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Providing a “Different Kind of Healing” to Seriously Ill Children and Their Families
In addition to their medical concerns, seriously ill children experience a multitude of emotional challenges including isolation, fear and uncertainty. When Paul Newman founded The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in 1988, he wanted to provide these children with a hideout where they could escape their illness and just be kids. What he didn’t…
Read MoreJoin America’s Charities’ Oct. 24th Webinar as We Unveil Our Groundbreaking New Research, Snapshot 2017
Would you like to increase your employee giving program’s results and your company’s social impact? Do you wonder, what are my employees really interested in? And what motivates them to give? Wonder know more. We spoke to more than 1,500 employee donors to find out what they expect from their employers, the charities they support, and from…
Read MoreTurn Today’s HBCU Students Into Tomorrow’s Leaders With Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Over the last several months, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund received over 3,500 applications for about 500 scholarships providing financial assistance to students at our 47 historically black member institutions across the country. And while we celebrate that 500 students will be able to continue to complete their academic careers over the course of the…
Read MoreEnhancing Lives by Providing Food, Basic Needs, and Self-sufficiency Programs
The Lorton Community Action Center (LCAC) serves the southeastern portion of Fairfax County, Virginia. LCAC’s mission, to enhance the quality of life in our community by providing food, basic needs, and self-sufficiency programs through the generous support of our community, has reached tens of thousands of individuals in our community since our humble beginning back…
Read MoreVolunteers Backbone of Making Wishes Come True
It was a special day for AJ, a 15-year-old from Virginia. He would finally get his wish for a shopping spree. As colorful confetti fell from the sky and a crowd cheered him on, AJ entered the shopping mall armed with several gift cards, spending money and a bright smile. It was a dream wish…
Read MoreHelp Survivors of Domestic Violence Find Hope at House of Ruth
Domestic violence is a common and deeply harmful problem in American society, with one in four women experiencing physical violence at some point during their life time, and children are the “hidden” victims. On a local level, the statistics are equally distressing. In 2015, 34,966 domestic violence-related calls were made to the Metropolitan Police in…
Read MoreRacing to Protect Forests and Local Jobs
Did you know that the forest products industry employs nearly 2.7 million workers in the U.S.? Or that large, uninterrupted forests are habitat to 60% of the U.S.’s at-risk wildlife? Did you know that the security of America’s forestland has undergone a dramatic shift in the last 30 years? Beginning in the late 1980s, America’s…
Read MoreEliminating Racism and Empowering Women at YWCA
YWCA is on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women. We are on a mission to end gender-based violence and support every survivor. This is why we set aside the third week in October as a Week Without Violence. Week Without Violence is part of a global movement to end violence against women and girls…
Read MoreHurricane Relief Thank You
One of the worst hurricane seasons in history has left much of America’s southern coast and the Caribbean devastated. Thanks to generous donors like you, Feed the Children has been able to respond with critical relief to affected communities in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Working with 28 partner agencies across the region, Feed the Children…
Read MoreKeeping Childhood Alive for Children Facing Serious Medical Conditions
“At The Children’s Inn, we are a partner in hope with families, a partner in discovery with the NIH, and above all, we are a part of the cure.”- Jennie Lucca, Inn CEO The Power of Childhood Meets the Power of Research The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a place where people come in…
Read MoreThe Southern Poverty Law Center: Seeking Justice in 2017 and beyond
For nearly five decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been fighting hate and seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. In the early 1970s, the fledgling nonprofit in Montgomery, Alabama, used newly passed civil rights laws to dismantle remnants of Jim Crow in the Deep South. In the ensuing years, the SPLC…
Read MoreHospice: The Best Kept Secret in American Healthcare
Since our founding in 1977, Capital Caring’s mission has been to simply improve care for the more than 1,200 people living with advanced illness that we care for each day via our world-class hospice and palliative care programs. While we focus on alleviating pain, anxiety, breathlessness, and all causes of distress, we also equip families…
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