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These are our current charity partners. If you don't see your favorite charity, tell us! We'll try to add them to our list.
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Able-Disabled Advocacy, Inc.’s mission is to provide education, life skills and job training for youth and adults with disabilities that will help them secure meaningful employment and overcome barriers to independence and financial self-sufficiency.
A-DA's vision is to “Bridge the Digital Divide” between job seekers and employers by creating partnerships that will work to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities through advanced education, training and access to universal technology. |
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In an effort to provide humanitarian relief to these impoverished elderly, The Angel's Depot, a nonprofit organization, was created to provide "Senior Food-for-a-Week" boxes of nutritionally balanced, nonperishable foods, FREE to needy seniors. The food boxes will be distributed through pre-qualified senior centers, churches, nonprofits assisting seniors and government agencies with social service or healthcare programs.
Poverty, hunger and malnutrition are a vicious circle, compromising physical and emotional health and wellbeing. Nutrition is the single most significant factor that affects and defines the health of all people, but it especially defines the elderly. The Angel's Depot first year goal is to provide 20,000 boxes of food for needy seniors throughout San Diego County.
Located in Vista, CA. |
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The mission of Asian Perinatal Advocates is to promote healthy Asian/Pacific Islander children and families by providing family support services to prevent child abuse and domestic violence.
Located in San Francisco, CA. |
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| The Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to placing homeless animals with committed caretakers; to developing healthy relationships between pets and people through education, training and counseling; and to promoting the humane treatment of all animals. Located in Berkeley, CA. |
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Black Adoption Placement and Research Center (BAPRC) is a private, non-profit agency founded in 1983. Our services are provided to families residing in 14 Northern California counties. In the spirit of reclaiming our own, we are a licensed adoption and foster family agency (FFA) dedicated to recruiting permanent loving families from the community from which the disproportionate number of waiting children come - the African American community. BAPRC places an emphasis on advocating on behalf of children with special needs who might otherwise spend their entire childhoods in foster care. |
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The Boys and Girls Club of South Coast is a safe place where kids can work, play and learn. It's the place that builds skills, values and self-esteem. Next to home, there's no place like the Boys and Girls Club. When most parents are working, the Boys and Girls Club is a place where kids can spend their time at safe, supervised activities. Located in San Clemente, CA. |
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| The Cancer Coping Center constitutes a group of professionals who volunteer their time and expertise in order to relieve the suffering of those afflicted with cancer by providing coping strategies for cancer patients, their family members and caregivers. Located in Carlsbad, CA. |
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The Cardiovascular Disease Foundation was established in order to help people benefit from the great strides made in the treatment, detection and prevention of cardiac and vascular diseases. We strive to enable San Diego County to improve its cardiovascular health. Our mission is to improve the quality of life by promoting cardiovascular health through prevention, research, and education. Located in Carlsbad, CA. |
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Casa de Amparo provides safe emergency shelter and state-of-the-art treatment and intervention services for abused and neglected children throughout San Diego County. It consists of 4 separate child abuse prevention/remediation programs: a 24-hour children's shelter (residential), a daily preschool child development center, the supervised family visitation services, and counseling program. Located in Oceanside, CA. |
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| The Circle of Care Foundation is a California non-profit public benefit corporation whose mission is to fund important community-based health care programs.. Located in Sherman Oaks, CA. |
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Compassion without Borders is an all volunteer, grassroots non-profit
that works to bring about humane reform for the animals of Mexico
through spay and neuter, humane education and outreach, international
rescue efforts, and humane euthanasia programs. Located in Woodland, CA. |
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| Covenant House Georgia is committed to serving the homeless and at risk youth in the Metropolitan Atlanta area and beyond. Covenant House Georgia provides shelter, food, clothing, GED classes, job placement, and life skills training to those who are in need. Beginning in 2000, Covenant House Georgia’s mission has remained unchanged:“to serve suffering children of the street, and to protect and safeguard all children with absolute respect and unconditional love.” |
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| Defeat Diabetes Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated, first, to the prevention of diabetes. When it's too late for prevention, our attention turns to the needs of the diabetic, pre-diabetics and the families of diabetics, with an emphasis on self-management. DDF is a national charity benefiting diabetics and non-diabetics everywhere. |
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Ecology Action is a nonprofit environmental consultancy delivering cutting edge education services, technical assistance, and program implementation for initiatives that assist individuals, business and government to maximize environmental quality and community well being. Located in Santa Cruz, CA. |
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Emerald Glen Homes
Developmentally disabled people have dreams, hopes and aspirations just like you. They want a decent home, meaningful relationships, the opportunity to take pride in work, and to be treated with dignity and respect. Because of de-institutionalization and advanced medical care, for the first time in history, developmentally disabled people are now living into their senior years. Their parents, if still living, are elderly and increasingly unable to provide ongoing care for their adult children. Few, if any, special supportive services for developmentally disabled seniors are available. The need is acute.
