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ADK-NJ Epsilon Chapter
ADK-NJ Epsilon is the Union, New Jersey, chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism, and world understanding. Some of its purposes include recognizing outstanding females in teaching or specialized fields of the profession, promoting educational excellence, raising educational standards, engaging in charitable activities, sponsoring scholarships, cooperating with worthy community programs, and contributing to peace and goodwill.
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art.party.theater.company
art.party.theater.company creates bold performances for an audacious audience; its work is irreverent, intelligent, physical, magical, and surprising. Founded in 2008 by Mary Birnbaum (Artistic Director), art.party is now in season.two.
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Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a volunteer-driven network of academics, attorneys, child and human rights advocates, educators, members of religious and faith-based communities, physicians, representatives from non-governmental organizations, students, and other concerned citizens who seek to bring about U.S. ratification and implementation of the CRC.
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Chelmsford Center for the Arts
The Chelmsford Center for the Arts is Chelmsford’s newest public arts organization. Located in the historic Town Hall on Chelmsford Common, the CCA has classes, a community art gallery, Artists-in-Residence Studios, and is the home of the Chelmsford Art Society and Merrimack Valley Chorale, among other arts organizations.
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Climb for Kujali
Kujali International is hosting its very first fundraising challenge where a team of international climbers will meet in Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The goal of the climb is to raise $120,000 ‐ the final amount needed to complete the physical and technological infrastructure of HOCET Secondary School, the first free, private secondary boarding school for orphaned teens in Mkuranga, Tanzania.
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Congregation Shalom's Martin Ames Social Action Fund
Congregation Shalom is a Reform synagogue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Its Martin Ames Social Action Fund is committed to helping those in need and doing acts of "Tikkun Olam" in the Merrimack Valley area.
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Connor's Kindness
In memory of 14-year-old Connor, whose kind and loving nature made the world a nicer place.
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GLP & Angkor Hospital for Children
Greater Lowell Pediatrics, a general pediatrics practice in Lowell, Massachusetts, is helping to rebuild Cambodia's medical system by supporting the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC), a growing state-of-the-art childrens' hospital located in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Grand Traverse Baby Pantry
The Baby Pantry provides, free of charge, to all pregnant women and children ages 0 to 3, diapers, wipes, lotions, cereal, food, clothing, toys and bottles for children ages 0 to 3. No financial prequalification is needed to receive these benefits, one must only prove residence in Grand Traverse County. (There are Baby Pantrys that serve Leelanau, Benzie and Antrim counties as well.)
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Lauren's Running to Save Lives
Cheer on Lauren Mann as she gets ready to run the NYC marathon to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)! LLS is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. They have invested more than $680 million in research since 1949 - over $69 million in 2009 - specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and melanoma. Last year alone, LLS made 4.9 million contacts with patients, caregivers and health care professionals.
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Merrimack High School - Challenge Day Fundraiser
Merrimack High School is a public high school in Southern New Hampshire serving an approximate population of 1,500 students. Merrimack High School strives in its graduation rates and academic excellence. Merrimack High School hopes to enhance the personal growth of its students to guide them into their young adulthood with a genuine care and concern for others. The school hopes the added support will foster a better future for the students and those around them.
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Mmofra Trom Bead Project
The Mmofra Trom Bead Project raises funds to cover high school education costs for vulnerable Ghanaian children. These auspicious children were given a scholarship to Mmofra Trom, a prestigious elementary school located near Somanya, Ghana. Upon their graduation from Mmofra Trom, they have an enormous potential to benefit their entire community. Unfortunately, there is currently not enough funding to cover their high school tuition costs. The Mmofra Trom Bead Project’s priority is to ensure that each child has the opportunity to have a high school education. 100% of all profits, 85 cents of every dollar, go directly into an account for their future tuition costs.
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Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club of Columbus, OH raising money for First Book
The Columbus Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club is committed to lifelong friendship, service and, of course, fun! One of the more than 330 Pi Phi alumnae organizations in the U.S. and Canada, the Columbus club looks for ways to support the Pi Phi corporate partnership with First Book, an international nonprofit organization with a mission to provide new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy--access to books. By selecting the Columbus Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club, 15% of your order will go directly to First Book. And because it takes just $2 to get a brand new book in the hands of a deserving child, your order really can make a difference.
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Picasso Veterinary Fund
The Picasso Veterinary Fund helps to pay for the medical care for homeless animals taken in by Animal Care & Control of New York City (in effect, the city shelter in NYC).
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Red Swing Project
The Red Swing Project started in February 2007 with a mandate to bring playfulness back into the world. What started as a university design assignment to explore urban intervention has evolved into an international project that has seen red swings “miraculously” appear on four continents.
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Saint Peter’s Prep Mission Drive
The Mission Drive at Saint Peter’s Prep helps support educational and social missions that work with and for the poor throughout the world. Each year, the Mission Drive collects and distributes some $30,000 to medical clinics, schools, and social service agencies that are administered by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in places as far off as Micronesia and Ecuador and as close to home as New York City.
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She's the First
She's the First promotes the importance of educating girls, especially in the developing world. We send girls to school around the globe by encouraging young women to unlock the power of their social networks and creatively fundraise for sponsorships, giving underprivileged girls the means to break barriers. Most will be the first in their family to graduate.
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Siobhan's Relay for Life
Help Siobhan as she raises money for American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, the largest cancer-fighting movement in the world. The American Cancer Society funded research that led to mammography, the Pap test, discovery of the breast cancer genes, the cure for childhood leukemia, and so much more. Relay is an overnight event, with participants walking a track throughout the night as a symbol for the never sleeping fight against cancer. Each of us has our own reasons for caring about the fight against cancer. For some relay is just a fun event to partake in, for some it is about funding as much as possible, for others it is a way to remember loved ones, and for many many more it's a valuable support system to get them through tough times. It is a truly moving cause.
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Smart is Cool
Smart is Cool is a movement and community of women and girls who are redefining smart and setting new standards for cool. The goal of Smart is Cool is to revamp today's role models as women and girls who embrace and flaunt their minds, skills, and intelligence.
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The Canyon Rice Hope Scholarship
The Canyon Rice Hope Scholarship was established in 2010 by the parents of Canyon Rice. Canyon is a very energetic 5-year-old who, at the age of 3, was diagnosed with Autism. The main focus of the scholarship is to provide children with disabilities (and their families) with services they might otherwise be unable to afford, respite care being the first priority.
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Westford Wonder Women
The Westford Wonder Women are colleagues from the Westford, Massachusetts Public Schools, along with our families and friends. Some of us are survivors, some are children and grandchildren of survivors. All of us are committed to the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer to raise both dollars and awareness to fight the disease.
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Wheels of Hope for Homeless Pets
Wheels of Hope for Homeless Pets is the transport program of the Mayor’s Alliance for New York City’s Animals. A small fleet of vans, operating seven days a week, drives dogs and cats from NYC's Animal Care & Control (in effect, the city shelter in NYC) to non-profit shelters and rescue groups with the resources to find them new homes.
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