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• Aboriginal Youth Business Council

  A volunteer-run, youth-driven council of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit entrepreneurs. This grassroots organization provides useful tools for young entrepreneurs.

• A Child's Voice Foundation (National: Mississauga, ON)

  A Child’s Voice Foundation is a registered charitable organization dedicated to creating and managing programs to provide tangible help that will make a real difference in the lives of sick and underprivileged children and their families.

• A deux mains / Head & Hands

  Head & Hands works with youth to facilitate their empowerment and promote their physical and mental health. Through education, intervention and referral, we provide medical, social and legal services and recreational activities to youth of diverse communities.

• Adoption Council of Canada (ACC)

  The umbrella organization for adoption in Canada. Based in Ottawa, the ACC raises public awareness of adoption, promotes placement of waiting children and stresses the importance of post-adoption services. Our services include a quarterly newsletter, a resource library, referrals, and conference planning. The "Canada's Waiting Children" program raises awareness about adoption and the needs of Canadian children awaiting adoptive families.

• Adoption Support Kinship (ASK) (Local: Toronto, ON)

  A community-based, volunteer-run organization dedicated to providing support around adoption search and reunion (or non-reunion) by offering search and reunion assistance and support in a caring, empathetic and non-judgmental environment.

• Advocate For Appropriate Special Education at School (AFASE) (Regional: Pickering, ON)

  AFASE at School provides special education advocacy and consulting services to parents and guardians who have exceptional children. They are empowered by current, customized information that enables them to articulate their children's needs to school board administrators in a way that is both assertive and collaborative.

• AIESEC Canada Inc. (International: Toronto, ON)

  AIESEC, the world’s largest student-run organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to have a positive impact on society. In partnership with business and higher education, AIESEC has 50 years of experience in developing high-potential students into globally-minded responsible leaders. AIESEC’s innovative development process consists of unmatched leadership experiences and global internships.

  • Local university chapters

• Alberta Association of School Resource Officers

  Provides Alberta police officers with effective resources to educate and protect today's youth. AASRO's members include school resource officers throughout Western Canada and we are dedicated to providing them with the resources they need to have a proactive and positive impact on the youth that they work with.

• Alberta Mentor Foundation for Youth

  Alberta Mentor Foundation for Youth (AMFY) is dedicated to helping junior and senior high school students achieve their full potential through supportive in-school mentoring relationships in Calgary, Airdrie and Cochrane. The time commitment to volunteer is only one hour a week throughout the duration of a school year.

• All-A-Board Youth Ventures Inc.

  A private, non-profit charitable organization that creates small businesses that employ youth in a one year on-the-job training experience.

• Alpha House of Northumberland (Local: Cobourg, ON)

  Provides adolescent mothers and mothers-to-be with a safe, structured environment conducive to the learning of life and parenting skills. A semi-independant living residential program for up to four pregnant or parenting teen girls and their babies under 12 months of age. Referrals to employment, education, parenting, and other community supports. Outreach programs are also offered.

• AMICI Camping Charity (Regional: Toronto, ON)

  Established in 1966, AMICI is a volunteer organization of men and women who believe that camping contributes to the social, physical and spiritual development of youth. We are committed to helping children attend summer camp who, without AMICI's financial assistance, would not have the opportunity to benefit from camping experience.

• Angels Anonymous Connection (National: Edmonton, AB)

  Our purpose is to fulfill dreams for terminally ill adults. Our mission is to provide the means to grant the dream. Our vision is that no adult die without their dream being realized.

• Apathy is Boring Project (National)

  The Apathy is Boring Project is a national, youth-run, nonpartisan organization that aims to use art, media, and technology to re-engage youth in the democratic process and revolutionize democracy.

• Around the Rainbow (Regional: Ottawa, ON)

  Around the Rainbow works with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, two spirit, and queer (LGBTTQ) community, and allies, to support diverse families in childcare, preschools, schools in the greater Ottawa area. We focus on those who serve 0 to 6-year-olds.

• Arts for Children of Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Working with social service agencies, schools and community groups, Arts for Children offers scholarships, outreach programs and teacher training in visual art, drama and music. Our mission is to be a leader in providing high quality arts experiences to children, regardless of their financial circumstances.

• ArtStarts in Schools

  A unique, BC-based non-profit organization providing a range of programs and services for young people, artists, educators, programmers, parent and community organizations.

• Arts Umbrella

  A leading visual and performing arts institute for young people, 2-19 years of age, Arts Umbrella introduces young people to theatre, dance, painting & drawing, sculpture, architecture, movie making, animation and more.

• Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Regional: Maple Ridge, BC)

  A not-for-profit society whose vision is to create compassionate and knowledgeable communities that work together to prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), and to support persons and families affected by FAS to reach their full potential.

• Aspen Family and Community Network Society

  AFCN's mission is to support and enhance the quality of life of children and youth in the family and in the community.

• Aunt Leah's Society

  A community-based social services organization dedicated to providing necessary practical supports to young people at risk, while challenging and encouraging them to take steps toward successful independent living.

• A World of Dreams Foundation Canada (National: Montreal, QC)

  A nonprofit organization that grants dreams to critically, chronically, and terminally ill children across Canada. The foundation differs from other foundations by granting dreams not only to terminally ill children, but also by addressing critically and chronically ill children who also need hope, inspiration, and the power to know that dreams can become reality.

• BabySteps Children's Fund

  An online place of comfort and resource centre for parents and children who have lost a child or sibling.

• Balmoral Project

  A self-sustaining, volunteer community organization headquartered in Balmoral near Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada. Our purpose is to provide no-cost, confidential information and assistance to families who are dealing with issues relative to child and adolescent behaviors.

• BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (Regional: Vancouver, BC)

  A provincial nonprofit charitable society whose mission is to help Aboriginal communities develop quality, integrated, community child care services founded in culture, language, history. We provide research and networking opportunities through training, conferences, newsletters, library.

• BC Council for Families

  Affirming that the family in all its diversity is the foundation of society, the mission of the BC Council for Families is to strengthen, encourage and support families through information, education, research and advocacy. The organization advocates on behalf of the family and keeps the needs of families on the agendas of legislators; researches family issues; is a leading edge force in the field of family life education; and provides training and resources that strengthen family relationships.

• BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities

  Also known as the Easter Seal people, the society's mandate is to support children with disabilities throughout British Columbia by providing programs and services designed specifically to promote self-esteem and self-confidence.

• Big Brothers & Sisters of Canada

  Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada (BBSC) is the leading child and youth serving organization providing mentoring programs across the country. Providing support to more than 300 Canadian communities, our 160 local agencies offer the service that the organization was founded on one-to-one matching. Men and women give of their time to become a mentor to a youngster who can greatly benefit from having an adult role model to look up to.

  • Big Brothers Association of Belleville and Prince Edward County
  • Big Brother Association of Burlington and Hamilton - Wentworth
  • Big Brothers of Kitchener-Waterloo
  • Big Brothers of North Simcoe
  • Big Brothers of Ottawa-Carleton
  • Big Brothers of Sarnia-Lambton
  • Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver
  • Big Brothers of Windsor and Essex County
    
    
  • Big Brothers & Big Sisters Atlantic Canada
  • Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Colchester County, NS
  • Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Cornwall & District, ON
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton
  • Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Lanark County
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Langley
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Medicine Hat & District
  • Big Brothers and Sisters of the Okanagan
  • Big Brothers and Sisters of Parry Sound and Area
  • Big Brothers - Big Sisters PEI
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel
    
  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters, South Huron
  • Big Brothers and Sisters of Prince George
  • Big Brothers and Sisters of Eastern Newfoundland
  • Big Brothers and Big Sisters Upper Fraser Valley
  • Big Brothers and Big Sisters of West Island
  • Big Brothers & Sisters Whistler & Pemberton
  • Big Brothers and Sisters of Toronto
    
    
  • Big Sisters and Big Brothers Society of Calgary and Area
  • Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland
  • Big Sisters of Huronia
  • Grands frères et grandes soeurs de Montréal
  • Big Sisters of North Bay and District
  
  
• Block Parent Program of Canada

  A community based crime prevention program operated by volunteers in partnership with police and educators. Our nation-wide safety network of homes and businesses offers immediate assistance to members of the community, particularly children, when they are in distress. We also provide personal safety education programs for children, teens and seniors.

