Charities Supported in 2009

• Good Shepherd Hamilton - Good Shepherd Centres is a charity located in Hamilton, Ontario, whose mission is to serve the poor, vulnerable and less fortunate in our community.

• Chalice is a Catholic sponsorship and development organization working to alleviate the effects of poverty in the developing world.

• MMI is committed to meet the need for medical care among the world's poor with lasting solutions through excellence in medicine, patient care, and health education. We do this by mobilizing volunteers on one and two-week medical projects and by establishing and equipping permanent medical centers.

• Shriners Club of Hamilton - Assistance to Orthopaedic and Burns Hospital, Orthopaedic problems. Principal assistance is to hospitals.

• I.N. Network Canada's vision is to glorify God and win men, women and children to Jesus Christ. Our mission is to connect Christian partners in effective evangelism, discipleship and community development.

• Since 1983, the Emergency Response & Development Fund of Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. has responded to death, destruction, and psychological trauma caused by natural disaster, war, and poverty in the developing countries of the world.

• Shifra Home, located in Burlington, is a Christ-Centered maternity residence for young, pregnant women and teens. Our home provides accommodation, pregnancy counselling and other support services to young women during their pregnancy, childbirth and for a period after the birth of their baby. Our home is open to all. 

• The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a lay Catholic organization whose mission is:
  To live the Gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice and joy.

  
  Charmaine Idzerda has been a member of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic church in North Burlington for the past 8 years and is currently the President. They are a team of volunteers who help the less fortunate in the community.