The Autism Society, Newfoundland & Labrador (ASNL), is a charitable organization dedicated to promoting the development of individual, lifelong, and community-based supports and services for Autistics, their families, and caregivers.

The mandate of ASNL is to collaborate and create connections by:

• Advocating and engaging with public policymakers

• Promoting and supporting self-advocacy

• Providing a source of credible, reliable information through all phases of an individual’s lifespan

• Assisting Autistics and their support network in navigating systems

• Creating safe spaces and opportunities for connection

• Community-based research

• Providing learning opportunities and social connections through engagement in ASNL’s social enterprise, The Pantry Café & Gar

BBBS creates individual and group mentoring relationships amongst adults and youth. Mentorship is a two-way, learning and development partnership where the young person needs are placed at the centre.

Because young people’s brains are still developing, mentoring can support that process through back-and-forth interaction like the volley in a good game of ping-pong. Mentoring is an important way to give youth experience with these essential back-and-forth relationships, developing them into healthy young people better able to deal with and overcome life’s adversities.

Sandbox Gaming has a successful long-running relationship with Easter Seals NL. Thanks to our our ongoing partnership, we are able to host our marathons and other events at their incredible facility. We are grateful to have this relationship with a charity whose values so clearly reflect our own.

Easter Seals NL has developed life-changing programs and resources for persons with disabilities with the intention of engaging, inspiring, and empowering. By use of these facilities, Easter Seals hopes to create a world where persons with disabilities are able to live a full, active, and healthy life.

The programs developed by Easter Seals strive to give persons with disabilities an environment where they are able to fully and accessibly participate in sports and other events. The programs are designed to give children and youth the opportunity to fulfill dreams they never thought possible. Easter Seals believes that with the right amenities and approach, there is nothing that a person with a disability cannot accomplish.

Children and youth who have had the opportunity to experience the Easter Seals programs have demonstrated improvements in social skills, self esteem, and physical strength and abilities. The programs are specifically fitted to each individual need, and thereby provide conceivable growth of their sense of ability and their confidence.