ORT America provides cutting-edge training and strategic educational initiatives that empower over 300,000 people annually in 37 countries to become productive citizens and lead their families and communities forward. This is a responsibility ORT America welcomes as part of its commitment to supporting Jewish values, strengthening Jewish identity and providing the educational opportunities that help people help themselves.
Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s mission is to eradicate children’s cancer. They have a number of fund raisers where dollars raised goes to support pediatric cancer research, equipment, and patient/parent care.
Riverkeeper is a member-supported watchdog organization dedicated to defending the Hudson River and its tributaries.
The mission of the Riverside Park Conservancy is to restore, maintain, and improve Riverside Park in partnership with the City of New York for the enjoyment and benefit of all New Yorkers. We support the preservation of the park’s historic landscape, structures, and monuments, engage the community in active stewardship of the park, and provide a wide range of public programs.
Roberto’s Kids is an international nonprofit organization named after Roberto Clemente. Our mission is social responsibility through baseball. This is accomplished through the collection of baseball equipment in the US and Canada which is distributed to disadvantaged youth in Latin America, the US, Canada and countries around the World.
Rockefeller State Park Preserve offers quiet countryside walks of all lengths through forested hills and valleys surrounding sunlit pastoral fields. Thirty miles north of New York City, the property is the former Pocantico Hills and Rockwood Hall country estates of John D. Rockefeller family and William Rockefeller. Since 1983, the Rockefeller Family has generously donated over 1425 acres to the State of New York to safeguard these lands for present and future generations. Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the Preserve is open to the public year-round, sunrise to sunset.
The trails of the Preserve are crushed stone carriage roads laid out by John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr. in the first half of the 20th century. Designed to complement the landscape, the 45 miles of scenic carriage roads are wide and easy to walk. Popular for walking, riding, jogging, and carriage driving, combinations of trails lead through varied landscapes and past natural and historical features, such as Swan Lake, the Pocantico River with its wood and stone bridges, gurgling streams, colonial stone walls and rock outcroppings. Trail maps of the carriage roads are available at the Preserve Office.
SCOPE provides children from underserved communities with life changing opportunities through the experience of summer camp.
SCOPE funds camp scholarships “camperships” to send children who commit to staying in school to nonprofit, resident camps which will empower them to develop to their full potential.
Second Chance Toys focuses on their two most precious resources – children and the environment- by donating gently used plastic toys to organizations that care for children in need. They mobilize individuals, businesses, troops, houses of worship and schools to conduct collections. We offer resources including flyers, press materials, toy tags, activity booklets to help promote the the collections. While Second Chance Toys are based in NYC, they manage collections all over the tri-state area and all over the country.
Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI) is a US nonprofit whose mission is to connect Jewish adults with Israel through high impact volunteering. SVFI individualizes each volunteer assignment by matching participants’ skills and interests with relevant and meaningful volunteer opportunities in nonprofit and educational organizations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. SVFI’s volunteers immerse themselves in Israeli society by living and working with the local population. Local staff provide personalized orientation and support throughout the volunteer’s stay.
Their program is unique because they specifically target older adults and active retirees who bring a wealth of life and professional experience to Israeli partner organizations.
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.
