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L'ARCHE SYRACUSE, INC. IS A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION IS TO (1) MAKE KNOWN THE GIFTS OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, REVEALED THROUGH MUTUALLY TRANSFORMING RELATIONS, (2) FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT IN COMMUNITY THAT RESPONDS TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERS, BEING FAITHFUL TO THE CORE VALUES OF OUR FOUNDING STORY, (3) ENGAGE IN OUR DIVERSE CULTURES, WORKING TOWARD A MORE HUMANE SOCIETY. WE OPERATE FOUR HOMES FOR SIXTEEN ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND PROVIDE 24 HOUR RESIDENTIAL HABILITATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. WE ALSO PROVIDE DAY HABILITATION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

CureDuchenne is committed to improving the lives of everyone affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) through accelerating research to find the cure, improving care and empowering the Duchenne community. From creating the first Duchenne-specific physical therapy education program and enabling human clinical trials for the first-ever FDA-approved drug for these patients, to launching a supplemental newborn screening initiative, we believe in tackling Duchenne from every angle. Duchenne is a 100% fatal genetic disease and the most common form of muscular dystrophy, which affects mostly boys. There are over 300,000 patients worldwide and 15,000 in the US.

The South Eastern Medical Interpreter Association provides continuing education opportunities and a forum for medical interpreters and translators to exchange ideas and experiences. SEMIA supports medical interpreter training in order to facilitate access to health care and other fundamental services for limited-English proficient and marginalized communities. The Association promotes professionalism and public awareness of the importance of providing quality interpretation services in health care. Purpose and Objectives: To increase professional and public awareness of the importance of providing qualified interpretation services in healthcare. To enhance the professional image of translators and interpreters in the healthcare industry. To contribute to improving the standards and professional ethics, practices and competency of medical interpreters. To strive to protect the rights and interests of professional medical interpreters and translators. To provide an open forum for medical interpreters and translators for the regular exchange of ideas and experience.

Wayfinder’s mission is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, we initially enabled blind and visually impaired children to lead fuller, more independent lives. Today, Wayfinder is a human services agency with expertise in child welfare, vision impairment and multiple disabilities. Across our programs, Wayfinder strives to achieve equity for all our clients, most of whom are low-income people of color. We serve nearly 20,000 children, youth, adults and family members annually. Our name became Wayfinder Family Services in January 2018

Honoring Life - Offering Hope Even small acts and celebrations can have a profound impact on the lives of hospice patients and those closest to them. Seasons Hospice Foundation brings comfort to patients and families by providing essentials and enriching lives with fond, lasting memories. Our funds also support community education to increase awareness about the benefits of hospice, funding for special programs and applied research to improve the quality of hospice care. Extending beyond the borders of traditional healthcare, we treat the whole person and their loved ones in ways that touch the human spirit—adding days to life and life to days.

Makor Disability Services/Women’s League Community Residences is a professional organization committed to the philosophy that every person, regardless of his or her level of ability, must be treated with the utmost dignity and respect. It is our belief that every person with intellectual and developmental challenges should be afforded the opportunity to maximize his or her functional, social and intellectual potential. This is accomplished through appropriate, individualized, person-centered programming. In addition, each person should be living in an atmosphere of acceptance, warmth, understanding, and security that upholds the rights of each individual and provides developmental opportunities both individually and as a member of the community. It is our belief that personal growth flows first from an improved sense of self worth, and that all programming must be formulated toward this goal of self actualization. All of Makor/WLCR’s service environments continually encourage service participant choice and expression.

VNA Hospice & Palliative Care, part of VNA Care, improves the quality of life for individuals and their loved ones facing a life-limiting illness and loss. Our team provides physical, emotional, social, practical, and spiritual support tailored to each person’s needs and goals. Care is provided wherever a patient calls home, including private residences, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. VNA Hospice & Palliative Care also offers three home-like hospice residences (Elizabeth Evarts de Rham Hospice Home, Cambridge; Rose Monahan Hospice Home, Worcester; and Stanley R. Tippett Hospice Home, Needham) for times when remaining at home is not possible. Our staff is dedicated to our mission to provide the right care with kindness and compassion every day for every person we serve.

Mission Rabies is an international NGO headquartered in the UK with offices in the USA, India and Thailand. Despite being eliminated from many countries, rabies still takes a devastating toll on the world’s most marginalized and vulnerable. Existing models of rabies prevention remain inappropriate for implementation in most countries that remain rabies endemic, because they lie at the bottom of the UN HDR rankings. Since 2013, Mission Rabies has been implementing vaccination and education programs where the need is greatest, collecting evidence and sharing lessons to make global elimination a reality. The goal of Mission Rabies is to eliminate dog-mediated human deaths caused by rabies by 2030 through mega vaccination drives and educating communities at risk on the disease.

Nearly one in two Albertans will develop cancer in their lifetime and nearly one in four will be lost to cancer. At the Alberta Cancer Foundation, we intend to change that. Our promise to our donors is progress in cancer research, prevention, treatment and care. Your dollars make a transformational impact right here at home by advancing Alberta’s leading-edge provincial research strategy and the compassionate work of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, the Cross Cancer Institute and Alberta’s 15 other cancer centres. Representing nearly 200,000 donors, the Alberta Cancer Foundation is the number one non-governmental source of funding for cancer research and programs. Last year we invested $23.3 million towards our vision of a cancer-free future. We know something can be done about cancer and we're willing to do it. With you by our side, we can continue pushing for accelerated change, progress and above all, results.

Every cure has a starting point. Like Dr. Jonas Salk when he conquered polio, Salk scientists are dedicated to innovative biological research. Exploring the molecular basis of diseases makes curing them more likely. In an outstanding and unique environment we gather the foremost scientific minds in the world and give them the freedom to work collaboratively and think creatively. For over 50 years this wide-ranging scientific inquiry has yielded life-changing discoveries impacting human health. We are home to Nobel Laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences who train and mentor the next generation of international scientists. We lead biological research. We prize discovery. Salk is where cures begin.

Prion Alliance, Inc aims to catalyze the development of a treatment or cure for human prion diseases by funding, organizing and promoting scientific research. Our organization supports research directed at understanding prion disease biology, discovering and testing therapeutics, and developing novel lab and computational methodologies needed for furthering this research. Our operational model is to raise funds and disburse these to the most worthy scientific projects, with a view to the projects' relevance to our ultimate goal of a treatment or cure, as well as to the projects' ability to leverage Prion Alliance, Inc seed funding in order to pursue outside funding sources for continued research. We also strive to bring together top scientific minds to share data, methodology, and findings in a spirit of openness and collaboration.

GRACE MISSION STATEMENTInspired by our Christian values and in response to the Great Commission, we have identified and introduced three principal solutions to all the needs of the people, the communities and the countries that we serve: Jesus, Education, Work (JOB). True change comes from within, in order to break the cycle of poverty, sickness and darkness we must first start with the heart. Our mission is to follow the command of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poorest of the poor and oppressed, promoting human transformation as we RESCUE, RELIEVE, RESTORE and EMPOWER. We provide health-care, education, spiritual guidance, Children's feeding programs, youth/Senior ministries and empowered living to families and all those in need within our reach.