Mustard Seed

Concord National is a Canadian company which helps businesses grows within Canada. Concord National focuses on bringing the world’s brands to Canada. In 2009 Concord National raised funds for the Mustard Seed – a non-profit organization who help the less fortunate. Bellstar Hotels & Resorts is proud to help support Concord National in helping the Mustard Seed succeed. For more information, please visit http://www.concordnational.com/
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UBC Okanagan Aboriginal Student Council

UBC Okanagan Aboriginal Student Council is a student union run at UBC Okanagan. This Student Council is run out of the Aboriginal Student Council Resource Centre and works closely with a number of Aboriginal program and services to help the meet the needs of others. Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd. is proud to help support the UBC Okanagan Aboriginal Student Council. For more information, please visit http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/students/aboriginal/welcome.html

BC Hospitality Conference

BC Hospitality Conference is annual trade show held in Vancouver. The BC Hotel Association (BCHA), the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association (BCRFA), the Alliance of Beverage Licensees of BC (ABLE) and the BC Lodging and Campgrounds Association (BCLCA) all are in attendance. This conference addresses relevant issues in the hospitality industry today. Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd. is proud to help support the BC Hospitality Conference. For more information, please visit http://www.hospitality-trade.com/index_conference.htm

Abbotsford Wine Festival

Abbotsford Wine Festival is an annual dinner festival held by the Rotary Club. In 2009 this event had over $25,000 worth of auction items. Proceeds from the event go directly to the Rotary Club’s charitable initiatives within the community. Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd. is proud to help support the Rotary Club and the annual Abbotsford Wine Festival. For more information, please visit http://www.pictonrotary.ca/index_files/Page389.htm

Adoptive Families Association of BC

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts is a proud supporter of the Adoptive Families Association of BC (AFABC), a province-wide, non-profit organization that offers information, support and assistance to families and individuals involved in the adoption process. During its 30-year history, AFABC has become the largest provider in the province of programs and services for families who have adopted. The families they serve live in all corners of the province and are represented by all social-economic levels. For more information, visit the Adoptive Families Association of BC at www.bcadoption.com

YMCA Adopt-A-Family

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd. employees are always glad to help out where they can. Each year, at Christmas, Bellstar employees participate in the YMCA Adopt-A-Family program that connects community donors with families who are referred. These families are frequently managing emotional, financial and medical needs along with struggling to provide the basic necessities for their families. For more information, visit www.ymca.ca

The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada

The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) is a national not-for-profit voluntary medical research Foundation. Its mission is to find the cure for inflammatory bowel disease. To achieve its mission, the Foundation is committed to raising increasing funds for medical research. Education is also a part of their mandate. The Foundation provides information on IBD to patients, their families, health professionals and the general public through education brochures, its national member publication The Journal and local Education events. The CCFC was started in 1974 by a group of concerned parents who saw the need to raise funds for research into inflammatory bowel disease and to educate patients and their families about these diseases. For more information, please visit www.ccfc.ca

Woods Homes

Since its humble beginnings as an orphanage in 1914, Wood’s Homes mission has been to promote and assist the development and well-being of children, youth and families. Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd. is proud to help support Woods Homes which today is a nationally recognized treatment centre that treats 400 children and youth in more than 22 programs every day. Every year, Wood’s Homes assists 9,500 families; answers 15,000 crisis line phone calls; makes 2,500 visits to family homes; helps 1,800 young people living on the street; and defuses 380 family crises. Innovative programs, partnerships and community support have enabled them to respond to the growing needs of children’s mental health treatment. For more information, visit www.woodshomes.ca

Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation

Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for the Stollery Childrens Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. Their funding supports children’s health through equipment, education, research, and special pediatric services. As the recognized fundraiser for the Stollery Children’s Hospital, the Foundation is committed to continuous improvement in technology, research and facility enhancements, ensuring that every child who comes through their doors receives state-of-the-art pediatric care. For more information, visit www.stollerykids.com

The Canadian Cancer Society

The Canadian Cancer Society was founded in 1983 and is a national, community based organization of volunteers whose mission is to eradicate cancer and enhance the quality of life for people living with cancer. The Cancer Society provides leading financial support for cancer research and delivers community-based support programs and prevention information for all types of cancer. Bellstar Hotels & Resorts is a proud to supporter of the Canadian Cancer Society and their Relay for Life, the Canadian Cancer Society’s unique, hope-filled community event. Relay for Life is fun-filled, 12 hour, all night fight against cancer that helps raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. For more information, visit www.cancer.ca

"Have a Heart" Radiothon

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts is proud to help sponsor the Standard Radio, "Have a Heart" Radiothon which raises proceeds towards the purchase of Fetal Monitors and Syringe Pumps for newborns at the Penticton Regional Hospital. The "Have a Heart" Radiothon has and will continue to make a difference in children’s lives the South Okanagan Similkameen. For more information on the Radiothon, visit www.standardradio.com

Light up the World Foundation

Light up the World Foundation (LUTW) is the first humanitarian organization to utilize renewable energy and solid-state lighting technologies to bring affordable, safe, healthy, efficient and environmentally responsible illumination to people who do not have access to power for adequate lighting. LUTW remains the world’s leader in this endeavour: globally active and setting standards in the field. By helping to support LUTW, it has lit up more than 14,000 homes in 42 different countries throughout the developing world from Afghanistan to Zambia. For more information, visit www.lutw.org

The Canmore Folk Festival

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd. believes strongly in supporting the arts & culture in the towns we are proud to be a part of. The Canmore Folk Festival is just such an event. The Festival can track its history through 30 years of the sort of volunteerism that made the Nordic skiing events of the 1988 winter Olympics - hosted by Canmore - an international hit. Canmore loves to share itself and its environment with others and the festival provides a perfect opportunity. Visitors are quick to recognize there is indeed something very warm and special about the festival and the place, and it brings them back year after year. For more information about this years Festival, visit www.canmorefolkfestival.com

Canmore Artists & Artisans Guild

Bellstar is a proud supporter of the arts community in Canmore and our dedication to the Canmore Artists & Artisans Guild (CAAG) is unique in our support of juried prizes, donation of meeting space and donation of wall space to display art work by local artists. CAAG’s mandate is to stimulate activities in all creative visual arts and provide the vehicle to make the artist and artisan visible in the community; to encourage and promote professional exhibitions, amateur shows, and to create workshops to heighten the awareness of the creative visual arts. For more information, visit www.caag.ca

Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society

Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (CWRS) was established to provide professional care and facilities for wildlife rehabilitation. The CWRS is dedicated to treating injured and orphaned wildlife, providing valuable outreach and education services to the community, and engaging all volunteers in motivational work and skill building experience. For more information, please visit www.calgarywildlife.org

AIDS Calgary

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts Ltd. is proud to join in fight against HIV/AIDS with AIDS Calgary and their Calgary Cares event. AIDS Calgary aims to reduce the harm associated with HIV and AIDS for all individuals and communities in the Calgary region. Their vision is to empower the lives of those living with AIDS and create a compassionate society in the face of HIV/AIDS. For more information on AIDS Calgary, visit www.aidscalgary.org

BC SPCA

The BC SPCA mission is to protect and enhance the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in British Columbia. For more information on the SPCA initiatives please visit www.spca.bc.ca/