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 www.africaid.com
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.
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 www.secondharvest.org
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.
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 www.redcross.org
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.
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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.”
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 www.consumerwellness.org
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.
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 www.gildasclub.org
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.
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 www.giveanhour.org
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.
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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.
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 www.heifer.org
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.
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 www.homesforourtroops.org
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.
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 www.lrvr.org
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.
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 www.lifesparknow.org
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.
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 www.sistercarmen.org
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.
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 www.smallplanet.org
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.
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 www.supportasoldier.us
'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.
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 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. Read their Daily Camera interview.
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 www.uusc.org
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.
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www.anysoldier.com
www.habitat.org