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Dear Customers, To make a bigger difference in the lives of those struggling with poverty, malnutrition, lack of education, and health challenges in rural India, we dedicate our Giving Day Program 2024 to Seva Mandir. This grassroots organization works tirelessly to enhance the lives of more than 500,000 people in 1500 villages, lifting each person towards self-reliance.
Their efforts have built stronger, more ethical communities where most people live on just 35 cents per day. Join us this Friday, November 8th for Giving Day to help Seva Mandir to continue to provide quality education, healthcare, women's empowerment, farming, and clean water to those in need. Together We Can Make a Difference!
Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities.
Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
Connor Trang and Nathan Vertes
Connor Trang, recipient of the 2024 HPFY Beyond Disability Scholarship, was born with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and faced many challenges, including being non-verbal for the first five years. Through intense therapy, he overcame communication barriers, developed crucial life skills, and became a disability advocate. Inspired by his experiences, Connor is pursuing a career in architecture to design accessible public spaces and create a firm that not only accommodates but actively employs individuals with disabilities. Despite personal hardships, including caring for his disabled mother, Connor remains dedicated to making a positive impact through his designs and advocacy
Nathan Vertes, recipient of the 2024 HPFY Make a Difference Scholarship, has logged over 710 service hours in high school. His work with Project Zawadi and the Children’s Miracle Network underscores his belief in every person's value. Inspired by a woman collecting cans for Tanzanian schoolchildren, Nathan led a campaign that collected over 500,000 cans, funding schools, teacher training, and water infrastructure in Tanzania. Committed to global service, Nathan aims to be a biomedical researcher to find cures and provide care, continuing his mission to improve education and healthcare worldwide.
Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities.
Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
Anna Kove and Samatha Howard
Anna is the winner of our 2023 Make a Difference Scholarship. As the founder and president of Project Dot, Anna has secured grants and brought awareness and education to help thousands of low-income women in the United States. Project Dot provides feminine hygiene products to those deciding between putting food on the table or purchasing adequate supplies. By leading this not-for-profit youth-led charity, Anna is a shining example of a young leader inspiring others to make permanent positive changes in their communities.
Samantha is the winner of our 2023 Beyond Disability Scholarship. After being born with hemifacial microsomia, which left her deaf in one ear, facial paralysis, an underdeveloped face, and many other issues, she was abandoned in a food market in China. At 18 months old, Samantha was adopted by a loving family who brought her to the United States. To date, she has had 16 surgeries to manage the effects of her congenital disability and was determined to rise above all her challenges. Samantha is an inspiration to everyone around her and continues to push through any obstacle that comes her way.
Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities.
Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities.
Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
Established in 1945 as the Marion County Cancer Society, this non-profit was located in a World War II barrack with a red door. The word cancer carried a social stigma at that time, so people referred to it as the Little Red Door. Fifty years later it was renamed Little Red Door Cancer Agency.
Fighting cancer is tough enough, but it's even harder when you cannot afford the financial burdens of cancer. Little Red Door helps uninsured and underserved people with cancer. All their patient services, educational services, and screenings are absolutely free.
Adele Shepin and Adam Kurth
Adele is the winner of our 2022 Make a Difference Scholarship. Volunteering is a passion of Adele’s. Since 2020, she has been involved with her town’s Emergency Services department satisfying all training requirements necessary to become an integral team member.
Adam is the winner of our 2022 Beyond Disability Scholarship. Adam has endured and triumphed over several health challenges. He is the recipient of a lifesaving liver transplant and a cancer survivor. He is passionate and has worked to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation and transplantation.
We have selected Soles4Souls, a non-profit based in Tennessee. They recycle unwanted shoes and clothing, provide jobs to many, help people start micro-businesses, and bring quality footwear to people who cannot afford it.
They have distributed more than 83 million shoes and pieces of clothing and kept 81 million pounds of textiles from landfills. Through partnerships and shoe drives, they enable and empower people while bringing smiles to the faces of so many children.
Happy Hollows Children’s Camp provides high-quality summer camp programming, at their 900-acre Brown County camp in Nashville Indiana, to economically disadvantaged children at minimal cost to the families. Their mission is to create outdoor learning experiences that inspire Indiana youth to reach their full potential as active, responsible and caring members of our community.
They work closely with the local community organizations like the No Limits Diabetes, Hear Indiana, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Camp Kesem of Bloomington and many others and provide a meaningful summer camp experience to foster children and children with special medical needs.
In memory of T, this Giving Day, we would like to support Active Minds, a non profit that supports mental health awareness and education for students.
Mental health issues start between ages 14 and 24 when teens and young adults are in school. Many kids do not seek help, suffer in silence. Data shows that suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students.
Hope for Ukraine, a 501(c)(3) U.S.-based organization has been working with the people of Ukraine since 2016.
Ukraine's armed conflict with Russia has been going on for 4 years now, During this time Hope for Ukraine has been serving individuals and families of the poorest communities in Ukraine, providing support and rehabilitation for wounded soldiers that return home from the Eastern Ukraine conflict zone. and working hard to improve the quality of life of poor children and youth. We would like to support their humanitarian aid mission as we pray for this war to end.