Emerald Glen Homes is a not-for-profit organization providing quality new homes and special support to developmentally disabled mature adults and seniors of Hayward and Alameda County. Groundbreaking is scheduled for Spring of 2007. |
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Families Without Fathers is a non-profit organization that aids and assists women and their children who have suffered the devastating impact of an unexpected and untimely loss of a father or step-father.
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For the Children, Inc. envisions a community in which every youth experiences nurturing relationships and community support, which in turn allows each of them to develop into their full potential; capable of making informed, responsible decisions as involved members of our community
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Hospice By The Sea provides services for
individuals throughout San Diego County who are facing a terminal
illness and no longer desire curative or aggressive treatment. Instead,
these individuals seek palliation and control of symptoms while
residing in the comfort of their home or home setting. Located in Solana Beach, CA.
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| Hospice of Napa Valley provides
end-of-life medical, emotional and
spiritual support for individuals
and their loved ones. Located in Napa, CA. |
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Hospice of the North Coast will provide individualized care for the terminally ill and their families, and comprehensive bereavement support throughout the community. Our goal is to maintain dignity, comfort, and the highest quality of life for those we serve regardless of age, race, disability, creed, sexual orientation or ability to pay. Located in northern San Diego county. |
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The Incline After-School Organization (aka IAO and Incline Athletics) is devoted to providing quality after-school instruction on sports and other recreational activities for the youth of Incline Village and North Lake Tahoe.
Activities offered leverage the outdoor beauty of the Lake Tahoe area and can include soccer, swimming, basketball, kayaking, volleyball, frisbee, hiking, camping, skateboarding, mountain biking, tennis, cheerleading, video game skills, computer techniques, advanced art, modern music, youth ski patrol, and cross country skiing. |
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International Development Exchange (IDEX) is a San Francisco based non-profit organization that partners with grassroots groups in Africa, Asia and Latin America while actively engaging and educating North Americans in the challenges facing communities in these regions. Since 1985, IDEX has channel over $3 million to fund more than 500 self-help community projects working for social change and economic independence for people, particularly women, indigenous people and youth, who earn less than $1 a day. |
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The KlaasKids Foundation was founded in 1994 to commemorate the memory of
kidnap/murder victim Polly Hannah Klaas. Created with a $2,000 investment
and the singular mission of stopping crimes against children, KlaasKids has
grown into one of America's premiere child advocacy non-profit
organizations. The KlaasKids website (http://klaaskids.org), receives
millions of visits per month. KlaasKids also offers the Internet's only
Spanish language child safety website (http://www.klaaskidsespanol.org/). |
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Los Angeles Sephardic Home for the Aging provides support for the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging. Its mission is to enrich the physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing of the people it touches, independent of their financial ability, in a caring environment reflective of Jewish ideals. Located in Los Angeles, CA. |
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Laguna Beach Community Clinic (LBCC) was founded as a free clinic in 1970, licensed as a non-profit community clinic in 1985, and offers quality medical, dental and health education services to low-income and uninsured residents of Orange County by utilizing a sliding fee scale and public support funds for care reimbursement.
