Best Charity Hamilton Near Me

4worldlovers: Luso is a charitable organization that provides a safe, supportive and caring environment for individuals & families living with physical and/or developmental disabilities.

We encourage and empower individuals living with disabilities to achieve personal growth.

Stimulate, calm and energize the senses through sound, lighting and tactile sensory experiences.

Luso has been serving the community for over 20 years and currently operates out of three modern, charity-owned facilities in Toronto, Hamilton and Peel. Our success is a reflection of the quality of the heartfelt care we provide and our strong community endorsements.

Your contribution directly impacts the lives of our participants and their families.

Community Partners are co-believers, helping shape our organization and our impact.

4worldlovers: Badge Battle is Southern Ontario's premier night out - a charity boxing event featuring Emergency Service fighters, stretching themselves to their limits and leaving it all in the ring, in Support of Camp F.A.C.E.S.. Each fighter will battle in front of hundreds of their closest friends, family, colleagues and community members.

Due to logistical issues, the badge battle will be re-scheduled. Date to be announced shortly


The CCISF is committed to supporting families of our First Responders. The CCISF is a charitable organization dedicated to the mitigation of disabling stress and the fight against Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for Emergency Personnel.

The Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation (CCISF) is a charitable organization with open membership for all dedicated to the prevention and mitigation of disabling stress for emergency personnel, veterans and their families.

The Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation is dependent upon the generous support of donors and volunteers to fulfill its mission. If you would like to make a donation, please follow the link below.


The CCISF has worked tirelessly to create a stockpile of resources and family support options. If you would like to become a part of our resource network, please

4worldlovers: St. Matthew’s House (SMH) began in 1964 as a storefront ministry called The Compass to help residents of Hamilton’s north end. It formed as an outreach program of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara. It has now grown into a charitable, non-profit multi-service agency located on Barton Street between Victoria and Wentworth.

Our vision is to provide hope and support for people to reach their full potential and lead fulfilling lives.

The 412 Barton project will see the property at 412 Barton will be converted to 12 deeply affordable units. They are intended for seniors facing homelessness, with a special focus on Indigenous and Black older adults 55+, designating 50% of the units for women.

4worldlovers: We are a non-profit charitable organization that raises funds to distribute to Canadian registered charities that support children’s bereavement. Our team is made up of community members who have all been touched by the impact of children’s grief.

1 in 5 children will experience the death of someone close to them by age 18. Children are often the “forgotten mourners” at the time of death.

A childhood bereavement can have a significant impact on a child’s emotional and cognitive development. Without proper grief support, children may struggle and experience mental health challenges and have difficulty coping with death in future.

In Canada, the current health care system does not adequately resource and provide access to preventative interventions that have the potential to reduce risk and promote wellbeing in children and youth adjusting to the loss of a loved one.

There are several organizations that provide children’s grief support. However, these programs do not always run all year round due to a lack of funding. Many of these organizations rely on community donations to carry out these programs. This poses a challenge as some organizations may not have the capacity to continue fundraising each year to support their children’s grief program.

Additionally, many children’s grief programs in Canada are in urban areas. Families and children living in rural areas may not have access to affordable grief support.

Source: Data is retrieved from programs listed on the Canadian Alliance for Grieving Children and Youth website

We want to reduce financial barriers by providing funds to help develop or expand programs that support grieving children and their families.

Twice a year, we release applications where Canadian registered charities can submit a proposal to seek funding.

To seek donations and support from caring individuals and organizations in the community.

To assist in expanding and creating programs in Canada that benefit the needs of grieving children and their families.

To fund mental health research of childhood bereavement and its overall impact.

To raise awareness and help educate society about the number of children who are forced into an early grieving journey without any support.

Relationships: to help foster relationships between the bereavement sector and children’s bereavement organization, with applicants at institutions and community organizations

Inclusivity and equality: to provide all children and their families with support regardless of how the death of a loved one occurred

I have seen many children suffer trauma, of sometimes being the one to find a parent’s body who has died by suicide. These and many other children are afraid and have deep sadness in their young eyes. I cannot look away. It is and has been my purpose, to help them. They often feel alone and frightened. In my 31 years as a Funeral Director, 14 years as a Registered Therapist, and 3 years as the Clinical Director for a children’s bereavement camp, I have witnessed the impact of grief and loss on children.

The adults around them are also grieving and the family system is under great strain. These children need and deserve support as they try to live with a devastating loss.

I also know the challenges that the bereavement agencies face as they try to meet the increasing needs of grieving children and do the work well; while also trying to obtain the necessary funds required to run the agency. I personally found it stressful and overwhelming, like trying to drive the hearse and the limo at the same time.

I am ‘one’ in my therapy office; I was part of ‘several’ at Camp, and I stand with ‘many’ in our communities. I know that together, we can help these children.

4worldlovers: “When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.