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The Stop’s work is based on the belief that food is a basic human right. Each year over 14,000 people access our centre for food, social support and advocacy. Although not often attracting the kind of attention it deserves, the hunger crisis in Toronto is severe. A recent study of our food bank members showed that 51% of them go hungry at least once a week. This inability to consistently access food translates into problems such as poor health and social isolation -- issues that ultimately affect us all as a society. While The Stop is probably best known for its food bank, we also run breakfast and lunch programs, offer pre- and postnatal nutrition and support, facilitate group cooking classes and grow food in a local park and greenhouse for many of our programs. The Stop is a vibrant place that is a well-respected leader in the food security sector.

In the past year, The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, assisted approximately 28,000 neighbours in Waterloo Region. Yearly, The Food Bank distributes over 3 million pounds of food to community individuals who are facing challenging circumstances. Food is distributed through a partnership of 76 member agencies and community programs which provide emergency food hampers and meals. For a full description of our programs and food distribution, please see our website at www.thefoodbank.ca. If you would like a copy of our annual financial statement, please contact us at (519) 743-5576.

The Friends of Algonquin Park was established in 1983 as a non profit registered charity. The Friends operate as a cooperating association under an agreement with the Ontario Parks to enhance the educational and interpretive programs in Algonquin Park. This is accomplished by developing and reprinting Park-related publications, and funding Park projects through the proceeds from sales at The Friends' two bookstores in the Park, private donations, and various fundraising efforts. The activities of The Friends of Algonquin are coordinated by a volunteer Board of Directors who reside in different parts of Ontario. Since its establishment, The Friends has grown to a membership of over 3000 people, and continues to attract support from around the world.

The Alzheimer Society of Simcoe County is a registered charitable organization. The Society offers a variety of quality education and support services designed to meet the different needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia and their network of caregivers. These include: - Information Service - Supportive Counselling - Community Referral - Caregiver Support Groups - Support Group for Persons with Alzheimer's disease - Caregiver Education - Professional and Public Education The Alzheimer Society of Simcoe County relies on the generosity of the community to achieve its goals. Giving has never been easier now that we can accept secure online donations with the assistance of CanadaHelps.org.

CNIB is a nationwide, community-based, registered charity committed to research, public education and vision health for all Canadians. CNIB provides the services and support necessary for people to enjoy a good quality of life while living with vision loss.

The Bruce Trail Conservancy is a charitable, membership based, volunteer organization. It is the only charitable organization working to preserve public access to the Niagara Escarpment while restoring its natural habitat.

VISION: Love the experience VALUES: ACCOUNTABILITY: Taking responsibility for meeting the library service needs of the community in an efficient, effective and fiscally responsible manner. ACCESSIBILITY: Ensuring library services are accessible to the community-regardless of indvidual circumstances. COMMUNICATION: Engaging in open dialogue, listening attentively, and responding in such a way as to cultivate understanding and strengthen relationships. INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM: Facilitating access to all expressions of knowledge and intellectual activity. INNOVATION: Constantly challenging current practices, initiating breakthrough improvements, and creating new standards of performance. PARTNERSHIPS: Seeking mutually beneficial partnerships and links with the community to maximize community resources and benefits. QUALITY SERVICE: Providing customer-driven service with professionalism. TRUST AND RESPECT: Acting in good faith and understanding and appreciating differences.

QMUNITY (BC's Queer Resource Centre) serves and supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people and their allies. QMUNITY contributes to the health and well-being of LGBTQ communities through information and referral, education, coming-out groups, social support, recovery meetings, counselling, and community development. Programs at QMUNITY include: Education+Outreach, Gab Youth, Generations Program for Aging and Older LGBTQ People, Out on the Shelves Library, and Volunteer Services.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) protects Canada's most threatened natural habitats and the species that call them home. Since 1962, NCC and its supporters have protected more than 2.7 million acres (1.1 million hectares) of ecologically sensitive land nationwide.

Mission Services of London is a Christian Social Services Agency which exists to meet the need of disadvantaged persons in our community. We provide emergency shelter, food, rehabilitative counselling and advocacy at both Rotholme Women's and Family Shelter and at the Mens' Mission and Rehabilitation Centre. We provide addictions treatment in a long term residential program and transitional housing at Quintin Warner House. Our Community Mental Health Programs address the needs of the homeless or near- homeless mentally ill, through outreach workers in the Streetscape program, Safe Haven, Crash Beds, and the Life Skills training. The Mission Store provides clothing, bedding, and household articles at low cost or free (by means of a voucher program.) The principle on which Mission Services ...operates ... is simply to love our neighbour as ourselves.

A donation to the Vancouver Aquarium ensures the continuation and growth of programs that will have a positive, tangible and long-term impact on our community and our aquatic world. Your commitment to the Vancouver Aquarium supports: -Education programs that teach marine science to children and youth; inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards; -Conservation initiatives that help people take action to save threatened or endangered aquatic environments; -The continuing evolution of our world-class exhibits - connecting visitors to the aquatic world and encouraging them to care about conservation; -Ground-breaking research aimed at addressing some of the aquatic world's most pressing problems.

Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter was founded in 1973. We are a non-profit volunteer based organization. We provide a transition house for battered women and a rape crisis centre with a 24-hour crisis line for women that are raped/sexually assaulted. Our services includes peer counseling, accompaniment, advocacy and free legal clinic. As well, we are a women's organizing centre that provides public education speakers regarding all aspects of violence against women. All our services are free and confidential.