  • Ingersoll Block Parent Program
  
  
• Blue Dreams

  We are a national group of emergency services. Throughout the year we host many events with high publicity and media coverage to raise money and awareness for children with life-threatening illnesses.

• B'nai Brith Youth Organization Canada (International: Toronto, ON)

  B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO) is a worldwide Jewish movement whose mandate is to engage teens in meaningful Jewish experiences through community service, philanthropic, Judaic, social and athletic programming. As informal educators, our staff provides opportunities for teens to develop their leadership potential, a positive Jewish identity, and commitment to their personal development.

• Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf

  Located in Toronto, the mission of the centre is to provide opportunities for a higher quality of life for deaf people while preserving and promoting their language and culture. Many services and programs are offered: Sign Language Services which provides classes in American Sign Language to the hearing community; Happy Hands Preschool; Adult Residential Services; Supportive Independent Living Program; Seniors Services; Adult Education and Training; Vocational Training and Volunteer Services.

• Boomerang Connexion Security (Local: Montreal, QC)

  Boomerang Connexion Security (BCS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the safety, security, and well-being of individuals at risk. Our mission is to provide assistance to persons in distress, with a major focus on the young, the elderly and the disabled.

• Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada

  Boys and Girls Clubs, with families and other adults, offer children and youth opportunities to develop skills, knowledge and values they seek to become fulfilled individuals.

  • Alberta Clubs
    
  • Edmonton, AB
  • Lethbridge, AB
  • Okanagan Clubs
    
  • Ontario Clubs
    
  • Ottawa
    
    
• Breakfast for Learning, Canadian Living Foundation

  The mission of Breakfast for Learning is to ensure that every child goes to school well nourished and ready to learn. As the only national nonprofit organization whose sole mandate is to support child nutrition programs, Breakfast for Learning fosters parental involvement and community ownership in all of the programs we support.

• Breakfast with Santa Foundation

  Our charity hosts two breakfasts where children receive a nutritious breakfast, entertainment, songs, games, a visit with Santa, a present to take home for Christmas morning, a Christmas stocking filled with goodies and a life time of wonderful memories.

• Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids (Local: Calgary, AB)

  Brown Bagging for Calgary's KidsÝoperates lunch programsÝfor children, with the mission to provide daily essential nutrients to allow for healthy growth and development. The goal is to reach all children and youth, whether they are on the streets or in school. With essential nutrition and regardless of their social position, youth will be more likely to reach their full potential and become successful in life.

• Calgary Action for Bright Children

  CABC's aim is to promote growth of awareness, understanding and services for bright children and their families. We accomplish this through meetings with feature speakers, panel discussions and through special programs for children and families.

• Camp Jubilee

  Works to provide a quality summer camp experience for all children. We find sponsorship for over 80% of the children attending our summer camp. The camp is located 30 minutes from Vancouver by boat up beautiful Indian Arm.

• Camp Quality

  A charitable organization of volunteers who provide a one week summer camp session for children with cancer (active disease or in remission) free of charge and year-round activities free to camper and his family.

• Camp Winston

  Camp Winston operates a residential recreational summer programme for campers diagnosed with complex Tourette syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, learning disabilities and autism. Camp Winston also provides behaviour management and skills workshops and various weekend retreats.

• Canada World Youth

  CWY has been providing young people with exciting international educational and work placement opportunities for nearly 30 years. Programs provide young people with an opportunity to learn about other cultures and ways of life, to explore community and international development issues first hand and to acquire practical work experience. More than 1,000 young people from some 20 countries take part in our programs every year.

• Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects (CADIP) (International: Vancouver, BC)

  CADIP runs youth volunteer projects in Canada and overseasÝfocusing on: charity work; environmental protection; restoration and conservation work; archaeological excavations; festivities and any otherÝvolunteer workÝwith social impact. The organization promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. It also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, building social ties and strengthening communities, and supporting civil society development.

• Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness (National, Newmarket, ON)

  Exists to provide accessible support, healing and individual empowerment for survivors, children, families and caregivers and to eliminate child abuse through advocacy, education, public awareness, and prevention programs by creating community and corporate partnerships.

• Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF)

  The mission of the CCCF is to improve the quality of child care services for Canadian families by providing information to, and facilitating networking, among a broad range of target groups and supporting initiatives that increase their skill, expertise and awareness in support of an improved quality of child care services.

• Canadian Feed The Children

  An independent registered charity whose goal is to alleviate the impact of poverty on children. We work with local partners in Canada and around the world in the areas of food security, clean water access, health and hygiene, sustainable agriculture, and education.

• Canadian Parents for French (CPF)

  The national network of volunteers which values French as an integral part of Canada and which is dedicated to the promotion and creation of French second language learning opportunities for young Canadians.

• Canadian Institute of Child Health

  Our role in child and family health involves working with governments to make sure the right kind of policies are developed; working with professionals and educators to equip them with the best in research and programs; and reaching out to families to help us all with the crucial task of nurturing, protecting, educating, and empowering our children.

• Canadian Native Friendship Centre (Local: Edmonton, AB)

  The Canadian Native Friendship Centre's mandate reflects the importance we place on strengthening the family unit and retaining aboriginal cultural values and traditions in an urban environment.

• Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  
  
• Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada (National: Novar, ON)

  Our mission is to help all people prevent and survive cancer. Our vision is to educate and empower people to create wellness in body, mind and spirit.

• Canadian Youth Business Foundation (National: Toronto, ON)

  A private-sector funded non-profit organization which was formed to address youth unemployment and under-employment by providing programs that support young people who are creating their own employment through entrepreneurship. Our mission is to help young people who would not otherwise have the opportunity, to develop their self-confidence, achieve economic independence, fulfil their ambitions and contribute to the community through the medium of self-employment and job creation.

• Cangrands (National)

  A support network for Canadian grandparents who are either raising or seeking access to their grandchildren.

• Cantaré Children's Choir (Local: Calgary, AB)

  Cantaré Children's Choir was formed in 1997 to enrich the lives of children through the power and wonder of music.

• Canuck Place Children's Hospice (Regional: Vancouver, BC)

  The only fully operational children's hospice in North America providing hospice care free of charge to children and their entire families. It is regarded as one of the leading children's hospices in the world.

• Careforce International (International: Burlington, ON)

  A Christian humanitarian organization that helps needy children around the world through child sponsorship, mission teams, relief efforts, literacy programs, health initiatives, sports activities, computer training, and other ministries.

• Catharsis Foundation (National: Calgary, AB)

  Catharsis Foundation assists survivors of child abuse by publishing, promoting, and distributing their true accounts at no cost to the author. Authors receive 100% net royalties.

• Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton

  Protects and advocates for the well-being of children within the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth.

• Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto

  One part of an Ontario-wide network of child welfare agencies organized to protect children from neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

• Catholic Community Services of Montreal

  CCS is a community organization that has been providing a wide range of services to families, seniors, youth, and adults, since 1932. Our services and programs are available to anyone in need, regardless of religious affiliation.

• Catholic Youth Organization of the Diocese of Hamilton

  Prepares young people through camping, athletics and parish ministry to exercise their potential for active, caring leadership in the Church and the community.

• Celebrate Vancouver Society (Local: Vancouver, BC)

  Presents First Night Vancouver, an alcohol-free New Year's Eve city celebration for people of all ages that includes music, performance art, theatre and celebrations.

• Centennial Infant and Child Centre

  Founded in 1965, it operates programs for special needs children in Toronto, including an early intervention program and a nursery school for 2 and 3 year olds. About 100 volunteers are involved each week.

• Central Neighbourhood House (Local: Toronto, ON)

  CNH provides essential and innovative services to young people, seniors, new Canadians and all members of Toronto's downtown east community. It provides spaces, services and opportunities that engage all community members in enhancing their quality of life and in building healthy, inclusive neighbourhoods.

• Centre Greene (Westmount, QC)

  Centre Greene is an independent, nonprofit organization with a strong commitment to its community and dedicated to providing quality social, cultural, and recreational services. We are open to the community at large regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, ability or socio-economic status.

• Centre of Excellence for Children & Adolescents with Special Needs (Thunder Bay, ON)

  Our mission is to ensure that advanced knowledge about children and adolescents with special needs living in rural, remote, and northern locations is disseminated effectively to those who need it most.

• Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse & Childhood Trauma (Local: Ottawa, ON)

  We provide individual, family and couples therapy for individuals who have been sexually abused or otherwise traumatized or stressed by life experiences. We also participate in advocacy for survivors of trauma and abuse and offer training and education to professionals.

• Chatham Teen Centre

  The centre provides a safe place for kids to meet and hang out in the Chatham-Kent region. Those that stop by can be assured of a place that is free from drugs, alcohol, violence and abuse. Through the building of friendships, we seek to develop opportunities to reach out and help the youth with the difficulties they face.

• Chess'n Math Association (National)

  The Chess'n Math Association (CMA) is Canada's national scholastic chess organization. A nonprofit organization, our mission is to provide youngsters with the opportunities and resources necessary for learning and developing their chess playing abilities in a fun and disciplined environment.

• Child Crisis Network (National: Sarnia, ON)

  The goal of the Child Crisis Network is to help locate and prevent missing children by making timely information accessible to the public though the use of leading-edge network technologies.

• Child Find Canada
  We are committed to the fundamental belief in the safety of children. We assist in the location of missing children, provide education about child personal safety, develop awareness on issues relating to missing and exploited children, and advocate for improved personal safety of children.
  • Child Find Alberta
  • Child Find Manitoba
  
  
• Child and Youth Friendly Calgary (CYFC) (Local: Calgary, AB)

  CYFC is based on the firm belief that young people who experience being contributing members of society will become adults who have a sense of ownership and a responsibility to their community. Our purpose is to "lead in providing meaningful opportunities for young people to contribute to our community." CYFC offers ten different programs for youth to become involved.

• Childcare Worldwide (International: South Surrey, BC)

  Childcare Worldwide is a nonprofit organization committed to helping the poorest children of the world "survive and succeed". Through child sponsorship, Childcare Worldwide educates, feeds, and provides shelter for children in 13 different countries.

• Childhope Foundation Canada

  The foundation offers help to youth and women's shelters and displaced families in the Greater Toronto Region

• Childreach (Local: London, ON)

  A unique service offering a full range of supports and programs for parents, informal caregivers, and licensed child care providers in home-based programs and staff in child care centres.

• Child Welfare League of Canada

  CWLC is dedicated to protecting and promoting the well-being of Canada's children, particularly those who are at-risk because of poverty, abuse and neglect. The CWLC is a federally-incorporated charitable organization active in Canadian policy, research and advocacy.

• Children's Aid Societies
  • Durham ON
  • Hamilton ON
  • Metropolitan Toronto ON
  
  
• Children's Centre - Thunder Bay (Local: Thunder Bay, ON)

  As a registered children's mental health centre, we assist children and families in overcoming their difficulties in order that they may live happier, healthier and more productive lives. CCTB provides diverse professional counselling programs that meet the changing needs of our community.

• Children's International Summer Villages (CISV)

  An international, non-denominational, non-political volunteer organization dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding through peace education programs for children aged 11 to 19.

  • CISV Toronto
    
  • CISV Vancouver
  
  
• CHildren's Intervention Learning & Development (CH.I.L.D) (Regional: Maple, ON)

  Offers services to families and children with various disorders and disabilities, including year-round home-based and centre-based intervention.

• Children's Link Society

  A central source of information for families of children with special needs in the Calgary area and the Rocky View Region.

• Children of the Street Society (COS) (Regional: Coquitlam, BC)

  A nonprofit society made up of citizens of the community concerned with the growing numbers of children being coerced into and exploited within the sex trade. Our main goal is to increase public awareness about the problem by providing education and prevention strategies for youth, their families, educators and service providers.

• Children's Own Museum

  A magical place in Toronto designed to provide active learning through play for children ages 1 to 8. Using their imaginations and the wealth of materials available, visitors have fun exploring, discovering, interacting, and creating. Open daily 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Children's Miracle Network Canada

  CMN Champions is an international non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for 170 affiliated children's hospitals.

• Children's Peace Theatre (International: Toronto, ON)

  It is our mission to honour children and young people in the pursuit of peace through the practice of theatre.

• Children's Welcome Centre (Local: Ottawa, ON)

  The Children's Welcome Centre is a nonprofit children's organization offering high quality programming and childcare in a safe and inviting facility designed with fun as the focus. Playgroups, children's courses, parenting courses, and special events are just some of the ways that we offer unique services to the parent's and caregivers in the community.

• Children's Wish Foundation

  The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada works to provide a once in a lifetime experience for children suffering from high risk life-threatening Illnesses.

• CHOICES Adoption and Counselling Services (National: Victoria, BC)

  CHOICES is a licensed professional, nonprofit, non-sectarian counselling and adoption agency providing services to birth-parents (free counselling), adoptees and adoptive parents throughout BC and across Canada, including domestic and international adoptions, support groups and family events.

• Christie Lake Kids (Local: Ottawa, ON)

  Offers recreational and skill development programs at no cost to economically disadvantaged children in the Ottawa area. Summer camp and in-city programs aim to develop physical, artistic, and social skills, as well as positive attitudes and personal qualities.

• Citizens Against Bullying Association of Northern Alberta (National: Mayerthorpe, AB)

  Our mission is to create awareness about bullying behaviour and to obtain resources to help counter bullying. We are also devoted to acting as a support network for those who are being bullied and their families, and to lobby officials at the local, provincial, and national level to create change.

• Conflict Mediation Services of Downsview (CMS-D) (Local: Toronto, ON)

  A not-for-profit organization committed to changing the face of conflict in families, workplaces, schools, and neighbourhoods through free transformative mediation and restorative justice initiatives, and fee-for-service trainings and interventions.

• Connections Youth Resource Centre (Local: Courtenay, BC)

  A one-stop access point where young people can find information or be referred to available community services that assist young people in achieving independence and personal growth.

• Co-ordinated Access for Child Care

  The official site for child care and day care services in the new City of Hamilton. This site includes comprehensive data on licensed and home-based services, map-based searching and child/family related information including advice on how to choose child care.

• Coptic Orphans Canada (International: Laval, QC)

  Coptic Orphans improves the lives of vulnerable children in Egypt by providing basic necessities, education, and mentoring; raising awareness about poverty; and promoting cultural understanding. We envision every child confidently facing the future with renewed hope and an enriched life.

• Covenant House Toronto

  Canada's largest youth shelter, offering help and hope to homeless young people.

• Covenant House Vancouver

  Provides food, shelter, clothing and counselling to the estimated 500 - 1,000 street youth in Vancouver.

• Creative Problem Solving Society

  CPSS works to develop and enhance the opportunities for creative thinking and creative problem solving in children and youth in BC. We teach young people the skills to find imaginative paths to problem solving, enabling them to positively and effectively deal with life and employment challenges.

• Creche Child and Family Centre

  Provides a range of services for young children and their families in Toronto. Our mission is to strengthen families and to promote optimal child development and we have a 90 year track record of innovation and dedication to our cause.

• Cridge Centre for the Family (The)

  A social service organization, located in Victoria BC, where everyday people can find hope and direction in a sometimes harsh and uncaring world. It's a community of caring individuals who believe there's more to social services than providing programs.

• Crossroads Children's Centre (Local: Ottawa, ON)

  The mission of the Crossroads Children's Centre is to serve children up to the age of twelve with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties. We offer a wide range of services to provide children and their families with the treatment, training and support they need to lead full and productive lives.

• Dancestreams Youth Dance Company (Regional: Vancouver Island, BC)

  Dancestreams is a pre-professional youth dance company dedicated to fostering excellence in talented Vancouver Island dancers. By providing extraordinary and unique training and performance opportunities of the highest standards, Dancestreams encourages and supports gifted dance students to achieve their full potential.

• Daytrippers Children's Charity (Regional: Toronto, ON)

  A registered nonprofit charity that raises funds to send children from low-income areas in Ontario and beyond on school field trips to recognized educational and cultural institutions. Daytrippers is entirely run by volunteers and 93 cents of every dollar raised goes directly to fund bussing and admission costs for trips.

• Diabetes Hope Foundation

  A grassroots nonprofit charitable organization that assists children and adolescents living with diabetes reach their full potential through education, self-management and future independence.

• Dignitas International (International: Toronto, ON)

  Assists children, youth, and families affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic to attain a quality of life with dignity.

