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OUR MISSION is to steward Clean Shores, Healthy Habitats, and Living Waters to foster a thriving Monterey Bay and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. We focus on these three areas because we believe they are the most critical conditions for a healthy marine ecosystem.

The Mission of The Mayfly Project is to support children in foster care through fly fishing and introduce them to their local water ecosystems, with a hope that connecting them to a rewarding hobby will provide an opportunity for foster children to have fun, build confidence, and develop a meaningful connection with the outdoors.

We are working for a day when Kentuckians and all people enjoy a better quality of life. When the lives of people and communities matter before profits. When our communities have good jobs that support our families without doing damage to the water, air and land. When companies and the wealthy pay their share of taxes and can't buy elections. When all people have health care, shelter, food, education, clean water and other basic needs. When children are listened to and valued. When discrimination is wiped out of our laws, habits and hearts. And when the voices of ordinary people are heard and respected in our democracy.

SHINE exists to Serve, Heal, Inspire, Nurture and Empower vulnerable children, both domestically and internationally, who are transitioning from foster and orphan care or impoverished environments. SHINE’s mission is to bring individuals together to support these children by creating a bridge from their current environment to a future that allows for access to the necessities of a productive life: food, water, shelter, and employment. With a focus on education, career and skills development, SHINE endeavors to ensure that these young adults are given real-life skills to be contributing members of their local communities.

Future in Our Hands - USA, founded December 2005, funds social and economic projects that foster human dignity and sustainable development in East Africa.  We have close and personal relationships with those we serve. We fund projects that support education, health care, and to help obtain potable water for those we serve. FIOH-USA is dedicated to more equitable use of world resources, and stands for a commitment to co-operation and active consideration (rather than competition) for our fellow human beings; equal rights for everyone; and co-responsibility to safeguard the environment for current and future generations.

The Mission of CDRS is to provide emergency relief, healthcare and logistics services in response to large disasters and to improve the health, education and social welfare status of communities by: 1) Providing comprehensive, competent, and compassionate humanitarian aid during times of disaster, deploying to the disaster zone as soon as possible 2) Providing sustainable and affordable quality healthcare services 4) Providing comprehensive preventive health education programs and clean water projects 5) Working with local communities to help them take a leadership role in managing their healthcare needs in partnership with the existing healthcare system 6) Provide Empowerment and Education Projects for women and youth in poor and neglected areas

The Amala Foundation inspires the diverse youth of the world to live in unity, serve compassionately and lead peacefully. All of our youth programs are a place for empowerment and healing. Many of the youth we serve, including refugee and immigrant children, have experienced extreme poverty, child labor, gang violence, abuse and neglect; many have witnessed the atrocities of war and have literally run for their lives; many have been uprooted from their native cultures and struggle to integrate into an entirely foreign world. We provide a safe space for these youth to heal, express themselves, share their stories and connect with a loving and supportive community. The Amala Foundation is involved in a number of local, national, and international humanitarian service projects. Camp Indigo was started in 2002 and is now in its 13th year of offering a week-long day camp experience to Austin area children ages 4-12. Camp Mana, now in its eighth year, offers a similar experience over two days in Hawaii. Our One Village Project, including the Global Youth Peace Summit, is in its 7th year and serves more than 150 local, immigrant, international and refugee youth each year. Our Young Artists in Service program provides free art instruction to at-risk children in addition to creating inspiring murals at places like the Austin Children’s Shelter. The Gui Village Living Water Program was a humanitarian service project we successfully completed in 2005, installing two water wells in a Nigerian village, saving 3,500 people (including 2,000 children) from disease. Our partnership with the Bhatti Mines School in Delhi, India helps ensure 200 Indian children a day are receiving an education instead of being forced into child labor.

