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VIMCS has undertaken a series of studies to determine the need for, and the feasibility of, a new state-of-the-art venue that will suit the needs of the entire music community. Our extensive Feasibility Study, completed September 2013, has helped VIMCS determine our next steps. Your support is needed to create the following important tools: • an Acoustical Concept and Performance Specifications Study that will inform the design of the VIM • a Vision and Business Plan for a vibrant, casual café-bar that will support the operation of the VIM

Wings of Hope for Africa is a Canadian registered charity Founded in 2011, we strive to make a difference in the lives of people in Africa. We are dedicated to build a society where basic needs are met for life and we work with children and poor families to help them to overcome poverty. We are motivated by God’s love to serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

Through a network of wildlife centers ( rehabilitators ) across Ontario we try to save as many wild animals as possible and return them to the wilds when they are ready. We also help raise money for wildlife centers across the province. Wildlife centers in Ontario receive no government money and are completely dependent on donations from the public.

The sexual exploitation is a form of slavery where humans are traded commercially to be used sexually. Their participation is largely involuntary because even when they give their consent, as in the case of prostitution, it is through manipulation, kidnapping or taking advantage of their vulnerability.

Muslim Social Services of Kitchener-Waterloo (MSS-KW) is a charitable organization that provides culturally and spiritually sensitive humanitarian and social services to the Muslim and non-Muslim communities of the Waterloo Region. MSS-KW aims to foster a healthy, inclusive environment and provides various opportunities for creating a welcoming and vibrant community where all people can live with dignity and respect. It aims to create a deep sense of belonging in community members through programming aimed at promoting learning and personal growth, counseling services, community outreach, and other support initiatives

The Nova Scotia Aphasia Association was founded by Judy Arbique, a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Until October of 2008, Judy was a medical laboratory technologist, supervisor of the HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory at the QEII Health Science Centre. Just two months before her 50th birthday, she suffered a stroke. Today, Judy suffers from aphasia and apraxia, disorders of language caused by that stroke, but she believes that she was lucky. She received immediate medical care and participated in a full-time private intensive language program for almost a year, a program most Nova Scotians would never be able to access. As she relearned many of her communication skills, Judy discovered how little the general public knows about aphasia and how meager the public services and health resources are for people like herself. Arbique founded the NSAA to advocate for people with aphasia in Nova Scotia, and to provide community services to help them “relearn” their communication skills.

Our philosophy of care is that those we support have the same fundamental rights as all Canadian citizens and these rights are to be respected and protected. These rights include: - To enjoy the same freedoms as any Canadian Citizen. - To communicate and to be heard without limitations. - To live as independently, as actively and as full a life as possible. - To be respected and accepted and be allowed to grow and mature as an individual. - To have adequate clothing, shelter and food as well as other basic necessities of life. - To have access to all available physical and mental health care resources required. - To be free from mental or physical abuse. - To develop and strengthen self-esteem. - To safety and security. - To privacy.

The annual summer festival is the centerpiece event for this organization and is a showcase for the best of CanLit. The 4 day festival takes place the 3rd week of July in Moose Jaw, SK. One of the guiding principles behind the summer festival is to provide intimate venues allowing for high levels of interaction between writers and readers. Another principle is to offer a program that promotes both established and emerging voices working in a variety of genres and mediums. Workshops, panels, Q&A sessions, readings, panel discussions, slam poetry competitions, live musical and/or theatrical entertainment and trivia contests give attendees plenty to choose from. More than 30 presenters attend each year with approximately 60 events held during the four days. Year round programming includes the monthly Performers Cafe open mic night (free event for all ages), the Cineview film series (bringing independent and foreign films to Moose Jaw through TIFF), and National Poetry Month readings.

SPECT, or Sterile Processing Education Charitable Trust, began with Christina Fast's vision of making a difference in West Africa. While volunteering on the Africa Mercy Ship, in Sierra Leone, Christina visited several local hospitals. The conditions she observed shocked her, and created within her a passion to "do something, as anything was better than nothing!" With the support of friends and family, SPECT was established and granted charitable status in the fall of 2013. Trustees of the organization include Olive Fast (chair), Jocelyn Wright (treasurer), and Torey Erdman (secretary). All donations go to supporting the mission of SPECT.

The Centre for Mindfulness Studies is an innovative charity in Toronto, Ontario. We offer mindfulness-based therapies and professional training for health care and social service providers. As a social enterprise, we use the revenue generated by these programs as a sustainable source of funding for the services we provide for free or at nominal cost to those who face economic and/or social barriers. In our social program, we have partnered with social service agencies across Toronto, training front-line workers in strategies for coping with stress, and delivering therapy to their clients; including low-income women in Parkdale, and isolated seniors in Lawrence Heights.

TomoeArts (pronounced toh-moh-ay) is a dance-theatre company that works between traditions and disciplines. TomoeArts promotes and performs nihon buyoh (Japanese classical dance), and creates performances incorporating Japanese forms and aesthetics. We have produced traditional dances in parks, contemporary dance-theatre in art galleries, festival-dance inspired performance with hand-held projectors in rainy city streets, and kabuki dance concerts featuring master artists from Japan.

The Victoria Humane Society will be a non-profit organization. Its purposes include: a) To rescue, rehabilitate and rehome lost, displaced, abandoned, abused, neglected and deserted animals. b) To encourage responsible pet guardianship. c) To foster a community understanding of the issues of animal neglect and abuse. d) To educate the public about the realities of pet overpopulation.