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Non-profit: Crickett’s Answer for Cancer
Cause: Services for women with breast cancer
Specifics: Crickett’s Answer provides wigs, mastectomy and lymphedema products, massage, facials, and other pampering services, as a way to help women feel feminine and beautiful despite losing their hair and/or breasts.
Site: http://crickettsanswer.startlogic.com
Needs: Awareness, donations
Connect: n/a
Contact info:
Crickett’s Answer for Cancer
1110 Skyview Drive
York, PA 17406
(717) 843-7903 Bonnie
(301) 935-4411 CaroleInformation:
** About Crickett’s Answer for CancerBy Bonnie Julius
Crickett’s Answer for Cancer is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was formed in memory of Crickett Julius, who passed away in October of 2006, only four months after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 39. As her mother and cousin, we founded Crickett’s Answer for Cancer to support women with breast cancer. We provide wigs, mastectomy and lymphedema products, massage, facials, and other pampering services, as a way to help women feel feminine and beautiful despite losing their hair and/or breasts.
A woman with breast cancer often feels a loss of her identity and self-esteem as a woman, but may consider these frivolous items for which she should not spend money. Like many women, she may be busy caring for her children, family, and possibly even her own parents… all at once. As a result, she may place herself last on the priority list. Crickett’s Answer for Cancer reminds women with breast cancer to care for themselves too, as feeling good about themselves and having time for relaxation are important for healing, and for managing life with breast cancer. By providing no-cost products and services, we honor these courageous women with breast cancer, as well as the memory of Crickett Julius.
We rely on the kindness and generosity of our supporters, including a number of hair stylists, massage therapists, and aestheticians who so graciously offer their services to the patients we serve. You may also support our cause by becoming a volunteer, placing a coin collection canister in your business, sponsoring our golf tournament, or making a tax-deductible donation to Crickett’s Answer for Cancer. In each of these ways, you CAN make a difference in the life of a woman with breast cancer. If interested, please contact us (http://crickettsanswer.startlogic.com/index.html) for more information.
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When the late blogger, astrophysicist and mom, Susan Niebur (http://toddlerplanet.wordpress.com/) blogged about there being a lack of resources for breast cancer survivors seeking assistance with getting lymphedema garments, we knew we had to help! Last winter, our president Josh Levin connected with Carole Tronne at Crickett’s Answer for Cancer to be able to provide lymphedema compression sleeves and gauntlets to those that are in need through Crickett’s. In addition to donating compression garments, we wanted to find other ways to give back to this amazing non-profit and that’s when Susan Niebur, through her connections in BlogHer, introduced us to renown designer Liz Lange to design a sleeve in benefit of Crickett’s. After months of hard work, the iconic Liz Lange design was introduced in the spring of 2012.
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Non-profit: Shot At Life
Cause: A movement to protect children worldwide by providing life-saving vaccines where they are most needed.
Specifics: Shot@Life educates, connects and empowers Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries. A national call to action for a global cause, the campaign rallies the American public, members of Congress, and civil society partners around the fact that together, we can save a child’s life every 20 seconds by expanding access to vaccines. By encouraging Americans to learn about, advocate for, and donate to vaccines, Shot@Life aims to decrease vaccine-preventable childhood deaths and give every child a shot at a healthy life.
Site: http://shotatlife.org
Needs: Awareness, donations
Connect:
- twitter: https://twitter.com/shotatlife
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shotatlifecampaign
- Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/shotatlife/
- Mobile: http://shotatlife.org/mobile
Contact info:
202.862.6303.
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Non-profit: ONE Moms
Cause: ONE Moms is a movement of moms everywhere using their extraordinary power to spread awareness for the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. These moms are leading a movement to promote education, engagement and activism on behalf of the world’s poorest. We hope you’ll join us!.
Specifics: ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to support smart and effective policies and programs that are saving lives, helping to put kids in school and improving futures. Cofounded by Bono and other campaigners, ONE is nonpartisan and works closely with African activists and policy makers.
Site: http://one.org/moms
Needs: Awareness, advocacy
Connect:
- twitter: https://twitter.com/onecampaign #ONEMoms
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ONEMoms
- Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/ONEmoms
Contact info:
1400 Eye St., NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC
20005
202-495-2700http://www.one.org/c/us/actnow/3871/
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Non-profit: Global Soap Project
Cause: The Global Soap Project recovers discarded soap from hotels, reprocesses it into new bars & distributes it to vulnerable populations throughout the world
Specifics: The Global Soap Project is a non-profit organization with tax-exempt 501(c) 3 status (effective January 1, 2010) that recovers and recycles soap from North American hotels that would otherwise end up in landfills. The soap is sorted, reprocessed and remolded into new bars to be distributed, along with hygiene education, to vulnerable populations around the world such as refugees, orphans and disaster victims.
