Sherean's Favorite Charities

Project Safe Place

This organization started in Louisville (my hometown) and now has chapters all over the country. It provides safe harbor and transportation to shelters for teenage runaways. Most shelters do not have names that are easy to look up (you can't just look up "teenage shelter" in the phone book, although these days you could Google it) so teens end up on the street with no idea where to go.

This organization taps businesses and puts big "safe place" signs in their windows. The employees are trained to call the shelter; the shelter dispatches trained volunteers (like me) to pick up the runaway and either take them back home, if they like, or to the local shelter. And the shelters work with the entire family to fix the dysfunction, if possible. Way back in the late 80's, I worked on their logo, initial branding, and marketing materials. I've watched them grow from a local idea to an important, national charity.
http://safeplaceservices.org/index.shtml

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Terri's Favorite Charities

Foster Care Support Foundation, Inc.

Alzheimer's Association of America

American Cancer Society

Vesatee's Favorite Charities

American Heart Association

Kemba's Favorite Charities

Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers
Right now, an estimated 8,000 children in Georgia have mothers who are in prison. Research has shown that these children with parents in prison are five times more likely to end up in prison themselves. AIM is the only nonprofit in Georgia whose sole mission is to provide programs and services to inspire these children to become successful adults and reduce the chance that they will turn to crime.

Food Bank for New York City
The largest food bank in the country, the Food Bank for New York City provides the food for 250,000 meals each day distributed to food pantries, soup kitchens and other programs throughout the city.

Hands On Georgia
Hands On Georgia encourages people to do good things, and also to reflect on the reasons those things need to be done, by connecting volunteers to the Georgia organizations and communities that need them.

Hands On Network
Hands On Network brings people together to strengthen communities through volunteering. They mobilize more than a half million volunteers to change communities in the U.S. and around the world. Hands On Network creates and manages nearly 50,000 projects a year, from building wheelchair ramps in San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Lambda Legal is a national organization that works to bring full equality to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. To do that, they pursue impact litigation, education and advocacy to make the case for equality in state and federal court, the Supreme Court and in the court of public opinion.

Cara's Favorite Charities

Team in Training benefiting the Lymphoma & Leukemia Society

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