Mazol Shriners
Shriner's Hospitals for Children treat children under the age of 18, who have orthopedic deformities, spinal cord injuries, brittle bone disease, cleft lip and pallet disorders and severe burn afflictions. Children in Newfoundland and Labrador are under the care and control of Mazol Shriners who arrange on average 100 hospital trips a year mostly to the Shriner's Hospital in Montreal, but for some spinal cord injuries to the Philadelphia Hospital and for some burn patients to the Burns Treatment Hospital in Boston. All medical treatments for the children, transportation expenses for the patient and guardian is provided at no cost to the patient's family. Mazol Shriners raise in excess of $400,000 per year to cover the costs associated with this huge undertaking. In addition to the funds raised through the enormous efforts of its own members, Mazol Shriners also receive substantial donations from community minded companies and organizations and also from generous private individuals. Without those donations, Mazol Shriners would not be able to continue their tireless work in support of sick children.
Easter Seals Newfoundland and Labrador
Easter Seals Newfoundland and Labrador envisions a province where all children and youth with physical disabilities are able to experience full, active and healthy childhoods and grow to reach their full individual potentials.
Easter Seals Newfoundland and Labrador is a charitable organization which is dedicated to maximizing the abilities and enhancing the lives of children and youth with physical disabilities through recreational, social and other therapeutic programs, direct assistance, education and advocacy.
Easter Seals Newfoundland and Labrador is a charitable organization which is dedicated to maximizing the abilities and enhancing the lives of children and youth with physical disabilities through recreational, social and other therapeutic programs, direct assistance, education and advocacy.
Rainbow Riders
Rainbow Riders offers a year-round therapeutic horsebacking riding program for children an adults with special physical, cognitive and emotional needs. Each year, more than 130 children and young adults grow and develop through active participation in Rainbow Rider's program, which is adapted to suit the unique needs of the participants. The program is heavily reliant on the the work of volunteers as each rider requires three volunteers and the instructor. Since its humble beginnings in 1990 with 2 riders on 2 borrowed horses, it has grown to enrich the lives of more than 1000 riders and their families. To support this effort, the facility is active 52 weeks of the year.
