The Dalhousie Lion’s Club serves to meet the needs of our local Dalhousie and Halifax community because we share a core belief - to serve our community. Some events that we have organized in the past include volunteering at the local soup kitchen, preparing a home cooked meal for the local homeless shelter, care packages for first year undergrads as well as a clothing drive!
We are a fundraising society in support of the IWK, a local children’s hospital in Halifax. We hold biweekly meetings and put on fun and exciting events such as, bake sales, board game nights, trivia nights, silent auctions, toy drives, etc. We are welcoming new members to volunteer at events and introduce any new event ideas.
The Mfuwe Epilepsy Society (MES) is dedicated to supporting the Mfuwe Epilepsy Foundation's mission of addressing the prevalent issue of epilepsy and combating the associated stigma in the rural region of Mufwe, Zambia. To achieve this goal, MES plans to organize fundraisers throughout the year, generating funds to support diverse initiatives of the Mfuwe Epilepsy Foundation. These initiatives are aimed at improving healthcare equity, ensuring access to healthcare services, and conducting healthcare research related to epilepsy in the region.
The main purpose of the Dalhousie Building Smiles Society is to create positive and lasting change in youth undergoing chemotherapy at the IWK health centre. We plan events and fundraise in order to create custom support/comfort baskets for youth to bring smiles to their faces during times of difficulty. In doing so, we also raise awareness about paediatric cancers and their effects on the community.
The Heart4Heart Dalhousie Chapter is a non-profit student-run charity that raises money to provide life-saving surgeries for children suffering from congenital heart disease in developing countries. We are one of eight chapters at Canadian universities and are partnered with Gift of Life International, and collectively, we have been successful in funding 62 surgeries to date.
As Dalhousie Friends of Doctors Without Borders we are the official university student support organization for Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF) Canada.
Doctors Without Borders is a non-governmental, international organization that provides emergency humanitarian medical aid.
We aim to fundraise for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada, raise awareness for their work, and encourage students to work with MSF Canada in their future careers.
