Who We Support
YMCA STRONG KIDS CAMPAIGN
The YMCA Strong Kids foundation holds a place close to our hearts at Good Earth Summerside! This campaign not only gives back to the community, but also helps build its future by helping our youth access to activities and coaching that will help establish a strong foundation for their lives.
About YMCA Strong Kids Campaign
The YMCA is a leading Canadian charity. The YMCA Strong Kids Campaign is focused on raising much needed financial support for children, teens and families who are unable to afford the full cost of participation in a YMCA program or activity.
As prospective donors we all wonder how our individual gift could ever have an impact when the needs of our community seem so great. The YMCA Strong Kids Campaign helps one person at a time, one family at a time, or one program at a time. That might mean providing the funds to:
- Help a child attend day camp for the first time
- Help a struggling teen find employment
- Enable a child to participate in a recreation or fitness activity
- Enable a struggling family to use a child care facility
- Help youth gain the confidence and skills to avoid addiction, violence, and isolation
Each YMCA association offers unique programs to serve the needs of their community; each community has children, teens, and families that need your help. We encourage you to invest in a child today. No Risks. Only Returns.
We encourage to visit their site by clicking on the link above or go to http://www.ymcastrongkids.ca/ and learn how you can help make the youth of our communities stronger.
Pure Artists
Good Earth Summerside is proud to be able to support Pure Artists of Edmonon and provide them a stage to perform on. They are an outstanding group of young local musicians who are not only talented, but give their gift of music to many charitable and non-profit organizations. You’ll find these artist playing at our cafe on Thursday nights from 7 to 9. Watch our feature artists page to see who’s playing, and learn more about who they are.
About Pure Artists
Over the past 17 years, Wes Inaba has been more than a vocal coach to the hundreds of young people he takes under his wing. Along with nurturing their talent in all styles, ranging from pop to rock to everything in between, Wes also helps these young people develop character.
Two years ago, Wes Inaba and Shelley Tookey of Shelley’s Dance Company, merged their two disciplines … voice and dance… to form Premiere Entertainment. The intent of this collaboration was to create a new Academy where Edmonton’s rising young song and dance artists would not only continue to develop their art form, but equally as important, would focus on giving their art back to the community. Premiere students support non-profit agencies and charities by providing entertainment and raising funds and awareness for a variety of causes. In doing so, these young artists gain a deeper understanding of the responsibility we all have to give back to our community.
Recently, Wes worked towards forging a new entity called Pure Artists. The new “Pure” has a clear mandate and sets very high standards, which every student must commit to. To date, twelve committed students have met the requirements of a Pure Artist. Along with having a “musical dream”, all Pure Artists must continuously demonstrate self respect through a healthy and clean lifestyle, respect for family, for friends, for school and for their community. The ultimate goal of Pure Artists is to establish a new benchmark for the stars of tomorrow, one that extends beyond talent… one that creates exceptional role models for those who follow!
Please visit their site at www.pureartists.ca to review the amazing talent this group posses to not only warm your ears but your hearts as well.
United Nations World Food Program
Throughout our sales of Earth Water and Earth Coffee we enthusiastically support the UN World Food Program.
With Water for Water, Earth Water commits 100% of its net profits from every bottle you buy to the UN World Food Program to provide sustainable clean drinking water for Refugees in various countries.
With One Pound for One Week, Earth Coffee commits 100% of it’s net profits from every pound of coffee to the UN World Food Progam, feeding a child for a week in school with every pound you purchase.
About Earth Water
Earth Water was founded on the simple concept, ‘If you had the chance, would you change the world?’.
It is Earth Water International’s mandate to give 100% of its net profits to the United Nations World Food Programme to provide clean drinking water to millions of refugees around the world.
Everyday 6000 people die because of the lack of drinkable water, and most of these deaths are among children. For this reason our shareholders are every man, woman and child living around the world without the most essential element needed to sustain human life: clean fresh water.
In order to get our money to where it is needed the most as effectively and efficiently as possible, Earth Water International has secured the cooperation and support of the United Nations World Food Programme, who is currently at work in over 70 countries. The WFP possesses the infrastructure, personnel and expertise to ensure the sale of Earth Water directly benefits those who need it the most. History has judged time and time again the importance of the work carried out by WFP. We at Earth Water are proud to support their efforts.
About Earth Coffee
Hunger claims the life of a child every six seconds. Earth Coffee commits 100% of its net profits to the United Nations World Food Programme to combat global hunger.
Worldwide, hunger claims the life of a child every six seconds. Accordingly, Earth Coffee commits 100% of its net profits to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide meals to some of the world’s most desperate people. Earth Coffee works with WFP’s school meals programme to provide meals to children globally. Through school meals programme, children are not only provided with meals, but they are also given an incentive to attend school and earn an education. The result is a well-fed, educated community, which serves to sustain current and future generations.
You can learn more about what your purchase of Earth Coffee provides at www.earthcoffee.org
Bullfrog Power
We are excited to be powered by 100% renewable energy through Bullfrog Power using 100% Windpower or Low Impact Hydro Facilities to help create a cleaner environment for today and tomorrow.
About Bullfrog Power
Bullfrog Power, Canada’s 100% green electricity provider, offers a clean, renewable electricity choice to everyone in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario—and now—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
When you choose Bullfrog Power, Bullfrog’s generators inject renewable electricity into your local or regional grid to match the amount of power your home or business uses. Bullfrog’s electricity comes exclusively from wind and hydro facilities that have been certified as low impact by Environment Canada under its EcoLogoM program instead of from polluting sources like coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear.
Together with our customers, we’re helping to reshape the electricity landscape by bringing new renewable generation online. Bullfrog-powered homes and businesses have provided the demand for several new wind projects in Canada.
Thousands of Canadian homes and organizations have made the decision to become “bullfrog-powered” and support the generation of clean, renewable power. Many ENGOs (environmental non-governmental organizations) and non-profits have also bullfrog-powered their premises to show their support for advancing renewable energy.
Making the choice for clean, green power is a breeze. Bullfrog Power is available throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Thousands of Canadians have already chosen to bullfrog-power their homes, condos, apartments, offices and businesses.
To learn how you can get your home or business powered by bullfrog go to www.bullfrogpower.com
Crossroads Family Services
With over 200 foster kids, crossroads operates right here in our Summerside community. Whether you are interested in fostering a child, want to put smiles on child’s face by providing Christmas gifts through their Santa Store, or offer respite care to the families who give so much to these children. Crossroads family services is an amazing organization that gives so much to their kids.
About Crossroads Family Services
Crossroads Family Services mission is to provide an effective, outcome-oriented foster care service. We believe that children are our world’s most valuable resource and that healthy families and individuals can offer strength and encouragement to children and families in need.
Crossroads is committed to honouring the dignity, worth, well-being and diversity of our clients. The commitment to honouring individual and cultural beliefs allows Crossroads professional staff to provide a safe environment where individuals (children, adolescents and adults), couples, and families can make healthy choices for growth and change, and build upon their strengths. This philosophy guides us in all areas of the services we provide.
Learn more about Crossroads Family Services and how you can get involved at www.crossroadsfs.ca