• District 69 Family Resource Association (Local: Qualicum Beach, BC)

  The association has supported children, youth and families since 1989. We are an accredited nonprofit organization with a mission to provide early intervention, counselling, educational and support programs. We support the development, independence and empowerment of citizens.

• DreamNow (International: Toronto, ON)

  DreamNow is a youth-led charitable organization that provides resources and support to individuals who want to change the world. DreamNow works primarily by partnering with other nonprofit organizations, ensuring the people they reach and inspire take action upon returning home.

• Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation (National: Toronto, ON)

  Assists cancer patients and their families in a variety of ways to help them understand and cope with the disease.

• Dr. Roz's Healing Place (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Dr. Roz's Healing Place is an organization that provides emergency housing, support services and referrals to assaulted women and their children. The youth program consists of creative and artistic design, daily therapeutic groups, fundraising activities, administrative support, as well as music and drama. Other programs within the centre include counseling, job training, life skills development, creative, and educational programming activities.

• Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadians Challenge (The)

  Since 1963 with over 150,000 participants from across Canada, the program is open to all young people between the ages of 14 and 25, and is made up of four sections --- Community Service, Skills Development, Physical Fitness and Expeditions.

• Easter Seals/March of Dimes
  
  
  • Easter Seal Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
    
  • Easter Seal Society (Ontario)
    
  • Easter Seals Ontario Camps
  
  
• East Metro Youth Services (Local: Scarborough, ON)

  A community resource helping troubled youth and their families build a better future.

• East Prince Youth Development Centre

  The centre's mission is to assist people in their individual efforts to become all that they can be by providing professional programs and services relating to employment, education, and personal wellness.

• Education Through Media (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Addresses the issues faced by at-risk youth, including homelessness, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, substance abuse, and violence, by providing job-skills training and employment assistance in a structured setting that promotes self-esteem, creativity, and team-building among participants. Offers a 12-month apprenticeship program for homeless and at-risk youth who have dropped out of school. This program provides training leading to the mentored creation of multi-media public-service announcements.

• Educo Adventure School (Regional: 100 Mile House, BC)

  Offers wilderness-based and community-based experiential education programs to create positive change in individual youth and adults, schools, organizations and entire communities. Educo also helps develop and support community-based programs that encourage healthy communities and youth empowerment.

• Elizabeth Wiebe Society for Orphaned Children in Canada (National: Ottawa, ON)

  Our mission is to give orphaned children in Canada a chance by fostering awareness and empathy and promoting a determination to give every child the right to a permanent loving home.

• EPIC (Educational Program Innovations Charity) (Local: Cape Breton, NS)

  The mission of EPIC is to crystallize the advancement of marginalized learners through innovative educational project initiatives and program collaboration.

• Equip K.I.D.S International (International: Toronto, ON)

  A grassroots, charitable organization dedicated to helping children with disabilities in developing nations. Through the local production and distribution of assistive technology, rehabilitative services, and education, we seek to provide these children with the tools they need to reach their full potential.

• Family Caregivers' Network Society (Regional: Victoria, BC)

  Provides support, education and information to individuals who are caregivers of adult family members or friends, who live at home or in a facility, and are frail, elderly, disabled or ill. Services include support groups, resource library, workshops, and newsletter.

• Family Centre, The

  Our mission is to promote healthy families and healthy communities. We've been doing that since 1942 in Edmonton, AB. Except for residential services we offer a very wide range of services: In-Home, EAP, Counselling, Groups, Parenting, Education, Interpretation, etc.

• Family Of Men Support Society (Calgary, AB)

  Family of Men Support Society is a male peer support group open to the problems that men uniquely experience in today's society. We offer peer perspectives on divorce issues, parenting issues, legal matters, maintenance issues, survivors of sexual abuse, child custody & visitation, male victimization from family violence and what are the issues of being a male in the future.

• Family Counselling and Support Services for Guelph-Wellington

  Family Counselling and Support Services is a non-profit, community based organization dedicated to enriching, supporting and strengthening couple, family and individual life. We offer counselling, advocacy, support and a wide variety of other services.

• Family Day Care Services (Regional: Toronto, ON)

  Family Day offers licensed home and centre-based child care to over 4,000 children (infants to 12 years of age) in the Greater Toronto Area and is the lead agency for Ontario Early Years Centres in five GTA ridings.

• Family Service Association of Toronto (FSA)

  Helps families and individuals dealing with multiple problems such as poverty, violence, and breakup. Our services are available to everyone who lives or works in Toronto and include counselling, community development, and advocacy.

• Family Service Canada

  FSC promotes families as the primary source of nurture and development of individuals, promotes quality services which strengthen families and communities and advocates policies and legislation which advance family well-being in Canada.

• Family Services of Peel (Regional: Mississauga, ON)

  Family Services of Peel is a community based not-for-profit agency serving the Region of Peel. Our mission is to strengthen families and individuals while striving for a supportive and responsive community. Providing services to the citizens of Peel since 1971.

• F.I.T ANGELS (Local: Calgary, AB)

  F.I.T ANGELS assists teen mothers in transitioning into their new role as a teen mother. Our ultimate goal is to create a culture of women helping women, and enable the women of the future to continue on a successful, health and happy life path.

• Five Counties Children's Centre

  A community-based family-centred agency that provides therapy and support services to children who have physical disabilities, communication disorders and mild motor impairments.

• Footprints Dance Project (Local: Calgary, AB)

  Calgary's Footprints Dance Project helps youth referred by educators, social workers, doctors and the clergy discover the joys the arts bring. The City of Calgary and Dancers Studio West Theatre help us to help kids to make good life choices.

• Foster Care Council of Canada (National: Ottawa, ON)

  An organization made up of caring individuals whose lives have been affected by foster care, giving a voice and offering support to those affected by the standardized policies and procedures of our current child welfare system.

• Foundation for Active Healthy Kids

  Has a mandate to increase physical activity levels of all children and youth by providing visionary leadership, resource support and effective programs.

• Foundation for Active Healthy Kids

  Has a mandate to increase physical activity levels of all children and youth by providing visionary leadership, resource support and effective programs.

• Fraser Valley Child Development Centre (Regional: Fraser Valley, BC)

  Provides services that enhance the quality of life of children with disabilities and their families through direct therapy, early intervention, family support, and community education.

• Freedom Village Canada (National: Burlington, ON)

  Freedom Village Canada is the Canadian administration arm of Freedom Village USA. As primarily an administrative and fundraising branch, Freedom Village Canada is working to develop the ministry further to effectively meet the needs of teens in crisis.

• Freeze Frame (Regional: Winnipeg, MB)

  Freeze Frame is Manitoba's annual festival of international films and videos for kids of all ages. As well as critically acclaimed movies, we offer hands-on video production and animation workshops in both French and English. Freeze Frame's mandate is to advance education in the media arts for and with children and young people through the organization and production of cultural and educational media projects.

• Frontenac Youth Services (Local: Oshawa, ON)

  Frontenac Youth Services is a non-profit mental health centre which has been providing assistance to emotionally and behaviourally disordered adolescents and their families within the Durham Region since 1972. Their programs include school and community outreach, as well as residential and assessment resources.

• Future Possibilities (Regional: Thornhill, ON)

  A registered, charitable organization whose mission is to empower children to think boldly, communicate powerfully, act generously and live joyfully. This is achieved through specialized KidCoaching programs that enable the children to build self-esteem, self-confidence, and life skills, while inspiring them to contribute positively to their communities.

• Gatehouse, The

  Survivors of abuse need a safe pace to tell their stories. The Gatehouse is a two-story Victorian house lovingly restored by Toronto's Lakeshore community in order to provide a place for survivors of abuse to do so. Police and Children's Aid workers use our interview room to videotape the testimony of children who have been abused. Youth and adult survivors of abuse also access the house and the various support groups. We will also offer an adult male survivors group and a parent peer support group. Clients can also access individual counselling when appropriate and all in need benefit from our food bank. We are supported by a 200 member volunteer base and a committed community of friends. The Gatehouse, a safe place where everyone has a voice.