Laguna Beach Community Clinic manages over 17,000 visits annually; in 2004, more than 1,100 of those were children under the age of five. Located in Laguna Beach, CA. |
| Laura’s House, a non-profit organization, prevents and reduces the incidence of domestic and family violence through shelter and support programs, education and outreach. Located in Orange County, CA. |
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| The Life Line Pregnancy Center staff is aware of the trauma that unplanned pregnancy presents. We offer emotional, material and spiritual assistance as the client wishes.Our goal is to have every client realize she is personally cared for and convey complete and accurate information |
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| The Marin CASA Program recruits, screens, trains and supervises volunteers to advocate for children who have been victims of abuse, neglect, or abandonment and are dependents of the Marin Juvenile Court. Their Mission Statement is to assure safe, permanent homes for children in the court system so they have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Located in San Rafael, CA. |
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Mercy House provides housing and comprehensive supportive services for a variety of homeless populations that includes families, adult men and women, mothers and their children, persons living with HIV/AIDS, individuals overcoming substance addictions, and some who are physically and mentally disabled. |
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The Mountain View Educational Foundation provides funding for enrichment programs and educational materials to enhance the solid academic curriculum and maintain the high quality of public education in Mountain View, California.
This year the Mountain View Educational Foundation is raising money to fund music and art in the elementary schools including 5th grade instrumental music, hands-on science kits for all students, physical education for 1st through 5th graders, middle school electives including after school sports and before school music and leadership classes. We hope you will help us by investing in an enriched education for all our 4,300 students. |
Nonviolent Communication Santa Cruz (NVCSC) provides opportunities to learn lifelong skills for communicating with compassion, sharing resources, and resolving conflicts.
We support the mission of the international Center for Nonviolent Communication by offering a variety of services for individuals, couples, and groups to learn and practice Nonviolent Communication in the Monterey Bay and surrounding areas. |
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North County Women's Resource Center/Shelter- Atascadero
Provides 24-hour crisis intervention with two shelters for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence, including teenage boys. Individual and group counseling at locations thoughout the county, court advocacy, case managment and outreach. Located in Atascadero, CA.
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The Palo Alto Elks Lodge has a 65-year history of donations to local groups whose very existence depends on public contributions. These groups include the Palo Alto Little League (we're a 50-year sponsor), A coed Sea Scout Ship as well as other Scouting programs, the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital, and Adolescent Counseling Services. In addition our Lodge sponsors an annual hoop shoot contest, drug awareness campaigns, Kids ID programs at local street fairs, and scholarships.
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| The San Diego Audubon Society.Fostering the protection of birds and other wildlife through education and study. Advocating for a cleaner, healthier environment. |
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Nearly 150,000 people in San Francisco live with the threat of hunger. The San Francisco Food Bank exists to provide hope. They provide nutritious food to poor families who are working to rebuild after the crisis of an illness or a layoff, or who are simply struggling to get by. Located in San Francisco, CA. |
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| St. Clare's Home, Inc. provides emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, therapeutic daycare, and an array of supportive services for homeless and/or abused women and their children. They support a 90-day emergency shelter for mothers and their children who are fleeing the scourge of domestic violence, and 8 family-style homes in which clients and their children live for up to 2 years, and beyond. Located in Escondido, CA. |
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The Spencer Hospice Foundation is a community foundation dedicated to
enhancing compassionate hospice care for terminally ill patients and their
families by providing education in end-of-life care, assisting patients with
needs that reach beyond the scope of what medical insurances will cover and
supporting children who have been affected by a recent loss. We are located
in Santa Ana, California and serve both Orange and LA Counties. 888-469-1581
info@spencer-foundation.org |
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| Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development serves our homeless, runaway, and at risk youth in Phoenix, Arizona. We provide shelter, counseling, outreach, job development, and more to youths ages nine up to age twenty-two. |
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Voices for Children, a nonprofit organization, endeavors to ensure that abused, neglected and abandoned children who have become dependents of the San Diego County Court will have a safe and permanent home. |
