Nonprofit Organizations in Halifax

Aims to support volunteers and non-profits in Halifax Regional Municipality and beyond, through postings, stories and news.

<span style="font-weight: 400">Open Harbour works to sponsor a refugee group to begin a new life in Halifax each year. A sponsorship starts on the day of arrival and extends for the 12 months afterward. It includes financial, social, and emotional support. We greet our new Nova Scotians at the airport, set them up with a furnished apartment, enroll them in job training and English classes, help them get to medical appointments, register their children in school - and a lot more! </span>

<b>OUR MISSION</b>
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<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">To privately sponsor and resettle refugees to Halifax irrespective of circumstances or creed. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">To coordinate the settlement, integration, and empowerment of the new Nova Scotians we sponsor. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">To spread awareness of issues affecting refugees.</span></li>
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A community organization dedicated to sponsoring and settling refugees in Halifax.

<a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1"></a>Established in 1986, Options offers a unique opportunity to learn the basic skills required to find and maintain a structured, yet supportive environment. The integrated training program treats participants as employees and includes educational upgrading, life skills development, and workforce development skills in five employment areas: Building Maintenance, Customer Service, Food Service, Basic and Advanced Office Skills, and Bakery Production.

Options is opened to individuals 16 years of age and older who are facing persistent multiple barriers to employment.  Research shows that industry-based employment models that combine training and skills development benefit the workforce and the employer.

Osteoporosis Canada is the only national organization serving people who have, or are at risk for, osteoporosis. The organization works to educate, empower and support individuals and communities in the risk-reduction and treatment of osteoporosis. With your help, we teach Canadians how to improve their bone health so osteoporosis can never take hold. We support those already diagnosed, and work to improve their quality of life. And we pursue research and treatment breakthroughs that keep more people healthy. Together, we will help make Canadians unbreakable.

The Social Marketplace Society promotes social spending.

Social spending is making a purchase ensuring the greatest possible amount of that money stays in your local community.

To promote social spending the Social Marketplace Society funds and organizes Our Social Market. Our Social Market is a monthly event inviting fundraisers to promote their cause and raise funds. Square Roots (Enactus, St. Mary's University) provides vegetable bundles for sale every month, there is a canteen, music, even a place to sit a spell. All tables are free. Admission is free.

Our fundraisers currently include:

-Truckload Rain Barrel campaign.

-My Social Market table at every market with a collection of donated crafts and other items; currently featuring "peace" inspired suncatchers by donation.

-My Smart Art Workbook series designed for children AND adults alike to do individually or as a group.

Please visit www.OurSocialMarket.ca for more information. Thank you.

<div class="cushycms">Out of the Cold is a community-based, volunteer-run organization that works to provide shelter & community supports to the homeless & precariously housed. The specific work for the 2015-2016 season is being planned currently, and this website is under construction.</div>

Ovarian Cancer Canada is the only registered Canadian charity solely dedicated to overcoming ovarian cancer. We provide leadership by:
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<li>Supporting women living with the disease and their families</li>
<li>Raising awareness among the general public and health care professionals</li>
<li>Funding research to develop early detection techniques, improved treatments and, ultimately, a cure.</li>
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Ovarian Cancer Canada champions the health and wellbeing of women with ovarian cancer and others at risk of this disease while advancing research to save lives. As the only registered Canadian charity solely dedicated to overcoming ovarian cancer, the organization provides leadership in research, advocacy, and support, so that women live fuller, better, longer lives.

Prostate Cancer Canada is the leading national foundation dedicated to the elimination of the most common cancer in men through research, advocacy, education, support, and awareness. We fund research that will help uncover better diagnostic and treatment options and provide education and comprehensive support services for those living with and are affected by prostate cancer

PACO is Dartmouth's volunteer-run, wood-fired community oven located in Leighton Dillman Park on the Dartmouth Common.

Parker Street Food Bank provides help to people in need. We are a food and furniture bank, but strongly believe in the adage, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". Some of the opportunities for self-sufficiency have included courses in flooring installation, windows and doors installation, automotive parts clerk, siding, carpenter's assistant training and basic computer skills. We also provide back packs filled with school supplies for young students in September and at Christmas time we provide the ingredients for a traditional turkey dinner as well as toys for the wee ones. We also operate an Emergency Fund to help those in financial crisis, such as helping with utility or heating bills.