• Geneva Centre for Autism

  The centre is recognized as a national leader in providing services, training, and support to families affected by autism. We are a non-profit organization that is dedicated to empower individuals with autism and other related disorders, and their families, to fully participate in society. We strive to improve public awareness of autism in the educational, healthcare, and corporate communities. We serve children from the ages of 2-18 years of age at no cost to the families and offer training workshops on site and in all other provinces across Canada to both parents and professionals seeking to manage and integrate these special children.

• Georgian Native & Outreach Ministries

  Holds camps focused on First Nation children in northern and southwestern Ontario. These are nonprofit camps relying on individuals, churches, and corporations for child sponsorship so all native children may attend regardless of means.

• Girl Guides of Canada

  Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada is a Movement for girls, led by women. It challenges girls to reach their potential and empowers them to give leadership and service as responsible citizens of the world.

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• Girls Incorporated of Durham (Regional: Ajax, ON)

  Girls Incorporated of Durham is dedicated to inspiring all girls through one-on-one mentoring and group programming to be Strong, Smart, and Bold(sm). We also offer fun, relevant curriculum-based programs focused on math, science, technology, and media literacy for girls 6-16.

• Girls Incorporated of Upper Canada (GIUC) (Regional: Brockville, ON)

  Inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold by providing mentorship and skills development programs to help each girl achieve her full potential. Programs centre on self-reliance and life skills, careers and life planning, culture and heritage, as well as sports and adventure.

• GoodLife Kids Foundation (National: London, ON)

  GoodLife Kids Foundation’s mission is to inspire kids to want to be fit and healthy. Kids are encouraged to be fit, eat right and feel good through a variety of health promotion programs, including a healthy living website for kids.

• Green Thumb Theatre for Young People (Local: Vancouver, BC)

  Our mission is to create and produce professional plays that explore social issues relevant to the lives of children, youth and young adults. We provide theatre that celebrates the language and stories of today's generation and culture in order to encourage empathy, debate, and critical thinking.

• Grieving Children at Seasons Centre (Regional: Barrie, ON)

  Grieving Children at Seasons Centre believes every person deserves an opportunity to grieve in a supportive and understanding environment. We provide peer to peer support when you need it the most. We offer 12 specialized grief support programs and summer camp for kids every July.

• Hamilton & District Extend-A-Family

  A non-profit organization that assists children with special needs and their families. Our goal is to provide friendship to children with special needs by matching them with an individual or family volunteer. Friendships help to ease the children's isolation by bringing them into the community while providing much-needed respite to their parents.

• Harmony (Local: Sarnia, ON)

  Harmony is a registered charity whose mandate is to promote the self-esteem of youth, through the vehicle of the arts. We have no waiting lists, prerequisites, or financial fees; instead the youth "pay" for their music through volunteer service. For each hour of programming they receive, they owe one hour of communtiy service. All materials, such as instruments, dance shoes, or fine art supplies are provided.

• Haven Society (Regional: Nanaimo, BC)

  Haven Society's mission is to promote the integrity and safety of women, children, youth and families and the development of a respectful and healthy community. As a leading anti-violence organization operating from feminist principles, Haven Society achieves this mission by providing a range of programs and services, public education and advocacy.

• Healthy Ontario Relay Challenge Inc. (Regional: Toronto, ON)

  A not-for-profit company created to develop partnerships with organizations, government agencies and departments, community associations, schools, private and public sector businesses, and individuals, who all share the goal of working towards making Ontario a healthier province. For example, the Kids Fun Run supports the philosophy of a healthy Ontario and, more importantly, illustrates an innovative initiative towards preventative health through community health awareness, disease prevention, and physical activity.

• HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Engagement (Regional: Halifax, NS)

  Our mission is to work with youth to develop their skills and confidence as community builders. We train and support adults, young adults and agencies in the skills and tools they require to support meaningful youth participation in communities.

• Hera Society (Local: Calgary, AB)

  Hera offers holistic, multidisciplinary services to adolescent girls who are experiencing challenges in their lives.

• HighRock Youth Ministries (Regional: Truro, NS)

  Through quarterly rallies, Extreme Talk in the junior high schools, the community youth centre “Slate”, e-mail advice, and other services, HighRock Youth Ministries promotes physical, emotional and spiritual well-being to all teenagers in Truro, Nova Scotia and surrounding areas.

• Hope Kids - Hope Foundation of Alberta (Regional: Edmonton, AB)

  Works to strengthen the sense of hope for youth and those with whom they interact.

• Horizons for Youth (Local: Toronto, ON)

  An organization offering shelter and services, including counselling, life skills training, case management, housing workshops, etc., for youth aged 16 to 24 in a safe and supportive environment.

• Horn of Africa Sick Children's Charity (International: Toronto, ON)

  A Canadian charity established to raise funds and material donations for sick/hospitalized children in various countries in the Horn of Africa.

• Hull Child and Family Service

  We help some of the most severely disturbed children and troubled families in Southern Alberta. We provide a full range of services, from prevention to intensive residential treatment.

• Hyper-Lune (Local: Saint-Hubert, QC)

  Hyper-Lune is committed to helping parents whose children have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD).
  
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• Gateway Society (Local: Delta, BC)

  Enables children and adults with Autism and other pervasive developmental disorders to reach their greatest potential. It is our role to provide quality individualized services in partnership with the people we serve, their families, advocates, communities and government.

• Global Youth Network

  Global Youth Network is a non-profit organization run by young people who want to help improve the world. Our goal is to increase awareness of global problems and to educate others on how to participate in solutions. It is our mission to inspire youth to have a happy and healthy lifestyle as well as to encourage them to help others who are in need. We hope that through small daily contributions, the world can become a better place.

• INFACT Canada (National: Toronto, ON)

  A nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that seeks to protect infant and young child health through the promotion of breastfeeding.

• Inner City Angels (Local: Toronto, ON)

  A charitable arts education organization dedicated to providing quality and affordable art opportunities in diverse and innovative ways for children and youth who would otherwise have little opportunity for such.

• Integra (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Integra focuses on the psychosocial needs of children who are struggling with learning disabilities. We provide support for kids 8-18 years old, and their families through a range of individual, family and group programs. Integra also offers summer sessions at Camp Towhee, our therapeutic camp in Haliburton.

• Integrated Community Access Network (ICAN) Society (Local: Gibsons, BC)

  ICAN is dedicated to the active health & wellness of the Sunshine Coast community through facilitating access to sport and social activity. They focus on the disabled, low-income families and individuals, and seniors by developing programming and community collaboration, and subsidization.

• Interact Alternative Learning Centre (Local: Montreal, QC)

  We believe that having children interact in a natural play setting helps them to carry over new strategies learned to the school playground, classroom, home, and other places. We provide a place where children feel free to be themselves, to try out new ways of dealing with things in a safe environment, knowing that they are respected and liked.

• International Children's Awareness (ICA) Canada (International: North Bay, ON)

  ICA Canada is committed to working in partnership with individuals, groups, and communities in order to assist people in developing nations to become self-sufficient and achieve their fundamental rights to health and education.

• Inuvik Youth Centre (Local: Inuvik, NT)

  The Inuvik Youth Centre serves at-risk youth in Inuvik, NWT, working to help them gain the confidence, skills, awareness necessary to effectively address the social issues they are facing, while encouraging them to become active, contributing members of their communities.

• Invest in Kids

  Invest in Kids is a national charitable organization dedicated to helping parents become the parents they want and need to be. By translating the science of parenting and child development into engaging, easy-to-understand, relevant resources for parents and professionals, Invest in Kids aims to strengthen the parenting knowledge, skills and confidence of all those who touch the lives of our youngest children to ensure the healthy social, emotional and intellectual development of children from birth to age five.

• It Takes a Village (Local: Durham, ON)

  A nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of ethnic and immigrant children and families in Ajax-Pickering through culturally sensitive programs and services.

• J & F Home Child Care Services (Local: Toronto, ON)

  A nonprofit licensed agency providing home child care services to families in the Toronto area. A unique aspect of this day care service is the mixture of developmentally rich programs within a natural home environment.

• Jesse's Foundation for Music & Dance Therapy (Regional: Bolton, ON)

  Provides funding to children's hospitals or wards, rehabilitation centres, youth centres, and schools to establish and promote music and dance therapy programs.

• Jewish Family Services (Local: Montreal, QC)

  Offers a variety of services designed to educate, support, and help families in the Jewish community and the community at large. Our commitment is to provide human services in an atmosphere of hope, health and dignity, spanning the entire family lifecycle.

