Looking to sign in to your Fundraising Page? We are thrilled to be partnering with the following charities for the 2020 Mississauga Marathon Scotiabank Charity Challenge. To apply as a charity partner, please email Charity Challenge Coordinator Ryan Coles at rcoles@landmarksport.com.
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is the only national, volunteer-based charity focused on finding the cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and improving the lives of children and adults affected by these diseases. We are one of the top two health charity funders of Crohn’s and colitis research in the world, investing over $127 million in research since 1974. We are transforming the lives of people affected by Crohn’s and colitis through research, patient programs, advocacy, and awareness.
Grand Philharmonic Choir
For 98 years the Grand Philharmonic Choir has made meaningful musical contributions to the musical life of Waterloo Region by “enriching lives through choral music experiences.” We produce and perform choral music in and around Waterloo Region through concerts, community events and sing-along opportunities for the public. We provide music education for our singers, from formal music education program for our young singers including ear training, performance skills, voice production, sight reading and music theory.
Epilepsy South Central Ontario
Epilepsy South Central Ontario is a non-profit charitable organization that provides education, information and support to families and individuals. We are dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons living with epilepsy.
Increasing public awareness via outreach, individual/family counseling and working with select forums, Epilepsy South Central Ontario strives to educate and encourage understanding within our community.
Epilepsy is the 3rd most neurological common condition but isn’t government funded.
Team Unbreakable
Team Unbreakable is a Physical Health for Mental Health program that uses running as a vehicle towards youth wellness. Our program works with school and community center province wide. We combine a “mental health toolkit” of learning materials with a couch-to-5k training routine.
MS Society of Canada
Our mission is to connect and empower the MS community to create a positive change. The MS Society of Canada takes collective action to fund innovative and ground-breaking research that will advance treatment and care for people affected by MS. There have been incredible breakthroughs made and we still have more to achieve.
Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners (THP) has a history of caring for our community going back to the late 1950s. Now our three sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – serve 2.2 million people in Mississauga, west Toronto, Halton and Peel.
Youth Unlimited
For 75 years, our passion has been to invest in youth wholeness. As a Christian youth-serving agency, our vision is seeing “transformed youth transforming our city.” We target community youth ages 10-25 of all faiths, cultural backgrounds and economic levels. We mobilize them through Community Resourcing, Specialized Initiatives, Training & Equipping and Marketplace Initiatives. Ultimately, we give our youth the opportunity and support to positively influence their own community and beyond.
Autism Speaks Canada
Autism Speaks Canada is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families by supporting and working with community partners; enhancing resources and services; increasing understanding, acceptance and inclusion of people with autism spectrum disorder; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.
Rethink Breast Cancer
We take a breakthrough approach to all aspects of breast cancer – education, resources, advocacy, community engagement, and fundraising – Rethink is thinking differently about breast cancer.
Rethink Breast Cancer’s mission is to empower young people who are concerned about and affected by breast cancer through innovative education, support and advocacy. Rethink is the first Canadian charity to bring bold, relevant awareness to the 40s and under crowd; foster a new generation of young, influential breast cancer supporters; infuse sass and style into the cause; and, most importantly, respond to the unique needs of young women going through it.
Smilezone Foundation
Our mission is to make tough days a little brighter for kids receiving treatment in hospitals and health care facilities. We do this by creating fun and engaging “Smilezones” that harness the uplifting power of a smile for the kids and their families.
Heart House Hospice/Dorothy Ley Hospice
Providing compassionate person-centred care to individuals living with a terminal illness and their family caring for them.
Joy Beyond Vision Community
We are committed to sharing the gospel and supporting Visually Impaired person (VIP) to overcome life’s barriers. Ultimately, VIP can live a life with purpose and dignity!
MADD Canada
MADD Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is a national, registered charitable organization that is committed to stopping impaired driving and to supporting victims of this violent crime. At the heart of MADD Canada are our volunteers who include not only mothers, but fathers, friends, business professionals, experts in the anti-impaired driving field, concerned citizens and community-minded businesses like you who want to make a difference in their community. Our mission is to stop impaired driving and to support victims of this violent crime.
SEWA Canada International
SEWA Canada is leading humanitarian and development charity in Canada, serving the world since 1992. It focuses on selfless humanitarian efforts for all irrespective of race, nationality, religion, or sex, in Canada and overseas. It serves the world in areas of education, health, disaster relief, empowering the underprivileged. Through selfless service programs, we continuously strive to help people in need with help from our donors. Completely run by volunteers overheads is only 4%.
SickKids
All of us at SickKids are fighting the same battle: to make every kid a healthy kid.
Our vision is simple: Healthier Children. A Better World. We believe fighting for the health and well-being of children is one of the most powerful ways to improve society
Mississauga Humane Society
Mississauga Humane Society (MHS) is a registered non-profit, no-kill charity, founded in 1999. We have grown over the years, but the mission remains the same: to save as many animals as possible.
The organization runs on the unpaid labour of an extensive network of passionate volunteers and six dedicated board members. Our volunteers rescue and foster hundreds of cats and dogs every year in Mississauga and beyond.
Having many caring foster homes enables us to operate without the high cost of an animal shelter and allows homeless dogs and cats to thrive in a home environment until they are adopted.
Mississauga Festival Choir
With over 150 singers, Mississauga Festival Choir is the largest and most spirited community choir in our city. Mississauga Festival Choir is a community choir that enriches lives through music by way of performance, education and outreach – while valuing excellence in choral music performance, education, spirit: celebration, joy and pleasure, and community engagement. Our spirited singing springs from our no-audition policy. Everyone who loves to sing is welcome to join us, and audiences hear the joy in every song.
National Zakat Foundation
NZF Canada aims to be the premier Zakat institution in Canada, dedicated towards alleviating local poverty. Through Zakat donations (charitable giving), we offer financial support to the most vulnerable members of our community, including single-parents, the elderly, those with disabilities, as well as newcomers/refugees struggling to resettle in Canada.
Nisa Homes, a sheltering project of NZF Canada, is a group of transitional homes for women who are escaping domestic violence, or are at risk of being homeless.
Alzheimer Society Peel
Alzheimer Society Peel exists to alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; to help find the cause, prevention and cure.
Lymphoma Canada
Lymphoma Canada works to empower patients and the lymphoma community through education, support, advocacy, and research. We are Canada’s only national organization focused entirely on lymphoma.
Indus Community Services
Indus Community Services (Indus) is an accredited, not-for-profit community benefit organization that has served local communities for over 34 years. We are supported by donors, and by all three levels of government. Indus through its professional staff, is a leader in the provision of culturally-appropriate services to newcomers, families, women, and seniors. Our programs are inclusive and welcome individuals of all faiths, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.