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PAVE ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND EARTHJUSTICE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH CARE SAVE THE CHILDREN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OXFAM AMERICA AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
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Support students studying in the field of retail design and planning and visual merchandising through its annual Student Design Competition. PAVE also seeks to encourage retail management, store planners, visual merchandisers, architects and manufacturers to interact with and support design students. This is accomplished through projects, seminars, workshops, and the annual fundraising Gala with proceeds dedicated to educational programs and projects benefiting students. www.paveinfo.org |
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The Alex Lemonade Stand Foundation was started by an inspirational Alexandra "Alex" Scott. Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer. When Alex was four, she told her parents she wanted to set up a front-yard lemonade stand. Her plan: to give the money to doctors to help them find a cure. Her first “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” raised an astonishing $2,000 in one day. While bravely fighting her own cancer, Alex continued to set up lemonade stands every year. As news spread of the remarkable girl so dedicated to helping other sick children, people everywhere were inspired to start their own lemonade stands—donating the proceeds to her cause. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is the living embodiment of Alex’s spirit of determination and hope. Like Alex, we believe that every person can make a difference. Together, we can bring about a cure. Please join us in “making lemonade” today! www.alexslemonade.org |
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Earthjustice does its most important work in the courts. Recent victories: In 2001, it convinced the Supreme Court to reject industry challenges to higher air-quality standards for soot and smog. This year, because of an Earthjustice suit, a federal court ordered the Federal Aviation Authority to reduce noise pollution over the Grand Canyon. Pending cases seek to reduce asthma-inducing pollution in California's Central Valley, enforce the Clean Water Act in dozens of states, and preserve a program to eliminate most road building and logging in roadless areas of the national forests. www.earthjustice.org |
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Habitat volunteers and recipient families have built more than 125,000 homes in 83 countries-more than 40,000 in the U.S. www.habitat.org |
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Since 1985, amfAR has funded AIDS research. Its grantees have made major breakthroughs, including synthesizing the precursor to T-20 (also known as Fuzeon), a drug likely to win FDA approval soon. Current research projects include identifying new treatment options for patients who have developed a resistance to existing drugs and developing vaccines and microbicides. Asia is expected to be the next epicenter of AIDS, and amfAR is pushing for improvements in the health care infrastructure there and in medical providers' knowledge about AIDS. The new amfAR Global Link report, the first international compendium of HIV/AIDS clinical trials, is available online. www.amfar.org |
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Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere provides the world's poorest people with lifesaving and dignity-restoring services, from emergency relief (food, water, and shelter) and long-term educational and economic initiatives. In Niger, CARE teaches women to build businesses through community savings groups. In Peru, it has helped citizens lobby for legislation guaranteeing basic education for girls. CARE is massive, with a budget that would suffice for some small countries, and it has a big impact. Through its efforts, 18.6 million people in 31 countries gained access to clean water and sanitation last year, and 2.6 million people in 42 countries were trained in agriculture and natural-resource management. www.care.org |
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Save the Children's overseas programs in 40 countries include food aid (it sees the greatest need now in southern Africa), education (helping to rebuild schools and increasing girls' access to education in Afghanistan), health care (its recent State of the World's Newborns report describes low-cost ways to improve newborn survival rates), and economic-development programs. Save the Children focuses on mothers in particular, because when mothers thrive, so do children. Save the Children can teach other nonprofits a thing or two about marketing: The organization consolidates funds from its famous child-sponsorship efforts to benefit entire communities. All this effort is not dedicated strictly to people in the far reaches: In the United States, Save the Children provides more than 125,000 children with after-school programs. www.savethechildren.org |
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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States. Nearly 62 million Americans are afflicted, and the goal of the American Heart Association is to reduce that by 25 percent by 2010. AHA funds research and advocates for legislation and funding to promote heart health. It develops courses to train the public and health professionals in administering CPR and in using automated external defibrillators, which can restart a heart. www.americanheart.org |
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Oxfam supports community organizations that are working to combat poverty, hunger, and social injustice and to create sustainable change. One example: In Zimbabwe, where by some estimates half the population is at risk of starvation, Oxfam is operating a massive food-aid program in partnership with the Association of Women's Clubs. (When women have control over food distribution, Oxfam says, one result is the elimination of the sexual abuse and child exploitation that sometimes accompany such power.) With its size and reputation, Oxfam is also known for its effectiveness in speaking to (which is to say, pressuring) governments about making humanitarian assistance a priority. www.oxfamamerica.org |
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The American Cancer Society, perhaps the most visible health-related charity in the country, never stops pushing. In 2001, it spent $130 million on research, successfully pushed for passage and implementation of 127 new laws at the state level (including laws mandating coverage for colorectal screenings), worked in a coalition to increase tobacco excise taxes in 18 states, and answered 1.3 million calls to a 24-hour information center. The ACS is widely respected as both a collaborator and a leader among the legions of voluntary health organizations. www.cancer.org |
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CDF speaks for kids who can't speak for themselves: those who are poor, have no health insurance, or are victims of violence. www.childrensdefense.org |
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Out in the field, WWF conducts scientific research and tracks illegal trade in endangered species. At the policy level, it advises governments and international organizations on environmental policies and treaties. It works with corporations and communities to change harmful practices. It recently helped the Chinese government identify scientific substitutes for body parts of endangered species long used in traditional Chinese medicine. www.wwfus.org |