• Josh Platzer Memorial Fund (National)

  The goal of the fund, a registered charitable organization, is to provide resources in education and awareness on the topic of teen suicide to counsellors, students, teachers and families.

• Junior Achievement of Canada

  JA is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring young people about business and economics.

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• Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario

  A rural youth organization for young people ages 15-30. Youth-developed and youth-run programs promote our motto of "Building future rural leaders through self-help and community betterment." There are over 40 clubs across the province that participate in agriculture awareness projects, community betterment projects and social and sporting events.

• Katimavik

  Katimavik recruits young volunteers for an 8-month undertaking during which they are posted in three different Canadian regions. Living in groups of eleven under the supervision of a Project Leader, participants provide a volunteer task force to non-profit community groups who have need of their services, and partake in the social and cultural life of their host communities.

• Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Foundation (KHCF) (Regional: Peterborough and Lindsay, ON)

  The KHCF is a charitable organization that raises funds for children in the care of the K.H. Children's Aid Society. We provide extras such as summer camp, music lessons, post secondary education bursaries. These experiences build self-esteem, and help children develop the tools to overcome the effects of abuse and neglect.

• Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta

  Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta is passionately dedicated to helping young people and their families affected by cancer survive and thrive in body, mind and spirit.

• Kids Help Phone

  Kids Help Phone is Canada's only toll-free, 24-hour, bilingual and anonymous phone and web counselling, referral and information service for children and youth between the ages of 5 and 20. Last year our professional counsellors helped over one million kids in need.

• kidsLINK (Local: St. Agatha, ON)

  A child and family service organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and families through a variety of specialized programs and services, including respite services, children's mental health services, and early intervention services.

• Kids'n'Dad (Regional: Kitchener, ON)

  Our mission is to ensure that children of separated or divorced families have both parents, as well as their extended families actively involved in their daily lives.

• Kids on the Block Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Kids on the Block Toronto is a travelling puppet show that teaches children about coping with disabilities, medical conditions, and accepting others who are different. The troupe of colourful life-sized puppets represents a cross-section of a typical group of children, each unique in appearance and character.

• Kids Up Front Foundation (National)

  Kids Up Front provides entertainment and educational opportunities for kids and families in need, through the distribution of unused tickets and by creating special events that help to heal, bond, and unite. We work with nearly 200 charitable organization, event organizations, corporations, and the public.

• Kinark Child and Family Services (Regional: Markham, ON)

  Kinark's mission is to strengthen the well-being of children and their families, contributing to safe and healthy communities.

• Lake of Shining Waters IODE (Local: Charlottetown, PEI)

  IODE is a Canadian women's charitable organization that helps to improve the quality of life for children, youth and those in need through educational, social service, and citizenship programs.

• Leadership Initiative For Earth (LIFE)

  A non-profit organization founded in Vancouver, Canada in 1995. LIFE's mission is to inspire, educate and train young people to be effective stewards of the Earth throughout their lives. Adventure, hands-on learning, camaraderie, and superb educators are hallmarks of our programs, which to date have reached over one thousand young people.

• Leave Out Violence (LOVE) (Regional: Montreal, QC)

  The unique programs offered by Leave Out Violence (LOVE) educate and empower youth to stop the cycle of violence (in all of its forms) in their lives. LOVE Youth then reach into communities with their anti-violence philosophies.

• L’École Montessori des 4 Vallées (Local: Chelsea, QC)

  Healthy living, respect for the natural world and outdoor recreation are an integral part of the curriculum of this Montessori school. Inspired by Dr. Maria Montessori’s philosophy of child-centred education, the school’s instructors employ a variety of teaching techniques appropriate to the needs of each child.

• Lethbridge Twins & Triplets Club (Local: Lethbridge, AB)

  LTTC is a nonprofit association that recognizes the challenges associated with being pregnant, giving birth and raising multiples, and offers support, education and information on all related issues, as well as opportunities to join in on the "multiples" experience.

• Lindsay's Home...A Labour of Love (Local: Orangeville, ON)

  A residential maternity program for unwed teenage moms, offering support, counselling, and other related services.

• London Anti-Bullying Coalition (Local: London, ON)

  An independent nonprofit, educational organization that strives to foster a culture of fairness, respect, and equality for all students in every school, thus eliminating the problem of bullying.

• London Family Court Clinic

  A non-profit mental health agency in London ON, that advocates for the special needs of children involved in the justice system as young offenders, victims of crime or abuse, or as the subjects of custody disputes.

• Macdonald Youth Services

  Macdonald Youth Services (MYS), a registered charitable organization, has been providing children and their families with a range of quality treatment and support services since 1929. We are a child-centered, family-focused treatment agency, committed to a systemic approach in the delivery of our programs and services. MYS offers a continuum of community-based care and support services throughout Winnipeg, Manitoba.

• Main Street Community Services (Local: Stittsville, ON)

  Main Street Community Services is a registered not-for-profit agency working in partnership with other distinguished community organizations to provide comprehensive social and health services. We are committed to the vision of empowering children, youth, individuals, families and communities to achieve whole health, social well-being and community collectiveness.

• Make-A-Wish® Canada

  Make-A-Wish Canada's mission is to grant wishes to create hope and happiness for children with life-threatening illnesses across Canada. Since inception in 1980, Make-A-Wish® has helped make 187,000 wishes come true for children around the world.

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• Making Faces (Local: Toronto, ON)

  A registered charity that uses improvisational comedy and acting exercises to foster life skills, self-esteem and self-confidence in children with facial differences, all performed in a safe, fun, and encouraging environment. Extensively tested at The Hospital for Sick Children.

• Malvern Family Resource Centre (Local: Scarborough, ON)

  Provides programs and services for children and their families, youth and seniors.

• Many Rivers (Regional: Whitehorse, YT)

  Many Rivers is a nonprofit organization that has been working in the Yukon since 1969 under the previous name of Yukon Family Services Association. They serve children, youth, adults, and families with the goal to promote healthy relationships within the family, in the workplace and the community. They support people through difficult challenges and transitions, such as illness, separation, life changes, and role changes.

• Marguerite Dixon Transition Society (Local: Burnaby, BC)

  A transition house and a second stage program for abused women and their children, and a counselling program for low-income individuals, couples, families, adolescents, and children.

• Marie-Vincent Foundation (National: Verdun, QC)

  The foundation's mission is to prevent any situation of abuse and negligence of children under the age of twelve. It funds programs aimed at fighting child abuse and negligence. It also supports the education and social re-integration of victims as well as related projects and research into the sexual abuse of children.

• Marpole-Oakridge Family Place

  Provides, on a drop-in basis, a supporting and relaxing atmosphere in which parents, caregivers, and children can meet and socialize, with the final goal of promoting the well being of families.

• Marymound (Regional: Winnipeg, MB)

  Marymound is a nonprofit agency providing therapeutic and education services to young people and their families in Manitoba. Marymound is one of 600 agencies worldwide sponsored by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The young people we serve strive to overcome challenges such as histories of abuse, family breakdown, substance abuse, as well as learning disabilities.

• Massey Centre for Women, The

  The Massey Centre for Women offers housing, programs, and services for pregnant teens, young single mothers and their children. Parenting programs, drop-in sessions, support, and counselling services are also provided for community families needing assistance.

• McMan Youth, Family & Community Services Association (Regional: Alberta)

  Provides quality care and services across Alberta. Offering foster care, group care, supported independent living, family services, counselling and support for people with DisABILITIES. McMan works with children, youth, adults & families.

• Military Family Resource Centre - National Capital Region (Local: Ottawa, ON)

  Exists to help prepare military families in the National Capital and surrounding area to be operationally ready by providing ongoing support, information, referral, and programs for the family and its individual members.

• Minstrel Foundation for Music & Arts Advancement (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Supports programs which offer affordable and high quality music education and music camps to underprivileged youth.

• Miriam Foundation (The) (Local: Mount Royal, QC)

  The Miriam Foundation is a not-for profit foundation that supports rehabilitative, vocational and residential services for children, adults and seniors with intellectual disabilities in Montreal, to promote their integration into society. We offer training and education to professionals and parents and publish a quarterly magazine for parents of special needs children, Exceptional Family.

