Working with local businesses to provide 100% free services to families and individuals in Simcoe County❣️

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our strength lies in our exclusive focus and singular influence on the worldwide effort to end T1D. JDRF's mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications.

Since 1964, the Kidney Foundation of Canada has been guided by three fundamental principles: innovation, leadership, and collaboration.
<h2>Our Vision</h2>
Excellent kidney health, optimal quality of life for those affected by kidney disease, and a cure.
<h2>Our Mission</h2>
The Kidney Foundation of Canada is the leading charity committed to eliminating the burden of kidney disease through:
<ul>
<li>Funding and stimulating innovative research for better prevention, treatments and a cure;</li>
<li>Providing education and support to prevent kidney disease in those at risk and empower those with kidney disease to optimize their health status;</li>
<li>Advocating for improved access to high quality health care;</li>
<li>Increasing public awareness and commitment to advancing kidney health and organ donation.</li>
</ul>

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people in English and French.

The challenges facing young people in Canada have grown more complex, and youth need access to the supports that are most relevant to them. To achieve our vision, it’s critical that we meet these challenges — and quickly.

Our History

Kids Help Phone has a pioneering history of creating innovative supports for critical issues young people face. We began in 1989 as a unique telephone counselling service, launched to provide free, accessible support to any young person reaching out from coast to coast to coast.

Our focus was supporting young people experiencing abuse, but almost immediately, young people let us know they needed more from the service than one focus and one way to reach us.

For over 30 years, we’ve evolved our response and offerings. We concentrate on staying relevant to youth, recognizing the complexity of issues they face, and we help to ensure our professional counsellors and volunteer crisis responders are ready to address young people’s continuum of emotional and mental health needs, from crisis situations to the everyday concerns of growing up.

Kids Help Phone’s mission is to always be open, providing a safe, trusted place for young people in any moment of crisis or need.

Since 1989, we have been committed to serving every young person who reaches out to us for help without judgement. We are Canada’s only 24/7, national mental health service for young people, offering bilingual professional counselling, clinically-based tools, resource referrals and crisis support services. Driven by technology and innovation, Kids Help Phone has the reach, impact and access to meet young people where they are and the ability to scale, innovate and adapt to their needs.

We are Canada’s leading experts in youth mental health and e-mental health solutions. We know the problems facing youth in Canada — and provide solutions that save lives and impact communities.

Every day, we hear from young people in their moment of need. One young person who reached out over text shared, “Hi. I feel like you saved my life tonight. Thank you. You’re doing an amazing thing and I know you don’t know me but you really helped me feel stronger and better about myself. You’re kind of a hero. I felt like I could breathe again after talking to you.”

Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation (LSCF) is the leading charitable organization devoted to improving the environmental health of Lake Simcoe and its watershed. We raise money to support specific projects for <a href="https://www.lsrca.on.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority</a> (LSRCA). ​Our vision is of a healthy, resilient Lake Simcoe and it's surrounding land that will enrich our lives for generations to come.

You can have confidence in us! We’re proud to have achieved the distinguished Imagine Canada accreditation demonstrating the highest standards for public confidence in the nonprofit sector.

The Learning Disabilities Association of York-Simcoe (LDAYS), formally known as Learning Disabilities Association of York Region (LDAYR) is a charitable non-profit organization which was established in 1976. We provide leadership in Learning Disabilities advocacy, research, education and services, and strive to advance the full participation of children, youth and adults with Learning Disabilities (LD) in society.

Listening Post Barrie is an initiative of Burton Avenue United Church. We are community folks who show up with open hearts and a non-judgmental presence for people to be heard with compassion at various locations in Barrie.

Mission: Living Green Barrie’s mission is to guide citizens, businesses and local leaders toward actions that foster sustainability and resilience in our community.

About Living Green Barrie: Formally known as Environmental Action, Living Green Barrie is a registered charity celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. For three decades, Living Green has been Barrie’s go-to environmental organization. With support from grants, sponsors, donors, and a great deal of volunteer efforts, we have initiated projects and programs that have made Barrie a cleaner and greener city. We started Barrie’s first plastics recycling program, initiated the annual Spring into Clean events, and installed the first Community Garden, just to highlight a few.

Make-A-Wish Canada is an independently operating affiliate of Make-A-Wish international. We create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, and we are on a quest to bring every eligible child's wish to life, because a wish is an integral part of a child's treatment journey. Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness. Make-A-Wish is the world’s leading children’s wish-granting organization, operating in 50 countries. Here in Canada, we serve children in every community from coast to coast to coast.

Since 1983, Make-A-Wish Canada has granted over 37,000 wishes across the country, over 1,000 last year alone.

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. From our humble beginnings with one boy’s wish to be a police officer, we have evolved to be one of the world’s leading children’s charities, serving children in every community in Canada. With the help of generous donors and nearly 1,100 volunteers, Make-A-Wish grants more than one wish a day in Canada.

March of Dimes Canada’s mission is to maximize the independence, personal empowerment and community participation of people with disabilities. Dedicated volunteers have helped March of Dimes Canada to become a national leader in the provision of programs and services for this growing community.

Our vision is to create an inclusive society for everyone. Volunteering with March of Dimes Canada will provide you with opportunities to use your diverse skills to make a difference in your community - while gaining valuable knowledge and hands-on experience.