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Maryville / Alcoa Animal Rescue Center, (MAARC) is an animal rescue group. Our mission is to rescue animals in danger of being euthanized in our local shelter, with a purpose of creating a safe, no kill community and eventually advancing animal welfare for animals in surrounding county shelters or beyond. MAARC is extremely fortunate to partner with the Maryville City Shelter. The shelter staff and animal control officers work cohesively with our group to get animals adopted directly from the shelter.

Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center's mission is to enrich the lives of children and adults by empowering their physical, emotional, and cognitive development through equine-assisted therapies and activities. Beyond our quality programming, Giant Steps is also about community. We work to create a safe space where people can come and share their experiences with other families. It’s a place where, regardless of the disabilities or challenges people may be experiencing, they have the opportunity to bond with our horses, our dedicated instructors and volunteers, and other like-minded people who are all championing for their success. Here, one person’s success is a success for the entire Giant Steps community.

To inspire ocean conservation through education, exploration and experience.

To provide and promote the humane treatment of animals through humane education, animal protection and community service.

To provide a space where adoptable animals are sheltered in comfort, safety, and security; where they have a place to exercise and experience joy; and where they can know the love of our community while we seek to find them their forever homes. To deliver the highest standard of care possible while promoting responsible pet ownership through education.

The mission of GHETC is to provide children, youth and adults with varying conditions quality programs designed to enhance their independence, personal potential and quality of life. Using the equine as its tool and its 20-acre facility as its classroom, Good Hope is committed to annually expanding program services to meet the educational, recreational and rehabilitative needs of South Florida's culturally diverse, disabled populations.

Their mission: To provide humane treatment and shelter while working as a clearinghouse to seek adoptive homes for all of Illinois' unwanted equines regardless of breed. To educate the public and raise awareness for responsible equine ownership so that fewer horses end up in crisis.

Founded in 2004 by a group of young professionals who believed people can make a difference, HandsOn Shanghai is an officially registered non-profit organization with the Shanghai Civil Affair Bureau since 2010. Governed by a board of 11 members, the HandsOn Shanghai volunteer platform helps to bridge the divide that exists between individuals who are looking to give back to their community and the organizations that would benefit from the support that volunteers can provide. With a primary objective of providing flexible volunteer opportunities for busy professionals and serving local charities in needs, HOS manages a big group of volunteers and a diverse range of community service projects in Shanghai Currently we engage more than 2500 volunteers each month through more than 150 local service projects. Projects that benefit the young and old through long term, committed, partnerships with more than 75 project partners. With our mission is to promote volunteerism, inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world, we envision a world in which individuals, students, and corporate leaders are able to discover (and harness) their power to make a difference, participate as volunteers, and participants in the development of healthy, vibrant, and resilient communities.

When a donkey suffers because people are unkind, Oscar’s Place steps in. We’re a committed team of everyday individuals who provide a safe haven for donkeys in need. Oscar's Place has a singular mission: to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home these loving and trusting creatures. We carry out this mission through hands-on care for every donkey, every day—preparing them for qualified and caring adoptive homes. We want to show them that humans can be good.

GARC's mission is to rescue homeless pets and give them a second chance at life while advocating animal rights.

To secure a future for fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

To be a No-Kill shelter and place of safety for all animals. To provide our community with good, healthy, adoptable animals and strive to maintain maximum animal control through education, training and a spay and neuter policy. No-kill shall be defined as a non-euthanization of all animals that are deemed healthy, treatable medically, and behavioral trainable. The only animals that will be euthanized will be those that are terminally ill and in pain, where it is an act of kindness to bring an end to the suffering, or those that are a threat to public safety and welfare.