• Missing Children Society of Canada

  The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to the search for runaway and abducted children. MCSC provides a comprehensive investigative program, free of charge, to assist police and searching parents in the active, ongoing search for missing children.

• Mon Sheong Foundation

  The Mon Sheong Foundation is a Canadian registered charitable organization, dedicated to the promotion of Chinese culture, heritage, language and philosophy through caring for the elderly, encouraging the young and providing programs and services in response to the needs of our communities. In addition to a modern facility for seniors located in downtown Toronto, the foundation operates a successful heritage school, youth group and health centre.

• Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation (Local: Montreal, QC)

  A Canadian charity that funds equipment purchases, improvement of patient care and research into children's diseases and chronic illnesses for the Montreal Children's Hospital.

• Moorelands Community Services (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Founded in 1912, Moorelands works with Toronto children and youth living in poverty to enhance their self-esteem and life-skills and to assist them in becoming responsible members of their community. Activities include a summer wilderness camp, city day camp, after-school and youth leadership programs.

• MoreSports (Local: Vancouver, BC)

  MoreSports creates sport initiatives so that all youth, regardless of their social or economic background, have an opportunity to develop skills and a love of sport, and to increase active participation in allÝEast Vancouver neighbourhoods.

• MusiCan (National: Toronto, ON)

  MusiCan’s mission is to ensure that children in Canada have access to a comprehensive music program through their schools. MusiCan includes Band Aid musical instrument grants, the MusiCan Teacher of the Year Award, scholarships and other music education initiatives.

• Mutual Support Systems of the Niagara Region

  Mutual Support Systems of the Niagara Region is a privately operated nonprofit corporation. Mutual Support operates three specialized classrooms in cooperation with the District School Board of Niagara. This provides opportunity for children who have suffered academic as well as emotional delays to receive an education in a non-threatening environment.

• Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization (NUKO)(Local: Nanaimo, BC)

  Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization is a specialized education centre for children with neuro-developmental disabilities. NUKO's aim is to help these children to live productively and independently in their community according to their individual wishes, needs, and abilities.

• National Foundation for Family Research and Education

  An organization dedicated to improving the health and stability of society through the study and support of families. We create and deliver vital knowledge that affects families across Canada and around the world.

• National Missing Children's Locate Centre Canada
  
  
• New Path Foundation

  A community foundation incorporated in 1996 to promote and secure environments in which children, youth and families benefit from innovative programs, creating hope and opportunity in facing life's challenges.

• nextSteps

  A joint project of Human Resources Canada, Calgary Centre and the City of Calgary's Community and Social Development Department to help youth, and the agencies, schools and community groups who work with them, keep informed about current employment resources and trends.

• Niagara Youth Orchestra (Regional: St. Catharines, ON)

  Our mission is to provide youth the opportunity to expand their love of music by offering professionals who lead them through the orchestral experience.

• Non Violence Now (Regional: Ottawa, ON)

  The organization's goal is to follow-up where the parents and teachers leave off, teaching children and youth how to make school a bully free, safe, nonviolent environment. Workshops are run to form fit within a class period if the workshop is an elementary or secondary school, however, workshops preformed at alternative youth facilities will be form fit to their programming time.

• North America Missing Children Association

  Our purpose is to help locate missing, lost or abducted children and adults. We work with policing agencies by passing on important information that will assist in locating missing individuals.

• North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society (Regional: Kaslo, BC)

  We are a nonprofit, multi-service organization offering a wide range of community-based services. The society's mission is to develop and provide health and social services that enhance the quality of life and capacity for independent living of Kaslo and North Kootenay Lake residents.

• OakPark Moms & Tots (Local: Oakville, ON)

  Connecting caregivers and children within their own neighbourhood for the purpose of relationship building, information sharing, and support.

• Oakville Parent-Child Centre (Local: Oakville, ON)

  The mission of the Oakville Parent-Child Centre is to support, nurture and empower families, children and their caregivers.

• Okanagan Similkameen Neurological Society (OSNS) Child Development Centre (Regional: Penticton, BC)

  The mission of the Okanagan Similkameen Neurological Society (OSNS) Child Development Centre is to promote the physical, psychological and emotional well-being of children in the South Okanagan and Similkameen regions by providing assessment, education, rehabilitation, prevention, early intervention, and program consultation.

• On the tip of the toes Foundation/ Fondation Sur la pointe des pieds

  The Foundation On the tip of the toes strives to promote and coordinate outdoor wildlife expeditions and other nature-oriented experiences. These adventure concepts are designed for children and teenagers stricken with cancer, in order to develop their self-esteem and self-confidence, and to modify the public's image of cancer. French site at www.pointe-des-pieds.com.

• Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS)

  In support of its members the OACAS is the voice of child welfare in Ontario, dedicated to providing leadership for the achievement of excellence in the protection of children and in the promotion of their well-being within their families and communities.

• Ontario Association of Residences Treating Youth

  OARTY is a provincial network of children's residential services. We represent more than 63 agencies and over 2,200 residential beds for children across Ontario. OARTY provides residential care and treatment for children and youth who are physically and sexually abused, emotionally disturbed, developmentally challenged, autistic, medically fragile, young offenders, dually diagnosed, conduct disordered, psychiatrically disordered and other hard to serve children and youth.

• Operation Go Home

  Works to reunite runaway youth (18 and under) with their families; OR to connect them with an existing agency that can best help them meet their needs and become productive citizens.

• Original Kids Theatre Company (Local: London, ON)
  

  OKTC is a registered charity that enriches and celebrates the lives of young people, providing them with opportunities to mature and learn positive values through a variety of theatre experiences in a safe and challenging environment.

• Orphaned Grandparents Association

  An informational resource centre for grandparents, grandchildren, parents and other extended family members.

• Orphan's Hope (National: Toronto, ON)

  Orphan's Hope is the first Canadian charity dedicated to helping finance parents who adopt orphans from outside of North America. We receive no government funding and rely on corporate and individual donations. 93% of our donations are directly distributed to families in need.

• Pacific Centre Family Services Association (Local: Victoria, BC)

  PCFSA enhances and promotes healthy patterns of living and the quality and dignity of life of individuals, families and groups within the community. Programs assist children, youth, family and adults to address challenges such as wellness, addictions, parenting and abuse. 

• Parent and Child Advocacy Coalition

  PCAC is a support group and a group of non-custodial parents lobbying for change in the current adversarial Canadian system of divorce custody and access.

• Parent Education Network (Local: Toronto, ON)

  PEN offers practical parenting solutions in multi-week courses, single evening workshops, referrals, & community networking. We are "parents helping parents" develop tools and skills to meet the challenges of raising children. Our lively, participatory classes encourage problem-solving and new ideas.

• Parks and Recreation Ontario

  PRO is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, health and well-being of people, their communities and their environments throughout Ontario. PRO provides leadership training, resources and products, as well as position statements on issues and trends affecting parks and recreation.

• Partners For Youth Inc. (Regional: Fredericton, NB)

  A community partnership dedicated to assisting at-risk youth to learn, grow, develop a positive self-image, and the skills to make positive life choices. This is accomplished primarily through adventure-based programming offered in a safe, supportive, and fun environment.

• Pediatric Aids Canada (International: Kilworthy, ON)

  Our mission is to improve the lives of children and youth struggling with the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We provide cost-effective relief, services, medical and social support, education, and advocacy to help these victims achieve their full life potential

• Peel Children's Centre

  Provides a range of high quality mental health services for children, youth and their families who are experiencing or may experience serious emotional difficulties.

• PLASP Child Care Services (Regional: GTA and Peel Region, ON)

  A not-for-profit provider of child care in the Region of Peel and Toronto that is affordable, accessible, and well managed. PLASP provides care for children from 6 weeks to 12 years of age, in 170 locations.

• PLEA Community Services Society of BC (Regional: Vancouver, BC)

  PLEA was established in 1979 as a non-profit society dedicated to innovation and excellence in working with young offenders, children and young people at-risk and their families.

• Positive Impact Foundation (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Positive Impact Foundation places positive, successful people on the front lines to work with youth-at-risk. We are committed to teach young people an attitude of respect for themselves, others, and property. Our goal is to show them that there are opportunities that can lead to a more positive life experience.

• Project Linus

  A non-profit organization, run 100% by caring volunteers. We come together to provide security through blankets and hand-made to children undergoing difficult circumstances. Our goal is to comfort severely ill and traumatized children by offering security blankets and hand-made toys.

