AfricAid is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help provide educational opportunities for children on the African continent. AfricAid seeks to help needy Africans by collecting educational materials and supplies, money, and other support for education in Africa. AfricAid ships the supplies and money to Africa for distribution through other nonprofit organizations and individuals on the African continent.
Second Harvest distributes food and grocery products through a nationwide certified member network, increase public awareness of domestic hunger and advocate for public policies that benefit America’s hungry.
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement. It provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
AnySoldier is a non profit organization started as a family effort in 2003. Today they help nearly 100,000 American soldiers in all branches of the military, both active duty and reservists, and has become one of the leading efforts in making sure the men and women who have been deployed for the war are cared for, via letters and packages from “home.”
The Consumer Wellness Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit initiating educational programs that empower consumers with information on wellness issues such as disease prevention, nutrition, peak mental and physical health and natural health modalities. The CWC focuses entirely on what works, delivering natural, healthful solutions to consumers around the world. We research, develop and distribute articles, reports and studies on natural medicine (phytonutrients, supplements, herbs and natural sunlight), the healing arts (massage, yoga, acupuncture, sound therapy, reiki, etc.) and renewable energy, to name just a few.
Gilda's Club is a non profit cancer support organization started in tribute to comedienne Gilda Radner who died of ovarian cancer. Gilda's Club is a special place where the focus is on living with cancer. And where men, women and children with any kind of cancer and their family members and friends can plan and build life-changing emotional and social support.
Give an Hour is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing a national network of volunteers to respond to acute and chronic needs within our society. It is based on several important beliefs: • We can tap into the abundant resources available in our communities to respond to the needs within our country. • Our society will benefit if we can find the means to harness the good inherent in each of us. • Most people want to respond to a worthy cause. • People will donate time if they can do so easily and constructively. • The act of giving has a positive effect on those who give as well as on those who receive. • The opportunity to give back promotes dignity and self-respect.
Habitat for Humanity is a global home-building movement comprising more than 2,300 local affiliates, state support organizations and national organizations in nearly 100 countries. Completing a home somewhere in the world every 24 minutes, Habitat builds nearly 25,000 homes per year.
The mission of Heifer International is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth. They provide livestock and sustainable agriculture training to over 45 countries.
Homes for Our Troops is a national non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2004. They are strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001. It is their duty and our honor to assist severely injured Servicemen and Servicewomen and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and to coordinate the process of building a home that provides maximum freedom of movement and the ability to live more independently.
Laramie River Valley Rendevous is devoted to increasing at-risk youths' self esteem and confidence while introducing them to law enforcment and nature in a wilderness camp setting to reduce criminal recidivism.
Everybody knows somebody with cancer. LifeSpark provides supportive care that improves physical comfort and well-being for these individuals. Through the Energy Partners program, participants are matched with Reiki and Healing Touch providers for weekly energy therapy sessions. Energy therapies are holistic, supporting body, mind, and spirit. They complement traditional medical care. For cancer patients, sessions can help reduce fatigue, sleeplessness, anxiety, and nausea. Participants often report improved mental clarity and a sense of peace and well-being.
The Sister Carmen Community Center is a non-sectarian, not-for-profit organization offering non-discriminatory emergency assistance in the form of food, materials, and rent/mortgage assistance to the residents of Superior, Lafayette, Louisville, and Erie, Colorado. The staff provides for life sustaining needs through a nurturing and supportive environment and offer an encouraging voice for continued services which improve and enrich the lives of those in need.
This organization supports solutions for hunger, poverty and environmental devastation. They are founded on 5 basic principles: 1. Ensure that access to safe and nutritious foods is a human right, 2. Celebrate and safeguard local traditions, rural communities, family farmers, and indigenous knowledge. 3. Promote farming practices that foster healthy workers, communities, and environment. 4. Defend gender equality and women’s rights as essential to ending hunger. 5. Evolve capitalism to support the social good.
'Support-A-Soldier' is a non-profit organization that is made up of parents, family and friends who contribute their time, energy and ideas to help raise money to buy needed gear and equipment for the soldiers who contact us. They get requests for items that our military men and women are purchasing out of their own pockets. Indeed, our military provides for our soldiers, but as you can imagine, there are certain items and specific requests for kit or mission specific gear that a soldier realizes will make their deployment more comfortable, perhaps a bit easier and on occasion, safer.
www.caritasspiritistcenter.org
The follows a 150-year healing tradition originating in Brazil, in which energy medicine techniques are combined with studies in psychospiritual and metaphysical subjects in order to promote the highest level of healing and awareness of body, mind, and spirit. Caritas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity. Among their many community service activities, The Caritas Spiritist Center provides free healing clinics , promotes education on Integrative healing and hosts educational seminars. The Caritas Spiritist Center may be contacted at office@CaritasSpiritistCenter.
www.ravendrumfoundation.org
Raven Drum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Malibu, California. The organization was established in 2001 by drummer Rick Allen of Def Leppard and Lauren Monroe. The foundation provides free educational programs to inspire personal growth during times of adversity. The Raven Drum Foundation serves, educates and empowers veterans and people in crisis through the power of the drum; The Raven Drum Foundation supports, promotes, and contributes to global healing, multicultural unification, and community leadership.
Through a potent combination of advocacy, education and partnerships with grassroots organizations, UUSC supports programs and policies that empower women, defend the rights of children and support the struggles of indigenous people and oppressed racial and ethnic groups. A Darfur Emergency response, providing shelter, water, sanitation and basic sleeping and kitchen materials, has been mobilized. They are also providing supplementary food to 50,000 children under the age of 5 and education for school aged children and women rape victims.
The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Its purpose is to raise awareness and to enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service members, to help severely injured men and women aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. WWP is a national, apolitical organization headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.
www.africaid.com
www.secondharvest.org
www.redcross.org
www.anysoldier.com
www.consumerwellness.org
www.gildasclub.org
www.giveanhour.org
www.habitat.org
www.heifer.org
www.homesforourtroops.org
www.lrvr.org
www.lifesparknow.org
www.sistercarmen.org
www.smallplanet.org
www.supportasoldier.us
www.uusc.org
www.woundedwarriorproject.org