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Melanoma Canada advocates for and supports Canadians living with melanoma and skin cancer with helpful resources, education, psychosocial support services, and more.
- Support melanoma and skin cancer patients, caregivers, and medical professionals through current and coordinated information and services.
- Educate Canadians on melanoma and skin cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment options available.
- Be the united voice of the melanoma and skin cancer community, advocating for early detection, timely diagnosis, and effective treatment options.
The Mood Disorders Society of Canada (MDSC) has evolved to become one of Canada’s best-connected mental health Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) with a demonstrated track record for forging and maintaining meaningful and sustained partnerships with the public, private and non-profit sectors throughout Canada.
The Frosty Festival has been a fixture in the City of Mount Pearl for over 3 decades. It began in 1983 as a volunteer-driven initiative that was organized by a group of community organizations.
Now, as it enters its 36th year, the Frosty Festival has grown into the largest winter event of its kind in Atlantic Canada.
The Frosty Festival offers a quality package of diverse entertainment that caters to all sectors of the population to encourage both indoor and outdoor activity during the winter.
The Festival prides itself on keeping admission costs low to encourage maximum participation within the community.
This organization delivers gender-based, culturally appropriate programs and services that facilitate the integration and full participation of immigrant and newcomer women/women-identified and their families.
Our programs are:
- Gender-based
- Culturally competent
- Comprehensive to meet the diverse needs of immigrant women and their families
- Easily accessible
- Offered by professional staffs and supported by committed board members and volunteers
We provide services to people living with MS and their families while advocating for change and funding research to end this disease.
To be a leader in finding a cure for multiple sclerosis and enabling people affected by MS to enhance their quality of life.
The Mummers Festival hosts a series of events and workshops all leading up to the Mummers Parade. Make a hobby horse or ugly stick at one of our workshops, find a disguise and join us for the Mummers Parade! Volunteers are the heart of our Festival - we would not be able to do what we do without them. For more information, visit https://www.mummersfestival.ca/volunteer.
MusicNL exists to address key issues affecting the Newfoundland & Labrador music industry in order to implement positive change by presenting a strong voice to government, business and the community at large.
To increase awareness locally, nationally and internationally of provincially produced music as an art form and as a viable industry with significant impact on the economy.
To create and encourage opportunities which will stimulate growth of the industry.
We are a collective working to increase awareness locally, nationally and internationally of provincially produced music as an art form and as a viable industry with significant impact on the economy.
We are dedicated to addressing key issues affecting the Newfoundland & Labrador music industry in order to implement positive change by presenting a strong voice to government, business, and the community at large.
We are here to create and encourage opportunities that will stimulate growth of the industry.
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services provides a broad range of programs and services to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) through a large suite of facilities, clinics, and community services. The provincial health authority aims to transform the health system to provide high-quality health care to all residents of the province. The goal of this transition is to improve the health of the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and to create a more integrated, accessible, technologically-enhanced, equitable and sustainable health system.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is a nation-wide conservation organization. We protect important natural areas for the enjoyment and benefit of all Canadians.
NCC protects approximately 13,500 acres of beautiful landscapes across Newfoundland and Labrador. We also work with communities to engage them on the land through volunteer work and outreach events.
The Neuropsychiatric Patients' Association of NL (NPA) is a non-profit organization founded in January 2008 by Dr. Hugh Mirolo, Neuropsychiatrist, as an offshoot of the province’s only Neuropsychiatry Clinic. This unique association offers Newfoundland’s neuropsychiatric patients an opportunity to address service deficits in the healthcare system, particularly in the area of neurocognitive rehabilitation post-brain injury. Many people are not aware that brain injuries can come from a number of different causes, including, but not limited to:
• "concussions"
• sports injuries (e.g. body checks, falling on ice, snowboarding/skiing accidents, skateboarding accidents),
• motor-vehicle (including moose) accidents,
• whiplash,
• neurotoxicant inhalation (including carbon monoxide poisoning),
• viruses or other infections,
• drowning,
• strokes,
• heart disease,
• genetic conditions,
• chronic use of alcohol/cigarettes/drugs,
• failed suicide attempts,
• physical abuse or fist fights,
• and many others.
Brain injuries can even come from injuries to the neck, face, chin, and even tailbone, and can occur even if one doesn't specifically remember hitting their head! Brain injuries touch each of our lives to a much greater extent than many of us realize...autism, Huntington's, stroke, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy/seizures, dementia/Alzheimer's, brain tumours, and countless others. The number of people that could be helped by the NPA, with proper resources, is astronomical since Neuropsychiatry covers a surprisingly large number of conditions as alluded to above, and even extends to areas such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, sleep disorders, anxiety, depression/apathy, fibromyalgia/chronic pain, migraines, PTSD, suicide, addictions, crime, and many more. Our reach goes way beyond what's typically referred to as 'mental health', and into an area we prefer to call 'brain health', or even more simply: health.
We do not charge our members any type of membership fee because a large proportion are unable to work due to the debilitating nature of their condition. We have no government funding nor any other source of revenue at present so the services we now offer are much more limited than we would prefer. For this reason, the NPA is seeking volunteers in a variety of areas. No prior training or experience is necessary, but these would be an asset; on the job training will be provided to successful candidates. These positions will start with minimal responsibilities and may become progressively more involved depending on the abilities, interests, and performance of the applicant.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Athletics Association (NLAA) is the sole governing body in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador for the sport of Athletics. We organize events for Cross-Country, Track & Field, and Road Races for people of all ages and athletic abilities.