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Comfort For Canines is a individually founded program in which I collect blankets, towels, comforters, and dogs beds in new or good condition. Also, paper towels and hand sanitizer are collected and donated to the Broward Humane Society, including its many branch offices. I travel there three times a month, depending on the size of the present donation load. So far, we have collected over thousands of dollars in paper and bedding for Broward County alone.

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The Global Knitting Coalition will begin as a group of knitters in Lexington, KY, who want to use their skills to help those in need. Among the primary products will be stuffed animals to be sent to hospitals in teh Near East, where young patients are given an animal during their stay but are not allowed to take it home because of an inadequate supply. Also created will be scarves and hats for donation to both local and international centers for relief, such as battered women's shelters and orphanages. The Coalition's mission, besides sending these handcrafted goods to those who need them, will also be to teach new people the valauble skill of knitting. So, the Coalition will send members to middle and high schools to teach people the two-fold benefit of learning to knit and lending their skills to their community and world. As a part of this organization, regular "Knit-A-Thons" will be held as a way to gain a stronger sense of community, teach members new and more advanced knitting techniques, and produce large quantities of knitted products.

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Collecting pop tabs from soda cans or food cans can help raise money for Ronald McDonalds Charity House. After the tabs are collected, the local Ronald McDonald Charity House Chapter brings the collection to local recycling centers, where they are weighed to determine their value. One pound of tabs is worth 57 cents, and one gallon of pop tabs (4,175 tabs) is worth $1.49. The recycling center then sends the local RMHC Chapter or House a check for the total value.

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Last summer I attended a rock concert in New York City by the band Dispatch. It was a beneift concert for Zimbabwe relief. I was inspired to do something that would impact the people of Zimbabwe in some way. I contaced the band following the concert and asked for the names of organizations involved in the relief effort. They put me in touch with US-Africa Children's Fellowship based in Brooklyn, NY. The organization explained to me that many times the children in Zimbabwe do not participate in sports for fear of ripping the one school uniform that they own. Many times in cold weather, they stay home from school because they do not own shoes to protect their feet on their walk to school. I decided to do a collection drive of soccer equipment, uniforms and sneakers for the children of Zimbabwe. US-Africa Children’s Fellowship agreed to help me transport the equipment to Zimbabwe. With the support our community's sports league, my firends and I distributed flyers at our local soccer fields requesting donations of new or used soccer equipment and uniforms. My town’s newspaper got involved and publicized the event. Our public library offered to host a collection box for two weeks. A sporting goods store even donated new soccer gear. The teachers in my school brought in donations from their homes. The response from the community was tremendous! We collected literally a truckload of uniforms, cleats, socks, soccer balls and sneakers. The goods have been distributed to children at five schools in Zimbabwe. The experience was extremely gratifying and humbling. My local soccer league found it to be such a success that they are requesting that it become an annual event. It gave me great pride to know that my efforts made such an impact.

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In our culture, the trashcan is where we collect our refuse—those unwanted and unclean items that we want to be rid of. For many however, the trashcan represents life—a medium through which daily sustenance is found. In the spirit of the ancient practice of gleaning, in which the leftover crops at the edges of farmers’ fields were left for the poor and the stranger, we’ve reclaimed the trashcan as symbol of hope and given birth to a new initiative: A Trashcan Can Make a Difference (TCMD).

TCMD is a collaborative redistribution effort that uses trashcans for the collection of new goods for those in need. The items collected are then specifically distributed to those in need through partnerships we’ve developed with other local non-profit organizations. TCMD is continually growing through franchise activism—that is, a growing network of concerned individuals, families, businesses, groups, churches and schools collaborating autonomously to host a trashcan in various locales, providing those communities with a visual reminder and an opportunity to embrace the values of generosity, social concern and cooperative living.

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This is a project started by my high school Anatomy teacher. Our goal, is to inform people about organ donations. Did you know 19 people die each and every day while waiting for an organ transplant? We want to lower that number. We are presenting our first few projects in the next two weeks. Our target is ultimately teenagers, around the time they receive their license. We need to inform everyone that signing their name on the back of their license just isn't enough.
We are selling wristbands to raise profits for this cause. Wrist bands can be purchased. Please leave a comment or send an email, and we will contact you.