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WCLK/Clark Atlanta University
To increase the quality and professionalism of a broadcast service and to serve Clark Atlanta University and the metropolitan Atlanta community with culturally specific radio programming. To provide a professional environment to guide and train communications students in all aspects of the radio profession. |
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| The Women's Community Clinic is the only free clinic for women in San Francisco. The mission of the WCC is to improve the health and well-being of all women. We provide free health care for uninsured and under-insured women by women in a safe, respectful environment. Our mission is anchored in two core beliefs: that preventive, educational care is essential to lifelong health and that all women deserve excellent care regardless of their ability to pay |
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| Founded in 1954, WQED was the country's first community-owned television station and became a production center of national programs for the Public Broadcasting Service. Over 1,000,000 households of viewers and listeners rely on WQED each week, more than any other Pittsburgh educational or cultural institution. Located in Pittsburgh, PA. |
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| The Women's Transitional Living Center, Inc. is a non-profit, community based organization of women and men committed to seeking solutions to end domestic violence. Our goal, in coordination with other community agencies, is to intervene in the cycle of violence. To meet the needs of the communities we serve, WTLC provides comprehensive services through its emergency shelter, transitional shelter and community outreach. All aspects of the services provided focus on prevention, education, advocacy and support. Located in Orange, CA. |
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| WVAS Jazz Radio |
Jazz Radio 90.7 WVAS, is a Public Broadcasting Station is located at Alabama University. Beaming 80,000 watts, WVAS enjoys a listenership that spans 18 counties, reaching a total population of more than 651,000. The station has streams its broadcast via the Web, connecting a global audience to the university. |
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Since 1968 Tulare/Kings Youth for Christ has been a local chapter of Youth for Christ/USA, communication the Gospel of Jesus Christ to teenagers in the Central part of California. We are governed by a local Board of Trustees, with volunteer Area Ministry support committees helping and overseeing the ministry in the individual communities we work in. Our desire is to see the youth of the entire twin-county area (there are over 150,000 youth in the region) fully engaged in following Jesus! Located in Visalia, CA. |
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| Support these Veterans Organizations |
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Chapter 75 of the Special Forces Association is made up of members of U.S. Army Special Forces, the Green Berets. Our mission is to assist our brother soldiers engaged in operation overseas and their families at home. We also provide scholarships to JROTC students going to college and our Montegnard allies from Vietnam. Located in San Diego, CA. |
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| Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops,
to the families they leave behind during deployment, and to wounded warriors
when they return home. By providing assistance with daily issues that face
our military families when service members are deployed or recovering from
injury, it allows our service members to focus on the mission at hand and/or
their physical recovery. Operation Homefront, with the help of the Southern
California community, is here to be that "extended family" when difficult
times arise. Located in Southern California. |
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The mission of Cal-Diego Paralyzed Veterans Association is to improve the quality of life of U.S. military veterans and others with spinal cord dysfunction, through the use of education, advocacy, research, sports and recreation, and communication. |
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| The Veterans Memorial Center, Inc. was formed in March 1989 to create, maintain and operate an institution to honor and perpetuate the memories of all men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. |
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2nd. California Brigade,
United States Volunteers |
The primary mission of the 2nd. California Brigade, United States Volunteers:
1. To provide a trained and proficient Honors Team to provide Final Military Honors for America's Veterans. These Final Honors include, Firing Party for a 3 Volley Rifle Salute, Bugler to sound Taps and a Detail to fold and present the US Flag to the family.
2. To provide trained and proficient Homeland Security Teams to augment the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), The Department of Homeland Security, The American Red Cross and other Federal, State and Regional agencies in times of local emergencies. USV members are a non-paid professional volunteer force. |
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The Warrior Foundation
Our mission is to help wounded and disabled military heroes leading the fight against Terror. We vow to assist, honor and support the soldiers who have so bravely served and sacrificed for our country. Located in San Diego, CA. | 
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