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Founded in 2010, the Sousa Mendes Foundation is dedicated to honoring the memory of the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Righteous Among the Nations, and to educating the world about his good work. It has a two-fold mission: raising funds for the restoration of the Sousa Mendes house in Portugal and creation within its walls a museum and memorial site; and sponsoring US-based projects that perpetuate his legacy.
Southeastern Guide Dogs transforms lives by creating and nurturing extraordinary partnerships between people and dogs. The organization employs some of the most talented and innovative scientists and trainers in the working-dog industry and operates the most advanced training facilities of any service dog organization in the world. Their experts train guide dogs, service dogs, and skilled companion dogs for people with visual impairments, veterans with disabilities, and children with significant challenges such as vision loss or loss of a parent in the military.
All of Southeastern Guide Dogs’ services—which include selective breeding and expert dog training and conditioning; comprehensive on-campus student instruction; and lifetime alumni support—are provided at no cost to the recipients. The charity relies 100 percent on private donations and receives no government funding. Southeastern Guide Dogs has the distinction of being dually accredited by the two premier, global accreditation bodies: the International Guide Dog Federation and Assistance Dogs International.
They provide a sports platform for common service and bring opportunities to youth from underserved areas.
Sunday Friends empowers families to break the generational cycle of poverty by fostering positive development in children while educating and guiding parents to support their children’s life success.
The Teaneck Creek Conservancy is a member-supported, non profit organization dedicated to the reclamation and protection of the environmental, cultural, and historical legacy of the Teaneck Creek watershed.
Ten Gav is an internet crowd-funding platform that matches donors to individuals and families with modest needs that have been submitted for backing by social services professionals in Israel. Ten Gav’s mission is to provide direct access to personal giving opportunities in order to enable you to make a real difference in the lives of real people. It’s Personal; It’s Powerful; It’s Real; It’s the 100% Model
Afya rescues unused medical supplies and equipment from hospitals, nursing homes, corporations, and individuals in the greater NYC area to support ongoing health initiatives worldwide. They maintain a robust inventory that is poised for agile urgent and disaster response efforts. In the past 10 years, Afya has worked in more than 75 nations, and has delivered more than 8 million pounds worth approximately $34 million of donated medical supplies, equipment and humanitarian provisions to some of the most underserved people in the world. Their reliability and efficiency have led to partnerships with other organizations that represent program excellence in the international healthcare sector. The access to 2,500 volunteers each year enables Afya to coordinate and mobilize tens of thousands of donated volunteer hours spent sorting and packing supplies for urgently needed shipments.
The ARK is a nonprofit social service agency that provides medical care, food and other basic necessities to more than 4,000 families throughout Chicagoland.
Our mission:
To create a safety net for Chicagoland Jews in need by providing vital human services within a framework of Jewish values and laws
To build bridges between volunteers and those in need in our community
Our core values:
To provide a model of unity for all Jews
To operate with high professional standards in accordance with Jewish law
To serve all people with the highest level of dignity and compassion
To help those we serve become self-sufficient
To create a Judaically enriching experience
The Blue Card was established by the Jewish community in Germany in 1934, to help Jews already being affected by Nazi restrictions through loss of jobs, forcibly closed businesses and other forms of oppression.
In 1939, The Blue Card was reestablished in the United States to continue aiding refugees of Nazi persecution resettling in America. After the Holocaust, the mission of the organization was expanded to help survivors of the Shoah from all European countries. The Blue Card is the only national organization in the United States whose sole mission is to help needy Holocaust survivors, providing financial resources that improves the daily lives of needy Shoah victims. The Blue Card provides: monthly cash stipends, Telephone Emergency Response System assistance, cash emergency assistance, medical assistance, dental assistance, home care, week-long vacations in a rural setting, special holiday grants, birthday grants, cancer assistance program, and health precautionary services that permit survivors to live with dignity in their own homes.
Since our founding in 2002, Dream Doctors medical clowns have touched the lives of more than 1.6 million children in Israel. We currently partner with 29 hospitals across the country where our 100 Dream Doctors offer care to approximately 200,000 patients annually.
Our “Dream Doctors” bring light, love, and laughter to the hospital wards and work hand-in-hand with doctors and nurses to make procedures less anxiety-ridden. As professional artists with extensive training, they have a rich toolbox of techniques that ease fear and pain for children undergoing treatment in hospitals and medical clinics. They are able to build a special bond with patients, families and staff, and empower the children, making them feel brave and comfortable in the unfamiliar hospital environment.
The Dream Doctors also travel all over the world to share their knowledge and experience with our friends and partners abroad. They serve as reservists in the IDF Field Hospital Unit and brought humanitarian aid to Nepal and Haiti after the devastating earthquakes and to Houston and Miami after the hurricanes in 2017. With the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dream Doctors serve as Goodwill Ambassadors and have offered training to medical clowns, students, medical staff, and therapists worldwide.
