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The Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre (DSYTC) came into being, as a result of the efforts of a group of dedicated parents and community leaders, spearheaded by restaurateur and philanthropist Dave Smith. This committed group lobbied tirelessly to secure base operational funding support from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care as well as raise capital funds from the community in order to purchase a building. With minimal fanfare, enthusiastic staff, and high hopes, the DSYTC first opened its doors in March 1993. The Centre began providing assistance to some 120 youth and parents in year one, and today, with much creativity and commitment assists more than 700 people per year.

Over 20 million Canadians suffer from digestive disorders every year. We believes this is unnecessary and unacceptable. The CDHF reduces suffering and improvs quality of life by empowering Canadians with trusted, up to date, science-based information about digestive health and disease. We are the Foundation of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG). As such, we work directly with leading physicians, scientists, and other healthcare professionals to help Canadians understand and take control of their digestive health with confidence and optimism. Through research and public education, we aim to: REDUCE the incidence and prevalence of digestive disorders; IMPROVE understanding of digestive health issues; SUPPORT those suffering from digestive disorders; and, ENHANCE quality of life for those living with digestive disorders.

Since 1988, Chrysalis has assisted over two thousand women to achieve empowered freedoms from addiction, violence & poverty. Our organization and programs are based on a feminist, client-centered philosophy that inherently recognizes the complex interdependence between women’s experiences of addiction, violence, abuse, exploitation, poverty and homelessness – as well as the larger social culture and systems through which women are further pathologized, medicated and/or oppressed. The comprehensive post-detox continuum of care Chrysalis Society provides (1st-stage post-detox stabilization, 2nd-stage semi-independence, and a housing subsidy program)remains the lowest-barriered resource for women in the region, and is accessible to many of our province's most marginalized women. As a result of multiple barriers relating to concurrent mental health and/or medications, many of the women we serve would otherwise have no access residential care and supports.

Camp Jumoke was founded by The Association For the Advancement of Blacks in Health Sciences (AABHS) and is dedicated to enriching the lives of children with Sickle Cell Disease. The continuing mandate of the Camp Jumoke organization is to better serve the needs of hundreds of children across Canada afflicted with SCD. Your contributions help send kids to a camp where they can participate in outdoor activities, develop lifelong memories and relationships, enhance self-esteem, create support networks and so much more.

A dedicated team of Volunteers provide companionship, listening and emotional support to residents of our community who are facing a life threatening illness or injury. The Volunteers offer relief to enable primary caregivers to feel comfortable to take time away or rest. This care can be provided in a home, a hospital, or a long-term care setting. There are NO FEES for these services. Our Volunteers are people who display sensitivity, good communication skills, and willingness to help and have respect for the privacy, dignity and self-determination of the person. They are carefully screened and have completed an approved Volunteer Training Progrm. They receive ongoing education, supervision and group support. Agency governacy is by a volunteer Board of Directors which is drawn from all our communities.

We provide safe, affordable, decent home ownership to deserving families in Barrie and South Simcoe. Our Restore recycles usable building products and materials diverting more than 40 tons of waste each year. Low-income families complete 500 hours of sweat equity toward their home and pay a no interest mortgage. They become tax-payers and engaged community citizens. Our ReStores and building projects engage more than 400 volunteers every year including students, Ontario Works participants, volunteers through the justice system and other community minded individuals. Thanks to Restore revenues, 100% of donations go directly to helping families in need get a hand up not a hand out.

The Nanaimo Brain Injury Society is a registered non profit society and registered charitable organization. We are a progressive society providing support, education and rehabilitation to people with brain injury since 1988. Creative, energetic and dedicated, our members, volunteers and staff give the society a firm foundation on which we build firm relationships with clients, family members and our wider community. We believe that individuals with disabilities reflect the normal diversity of the human community. Our experience teaches us that most people wish to continue being part of their community following brain injury, and we take seriously the idea of building independence with minimum professional supports. Through our programs and services, people with acquired brain injuries can go on to enjoy fuller inclusion and participation in the community, which includes becoming local advocates for understanding brain injury and its prevention.

Decision aid support for your unplanned pregnancy options: abortion, adoption, parenting. THRIVE Ottawa community education presentations. Additional services may include: Support for , Adoption birth parent(s), parenting, post-abortion, pregnancy.

Hospice Huntsville provides care and support to individuals in the Huntsville area who are facing end of life situations. This care and support is also extended to their families and caregivers and is provided in the setting of their choice. Our professionally trained volunteers provide these individuals with compassionate care so that they may live out their lives with dignity and comfort either at home or in a health care setting. Hospice Huntsville is a not for profit registered charitable organization, incorporated in 1989. It is primarily funded by voluntary donations, churches, service clubs, in memoriams, planned fund-raising and some government funding. All services of Hospice Huntsville are offered at no cost to those we serve.

The Canadian League Against Epilepsy is an organization of medical and basic sciences professionals counting more than 125 members, including physicians, basic scientists, nurses, neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, students and other health professionals. Our members are all keen to take advantage of their passions and their knowledge in their respective fields to better respond to various basic needs of the epileptic population, present and future. We also work in collaboration with several organizations such as the Canadian Epilepsy Alliance, the American Epilepsy Society and the North American Commission for Epilepsy. We meet at the time of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences and every other year at the Canadian League Against Epilepsy meeting. The league members are also in contact on an ongoing basis through our website in order to provide information and exchange views on various topics of current interest on epilepsy.

BC Women's was founded in 1994 when the Grace Maternity Hospital merged with the Women's Health Centre of the former Shaughnessy Hospital. As a result, BC Women's has a breadth and scope of obstetrical and specialized women's programs unmatched in the country. BC Women's Foundation supports the hospital so that: * BC Women's may continue to be a national leader in meeting the health needs of women, while treating patients and their families as partners in their health care choices. * The hospital can continue to provide academic, career, and leadership opportunities for health care professionals pursuing specialties in women's health. BC Women's provides its services with: * Compassion, caring, honesty and integrity * Respect for the rights, opinions and dignity of every individual: patients, families, and staff * And excellence in all we do BC Women's focuses its research, teaching and care on women's health and the health of their families.

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.