Toronto

9th Toronto Timeraiser

The 9th Toronto Timeraiser was hosted on Thursday March 24th at the Distillery District. If you are looking for the art gallery, please click here. If you want to visit the agencies that attended, scroll below.

Thanks to our partners.

They provided funding and support for the event

2012 Participating Agencies

Architectural Conservancy of Ontario

The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) work through advocacy and direct action to preserve Ontario's architectural and environmental heritage. The ACO NextGen group is aims to bring this mission to students and emerging professionals.

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Artbarn School

Artbarn School is a welcoming, neighbourhood storefront that provides opportunities for all generations to engage in creative art making.

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Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY)

Our mission is to ally with high priority communities and empower marginalized children and youth by engaging them in hands-on, community- and school-based arts education programs.

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The Canadian Red Cross

The Canadian Red Cross mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world.

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Canadian Youth Business Foundation

Canada’s Entrepreneur Gateway -- The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the ‘go to’ place for youth entrepreneurship. As a national charity, we are dedicated to growing Canada’s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring, to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business.

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Centre For Addiction and Mental Health

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.

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CMETrust - Canada Mathare Education Trust

Working to advance education in Kenya by providing secondary school scholarships, with funds raised annually, to students from Mathare Valley Slum, Nairobi; and, to raise awareness in Canada about education and poverty in urban Kenya

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CultureLink Settlement Services

CultureLink is dedicated to facilitating the independence and full participation of newcomers in Toronto’s diverse community by enhancing skills that promote self-sufficiency; promoting positive interactions with and understanding of newcomer communities; providing innovative programming to meet the changing settlement needs of newcomers and volunteers; and promoting the well-being of all participants.

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Dance Collection Danse

Dance Collection Danse is dedicated to the collection, preservation and dissemination of Canada’s theatrical dance history. Through exhibitions, publications and educational programming we aim to create greater understanding of this art form.

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Delisle Youth Services

Working in partnership with our communities, Delisle Youth Services provides comprehensive, individualized services for children, youth and their families, helping them to live, learn and grow.

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Drum Artz Canada

Drum Artz Canada (DAC) is a registered charity committed to making music and arts programming accessible to people of all ages, class, race, (dis)ability and gender. DAC offers a range of arts education programs headed by professional artists who encourage creative expression, team building, youth leadership and self-esteem.

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Educator Volunteer Network

Educatorvolunteer.net gives online volunteers skilled in teaching, IT, communications or management the chance to assist schools and improve education in some of the world’s toughest regions – without ever leaving home.

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Evergreen

Evergreen is a Not-for-Profit organization that makes cities more livable. Evergreen's mission is to bring communities and nature together for the benefit of both.

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International Dyslexia Association - Ontario Branch

The IDA Ontario Branch is committed to informing, educating and supporting the 1 in 10 individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.

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Mixed Company Theatre

MCT produces innovative, socially relevant drama as a tool for positive change. Founded in 1983, Mixed Company uses Forum Theatre and interactive arts to educate, engage, and empower audiences in schools, communities and workplaces.

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Meal Exchange

Meal Exchange is a national student-founded, registered charity that engages, educates and mobilizes youth to work with their communities in order to alleviate hunger locally and achieve food security.

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Future Possibilities for Kids

Future Possibilities for Kids empowers children, aged 8-14, to practice possibility thinking and to become leaders by creating meaningful goals of contribution in their communities.

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Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity

Luminato covers the worlds of music, dance, theatre, film, literature, visual arts, fashion, magic, and more. Our aim is to have a volunteer force as diverse as our programming and the city itself.

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North York Community House

NYCH provides settlement services to newcomers to Canada, strengthens neighbourhoods by working with residents, and supports the positive development of children, youth and families.

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North York Seniors Centre

North York Seniors Centre provides programs and services to promote the physical, emotional and social well-being of adults 55+ living in our diverse community.

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Ontario 211

With information on more than 56,000 agencies and services, 211 helps people find the answers they need, quickly and easily. 211's phone service is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and is available in more than 150 languages. The website at www.211ontario.ca is available in both French and English. Dial 2-1-1 when you don't know where to turn.

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Riverdale Immigrant Women Enterprises

Housed in the Riverdale Hub, the Global Pantry is a Social Catering Enterprise that supports economic empowerment of vulnerable women through hands-on placement training and skill building.

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Room to Read - Toronto Chapter

Room to Read believes that World Change Starts with Educated Children. We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education that enables them to reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world.

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Scouts Canada, Greater Toronto Council

Kids in Scouts have fun adventures discovering new things and experiences they wouldn't have elsewhere. Along the way they develop into cable, confident and well-rounded individuals, better prepared for success in the world. Scouts is the start of something great. It starts with Scouts.

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Sistering A Woman's Place

Sistering provides a safe women-only daytime space for some of Toronto's most marginalized women. We provide practical and social supports to homeless, underhoused, and socially isolated women such as: hot meals, laundry facilities, clothing donations, health and social programming, harm reduction groups, health, legal and housing supports and referrals , just to name a few.

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Skills for Change

We provide learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community.

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St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club

To provide a safe, supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop confidence and skills for life.

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St. Christopher House

St. Christopher House has been a neighbourhood centre in the downtown west end of Toronto since 1912. We work with diverse individuals, families and groups to promote personal and social change in order to achieve a safe, healthy and accepting society for all. St. Christopher House is a secular organization and is strongly committed to community development in all aspects of our work.

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Sustain Ontario, The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming

We work towards a food system that is healthy, ecological, equitable and financially viable. We take a collaborative approach to research, policy development and action.

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The 519 Church Street Community Centre

A public-private partnership of the City of Toronto, The 519 is a meeting place and focal point for its diverse downtown communities. Within a supportive environment, it responds to the needs of the local neighbourhood and the broader Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTTQ) communities by supplying resources and opportunities to foster self-determination, civic engagement and community participation.

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The Regenesis Project

Making change happen through grassroots organizing, direct action engagement and mass street mobilization. Regenesis creates a safe space to manifest ideas into meaningful action.

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Toronto Foundation for Student Success - beyond 3:30

Toronto Foundation for Student Success is the charitable arm of the Toronto District School Board and grew out of the recognized need to assist Toronto students in reaching their full academic and social capability.

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VHA Home HealthCare

Since 1925, VHA Home HealthCare (VHA)—a not-for-profit organization—has provided compassionate 24/7 health care services to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds in the comfort of their own home or wherever they need extra support.

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YouthLink

YouthLink believes that with the right support, guidance and opportunities, all youth have the potential to succeed. Our mission is to reach youth in the greatest need.

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