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  • Volunteer Chore Program

    Posted June 30th, 2008 by Volunteer Chore...

    Location(s)

    Whatcom Volunteer Center
    Bellingham, WA, 98225
    See map: Google Maps
    We provide volunteers to serve seniors and adults with disabilities, helping them remain living independently in their homes.
    2 supporters

    The Volunteer Chore Program serves seniors and adults wtih disabilities who are low-income. Volunteers assist with tasks such as housecleaning, laundry, yard work, essential transportation, and minor home repairs in order to help our clients remain living independently as long as possible.

     

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  • Living Conversations: Breast Cancer Survivors Speak Out

    Posted June 19th, 2008 by Debbie

    Location(s)

    www.LivingCoversations.com
    Cambridge, MA, 02142
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    Breast Cancer survivors and their loved ones tell their stories, inspire others, and work together to raise awareness and research funds.
    1 supporter

    Living Conversations is a social site where survivors can share their stories through text, photos and videos, and connect with each other.  By telling their stories, survivors can inspire and educate the newly diagnosed as well as anyone touched by breast cancer.  

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  • Exceptional Children's Foundation

    Posted May 28th, 2008 by carolstevenson

    Location(s)

    Exceptional Children's Foundation Headquarters
    Culver City, CA, 90232
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    Improving the lives of people with special needs since 1946, ECF annually serves 2,300 Los Angeles County residents from 15 locations.
    1 supporter

    ECF is the only organization of its kind in California that provides a full range of programs for disabled individuals, from birth through the senior years.

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  • Western pond turtle

    Western Pond Turtle Recovery Project

    Posted May 14th, 2008 by woodlandparkzoo

    Location(s)

    Woodland Park Zoo
    Seattle, WA, 98103
    See map: Google Maps
    A highly successful conservation partnership to save one of Washington State's rarest animals
    2 supporters

    Once common in the Puget Sound region, by 1990, only 150 western pond turtles remained in Washington State, and nearly all of those were in Klickitat and Skamania counties in the Columbia Gorge.

    Species Survival through Head-starting

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  • Project Wolfpack

    Posted May 9th, 2008 by Satori

    Location(s)

    Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
    See map: Google Maps
    Crowdsourcing accountability
    2 supporters

    Wolfpack can end corruption in politics, news media and corporations everywhere in the world, and it needs your help to start! Crowds can keep tabs on key figures in every country in the world, and make existing systems healthier. Think Wikipedia specifically for corruption - with a "Contribute" button on each page.

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  • ASCEND Service Learning

    Posted May 8th, 2008 by ASCEND

    Location(s)

    ASCEND, A Humanitarian Alliance
    Salt Lake City, UT, 84121
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    Service Learning includes Expeditions and Internships. Opportunities for school credit as well as life long learning while meeting ASCEND's mission.
    3 supporters

    The service-learning componant of ASCEND, A Humanitarian Alliance includes expedtions and internships to Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Ethiopia, Mozambique.

    Headquarters Administrative Internships are also available in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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  • urban reforestation

    Reforest unused urban spaces

    Posted May 6th, 2008 by Warren Klink

    Location(s)

    home office
    Bellevue, WA, 98006
    See map: Google Maps
    Use all those little slivers of land, median strips, parking lots islands, etc., to grow low maint. thickets
    5 supporters

    Lots of paved land surfaces are currently available for reforestation. Look at the center of almost any city or town and you will see opportunities for little pieces of land, sometimes only a 2-foot wide sliver of asphalt in the middle of a street, to be given back to nature by planting the right kind of vegetation.

     

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  • Support Grassroots Projects around the World

    Posted March 30th, 2008 by GlobalGiving
    Visit www.globalgiving.org and pick from one of 450+ awesome projects - each helping to make the world a better place
    5 supporters

    This is many causes in one - GlobalGiving is a safe platform that allows people who are interested in worldwide causes to find great grassroots projects and support them.

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