Our vision is to be the leader in preparing youth for life. The Indian Waters Council, Boy Scouts of America provides quality youth programs designed to strengthen character, develop good citizenship, and promote physical fitness. The Council serves 6,000 youth in 8 counties of the Midlands, including Richland, Lexington, Saluda, Bamberg, Calhoun, Fairfield, Orangeburg and Kershaw. Activities for Scouts range from weekly meetings to full summer camp programs, and many on weekends and nights. Our core programs are: Cub Scouts: year-round, boys 1st-5th grade, family- and home-centered program to develop ethical decision-making skills, character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness; Boy Scouts: year-round program, boys 11 - 17, vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership with the counsel of an adult Scoutmaster; Venturing: year-round CO-ED14 - 21 years, youth-run leadership and outdoors; Exploring: CO-ED ages 14 - 20, hands-on career exploration; Camp Barstow, Boy Scout Camp on Lake Murray, Saluda, year round; Scoutreach: alternative model using paid staff along with volunteers in neighborhoods and schools with a significant population of at-risk youth and emphasizes literacy, health and community development. We Hold Programs Where Children Are and Where Families Live Some Scout meetings are held at church or school in the evening a short drive from home. We also hold programs in housing authorities, community centers and in afterschool and summer programs where children are spending many hours already. We a Great Community Collaborators The goal of Scouting isn't to change the culture of a neighborhood - it is to bring it together and be a catalyst for positive change, as defined by the neighborhood. To that extent, Indian Waters Council proudly partners with the Housing Authorities, School Districts, Faith Based and Community Based Organizations in each community. We Provide Service One of the Boy Scouts of America's founding principles is to provide service to the community. Each Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop or Venture Crew is required to provide a significant number of hours in their community to complete service projects and volunteer at special events, work at a local food pantry or serve meals at a homeless shelter. Each Eagle Scout is required, with the help of his Troop, to complete a Service Project of meaningful and lasting impact. We Provide Support Each District has a full time District Executive who: Helps Units Organize for Success Recruits and Develop Volunteers for the Unit Serves as a Support to the Unit Once Volunteers Are in Place We Sustain Success Indian Waters is about more than increasing membership for the Boy Scouts. It's about working with communities to build a program that is completely community driven. We continue to provide training and resources for the life of the Unit.

We appreciate all donations of canned food, medicines and water, and will distribute those to all in need with the help of our allies. But we ask you to consider a monetary donation, which will enable us to tend other needs: buy fuel, contract local construction workers and, specially, implement community development projects P.E.C.E.S. fosters social, economic, educational development of individuals and communities in social disadvantage. The project began in Punta Santiago, Humacao in 1985 and has expanded its services to the eastern region of Puerto Rico. We want to inspire leaders, with special attention to youngsters, so they become champions of their own communities. Our work helps participants insert themselves into community processes and become protagonists of their own transformations. We do this through several programs tied to our three core service areas: education (including an alternative education high school); prevention services for at-risk populations; and entrepreneurship and development training.

Peconic Baykeeper is a 501 (C)(3) Not-For-Profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring Long Island's swimmable, drinkable and fishable waters. Established in 1998 as Long Island's clean water advocate, Peconic Baykeeper uses science, education and law to defend critical watersheds from the Peconic Estuary through the South Shore Bays. Peconic Baykeeper is a proud member of the international Waterkeeper movement, working actively with civic groups, baymen, businesses, children, and the community at large to protect and restore water quality and the island's watersheds.

We affirm the Christian Magna Carta which describes the following basic rights as implicit in the gospel Everyone on earth has the right to: Hear and understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Have a Bible available in his/her own language. Have a Christian fellowship available nearby, to be able to meet for fellowship regularly each week, and to have Biblical teaching and worship with others in the body of Christ. Have a christian education available for their children. Have the basic necessities of life: food, water, clothing, shelter and health care. Lead a productive life of fulfillment spiritually, mentally, socially, emotionally and physically. We commit ourselves, by God’s grace, to fulfill this covenant and to live for His glory.

We are a nonprofit 501 c3 focus on bringing veterans as mentors and inner-city youth together into the wild rivers of nature inspiring the youth by becoming a guardian, teacher or role model as an act of service into the outdoors. The hope is that it encourages youth participants to grow and become ambassadors of our natural environment. SRI Uplifts and strengthens communities by connecting inner-city youth and veterans to the outdoors. harnessing incredible opportunities and powerful experiences that forge strong connections between youth and veterans, their communities, and the natural world. Spending time embraced in currents of river water, trekking majestic forested trails, and witnessing a bald eagle or elk in its habitat is healing. Connecting with nature is a powerful outlet to reduce stress, find focus, sharpen self-awareness, embrace spirituality, and develop positive values beneficial to both the individual and community. Soul River unites youth and veterans on challenging yet rewarding adventures at zero cost where they become part of something bigger than themselves, developing into strong leaders in the outdoors and their communities.