• Rainbow Society (The) (Regional: Winnipeg, MB)

  The Rainbow Society was the first children's wish-granting organization of its kind in Canada. We are dedicated to providing a dream come true to Manitoba children diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.

• Rainbow Society of Alberta (Regional: Alberta)

  We are a registered charity dedicated to granting wishes to Alberta children between 3 and 18 who have been diagnosed with a chronic or life-threatening illness.

• Raising Readers Literacy Program (Local: Toronto, ON)

  We are a nonprofit children's library and reading centre, offering programs from infants to teens. Raising Readers is a place where children can share an enthusiasm for stories, books and poems, and where they can sustain an interest in reading by being encouraged to respond to stories through art, music, drama and discussion. 

• Ranch Ehrlo Society

  Delivers services to troubled youth in Saskatchewan through social treatment for the benefit of the individual, family and wider community.

• Rapport Youth and Family Services

  A charitable not-for-profit youth counselling agency founded in 1969 and operating in the Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada.

• Ready-Set-Go! (Local: Windsor, ON)

  A nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to helping families with children under the age of 6 years who live in Windsor, Ontario's city core. We provide support, community liaison services, and other parental support to our community.

• Regesh Family & Child Services (Local: Toronto, ON)

  Regesh Family & Child Services helps at-risk youth and their families in the GTA with a drop in centre at Willowdale and Sheppard, Individual and Family Counselling, Anger Management and a residential safe house in Thornhill. As a result of a federal grant from the Department of Justice, they also work with youth in schools in Scarborough.

• Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger (REACH) (Local: Regina, SK)

  REACH supports child nutrition programs and provides seniors, shut-ins, healthcare clients, social assistance recipient families and others with easy access to safe, nutritious and affordable food through healthy food programs.

• Regina Public Schools

  The Regina Public School program "Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPs)" is a program that is increasing community involvement in the schools. By recruiting and supporting volunteers, VIPs complements the work of staff and volunteers in building a successful learning environment.

• Renfrew Educational Services

  Offers inclusive educational programming for typically developing children and for children with special needs from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6. Children with special needs receive programming from on-staff therapists. Tutoring and fee for service therapy available.

• Richmond Family Place (Local: Richmond, BC)

  A multi-service family resource program working to ensure that all families and their children under age five have access to innovative prevention programs that provide a continuum of services from pregnancy through birth, to kindergarten entry.

• Rock Generation of Edmonton Society (Local: Edmonton, AB)

  The Rock Generation of Edmonton Society is a nonprofit, voluntary organization of parents dedicated to expanding children's academic and personal growth through goal-oriented, individual and group practice of learning and making music. While having a healthy dose of fun, the boys and girls work hard on learning to play, and consequently mastering, their instruments. They also have an opportunity to explore a part of their Polish heritage by learning and performing Polish rock songs.

• Rock Solid Foundation

  The Rock Solid Foundation was formed by a group of police officers in Victoria, British Columbia, to provide young people with positive solutions to violence, threats, intimidation and aggressive behaviour. We operate several different programs including: the interactive youth anti-violence presentation; the W.I.T.S. program for K-Grade 3; and the Closed Loop Crime Prevention program which includes the Trackside Art Gallery (TAG) and the Public Utility Box (PUB) anti-grafitti programs.

• Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Canada (RMHC®)

  RMHC® is dedicated to helping children with serious illnesses or disabilities and their families lead happier and healthier lives. RMHC achieves this by supporting each Canadian Ronald McDonald House®, the Ronald McDonald Family Room™, the Ronald McDonald® Family Retreat program and many other children’s charities across the country.

• ROOF (Reaching Our Outdoor Friends) Agency (Regional: Kitchener, ON)

  ROOF is committed to providing for the safety, support, and overall well-being of homeless youth and youth-at-risk, age 12-25, in the Waterloo Region. Our objective is to maintain the health and safety of street youth, by providing resources and services that will allow them to make positive choices to end the cycle of homelessness.

• Room to Grow (Local: Etobicoke, ON)

  An Etobicoke-based family drop-in centre available to all parents and caregivers with children 0-5 years. We provide parent-child programs, support groups, family events, a clothing exchange, and a resource library.

• Rossbrook House (Local: Winnipeg, MB)

  Rossbrook House is a neighbourhood centre for children and youth in Winnipeg’s inner-city. It offers a constant alternative to the destructive environment of the streets. Rossbrook is open 365 days of the year, 24 hours on weekends or any school holidays. Beyond the ‘drop-in’, a variety of recreational, arts, cultural, women’s and employment development programs are offered.

• Royal Canadian Air Cadets

  Royal Canadian Air Cadets is a national youth organization of close to 25,000 young men and women from 12 through 18 years of age. There are over 440 Air Cadet Squadrons located in every province and territory in Canada.

• Safe Haven Foundation

  A privately funded, nonprofit organization whose mandate is to help give Calgary youth their future back. Haven's way provides long-term homes with stable family environments and lifetime relationships for homeless and at-risk teenage girls and empowers them to achieve self-sufficiency.Ý

• Safehaven Project for Community Living

  A parent run, charitable, organization dedicated to providing community residential alternatives, respite and day programs for children and young adults who face severe physical, mental and health challenges.

• San Romanoway Revitilization Association (Local: Toronto, ON)

  This organization's mission is to create a sense of belonging in the community of San Romanoway by assisting families, individuals, and groups to support each other by building safer and healthier environments. The association runs social/cultural, educational, employment, recreation, and enrichment programs for children, youth and families living in the area.

• Sanctuary (Local: Trail, BC)

  Founded in 1998, Sanctuary’s mission is to provide a drop in centre which will be a safe and nurturing environment for pre-teens in the City of Trail; reaching out to those children with the love of Christ.

• Saskatchewan Institute on Prevention of Handicaps

  Its mandate is to raise awareness of preventive measures which can reduce the incidence of handicapping conditions in children. Programs focus on primary prevention initiatives in four areas, that can impact on the health and well-being of children. Prevention programs and services are provided to parents, future parents, students, professionals, community groups and the general public.

• Saskatoon Child Hunger and Education Program (CHEP) (Local: Saskatoon, SK)

  CHEP exists to work with communities to find long term solutions to child hunger and to improve access to good food for all. Activities include children's nutrition programs, collective kitchens, the good food box, community gardening, children's nutrition education activities, baby food workshops, canning workshops, urban rural links, and food policy networks.

• Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming (SCYAP) Inc. (Local: Saskatoon, SK)

  SCYAP was established in order to address the social, educational, and economic needs of "at-risk" youth. Its programs use art and culture, mentoring, and community building as the basis for personal development, skills acquisition and positive redirection.

• Saskatoon Preschool Foundation

  Saskatoon Preschool Foundation advocates for and supports access to quality preschool programs for Saskatoon children through the establishment of a permanent endowment fund.

• Scouts Canada

  The mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.

  • British Columbia/Yukon Council
  • Chinook Region, AB
  • Manitoba Council
  • Nova Scotia Council
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• Servants Anonymous Society of Surrey (Local: Surrey, BC)

  Offering programs, ongoing support, hope, and wholeness to female youth who have been victims of sexual exploitation. We serve young women aged 16-29 with safe housing, educational support, and assistance with recovery from substance abuse to make positive life choices.

• Serve Canada

  Creates opportunities for youth from diverse racial, academic, cultural and economic backgrounds to perform meaningful community service. We develop citizenship, responsibility and vision in our leaders of tomorrow through education, training and service.

• Share-A-Bear Foundation

  Holds drives and other fundraising events and collects donations in order to provide gifts of teddy bears to children suffering from AIDS. Our mission is to increase community awareness of the needs and issues of this special population, and to support the agencies serving these children and their families.

• Silent Voice

  Silent Voice serves deaf children, deaf youth, adults and their families in a sign language environment. We are dedicated to improving communication and relationships between deaf and hearing families and in our community. We have been serving the community for 25 years.

• Simcoe Hall Settlement House (Local: Oshawa, ON)

  Simcoe Hall Settlement House is a not-for-profit, community resource centre dedicated, since 1935, to aiding and improving the lives of less advantaged children, families and vulnerable adults.

• Simonhouse Bible Camp (Regional: Cranberry Portage, MB)