - A community composting site

Your annual membership and donation dollars help ensure that our organization is able to provide services (such as the BC Transit Ticket Assistance Program), resources, (such as the Living Wage and Affordability Index), and leadership (such as our work in food security) that we have brought to this community for many years. You can also choose to direct your donation toward the development of our new Community Investment Fund for affordable housing and community enterprise in the Capital Region. Your financial contributions support new ways of working together to create a vibrant and sustainable community and to support new initiatives to tackle the many challenges to the quality of life for people in the region. Key priority areas of work that your membership and donation dollars will support in the coming year are: • Reducing and Preventing Poverty • Housing Affordability • Community Economic Development • Sustainability of the Region (social, economic and environmental)

The mission of the Barrie Food Bank is to provide temporary food relief to individuals and families of our community who are in need, and to serve as a resource to encourage and guide them along the road to self-sufficiency.

Operating under the umbrella of Cape Breton Community Housing Association, the Community Homeless Shelter is a non-profit, charitable organization directed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The mandate of the shelter is to provide safe emergency accomodations for homeless individuals in a manner that respects their diverse experiences and needs. The shelter also assists clients in accessing available resources within the community as needed and provides on-going support and rehabilitative services through in-house programs and counseling. A referral service for females requiring emergency shelter is also provided.

Lakeshore Community Services is dedicated to providing a number of services available to the local community including: • Meals on Wheels • Friendly Visitor • Security Reassurance • Foot Care • Transit Bus • Food Bank • Computer Assistance Program (CAP) • Job Bank and Free internet access • Photocopying, faxing, lamination, typing and resume assistance • Room bookings • Keep the Heat • Coats for Kids • National Child Benefit Supplement / Canadian Tire Jump Start Program • Free Income Tax Clinic LCS continues to partner with City of Windsor Services / Agencies to provide contact within the Town of Lakeshore, which include but are not limited to the following: • Service Canada • Teen Health Centre • Sexual Assault Centre • Children Regional Crisis Centre • Hiatus House • Social Services – Leamington Office • Bilingual Legal Clinic

We envision connected, peaceful communities where all conflict is resolved in a restorative way.