For 32 years, University District Food Bank has helped prevent hunger in Northeast Seattle neighborhoods. Each week, families receive the groceries they need to prepare nutritionally balanced meals at home.
We are consistently one of the busiest food banks in the City of Seattle. Our home delivery program reaches homebound seniors and our backpack program provides kids with healthy meals and snacks for the weekend when school meals aren't available.
Heart to Heart International is improving global health through humanitarian initiatives that connect people and resources to a world in need. We have a global mission to create a healthier world. Every year, we make a positive impact in the lives of millions of people in more than 60 countries, including the United States.
We develop humanitarian programs that promote health and wellness. We deliver results in these programs using two key strategies - the energy of volunteers and equity of strategic partners. We help volunteers and partners alike make a quality humanitarian connection to a world in need.
The Georgia Parenting Project is a 501(3)C based in Eatonton, Georgia. While the non profit was setup in 2018, its founder K. Georgette Craig, a teacher for 32 years, has been helping her student communities for a long time. The organization’s goal is to connect teen parents in need of support with local community resources in an attempt to help aid, educate and support.
They talk about how there are so many books on parenting, but without the tool and supplies, how can these young mothers succeed. These young mothers have to make critical decisions on whether to buy food or diapers. Parenting at a young age is over whelming as it is, then having to make such hard decisions is heart breaking.
Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities. Through its programs on governance, health, education, sustainable use of natural resources, women’s empowerment, youth development, childcare and social enterprise, Seva Mandir makes a tangible and transformative impact. Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
Ann's Place in Danbury, CT is a community based cancer support nonprofit organization that provides help and hope to those living with cancer and their loved ones. Their clinical social workers, facilitators and wellness experts provide a host of services to improve quality of life during and after cancer.
Along with counseling and support groups, Ann's Place offers mindfulness meditation, art, music, horticultural therapy, knitting, yoga, Tai chi, Reiki, Mahjong and nutrition workshops as part of their wellness programs. All their services are free of charge and clients are welcome to continue coming even after the treatment phase is over. With strong community support, Ann's Place has made a difference in the lives of thousands of people going through the toughest time in their lives. We salute their work.
A few weeks back Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a strong category 4 Hurricane. It wreaked havoc not only on the gulf coast but also the northeast, where heavy rains caused flooding in many areas. Across the country, along the west coast, firefighters have been battling one fire after the other. We at HPFY would like to send our thoughts and prayers to all those whose lives have been impacted. And we would like to dedicate our upcoming giving day to Direct Relief's Hurricane Ida fund. .
Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization that provides medical aid to communities struck by disaster. They are working hard to bring emergency medications and supplies through their Hurricane preparedness packs and other health centers in New Orleans, Shreveport and Baton Rouge. They have committed a million dollars in relief and are also making their extensive medical inventory available to Gulf Coast healthcare organizations.
Ella is the winner of our 2021 Make a Difference Scholarship. Ella has achieved so much at such a young age, and her drive and ambition have already exceeded expectations. Her commitment to giving back has resulted in over 800 hours of volunteerism including tutoring refugee students, and mentoring girls in her community. A high school graduate at 15, Ella is currently pursuing a mathematics degree at Southern New Hampshire University with a goal to earn her bachelor's degree by 17, and her master's degree at 19.
Raymond is the winner of our 2021 Beyond Disability Scholarship. Raymond’s journey is a powerful one, and we are honored to help him achieve his dreams. By the age of 7, Raymond had endured two surgeries and rounds of chemotherapy to eradicate a brain tumor that was threatening his life. He subsequently lost hearing in his right ear, but his spirit and will remained strong. Today, Raymond is working toward his goal of being a sports journalist and is committed to making a difference in his community, being a mentor, and shattering stereotypes.
LastMile4D is a non profit based in Washington, D.C that focuses on projects for women's and girls' rights-to-health, safety and freedom from gender-based violence. We found them on GlobalGiving and would like to dedicate our giving day to their project to eradicate FGM in West Kenya.
They plan to work with 1000 girls and empower them to resist societal pressure to undergo FGM by ensuring the girls stay in school, have control over their bodies and reach for higher educational goals with economic opportunities to pull them out of poverty.
Camp Sunshine, based in Maine, is a nonprofit that works with families affected by life-threatening childhood illness through their unique, supportive program at its beautiful campus on Maine’s Sebago Lake. They offer a year-round program that serves the entire family in a retreat model. The program is free of charge to families and includes on-site medical support. More than 25 sessions are offered annually, serving as many as 750 families (3,000 family members) per year. Since Camp Sunshine’s inception in 1984, it has served over 50,000 family members from 50 states and 27 different countries.
Children diagnosed with cancer, retinoblastoma, a brain tumor, kidney disease, sickle cell disease, other hematologic conditions, aplastic anemia, beta thalassemia major, thrombocytosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and other illnesses are invited to the program. Families attend illness-specific sessions of varying lengths where they can solidify and renew their own relationships while meeting others facing similar challenges. Recreational activities allow children and adults to relax and enjoy the simplicity and beauty of life along the pristine shores of Sebago Lake.
A proud member of Feeding America, the Food Bank of Alaska was set up by a small group of Anchorage church and community volunteers in 1979 to serve the entire state. They believe there is no excuse for hunger. They work with partners to salvage food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, wholesalers, producers, farmers, and the fishing industry. They also collect food donated by community members and administer government food programs.