Site: http://www.globalsoap.org/
Needs: Awareness, donations
Connect:
- twitter: https://twitter.com/globalsoap/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/globalsoap
Contact info:
Global Soap Project
6899 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite B
Norcross, GA 30092office telephone: 678-235-8095
warehouse phone: 678-421-1681
email: info@globalsoap.org
More Information:
The Global Soap Project began in May 2009. Founder Derreck Kayongo introduced a concept that would improve global health and at the same time reduce systemic waste in the hospitality industry. His idea was simple: take some of the 3 million bars of soap thrown away every day by hotels, and reprocess it into new soap that can be shared with vulnerable populations around the world.
A former refugee, Derreck saw firsthand the health issues that could be prevented by lack of soap, and believed he could make a difference by making it accessible to everyone.
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Non-profit: First Book
Cause: First Book is determined to see that all children, regardless of their economic conditions, can achieve more in school and in life through access to an ongoing supply of new books.
Specifics: First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, First Book has distributed more than 90 million free and low cost books in thousands of communities. First Book now has offices in the U.S. and Canada.
Site: http://www.firstbook.org/
Needs: Awareness, donations
Connect:
- twitter: https://twitter.com/firstbook
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstBook
Contact info:
First Book1319 F St NW, Suite 1000,
Washington DC 20004
More Information:
First Book provides access to new books for children in need.
To date, First Book has distributed more than 90 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low-income families throughout the United States and Canada. First Book is transforming the lives of children in need and elevating the quality of education by making new, high-quality books available on an ongoing basis.
We are proud of our past success and even more excited about the future. First Book is uniquely positioned to become a leader in providing digital resources so that children in need don’t miss out.
No matter how formats and technologies change, children from low-income families will still need access to rich and varied content. First Book is helping guide the publishing industry as it evolves so that all children can benefit from new technologies and flourish as readers.
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Non-profit: American Red Cross
Cause: The American Red Cross exists to provide compassionate care to those in need. Our network of generous donors, volunteers and employees share a mission of preventing and relieving suffering, here at home and around the world, through five key service areas: disaster relief, supporting military families, lifesaving blood, health & safety services, international services.
Specifics:
- Easiest donation ever: Donate $10 now by texting Simply text the word redcross to 90999 to donate $10 through your mobile carrier. Charges will apply to your mobile phone bill next month
- Make a donation: A gift of any size supports the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross whether it’s responding to a disaster, collecting lifesaving blood, teaching skills that can save a life, or assisting our military members and their families.
Site: http://www.redcross.org
Needs: Donations, blood donations and organize blood drives, volunteer
Connect:
- twitter: https://twitter.com/redcross
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redcross
Contact info:
American Red Cross National Headquarters
2025 E Street
Washington, DC 20006
1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767)
National Headquarters Staff Directory
202-303-5214Public Inquiries 202-303-4498 (M-F, 8 AM -5 PM)
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Non-profit: K.I.D.S Relief Fund
Cause: K.I.D.S. is a global charity of leading retailers, manufacturers, and licensees of children’s and youth products, in partnership with major foundations, committed to helping improve the lives of children and their families who are ill, living in poverty, or are victims of natural disasters.
Specifics:
- Easiest donation ever: GIVE 8000 to 80088 to donate $10 to K.I.D.S. on your mobile phone bill.
- Make a donation: cash donation or merchandise donations will go directly to the Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund: see http://www.kidsdonations.org/home.php
- Hold a product drive
Site: http://www.kidsdonations.org
Needs: Donations, product drives
Connect:
- twitter: https://twitter.com/kidsdonations
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KIDSdonations
- YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/kidsincmedia
Contact info:
Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc.
112 West 34th Street, Suite 1133
New York, New York 10120
Tel: (212) 279-5493 Toll Free: (800)-266-3314
Fax: (212) 279-5917
www.kidsdonations.orgMore Information:
K.I.D.S. operates on a 10:1 ratio. That means, for every $1.00 we receive, we deliver a minimum of $10 worth of donated new products to children and families in need. This allows K.I.D.S. to help our network of more than one thousand social service agencies stretch their limited budgets a little further to support other essential programs that provide to their community.
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Non-profit: Compassion International
Cause: Releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name
Specifics: Compassion International is a Christian child advocacy ministryreleasing children around the world from poverty. This includes not only economic poverty but also spiritual, social, and physical poverty as well. Compassion currently serves more than 1.2 million children in 26 countries through programs ranging from child sponsorships for $38 a month to the Child Survival Program, accepting one time donations to help save the lives of babies and mothers in poverty.
Site: http://compassion.com
Needs: Awareness, one time donations, child sponsorshipsConnect:
- twitter: https://twitter.com/Compassion
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Compassion
- Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/compassion
- Mobile: http://compassion.mobi
Contact info:
Compassion InternationalColorado Springs, CO 80921
(800) 336-7676
Information (taken from Compassion.com):
Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.
Founded by the Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training.
Today, Compassion helps more than 1.2 million children in 26 countries.
In response to the Great Commission, Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults.
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