Non-Profit Organization Directory

1) Engaging citizens in public dialogue on environmental issues in a balanced and informed manner 2) Working with partners to foster community engagement in sustainability projects 3) Helping to create a community of environmentally active citizens Our focus areas are food sustainability, climate change, and public policy engagement.

Community

Corner Brook

Region

Corner Brook - Rocky Harbour

Category

Environment

Calder Health Centre is located in the town of Burgeo and provides Primary Health Care Services and Long Term Care Services to the Communities of Burgeo, Grand Bruit, Grey River, Francois and Ramea. Services include; emergency, support, recreational, out-patient, and pharmacy services.

Community

Burgeo

Region

Stephenville - Port aux Basque

Category

Health services

The Dr. Charles L. LeGrow Health Centre Foundation is a registered charitable organization created in 1987 to raise funds for the purchase of new and replacement medical equipment for the Dr. Charles L. LeGrow Health Centre. The Foundation acts as a fund raising body in support of the charitable objectives and programs of the Dr. Charles L. LeGrow Health Centre while increasing public awareness of the activities of the Centre. It encourages increased endowments and bequests from former patients and/or their families to supplement funding for equipment and research while conducting public campaigns in support of particular or general equipment needs of the Dr. Charles L. LeGrow Health Centre and/or needs for clinical research.

Community

Channel-Port aux Basques

Region

Stephenville - Port aux Basque

Category

Health services

The Western Regional Hospital Foundation was established as a registered charity in October 1987 to receive, maintain and distribute funds raised by annual campaigns, personal donations, grants, and special event fundraising.The mission of the Western Regional Hospital Foundation is to heighten public awareness of the needs of the Western Region and to act as a liaison between the donors and Western Health.The objective of the Western Regional Hospital Foundation is to support the health and well being of all the people in our region, by providing funding assistance to purchase, replace and modernize medical equipment for the Western Region.

Community

Corner Brook

Region

Corner Brook - Rocky Harbour

Category

Funding resources

Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital in Stephenville is a forty-four bed acute care center with a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services for the people of the Bay St. George catchment area. The catchment area services by Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital is between the Port au Port Peninsula east to Gallants and south to the Jeffreys-St. Fintans area serving a population of approximately 24,000.

Community

Stephenville

Region

Stephenville - Port aux Basque

Category

Health services

Western Newfoundland is anything but small!Stretching from the Gateway ferry port of Channel-Port aux Basques on the Southwest corner of the island of Newfoundland to the Viking site at the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula.This vibrant region offers travelers a wide range of natural and cultural experiences. Dont miss the only two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the province, LAnse Aux Meadows and Gros Morne National Park, as well as glacier-carved fjords, hiking trails, ancient aboriginal sites, National and Provincial parks, beaches, sand dunes, theatre festivals, museums, and cultural events.

Community

Corner Brook

Region

Corner Brook - Rocky Harbour

Category

Community and economic development

Western Regional Waste Management (WRWM) is committed to helping residents dispose of waste in a cost-effective, safe, and environmentally-friendly manner. We are pleased to deliver services that will increase the amount of materials we recycle and prevent hazardous materials from going into our water, soil and air. Together, we are protecting this beautiful region that we love so much.

Community

Corner Brook

Region

Corner Brook - Rocky Harbour

Category

Environment

Wheelchair Basketball Canada is the national sports governing body responsible for the organization of wheelchair basketball in Canada. It is a non-profit, charitable organization that is the Canadian member to the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).

Community

Paradise

Region

Avalon Peninsula

Category

Recreation/sports

No description available.

Community

Makkovik

Region

Labrador

Category

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No description available.

Community

St. John's

Region

Avalon Peninsula

Category

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No description available.

Community

Labrador City

Region

Labrador

Category

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Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Federation (NLWF) is dedicated to fostering awareness and enjoyment of our natural world. Our objectives include encouraging an understanding of the impact of human activities on the environment; promoting the sustainable use of our natural resources; conducting and sponsoring research relating to wildlife and the environment; recommending legislative changes to protect wildlife and its habitat; and cooperating with organizations and government agencies having similar objectives.

Community

St. John's

Region

Avalon Peninsula

Category

Environment

To relieve poverty in Newfoundland and Labrador by assisting persons, of low income, in need, by providing support, including financial support, through payment of "medical expenses" (including travel costs, hospitalization costs, medical practitioner costs and prohibitively expensive prescription medicines and drugs) that are not funded or reimbursed from any other sources, including private health care service plans and federal and provincial government departments to relieve poverty in Newfoundland and Labrador by providing support, including financial support, to cover food and other basic supplies to persons, of low income, in need; to provide scholarships, bursaries and prizes to impoverished individuals and individuals with severe financial burdens, in Newfoundland and Labrador, to assist them in pursuing educational studies;

Community

St. John's

Region

Avalon Peninsula

Category

Funding resources

To provide a refuge and/or support system for women who have been emotionally and/or physically assaulted, threatened or harassed, including temporary accommodation, food and other necessities on an emergency basis. To help women explore options available to them and to provide education to public on issues pertaining to family violence

Community

Corner Brook

Region

Corner Brook - Rocky Harbour

Category

Emergency/crisis service

No description available.

Community

Hant's Harbour

Region

Grand Falls-Windsor - Baie Verte - Harbour Breton

Category

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The Corner Brook Winter Carnival is an annual community festival dedicated to the celebration of winter, fostering of community spirit and pride, and encouragement of economic development and tourism. Opportunities are provided for residents and visitors of all ages to enjoy unique experinces in sports, recreation, entertainment and culture within a snowfunland theme.

Community

Corner Brook

Region

Corner Brook - Rocky Harbour

Category

Recreation/sports

Winter Games Lanes offers men and ladies bowling leagues, youth bowling programs, bumper bowling and glow bowling. The lanes are designed for fun and good times!

Community

Lewisporte

Region

Gander - New-Wes-Valley

Category

Recreation/sports

Winterset in Summer is Newfoundland and Labrador's unique literary festival designed to celebrate the writers of our splendid province. Over four days in August, authors and songwriters from Newfoundland and across Canada converge on the town of Eastport for a celebration of the written word. Poetry readings, seminars and theatrical performances are just a few of the highlights.

Community

Eastport

Region

Gander - New-Wes-Valley

Category

Education/training/employment

No description available.

Community

Corner Brook

Region

Corner Brook - Rocky Harbour

Category

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Implementation of a Women's Shelter, Health and well being for all women, low income, parenting, high-risk women, support group

Community

Rigolet

Region

Labrador

Category

Womens organizations

Newfoundland and Labrador Womens Institutes is an informal, educational organization for women to work together to expand their skills, broaden their interests, plan meetings, workshops and conferences, and strengthen the quality of life for themselves, their families and their communities. The NLWI is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, non-racial organization.

Community

Fermeuse

Region

Avalon Peninsula

Category

Womens organizations

No description available.

Community

Springdale

Region

Grand Falls-Windsor - Baie Verte - Harbour Breton

Category

Womens organizations

Group meets once a month, make crafts and in the summer months employ students

Community

Trinity, Bonavista Bay

Region

Gander - New-Wes-Valley

Category

Womens organizations

The Women's Institute has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for its residents through community service work in hospitals, economic development and community training. They have also been the mind and the heart behind the Labrador Straits Museum through its conceptualization, development and operation. As proud members of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada and the Associated Country Women of the World, the women of the Labrador Straits continue to work for the betterment of the place they call home.

Community

Capstan Island

Region

Labrador

Category

Womens organizations