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The Ontario District Association of Chapters of SPEBSQSA (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing in America), operating as the Harmonize For Speech Fund holds Federal Registration number 88923 2443 RR0002. Receipts for taxable purposes are issued to Canadians. This fund was set up in 1977 as the unified service project of the Ontario District Association of Chapters of SPEBSQSA (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing in America), commonly known as the Barbershop Harmony Society. It is administered by a Board of Trustees elected by the Ontario District House of Delegates.

Over FOUR AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS have been raised to-date by Ontario Barbershoppers and we are proud of the fact that administration costs average about 3% per year. Prior to 1977, $170,000 had been raised to support Ontario children at Heartspring (formerly the Institute of Logopedics), in Wichita, Kansas. At the end of 1976, the $83,000 remaining in Ontario's Logopedics Fund was "frozen". The House of Delegates has now approved the use of these funds for any project within the mandate as determined by the Board of Trustees.

Ontario's Harmonize For Speech Fund:

• Provides funds for numerous speech-related projects and equipment at hospitals, clinics and treatment centres throughout Ontario.
• Supports the work of the Speech and Stuttering Institute, including its Childrens' Centre located in Toronto and proposed centres.
• Founded and operates the Voice Laboratory and Treatment Centre of Ontario, in Toronto, Ottawa/Hull and Hamilton/Niagara for assessing and treating a full range of vocal disorders.
• Supports Aphasia Centres dedicated to helping Stroke Survivors communicate.
• Supports projects and seminars of the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA).
• Supports the work of the Canadian Stuttering Association (CSA), and the Ontario Association for Families of Children With Communicative Disorders (OAFCCD).
• Provides text books, bursaries and scholarships for Speech Pathology/Audiology students at the University of Western Ontario (London), the University of Toronto, University of Ottawa, Georgian College (Barrie) and Durham College (Oshawa); and funds research studies at various Universities and Treatment Centres.
• Sponsors annual scholarships for Ontario students to study Speech Pathology at qualifying universities outside of Ontario.
• Maintains the Memorial Plaques and Books at Harmony Hall in Toronto.