PA Foundation Annual Report 2012 - (Page 9)

AWARDS CARING FOR COMMUNITIES AWARD The Caring for Communities Award recognizes and supports the work of PAs, PA students and others making a difference in the lives of people struggling with a variety of healthcare and social issues. Each year, a charity in the host city for AAPA’s Annual Physician Assistant Conference is selected to receive the Caring for Communities Award and an accompanying grant to support its work. The recipient must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides needed services to disadvantaged individuals in the community and offers an important educational opportunity and impactful experience to students, faculty and other volunteers. The Caring for Communities Award is supported by contributions from PAs, PA program student societies and other partnering organizations. Second Harvest Toronto, Ontario Second Harvest is the largest food rescue program in Canada. Its mission is to help feed hungry people by picking up and preparing excess fresh food from restaurants, growers, wholesalers and grocery stores that would otherwise go to waste and delivering it to social service agencies in Toronto. Second Harvest provides fresh and frozen foods for more than 18,000 meals every day to community centers, homeless and domestic violence shelters, breakfast programs and other organizations. The clients served include at-risk children, seniors on fixed incomes, women fleeing domestic abuse, homeless persons, psychiatric patients and thousands of others who have fallen on hard times. Through its partners, Second Harvest’s clients also receive healthcare and social services that they might not have sought on their own. Physician Assistant Foundation 2012 ANNUAL REPORT 9  http://www.pa-foundation.org/grants/caring-for-communities http://www.pa-foundation.org/grants/caring-for-communities

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of PA Foundation Annual Report 2012

PA Foundation Annual Report 2012
Contents
Scholarships
Global Outreach Grants
Awards
A PAramount Evening
Corporate Partners
New Website and Online Fundraising System
Donors
Finance

PA Foundation Annual Report 2012

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