The Ostomy Awareness Foundation. Bob Reiling, cofounder and 30 year Ostomate has been an active participant in our monthly Ostomy Support group for many months. Bob is an encouraging presence and support to anyone who is lucky enough to know him. To reach more people and make a difference in their lives, Bob recently founded OAF.
Apne Aap, a 501(C)3 based in the United States was founded by Ruchira Gupta, a social activist, journalist, and professor at NYU. The organization's mission is to end sex trafficking. They have been doing amazing work for three decades to build a world where no girl or woman is bought or sold. Their work takes them to the poorest of neighborhoods where women are trapped in tiny rooms with no food, no fresh air, and no running water. While the world is working on getting vaccines, they are trying to deliver food to these communities.
Their 1 million meals program for Covid Relief has served 4.165,950 meals and fed 47,100 women and children. We would like to salute their work so far and dedicate our May Giving Day to them.
The center's long-term goal is to build sustainable livelihoods and conserve rain forests in 16 native and Campesino communities in the Peruvian Amazon. They empower more than 200 native artisans in 16 communities to create and market innovative handicrafts and essential oils as alternatives to economic activities that degrade forests. During the COVID crisis, they are focusing their efforts to provide medicine and other vital materials to their partners who are confronting the virus and loss of income. We would like to help them bring much-needed help to the community.
Since the founding in 1975, the Women’s Center has been a safe haven as the sole provider of services to victims of domestic and sexual violence in the Northern Fairfield and Southern Litchfield County areas. Each year, the Center serves over 20,000 individuals from the area communities. Their free and confidential services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Center’s key areas of focus include emergency shelter and support services, counseling and advocacy, crisis intervention, and community education, primary prevention, and training. All funds provided to the Center support the critically needed domestic violence, sexual assault and resource services for adults and children in the 13-town service area, including: Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, and Washington.
Friends of the Brookfield Senior Center, a 501(C)3 works with our towns food pantry and ensures every person who knocks on the door is taken care of. We salute all the volunteers who have been working tirelessly through the past so many months.
The pantry is open Tuesday mornings from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Thursday evenings from 4 to 6 p.m., and other times by appointment for those who work or are in school and cannot come at the specified hours.
The Georgia Parenting Project is a 501(3)C based in Eatonton, Georgia. While the non profit was setup in 2018, its founder K. Georgette Craig, a teacher for 32 years, has been helping her student communities for a long time. The organization's goal is to connect teen parents in need of support with local community resources in an attempt to help aid, educate and support.
They talk about how there are so many books on parenting, but without the tool and supplies, how can these young mothers succeed. These young mothers have to make critical decisions on whether to buy food or diapers. Parenting at a young age is over whelming as it is, then having to make such hard decisions is heart breaking.
Advocacy Initiative for Development (AID) in Tanzania is trying to raise funds to provide reusable sanitary pads to schoolgirls, so they do not miss school when they are menstruating. Around the world so many cultures still breed fear caused by cultural myths. Mensuration is one of those areas where lot of such myths prevent normal living. Lack of privacy, poor quality of sanitation pads and embarrassment combined with low self-esteem has been a deterrent for young girls' success at schools.
Alianza Civica Pinotepa Nacional, is a nonprofit that wants to empower indigenous and Afro-Mexican women of the municipality of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, by giving them the necessary tools to construct family gardens and raise hens (double purpose: Meat and Egg), they would receive training in food and nutrition to improve the health of families, enabling them to recover the ancestral knowledge of planting and harvesting.
Seva Mandir, a grassroots non profit that works with 1200 villages in the north western part of India. They have been distributing food and sanitation kits to families from rural, tribal and urban slum communities these past few months. Now they are helping families prepare for the future by providing long-lasting, sustainable livelihood support through community-driven institutions. We would like to help with their efforts in controlling, dealing with the spread of Covid19 and mitigating the long-term affects.
Guide Dogs of America, They provide dogs for people who are blind/visually impaired, veterans and individuals with autism. Donated miles allow them to defray much of their airline travel expenses- including sending instructors to interview applicants and transporting dogs.
Americares Foundation Inc, a nonprofit that uses donated miles to send emergency responders to disaster zones. The organization responds to many natural disasters and humanitarian crises worldwide each year, establishing long-term recovery projects and bringing disaster preparedness programs to vulnerable communities.
A Step of Hope aims to help people who have lost their limbs because of the bombing and destruction in Syria, and installs new prosthetic limbs to them. The war has left thousands of people with limb injuries and amputations; half of them children. This nonprofit has been restoring mobility and hope to more than 7500 cases of amputation, through specialized professional prosthetic workshops inside Syria and Turkey.
Ashley, the winner of our HPFY Beyond Disability Scholarship, has proven grit and determination can overcome any disability. After three years of trying to diagnose what was wrong with her, she was diagnosed with one of the rarest neuromuscular diseases, Myasthenia Gravis. She took the diagnosis in stride and worked harder to achieve her goals. Ashley is a junior at Howard Payne University and along with her fulltime student commitments, she also volunteers at Harris Hospice.
