Incorporated in June 1981, Blessings International is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing medicines and medical supplies for community medical development, emergency disaster relief operations, and medical missions especially in places where healthcare access can be a challenge. The organization supplies these healthcare items to Christian groups that deliver medical services in areas where the needs are greatest, such as in disaster-hit areas and remote communities.

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Formerly called African American AIDS Policy Training Institute, the Black AIDS Institute was founded by Phill Wilson in 1999 as a non-profit charitable organization with the goal of promoting awareness and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS especially among the black community. Its motto has essentially remained: "Our People, Our Problem, Our Solution”.

In its early years, the institute created the African American HIV University, a training program that trains advocates to work with a wide ...
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Founded in 1983, HelpHOPELive started as a non-profit organization dedicated to the addressing the healthcare needs of uninsured heart transplant patients in the Greater Philadelphia area via a system of community-based fundraising. While organ transplant procedures are now covered by insurance companies, patients who requested coverage were often met with resistance because the transplant procedures were considered as experimental at the time.

Over the years, HelpHOPELive slowly yet surely ex...
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Denver Kids, Inc. has an ambitious goal: To support the K-12 students in the Denver Public Schools whose personal life challenges coupled with their high-risk environment place them at greater risk to fail in school or drop out of it. By providing effective, responsive and compassionate support, the non-profit organization aims to usher its beneficiaries toward higher education including completing high school and pursuing post-secondary options. As such, the students can eventually become pr...
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In 1994, Sue Byrnes realized that patients diagnosed with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare lung disease, have little to no informational resources, no valuable support groups, and no scientific studies to support the move toward a cure. Indeed, it seemed at the time that there was no hope for LAM patients and their families.

And thus Byrnes’ life mission began. She first started the Labor of Love campaign, which involved writing to every known LAM patient as well as contacting numerous...
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The Medic One Foundation, a non-profit organization, supports world-class training and continuing education for paramedics; advanced research in healthcare delivery methods to save more lives; state-of-the-art emergency medical equipment; and review of Medic One’s medical performance particularly in terms of patient outcomes and survival rates. The Foundation achieves all of these goals mainly through individual and organizational contributions.

By improving emergency medical services via fu...
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Founded in 2002, Bike & Build is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting various affordable housing charities in building more houses for eligible recipients. By organizing cross-country cycling trips for young adults, usually in the 18 to 25 age bracket, it raises funds for the affordable housing cause in the country. Since its inception, it has contributed over $4.5 million to various charities as well as directly involved more than 2,000 young adults in its activities.

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Born out of a dream of building a safe yet fun harbor for children and their families on donated property, Children’s Harbor was established in 1990 by Ben and Luanne Russell. Their mission was simple – to strengthen children and their families for their illness-related battles ahead – and it is a mission that continues to this day.

Every year, the non-profit organization partners with over a dozen different groups with the common goal of providing seriously ill children and their famili...
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Founded in 1949, Children of Bellevue (CoB) is among the United States’ most prominent non-profit organizations dedicated to the well-being, health and welfare of children specifically at the Bellevue Hospital Center. Through the years, the men and women behind CoB have been passionate advocates for the pediatric patients and their families at the medical facility with special focus on alleviating the adverse mental effects resulting from their hospitalizations. The organization also works ...
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