ACT Foundation. ACT (Advanced Coronary Treatment) is a dynamic, national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting health and empowering Canadians to save lives. Currently having trained 90,000 young persons, its goal is to introduce mandatory CPR training in every Canadian high school.
Adventure
Place. A support centre in the North York
area for children up to six years old with special needs, including
autism, attention deficit disorder, developmental disorders and
learning disorders.The centre can provide speech, language and
psychological assessments, play therapy and education for parents
of children with special needs.
Canadian
Landmine Project. The roads and paths, forests
and pastures of an estimated 70 countries around the world have
been made treacherous by landmines. It is a cruel irony that once
the hostilities cease, hostility against the innocent begins.
Landmines affect some of the most impoverished and marginalized
people in the world. The Canadian Landmines Foundation's mission
is to raise awareness and funds to end the human and economic
suffering caused by anti-personnel landmines.
Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario. A major source of heart
disease and stroke information. The largest non-commercial source
of funds for heart disease and stroke research in the country.
Juno Beach Centre. To commemorate the heroism of Canadians who fought
and served in world War II, a museum and information centre has been
built at Courselles-sur-Mwe, on the Normandy coast of France,
where Canadian forces landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The site
has an interactive educational facility and a "Contemporary
Canada" exhibit provides information abaout Canada's
place in the world today.
Kiwanis &
U.N.I.C.E.F. Iodine Deficiency Disorder Project. Started
in 1994, this Kiwanis International project committed to raising
$75 million to virtually eliminate the world's most prevalent,
preventable cause of mental retardation, iodine deficiency disorders
(IDD). More than 1.5 billion children and adults will be saved
from disorders that include stillbirths, cretinism, and goiter,
as well as diminished academic performance and productivity.
Kiwanis Festival of Music, Speech Arts and Dance. A competitive music festival serving the Toronto area since 1943 with entries from more than 70 communities around Ontario and the USA. Over 3,500 entries representing over 32,000 participants
(about 28,000 in bands, choirs and orchestras and 4,000 in solo
classes and small ensembles). The majority are public and high
school age students. In addition to financial support, Kiwanis
clubs in the Toronto area provide more than 400 volunteers to
help run this festival.
North York General Hospital. One of Canada's leading teaching hospitals serving people in north central Toronto and southern York Region.
NYGH is affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a partner
with Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre in
the Peters-Boyd Academy.
Reena. Established in 1973 by parents of children with developmental disabilities as a practical alternative to institutions, this non-profit social service agency is dedicated to integrating individuals with a developmental disability into the mainstream of society. It provides service to almost 1,000 such individuals and their families.
Scouts Canada. Scouts
Canada is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
that provides five challenging programs for young people ages
5-26. Scouts Canada currently operates nearly 4,500 individual
groups in most cities and towns across Canada with a total membership
of 212,000 youth and adults.
Sleeping Children Around the
World. Founded in 1970 by Kiwanian Murray
and Margaret Dryden, SCAW raises funds to provide bedkits to the
neediest of children in underdeveloped and developing countries.
Volunteers travel at their own expense all over the world to personally
see kits are distributed where most needed.
Toronto District School
Board.
Toronto City
Guide. A useful directory of links for the
city of Toronto. Travel/Transit, What's On, Attractions, Restaurants,
Culture/Entertainment, Media, Sports/Recreation, Education, Companies,
Government, Organizations, Net Providers.
Toronto.com. A
more commercial but very active site which aims to provide the
most convenient, current, and comprehensive online information
about the Greater Toronto Area. Information about entertainment,
business, local government, and community activities and resources.
Youth Assisting Youth. Youth Assisting Youth (Y.A.Y.), The Youth Mentoring People, is a non-profit charitable organization that provides a peer mentoring service to improve life prospects for at-risk and newcomer children. YAY matches children aged 6-15 with trained and dedicated Youth Volunteers aged 16-29 who act as positive role models. Since 1976 YAY has served more than 20,000 young people.
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