Omar, the winner of our HPFY Make a Difference Scholarship, is making a big difference in the world of medicine. His passion, his drive, his dedication, his hard work, his relentless pursuit to improve people's lives gives our world hope.
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is a non profit that was founded by Bryan Stevenson (public interest lawyer) in 1989. EJI provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted or unfairly sentenced. They also work with people who have been abused in state jails and prisons and those reentering society from incarceration. Over the years they have helped free people from death row for crimes they did not commit. EJI's commitment to protecting the vulnerable and under served in our community brings us hope for the future. EJI provides research and recommendations to assist advocates and policymakers in the critically important work of criminal justice reform.
Seva Mandir is one of India's leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities. Through its programs on governance, health, education, sustainable use of natural resources, women’s empowerment, youth development, childcare and social enterprise, Seva Mandir makes a tangible and transformative impact. Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
Feeding America's Covid-19 Response Fund that supports 200 food banks, 60,000 food pantries and meal programs across the country. We hope that no one has to face hunger and that there is help around the corner for everyone. Food banking started in the late 1960’s when a retired businessman Van Hengel met a desperate mother while serving at a soup kitchen. She suggested that there should be a place where discarded food could be stored instead of being thrown out. Just like money is stored in banks, this food could be stored and people could pick up when they need. And so food banks were born. As more and more banks were setup, Hengel created a national network called Second Harvest, which then became Feeding America of today. We salute their work so far and hope that they will be able to sustain the greatest need we probably have seen in our lifetimes.
The world as we know it suddenly changed in this past one month. The plans we may have had for future Giving Days paled in comparison to the immediate needs of the community around us. At this chaotic time, we took a pause and looked around at who could benefit the most from our April Giving Day. Fire fighters are always walking into dangerous situations. At a time like this they’re still willing to risk their safety for the safety of others. For that purpose we chose to donate products that have become scarce to our volunteer firefighters. We do this with the hope that we can help keep them safe like they keep us safe at this crazy time. We were able to donate over 43 gallons of isopropyl alcohol, 5,000 alcohol prep pads, 7 tubs of micro kill bleach wipes and well over 18 gallons of antimicrobial antiseptic skin cleanser. Fire Fighters have a long history. They have been recorded as early as the Roman emperor Augustus in 24 BC. Fire fighters have always been viewed as some of the most brave and selfless people in our communities.
Special Olympics South Dakota (SOSD) is growing which is bringing INCLUSION to the state like never before. The national Special Olympics Mission: Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community. SOSD has taken the mission a step further. Acceptance and Inclusion are primary goals and when accomplished, everything else seems to fall into place. SOSD has grown from 1,300 participants 10 years ago to over 2,600 today! When people ask “When is your track meet?” they find out very quickly that SOSD is more than a track meet. SOSD provides over 26 competition opportunities on an annual basis and yes, one of those is the State Summer Games track meet.
SACH is an Israeli-based international humanitarian project providing life-saving heart surgeries and follow-up care for children from developing countries. Our mission is to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac care for children from developing countries, who suffer from congenital heart disease and to create medical centers of competence in these countries. One in every one hundred babies is born with congenital heart disease. Almost one third of them will need surgery during their first 12 months. Without surgery, 20% will die within weeks after birth. Presently, there are more than 1000 children on our waiting list. SACH is a hospital based project whose services are provided in Holon, Israel at the Wolfson Medical Center (WMC) by a team of 70 dedicated experts who, from chief surgeon to physiotherapist, volunteer their time without any payment. SACH has been recognized by the US government, European Union, and United Nations for its achievements. It is the only Israeli medical organization that the Palestinian Authority has a formal partnership with.
'I think developing professional relationships with international colleagues – teaching together and exchanging ideas provides not only personal satisfaction, but the opportunity to build pediatric capacity together,” commented Health Volunteers Overseas pediatrics committee member and volunteer, Cynthia Howard, MD, MPH, FAAP. Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving global health through education. HVO recruits volunteers to travel to project sites in resource-scarce countries to provide training to students at the start of their medical careers, and facilitate continuing education and professional development opportunities for practicing health workers. At each HVO project site – in every program area and every country where we work – people coming together leads to improvements in care. HVO facilitates partnerships between institutions, local providers, volunteers and sponsor organizations, connecting people with one another and with the resources necessary to bring education and training to health workers in low- and middle-income countries.
Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities. Through its programs on governance, health, education, sustainable use of natural resources, women's empowerment, youth development, childcare and social enterprise, Seva Mandir makes a tangible and transformative impact. Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
The Georgia Parenting Project was built by a teacher after 32 years of classroom support to her community of families. Collecting personal care items, clothing and furniture, and personal visits to the homes of families created a desire to reach as many parents as possible struggling with income challenges and providing supplies to their young children. There are many books written on how to parent. However, without the tools and supplies little hope is available for those who haven’t the means to make the purchases. Members of each community are asked to help provide parenting backpacks full of school or medical supplies, food and clothing items, books and any related items needed to help relieve some of the stresses a parent may be experiencing. The goal of The Georgia Parenting Project is to connect parents in need of support with local community resources in an attempt to help aid, educate and support.
