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Our programs & services include: Meals on Wheels (hot and frozen), Diners Clubs, Escorted Medical Transportation, Friendly Visiting, Telephone Reassurance and Security Checks, Social Activation Program, Service Arrangement and Coordination (Home Help and Home Maintenance), Client Intervention and Assistance, Stroke Support Programs, 55 Alive Driver Refresher Course, and Footcare

Hospice Northwest is a non-profit charity operating in Thunder Bay and area since 1987. The organization was founded with the sole purpose of providing compassionate support to persons living with a life limiting illness and their caregivers. Services throughout the District of Thunder Bay are provided primarily by volunteers, congruent with provincial and national standards of practice.

Founded in 1980, Concerned Friends of Ontario Citizens in Care Facilities is a non-profit organization and registered charity dedicated to reform of the long-term care system and improvement of quality of life for residents. The organization is supported by membership and donations without government funding. Its activities are undertaken entirely by volunteers.

Hospice can help at a difficult time. Hospice staff and volunteers provide: * Emotional support and information for people living with advancing illness and for their caregivers * Vigils for the last hours of life * One to one emotional support and information for those grieving the death of someone they love * Group support for people in grief * Library and resources on end of life issues, care giving and grief, including picture books for children * Hospice volunteers available daily at Cowichan District Hospital and a family lounge with hot beverages. * Biweekly care clinics and outreach offering reiki, therapeutic touch and other relaxing treatments for caregivers and for those living with advancing illness or grieving a death * Community advocacy on end of life issues and grief issues All services are offered free of charge and most are available across the Cowichan region for people at home, in hospital or living in a care facility.

EKFH is located in the south east corner of British Columbia. The foundation presently stewards over 30+ funds in trust for hospital, health care facilities, residential care homes and programs guided by the Interior Health Authority. It serves the communities of Elkford, Sparwood, Fernie, Jaffray, Cranbrook, Kimberley, Invermere, Canal Flats, Radium, Golden and Creston. EKFH is a public charitable foundation and registered British Columbia Society. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors.

NEED2 works every day to actively prevent suicide through our anonymous chatting/texting service for youth up to 30 years of age from across Canada who are distressed or in crisis (Youthspace.ca) and through suicide prevention presentations (Suicide Awareness for Youth)in schools in the Greater Victoria area. NEED2 also offers a support group for adults who have experienced the loss of someone through suicide, as well as workshops related to suicide, mental health and communication. NEED2 has an Ethical Fundraising and Financial Accountability Code available on request. NEED2 was previously know as NEED Crisis and Information Line. Est. 1971.

We promote and assist change at the individual, community and social levels through the provision of quality services, community action and social advocacy. 1. Health and social services are provided directly to individuals and families to help them meet basic needs, learn new skills and enhance personal growth in an inclusive environment. 2. Through networking, planning and co-ordination with other community groups, and community development to support local community action groups, an attempt is made to resolve problems and issues affecting the community. 3. The Centre works at the local, provincial and national level in order to bring about social change that will benefit people living in the community served.

The Dispensary serves approximately 2,000 needy pregnant women per year. The basic service they receive is nutrition counselling by a dietitian, combined with daily supplements of food (1 litre of milk, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed) and vitamins. Mothers are also invited to participate in group activities concerning, among others, breastfeeding promotion and support (a weekly clinic is available on site), preparing for delivery, care of the newborn, healthy cooking, etc. Our services give results: 95% of Dispensary babies are born at a healthy weight (without intervention, a 10-12% low birth weight rate is expected among disadvantaged populations) and more than 95% of our mothers breastfeed their babies. Every dollar invested in the Dispensary program saves eight dollars in health care costs. The Dispensary, prevention worth millions!

Distress Centre of Niagara provides a free anonymous confidential 24-hour telephone line that uses trained volunteers to assist callers to solve their own problems, to provide information and referrals and intervene in life-threatening situations.

If you were asked to name two great leaders of Canadian Socialism, it is likely that Tommy Douglas and M.J. Coldwell would come to mind. Their life-long contributions to social democracy in Canada and around the globe are well celebrated. One dream they shared was to create a Canadian equivalent to Britain's Fabian Society, an independent left-wing group unobligated to any other organization or political party. In 1971 this dream became a reality with the establishment of the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation with Tommy Douglas as it's founding President. In the words of Tommy Douglas, the Foundation would be "a gadfly to provoke discussion…to keep the movements on the left-whether the co-operative movement, the trade union movement or the political movement- from getting in a rut."

The Down Syndrome Association of Toronto is a parent organized and led registered Canadian Charity which works to achieve the goals of maximization of individual potential, integration, and full participation of persons with Down Syndrome in the community.

Dryden Regional Health Services Foundation utlizes local resources to keep quality health care close to home.