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The Gallery Singers usually perform 4 concerts annually. The choir is under the artistic direction of Jonathan Quick, a prominent Vancouver conductor, composer, arranger and singer.
Geordie Productions is a Montreal-based, non-profit charitable organization producing theatre for young audiences since 1980.
The Georgian Bay Symphony was founded in 1972 by a small group of dedicated area musicians. Since then the GBS has grown to an outstanding community orchestra with over 65 volunteer members and a core group of professionals. They perform under the baton of John Barnum Music Director. The GBS performs five main concerts in the Regional Auditorium each season as well as three chamber concerts in smaller venues. Several of these concerts feature some of Canada’s best musical talent. Our Youth Orchestra consists of 40 young people ranging in age from 8 to 18 and they perform one main concert a year. Along with the Youth Orchestra GBS encourages talented young people with a bursary and scholarship program supported in part by our subscribers. The Symphony also has a Composer-in-Residence program to encourage the production of Canadian music and assist with education in area schools and with our audience.
The GIT is a not-for-profit, private educational institute specializing in experiential group learning in the Gestalt method of psychotherapy. Personal development workshops and one-on-one therapy sessions are also available with our faculty and post-graduate students.
GGC is the leadership organization for girls and women in Canada, with over 90,000 members from coast to coast to coast. Guiding is bold, fun, energetic and empowers girls and women to face challenges with confidence. Guides welcomes girls and women to be part of the following groups: Sparks (5 and 6), Brownies (7 and 8), Guides (9 to 11), Pathfinders (12 to 14), Rangers (15 to 17+), and Adults - as leaders, mentors, team members and more. For girls, Guiding is an accepting environment with diverse and exciting programs and activities that offer the opportunity to discover new interests, valuable leadership skills and make lasting friendships. Guiding gives girls the tools and resources they need to acheive greatness. For women, Guiding is a chance to make a difference in the lives of girls and young women. It's a place for personal growth, mentoring and travel.
Goodwill Industries of Alberta is a not for profit agency that provides training and jobs for Albertans with disabilities and employment barriers. Your donations are sold in our retail stores to support employment programs for these individuals, so every time you donate to Goodwill you are helping to make a difference in someone else’s life.
Fine Educational, athletic and cultural opportunities, as well as landmark architecture, are all part of the contribution GPRC makes to community life in Grande Prairie and the Peace River region. More than 2,000 students annually pursue university studies, career and academic upgrading programs, and trades and agricultural studies at GPRC and its Fairview College Campus and some 6,000 students register in training programs and continuing education classes each year. The Grande Prairie Campus is situated on a picturesque urban lake and is adjacent to trails well-suited for walking, biking and cross country skiiing. The Fairview College Campus includes a 300 seat theare, racquet ball and squash courts, community pool and weight room, all located on a large parcel of land that is a cornerstone to the community of Fairview, Alberta. GPRC is also stewards for community learning centres in Edson, Grande Cache,Hinton and Jasper, Alberta.
Our Vision: the Grand River watershed will be the finest example in Canada of water quality and conservation, recreation, habitat restoration and community support for this precious resource.
The Grand Valley Trail is a marked footpath stretching 275 km between Rock Point Provincial Park on Lake Erie (south of Dunnville) to the town of Alton, near Orangeville. The Grand Valley Trails Association is a non-profit organization administered by a board of directors, elected each year at the annual general meeting. The Board holds regular meetings. The mandate of the association is to build and maintain hiking trails in the Grand River Valley/Watershed.
Symphony Hamilton, a full size, high-caliber community-based symphony orchestra, enriches the cultural life of the Hamilton, Burlington and surrounding area by offering amateur musicians the opportunity to perform a wide repertoire of symphonic music under professional leadership and by presenting symphonic concerts accessible to a large public. Our annual Young Artists' Competition gives outstanding young soloists from the region the opportunity to perform a concerto with full orchestra.
VIFF is among the top five film festivals in North America, with 150,000 admissions and 380 films from 75 countries. The 16-day festival is a microcosm of its home city: cosmopolitan, friendly, culturally complex, laid-back and accessible. VIFF’s slogan is “Same Planet. Different Worlds.” Films are exhibited within 10 main programming strands. Three of these are pillars of the festival and help make it unique: the major Nonfiction Features section (42% of the 232 feature-length films screened in 2009 were docs); the popular Canadian Images program makes VIFF the biggest showcase of Canadian film in the world; and the Dragons & Tigers: The Cinemas of East Asia program is the largest exhibition of East Asian film outside that region.
We believe that young people deserve the opportunity to see high quality, professional theatre that will inspire them in their daily lives Your donation will enable Green Thumb to: • Promote positive youth role models • Create awareness of contemporary social issues among young people • Encourage critical thinking and problem solving • Help young people to be an active part of their community “Thank you for coming to my school and performing the play. I thought that it was very funny and taught me how to stand up to bullying." — Jacey, Elementary Student