Ann's Place mission is to provide comfort, support and resources to people living with cancer and their loved ones, helping to create a unique pathway through cancer to improve their quality of life. For nearly 30 years, clinical social workers, facilitators and wellness experts at Ann’s Place have provided programs and services to our clients and their loved ones. We provide individual, family, and couples counseling, support groups, an extensive range of wellness activities, and we are actively involved in community outreach and education. We regularly present speakers who address issues of client concern, advances in diagnosis and treatment, and wellness education. Ann’s Place currently serves over 1,300 active clients annually. We provide cancer care for the whole person, as psychosocial services are frequently not available or covered by insurance for many clients.
Baylee Auger - a young girl who has downs syndrome but the condition has nothing on her ambitions. She has accomplished so much already and with her determination she will go places. Baylee Auger is the winner of the 2019 HPFY Disability Scholarship.
Grace Schuler - a bright young girl who has made a difference in so many kids lives by devoting countless hours to develop and run a life skills coaching program that gave them the necessary skills they needed to succeed in high school and future life. Grace Schuler is the winner of the 2019 HPFY Make a Difference Scholarship.
Ninjas Fighting Lymphedema Foundation is a non-profit organization that was formed by a lymphedema patient to assist other patients who suffer from lymphedema. What is lymphedema? Lymphedema is caused by chronic swelling due to trauma or blockage in the lymph nodes which makes it difficult for the lymphatic fluid to drain properly. Your lymphatic system is a filtering system that removes the waste from your blood and keeps you healthy so you can fight infections, cancers, and death in severe cases. However, it can be managed, though treatment is costly and often not covered through insurance. In the United States, it is estimated that 1-2 million or people suffer from primary lymphedema and 2-3 million people suffer from secondary lymphedema (most cancer survivors). Unfortunately, the number continues to grow. Depending on the severity of the conditions some patients simply require therapy and compression garments, while others may require the use of compression garments (daytime and nighttime), compression pumps, plus receive Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) for longer periods of time.
There are men and women who are away from their families and friends, putting on a uniform and protecting the rights and freedoms that we enjoy every day. Their choice to serve the in the military comes with incredible sacrifice. Now imagine, as a result of that sacrifice being injured; coming home from a foreign land without the use of your legs or arms or both. Or surviving a tour of duty where bombings and gunfire is an everyday occurrence, only to suffer a life changing injury in your home town. Every year, more than 12,000 people in the US sustain a spinal cord injury, and this doesn’t take into account the thousands more diagnosed with a spinal cord disease, MS or ALS. Paralyzed Veterans of America – Wisconsin Chapter (PVA-WI) works to improve the quality of life for veterans, in our state, living with spinal cord injury or disease, including those with MS and ALS. Our work is carried out through programs that focus on research and education, quality healthcare, access to benefits, advocacy and legislation, membership, communication and outreach.
Lisa's Army is a registered nonprofit organization dedicated to providing comfort to courageous individuals currently undergoing cancer treatment. We lovingly create and deliver customized heartfelt Comfort Care Packages that provide ongoing encouragement and over 20 needed comfort items, including a current model iPad or BEATs headphones, as part of cancer treatment. We are proud to say that 100 percent of donations we receive go directly toward providing our signature Comfort Care Packages, at no cost to men, women and children undergoing cancer treatment. We Care! We Comfort! Join our Army of Comforters today! Lisa’s Army is the fulfillment of the specific wishes of our namesake, Lisa Loonstyn-Golden, who lost her four-year battle with ovarian cancer at the age of 24 in 2012. After being diagnosed at age 20, amid her own battle, she saw countless people in treatment with little support. Lisa believed that no one should fight alone so she launched a crusade in the name of cancer fighters everywhere.
Brooks Quarry is a senior/disabled community serving Brookfield, CT for nearly 40 years. We are a multi-generational mix of seniors and disabled people who are able to live independently. Our community is operated by The Brookfield Housing Authority, and managed by DeMarco Management. Our mission statement is to foster a safe and healthy independent living community setting that respects the rights and dignity of each individual. Our residents are from many varied backgrounds; some of us are wheelchair-bound, some of us are able to manage with walkers, some of us are able to get around on our own. Many have our own cars; some of us are dependent on the buses, which come to the complex with a phone call. One thing we have in common is our inability to pay a high rent. This is the reason Brooks Quarry came into being. In June 1976, at a Town Planning Board meeting, a proposal was made to set up a committee to study housing alternatives for senior citizens who needed assistance in low-rent housing.
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC) is internationally recognized and is Arizona’s leading and largest nonprofit organization serving the autism community. Established in 1997 by two mothers of children with autism and their pediatrician, SARRC's mission is to advance research and provide a lifetime of support for individuals with autism and their families. For 22 years, SARRC has been rooted in autism research, education, evidence-based treatment and community outreach. We are one of eight nonprofits in the nation conducting its own independent research while providing a lifespan of services for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Nationally, 1 in 59 children are diagnosed with ASD, making it the most prevalent childhood developmental disorder in the United States. With a focus on delivering the highest-quality, evidence-based services and programs available, SARRC is focused on growing to meet the ever-increasing demands of the autism community while advancing our innovative research.
The Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MOCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness, providing support to women and families impacted by the disease and funding the research needed to detect ovarian cancer early and treat it properly. MOCA was founded in 1999. We are celebrating 20 years of progress against ovarian cancer in 2019! Since our early days, MOCA has grown to an organization of 1,000 survivors and more than 45,000 supporters throughout the country. Each year, MOCA funds ovarian cancer research projects both in Minnesota and nationally. MOCA has awarded more than $8 million to research projects for ovarian cancer research. MOCA also funds early detection research on a national basis. There is no early detection test for ovarian cancer, which is why research is vital. MOCA is national leader in ovarian cancer research funding. MOCA offers a wide range of support programs throughout the state.
SACH is an Israeli-based international humanitarian project providing life-saving heart surgeries and follow-up care for children from developing countries. Our mission is to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac care for children from developing countries, who suffer from congenital heart disease and to create medical centers of competence in these countries. One in every one hundred babies is born with congenital heart disease. Almost one third of them will need surgery during their first 12 months. Without surgery, 20% will die within weeks after birth. Presently, there are more than 1000 children on our waiting list. SACH is a hospital based project whose services are provided in Holon, Israel at the Wolfson Medical Center (WMC) by a team of 70 dedicated experts who, from chief surgeon to physiotherapist, volunteer their time without any payment. SACH has been recognized by the US government, European Union, and United Nations for its achievements.
Challenge Aspen is dedicated to impacting lives through year-round adaptive experiences for individuals faced with cognitive and/or physical disabilities. It creates life-changing opportunities by encouraging participation in activities designed to redefine limits, recognize abilities, and transfer newfound courage to everyday life.Challenge Aspen is an organic outgrowth of the individually conceived dreams of co-founders, Houston Cowan and Amanda Boxtel. Both experienced life changing moments that solidified their connection to the adaptive recreation field. For Amanda, it was a ski accident that left her paralyzed. Houston was first introduced to adaptive recreation through Blind Outdoor Leisure Development (BOLD) as a volunteer guide and instructor. Each utilized their life experiences to formally establish Challenge Aspen in 1995 in Snowmass Village, Colorado.
Asha for Education is a fully volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the US that started in the summer of 1991. A few students including V.J.P. Srivatsavoy, D. Gupta, and S. Pandey got together to think of ways in which they could play a role in the development of India, the country of their origin. These young people shared the belief that education is a critical requisite and an effective catalyst for social and economic change in India. Basic education became the agenda for the action group that emerged from this gathering. The group was named Asha to represent the hope that had brought these individuals together and the hope that they aimed to bring into the lives of children in India. As a result, Asha was born at the University of California in Berkeley. The organization has more than 1000 active volunteers and several thousand supporters around the world. Till date, Asha has supported more than 400 different projects spread across the length and breadth of India.
PAWS founders Paula and Alexis Fasseas’ awareness moment only came after they rescued a stray dog they named Pippen from the Greek island of Crete in June 1996. Pippen would have been poisoned once tourist season ended. The Fasseas family was shocked Greece would treat its animals with such cruelty. Pippen’s story inspired Alexis to help homeless pets back home. As a high school sophomore, Alexis signed up to volunteer at a local animal shelter to fulfill her community service requirement. She was shocked when she learned that instead of saving pets, the shelter was replacing basic medical care with euthanasia. A simple sneeze was a death sentence. Over the next two years, Paula and Alexis saw the terrible story of mass euthanasia of cats and dogs repeatedly.
Since our founding in 1975, the Women’s Center has been a safe haven as the sole provider of services to victims of domestic and sexual violence in the Northern Fairfield and Southern Litchfield County areas. Each year, the Center serves over 20,000 individuals from our area communities. Our free and confidential services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Center’s key areas of focus include emergency shelter and support services, counseling and advocacy, crisis intervention, and community education, primary prevention and training. All funds provided to the Center support our critically needed domestic violence, sexual assault and resource services for adults and children in our 13-town service area, including: Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, and Washington.
Mikaela Thepvongsa and Leah Richter Mikaela, the winner of our HPFY Disability Scholarship, has proven grit and determination can overcome any disability. She has bilateral profound hearing loss and a vestibular disorder due to a diagnosis of static encephalopathy in early childhood. Leah, the winner of our HPFY Make a Difference Scholarship, is making a big difference in the lives of countless under privileged children in US and the world. She has over a 1000 volunteer hours in the last two years. Her mission in life is to help homeless children across the world.
Since our founding in 1989, The Shade Tree has provided a safe haven to more than 100,000 women and children in crisis from homelessness, human-trafficking, domestic violence and abuse. Our primary service is our 90-day Emergency Shelter program which provides food, shelter, counseling, medical care, job training and compassion to families in need to help them stabilize and regain some independence. Domestic violence and other situations that lead to homelessness impact women and children from all walks of life. That’s why The Shade Tree is here for every woman who needs our services and has the desire to improve her life, become self-sufficient and achieve a level of financial independence to support herself and her family. For every child who stays with us, we strive to provide a variety of educational and recreational opportunities to which they would otherwise not have access.
Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. For over 45 years, Seva Mandir has worked in partnership with these people, not only to improve their material well-being, but to build stronger and more ethical communities. Through its programs on governance, health, education, sustainable use of natural resources, women’s empowerment, youth development, child care and social enterprise, Seva Mandir makes a tangible and transformative impact. Every year, 12,000 disadvantaged children receive a quality education in its schools; 8,000 women and children out of reach of hospitals are offered critical health services; thousands more families achieve food security.
Everyone on the planet has the right to the nutritious food necessary to live life to their full potential. Since its founding in 1998, Rise Against Hunger - an international hunger relief organization - has grown exponentially, and the ways in which the organization seeks to end hunger continue to evolve. From the implementation of sustainable community development projects to the organization’s meal packaging program that harnesses the passion of local volunteers, Rise Against Hunger strives to make a global impact on hunger by building resilience, self-sufficiency and empowerment among communities worldwide and show the world that it is, in fact, possible to end hunger by the year 2030. Around the world, just over 815 million people lack adequate food. One in nine people go to bed hungry each night.
RMD Pain Relief and Palliative Care, is a registered not for profit organization, established in 2005, located in T. Nagar, Chennai and is headed by Dr. Republica Sridhar a Palliative and Geriatric Care Specialist who has over 15 years of experience in caring for the terminally ill. The Trust is based out of Chennai, and has its operations focused primarily in Tamil Nadu, India. The organization provides pain relief and palliative care to terminally ill patients and their families through medical care and counselling. It also aims at providing out/in patient service and home visits, family support and counselling, grief and bereavement support. The beneficiaries of the care are terminally ill & geriatric patients from the economically weaker sections of the society.
Gift of Life Donor Program is the region’s non-profit organ and tissue donor program which serves as the link between those who want to be organ and tissue donors and those who are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant at one of the 15 regional transplant hospitals. Serving the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware, Gift of Life has coordinated more than 44,500 organ transplants since 1974. There are more than 115,000 men, women and children across the country waiting for heart, kidney, liver, lung, intestinal and pancreas transplants, including more than 5,400 in our region. Tens of thousands of other patients benefit from cornea, tissue and bone grafts each year as a result of individuals saying yes to tissue donation. Despite the many people who do say yes to organ and tissue donation, 20 people die every day waiting for a transplant.
The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) advances the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young people, particularly adolescent girls, in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. IWHC provides grants, technical assistance, and mentorship to women leaders and women’s rights organizations in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East that are working to advance women’s and girls’ health and rights at local and regional levels. At the international level, IWHC brings pioneering ideas, evidence, and expertise to the forefront of multilateral negotiations on women’s rights and health, playing an active role in New York City at the United Nations (UN) headquarters, and in Washington, DC. By working closely with women's organizations around the world, IWHC gains the perspectives of women on the ground and helps make their voices heard in the halls of power at global-level policy negotiations.
SACH is an Israeli-based international humanitarian project providing life-saving heart surgeries and follow-up care for children from developing countries. Our mission is to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac care for children from developing countries, who suffer from congenital heart disease and to create medical centers of competence in these countries. One in every one hundred babies is born with congenital heart disease. Almost one third of them will need surgery during their first 12 months. Without surgery, 20% will die within weeks after birth. Presently, there are more than 1000 children on our waiting list. SACH is a hospital based project whose services are provided in Holon, Israel at the Wolfson Medical Center (WMC) by a team of 70 dedicated experts who, from chief surgeon to physiotherapist, volunteer their time without any payment. SACH has been recognized by the US government, European Union, and United Nations for its achievements. It is the only Israeli medical organization that the Palestinian Authority has a formal partnership with.
The Seeing Stars Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization whose mission is to support research and education on sports related concussion and sports related neurological injuries from the pee wee to the professional level. The Foundation is currently working on a national outreach program to train physicians, athletic trainers and other healthcare professionals in the diagnosis and management of sports related concussion. We are well-informed and concerned about the frequent occurrences of sports concussion, and most importantly the lack of assistance available to young athletes and youth sports organizations. Seeing Stars Foundation is helping to fill this gap to keep young athletes safe and healthy. Seeing Stars was founded by Neurologists with an expertise in sports related neurological issues in an effort to improve the quality of life of athletes of all ages. Our doctors serve as consultants and team physicians for the NFL, NHL, Professional Boxing, the NCAA, United States Tennis Association.
The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.
Friends of Seva Mandir, Inc. (FSM) is a 501(C)(3) public charity based in Edison, New Jersey. It is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, supporting education of rural and tribal children, early child care and development, health, environment conservation, women’s empowerment and building stronger communities in underdeveloped areas of India. We have been registered as a charity since July 27, 2009.
Our activities include making grants to Seva Mandir, a much respected Indian voluntary organization working in South Rajasthan, India. Seva Mandir was founded in 1968 and is currently working in over 600 villages and reaching over 70,000 households.
Massachusetts Task Force 1 ( MA-TF 1) Urban Search and Rescue Team (US&R) is located in Beverly, Massachusetts. Urban Search and Rescue teams are comprised of Police, Fire, EMS and Civilians (62 total people when deployed) and respond to major disasters under a contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Currently there are 150 people on the MA-TF 1 team. Sponsored by the City of Beverly, Massachusetts, MA-TF 1 maintains the heritage established by the Lexington Minutemen at the onset of the American Revolution: the spirit of cooperation and volunteerism that sustains the vitality of a democratic society as well as the infrastructure of emergency response. As Hurricane Sandy turned into Superstorm Sandy, MA-TF 1 was activated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to stand at the ready as a state asset.
