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At Shalom Counselling Services we provide a safe, welcoming and non-judgemental environment for conversation and problem-solving. Our experienced, accredited counsellors support individuals, couples, families and groups from youth to adult as they work through emotional and relationship concerns. Whether you need just a few sessions or more intensive counselling, we provide assessment, treatment, consultation and referrals. As a faith-based agency we honour and respect the diversity of persons, backgrounds and beliefs within our community. As Christian professionals, Shalom counsellors are receptive to conversations of faith and spirituality when initiated by the client in the counselling process. Counselling is provided at the following location: Waterloo, ON at - 9 Avondale Ave. South, Waterloo, ON, N2L 2B5

The Shuswap Association for Community Living (SACL) has been providing services and support for people with intellectual disabilities and their families for 50 years. Persons supported through the agency have access to Community Services (Outreach, Host Agency, Community Volunteer Placement and Recreation/Health and Wellness) and Employment Services to support them in job development, job supports and job site training. All programs promote inclusion, participation, and seek to foster a sense of personal enrichment.

Sign language opens the world to the Deaf Communication is the cornerstone of all human relationships. Silent Voice Canada is a community organization, founded in 1975, serving Deaf children, youth, adults and their families in American Sign Language (ASL), with programs that focus on communication. Silent Voice is the only organization in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) offering community and family-based support to Deaf children and adults in ASL - through social-recreational programs for Deaf children and their hearing brothers and sisters, and an in-home ASL teaching program for families. Also, in partnership with other organizations, we provide special assistance and outreach services to socially and economically disadvantaged Deaf adults living in the community. Communicating with ASL empowers a Deaf child and adult, opening up a world they had never imagined.

Silver Threads Service responds to the needs and interests and changing status of seniors. STS operates 2 centres and several outreach initiatives. We develop and administer programs and services. Further, we cooperate and liase with other agencies to encourage participation of seniors.

The Single Parent Resource Centre is a registered non-profit society that has been committed to serving the varied and changing needs of single parent families in the Greater Victoria area since 1978. In a relaxed and supportive setting, the Centre offers a wide selection of programs and free services that assist custodial and non-custodial parents in meeting the needs of their families. Our services include free individual counselling for single parents, and a comprehensive selection of life skills and parenting courses and support groups. We also offer a volunter training program that readies volunteers to provide reception,individual support,and resource and referral information for the Centre and its clients. Some of our free services for single parents include a clothing room, toy room & library, a bread pantry, and a "wish list". Seasonal programs for single parents include an annual School Supplies Drive and Christmas Sponsorship Program.

Sistering is a non-profit charitable organization which provides a safe and welcoming environment where women receive practical and emotional supports such as, a daily hot meal; showers and laundry facilities; clothing; access to health care professionals; informal counseling, support groups and other program activities; housing services; pre-employment programs, and referrals to appropriate agencies. These supports enable women to take greater control of their lives.

Our Goals 1. Increase citizen participation in social, economic and political life of the community. Build social cohesion through relationships, collaboration and community action. 2. Increase understanding of social resources, assets, issues, needs and context of the local community by those who need this knowledge to take action. 3. Develop the social infrastructure of the community – people, organizations, services, policy. 4. Reduce inequitable access to knowledge resources particularly those resulting from emerging technologies.

As of the beginning of 2012 Just Food has become an independent incorporated non-profit organization. If you wish to make a donation to Just Food please visit their website.

The Alzheimer Society of Montreal provides referral, counselling, therapeutic activity, education, and information services on the Island of Montreal in order to fulfill its mission. All of its programs and services are founded on the values of quality, collaboration, engagement, communication, responsibility, ethics, and responsiveness, and on a person-centred approach. A not-for profit organization, the ASM was founded in 1981, and serves the territory of the Island of Montreal. It is funded entirely by the generosity of its many donors.

Established in 1985, the Eastern Township Alzheimer Society is a non-profit organisation affiliated with the Quebec Federation of Alzheimer Societies and Alzheimer Society of Canada. The SAE offers services such as support groups, rest, training sessions for family, speech groups, group activities, telephone support and individual and family meetings, in both French and English in the 7 RMC's of the Eastern Townships.

To help parents whose child lives with a disability to find the specific resources they need, the Society pilots Carrefour Papillon, an on-line reference service that lists hundreds of resources offering services directly related to the needs of people with disabilities. Residence Papillon and Auberge Papillon offer the families respite stays. These services provide the parents with a bit of rest and gives the children the opportunity to have fun and meet other youngsters in a warm family atmosphere. The Society wishes to further extend its action and increase its support to the thousands of children who must learn to confront the daily challenges inherent in living with a disability. To reach this objective, the Society relies on the contribution of the public and private companies from all backgrounds, as well as thousands of volunteers who, driven by the same spirit, join their efforts to help these young butterflies with a broken wing to spread their wings.

SEEDS Connections provides quality leadership, environmental, energy, and diversity education resources for Canadian educators and their students K-12. SEEDS Connections has rewarding, curriculum fit programs that support cooperative efforts with other environmental initiatives and organizations.