Thank You so much for your time.

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A project directed by Village Help for South Sudan, Inc.
This website is focused on providing financial assistance to the people of the Wunlang Village in southern Sudan, Africa.
In Wunlang, the children sit outside under trees on long branches because they don't have a school building. They lack basic necessities such as school supplies and desks. During the rainy season of May to October the school is closed. Also, during the dry season of December to May the school is closed because it is too hot outside.
Our long-term plan for the Wunlang School Project includes raising enough money to construct an actual building for the primary school. This structure would include eight classrooms and two offices for teachers. We also plan to provide supplies, clean water, and food support for the school; uniforms and shoes for the students; a school health clinic and housing for guests and teachers; and a computer lab to introduce technology to Wunlang and connect students with their counterparts in America. With your generosity we can help make this school a reality for hundreds of deserving children. http://www.helpwunlang.org/blog/index.php?itemid=20
http://www.helpwunlang.org

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I work with the Rio District Boys and Girls Club After School Programs, and we have put together 300 students together who show an interest in the music arts! Every student was accepted and they could choose Choir, Orchestra, or both. The students after school programs involved academic and enrichment programs and receive the arts all at no cost to the parents. This program is especially important to me because there are so many underprivileged children in my community. We help these low income families with not only after school care, but the opportunity to help their children find passions and create goals. We've already helped so many parents that wish they could give, give, give to their children, but are unable to. Since the beginning of our afterschool programs, the gang crime rate has gone down substantially. Unfortunately, in my community, it's not uncommon for young people to join gangs. I feel that with our programs, we have helped kids find something they are good at and find a family and sense of belonging elsewhere- other than gangs.

After living in Los Angeles for a music academy, it was great to move back home and use my strengthened talents to help my community kids. It's a great feeling seeing my students at the local grocery store or the mall and seeing their face light up as they yell, "Hi, Miss Ixchel!" At a young age, I was introduced to the arts and at times that I was down, times I was with the wrong crowd and making dumb decisions, I knew that I always had my love for the arts to push me. I feel that the best thing anyone can do for kids is to help them find what they are passionate about early on, whether it be music, sports, community service, design, building, or something in the medical field. I had many wonderful mentors growing up, and I want to be that to a child.

We practiced with the Choir, ranging from Grades k-8 for about a month traveling to different school sites to have rehearsals. They were in rehearsals with three different instructors, including myself, the other two being Maestro Dino Zonic and his wife, Julija Zonic, of Croatia. Both are highly trained in teaching and music and have given the kids so much to look forward to after school. On November 17th, 2007, our choir, Voices of Hope, performed at the Residence Inn Hotel in Oxnard for our entire community- including the Mayor, Board Members, Superintendent, and various other members of the community. We provided dinner and transportation for the kids that evening. It was a Black and White Charity Fundraiser and although many of the kids were very, very nervous (!), we performed and raised money for the Music Program- money for instruments for the Orchestra and more music for the Choir. We depend solely on donations because we never want to charge a family any money for this opportunity. We have another performance on Thursday, the 8th, and are starting a four week long series of Donation Drives called "Play It Forward!" I look forward to seeing where this group goes and seeing the children each grow through music.

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Our founders William Henry Letterman and Charles Paige Thomas Moore started our fraternity in 1852. Our founders realized the benefit from "the great joy of serving others". In 2003 our local chapter was started. We has participated in various volunteer organizations all of which benefited the community. This semester we are looking forward to starting a local food drive, we would like to go door to door handing out bags with flyers in them dedicating a date to pick up the canned goods. We would like to get local businesses involved by donating anything they can (time, bags, flyers, food, etc.) Starting a drive like this will take time, effort, and especially money. We would like to not only reach out to the community but also the campus as well. We would like to hold a dance, movie night, some kind of event on campus were students can bring canned goods, clothes etc.

www.phikappapsi.net
http://organizations.oneonta.edu/phikappapsi/