Since 1987, Helena Food Share has been providing food to our neighbors in need. At Helena Food Share, it is our mission to serve our neighbors in need by providing food in a respectful and dignified way and by working with others to eliminate hunger in the greater Helena area. Our vision, simply, is to create a hunger-free community. We know that 1 in 7 residents of Helena struggles with hunger. 1 in 5 Helena children don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Families come to the Helena Food Share pantry because they are facing difficult times. These folks need help while they experience difficulty paying medical bills, struggling with a disability, finding their way through a layoff, or they’re simply doing their best to make ends meet with a low or fixed income. No matter the situation, we are dedicated to serving our customers with dignity and respect.
In 1995, Karen Shirk was told she was too disabled to receive a service dog. She decided to make sure no one else ever had to hear those words.
4 Paws for Ability is the embodiment of Karen's vision - a nonprofit organization that breeds, socializes, trains, and places service dogs with children and veterans. Since its inception in 1998, 4 Paws has paired over 1,100 trained service dogs to people living with a variety of disabilities. With a team of 75 employees and over 600 volunteers, 4 Paws now places over 100 dogs per year. 4 Paws dogs (and the humans they love and serve) can be found in almost all 50 states as well as Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and Switzerland. Dogs trained through 4 Paws meet the criteria for 'service animals' as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Covenant House New Orleans was founded on the edge of the French Quarter 30 years ago to provide a safe haven for homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth (ages 22 and under). We have provided over 20,000 kids with food, shelter, clothing, medical care, educational and vocational support, individual and family counseling, job readiness and placement, short & long-term housing, life skills, and more.
The vast majority of our youth have endured physical and/or sexual abuse and have also experienced the violence of the streets. Our counselors estimate 85% suffer from some form of traumatic stress disorder. Tulane’s Cowen Institute estimates there are 26,000 at-risk youth in our community. Our first priority is always to reunite our youth with healthy, functional family. For the majority of our kids for whom family is not an option, we give them an educational & vocational assessment and help them find a job that suits their skills.
Soldiers'Angels provides aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and their families and a growing veteran population. Soldiers' Angels was established in 2003 by the mother of a son who was deployed to Iraq. She began sending care packages to her son and was then asked to not only send more care packages to many more deployed but to also assist with other needs. September 11th was a catalyst that inspired Americans to support the military and help out any way they could. Soldiers' Angels was created as an opportunity for them to provide that support with care packages, hand-sewn blankets, letters, cards, and other items from 'home'.
In just 14 years, since this small beginning of sending care packages, Soldiers'Angels has grown to over 12 Programs with over 100,000 volunteers nationwide. Most of the programs and services offered by Soldiers’ Angels are performed by volunteers who work tirelessly supporting our nation’s veterans, wounded warriors, deployed service members and their families.
On May 12th, HPFY donated 10% of the day’s sales to ‘Asha for Education’. Asha for Education took roots in 1991 when a group of students including Deepak Gupta, Sandeep Pandey, and VJP Srivatsavoy from the University of Berkeley, CA got together and discussed ways to bring about a socio-economic change in India. The group was formed with a belief that education is a requisite to bring about the much needed socio economic change in India. It was named ‘Asha’, meaning ‘hope’. Since then, Asha for Education has grown via its chapters, and today has more than 65 chapters worldwide. Asha for Education is a 501(c)(3) organization in the US. Each year, our work touches the lives of several thousands of children across a few hundreds of projects. We have no offices, and 100% of our efforts are driven by unpaid volunteers. All donations are tax deductible, and we have earned a reputation for sending >98% of donations to our projects.
On April 14th, HPFY donated 10% of the day’s sales to 'Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism'. The Flutie Foundation awards grants to individuals and families dealing with the challenges of autism. The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism, Inc. was established in 1998 by former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie and his wife, Laurie, in honor of their son, Doug, Jr. who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. Through their General Grants, Joeys Fund, Allison Keller Technology fund and other programs and initiatives, The Flutie Foundation awards grants to individuals and families dealing with the challenges of autism as well as to the organizations that support them. The grants that they provide give individuals with autism access to much needed educational and other support services, autism specific active lifestyles programs and assistance with transitioning to adult independence. In addition The Flutie Foundation, through their grant programs, awards grants to nonprofit organizations that provide direct services such as family support, education, advocacy and recreational opportunities for individuals with autism.
On March 10th, two days after International Women’s day, HPFY donated 10% of the day’s sales to Women’s of Danbury. Since 1975, the Women’s Center of Greater Danbury has been a safe haven as the sole provider of services to victims of domestic and sexual violence in the Northern Fairfield and Southern Litchfield County areas. Each year the Center serves over 25,000 individuals from our area communities. Our FREE and confidential services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Center’s key areas of focus include emergency shelter and support services, counseling and advocacy, crisis intervention, and community education, primary prevention and training. All funds provided to the Center support our critically needed domestic violence, sexual assault, and resource services for adults and children in our 13-town service area, including: Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman and Washington.