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Browsing Archive: October, 2015

Humane Society of Utah: Providing Shelter and Care for Animals

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, October 30, 2015,
The Humane Society of Utah provides shelter, veterinary services, and adoption services for unwanted, abandoned, and lost animals as well as low-cost vaccination and spay/neuter services for pets. The non-profit organization encourages its donors, volunteers, and stakeholders to assist its men and women in saving 11,000 cats and dogs for 2015 usually by adopting one or several of these animals.

In case of non-adoption for any reason, interested individuals can also provide assistance to the Hu...
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Heal Africa USA: Healing the Wounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 27, 2015,
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been under siege with its internal struggles including extreme violence, mass population displacements, as well as widespread collapse of its public health system. This is where HEAL Africa USA comes in to help the country.

HEAL Africa USA is a United States-based effort that supports HEAL Africa, a non-profit organization founded by Congolese professionals who adopted a unique approach integrating sustainable community development and accessible healthcare...
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Fruitlands Museum: The First of Its Kind

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, October 23, 2015,
Established by Clara Endicott Sears in 1914, the Fruitlands Museum is inspired by an experimental utopian community under the leadership of Charles Lane and Bronson Alcott; the community existed on the site in 1843. Today the Fruitlands Museum consists of a sprawling campus with several structures including:
  • The Fruitlands Farmhouse, the original site of the experimental community established in 1843
  • The Shaker Museum, the historic museum because it is the first of its kind in the United States...

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Equal Justice America: Bridging the Gap Between Law Students and Advocacy Organizations

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 20, 2015,
Equal Justice America (EJA), a non-profit corporation founded in 1993, has established itself as a national leader in bridging the gap between law students and advocacy organizations. The partnership established between the two parties continues to strengthen the American legal system in several ways including:
  • Providing aspiring lawyers with the opportunity to develop their legal skills in real-world settings while also exposing them to the urgent importance of pro bone assistance for the mos...

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Pathways.Org: Empowering Parents, Developing Children

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, October 16, 2015,
Pathways.org provides parents with free resources including tools and technologies for child development purposes. Parents, health professionals, and teachers, among other interested parties, can access these resources in order to maximize children’s motor, sensory and speech development as well as encourage play.

These adult empowerment and child development goals are accomplished in several ways including:
  • Creating free education materials regarding the importance of early detection and int...

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Faith Family Medical Clinic: Healthcare for the Uninsured

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 13, 2015,
In 1999, Dr. David Gaw and Dr. John Lamb saw the need for a family practice medical clinic dedicated to providing primary healthcare services for low-income, usually uninsured, residents in Nashville. After several meetings for potential donors, staff members, and stakeholders, Faith Family Medical Clinic welcomed its first patients on 8 October 2001.

Today, the Faith Family Medical Clinic is a beloved presence in the greater Nashville area especially among its clients – low-income families ...
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Camp Kudzu: Transforming the Lives of Children Living with Diabetes

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, October 9, 2015,
Camp Kudzu, a State of Georgia-based non-profit organization, is considered as the state’s single largest resource for Type 1 diabetes mellitus self-management education, outside of hospitals, clinics and medical centers. Its avowed mission is the empowerment and education of kids and their families living with the chronic degenerative disease via a wide range of year-round programs including summer camps, teen retreats, family weekends, and adventure trips, among others.

While the focus of ...
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Joslin Diabetes Center: On A Mission Against Diabetes

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 6, 2015,
Joslin Diabetes Center is among the United States’ foremost organizations dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure for diabetes. Its avowed vision is for a world free from the scourge of diabetes and its complications, a vision based on its dedication to excellence as an internationally-recognized diabetes research and development, education and information, and treatment center. Its focus is three-fold in nature – emphasis on what can be done in the present, anticipation for the i...
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Go Ye Fellowship: Sending Missionaries to Spread Gospel

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, October 2, 2015,
In the early 1930s, Andrew and Jennie Mitchell founded Go Ye Fellowship after Matthew 28:19 in Los Angeles, California; it was originally a Sunday school class designed for young married couples. Today, the non-profit, Christian-based organization is a well-known missionary sending agency that supports missionaries in their ministries across several countries on five continents.

All missionaries usually raise support for their ministries from individual donors and organizational churches as we...
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