These are some of our favorite organizations and charities. Please take the
time to visit some of these wonderful resources.
Hey Aunt Cindy, I was thinking about the animal link for your page. The Humane Society and the SPCA's seem to be everywhere. However, St. Francis Animal Rescue, the place I got Hunter isn't everywhere. The address, if you want to check them out is www.luvamutt.org I think they are really cool because the animals are fostered in homes, they are not in cages or stores. They live with a family in a home until they are adopted. They know commands and are well behaved when you get them. They also pay for all the food and vet bills for the animals while in their care. All of it is non-profit and volunteer. Maybe I am a little biased cause this is where I got Hunter from...but I think they are smaller and more personal so maybe that would attract people. But there is always the SPCA and Humane Society if you would rather put those links.
Holly
Parca is a private, nonprofit organization serving people with developmental disabilities and their families. Developmental disabilities include mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other similar neurological disorders. Formed in 1952, Parca's mission is to provide high-quality programs, services and advocacy to children, adults and families in the Bay Area from the Silicon Valley to Marin to the East Bay. Posted by Deborah Rosen, San Carlos, CA.
Shelter from rain, wind and sun is a basic human need. With your help, more deserving families can have decent places to call home. Give families in need shelter, self-respect and the hope of a better life. Our ministry puts faith into action through empowerment and hard work. And it’s easy for you to help! Just click the links below to learn how you can help. Then put your faith into action by clicking to donate online.
UNICEF is out to change the world for children and with children — vaccination by vaccination, blanket by blanket, biscuit by biscuit, book by book. In most of America, these things are considered completely ordinary. But in many parts of the developing world, they can save a child's life. UNICEF is unique among world organizations and unique among those working with young people. As a global movement, we use our authority to influence decision makers and diverse partners to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. In 156 countries and territories, UNICEF's field staff uses hard-won expertise to meet the challenges facing children and those who care for them.
PETS 911 believes that if you consolidate all the adoption, fostering, lost and found, volunteer, shelter/clinic, and health and training information out there and give the public a single and easy place to find this information, education will substantially increase and euthanasia will decrease. That is our mission. Please take a moment to look at our site. You will see that PETS 911 is becoming an answer for not only the public, but also the animal welfare community on how we in this country can all take part in saving those 5 million animals every year.
1-800-Save-A-Pet.com is a non-profit pet adoption charity that helps shelters, humane societies, SPCA's, and pet rescue groups advertise their homeless pets to adopters for free. We're all about getting homeless pets into homes. We use the power of TV, the Internet and a toll-free phone number to connect adopters with shelter pets and help pets go from alone to adopted. We're working to help the good people at shelters and rescue groups find homes for their pets.
NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. 
Charity Navigator works to guide intelligent giving. We help charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing information on over five thousand charities and by evaluating the financial health of each of these charities. We ensure our evaluations are used by making them easy to understand and available to the public free of charge.
Every time someone becomes a child sponsor, two lives are forever changed. The special relationship you can develop with your sponsored child is something that you will both cherish forever. Sponsor a child now to help create real and lasting change in the lives of children in need.
To honor our good friend, Hash Patel, who died of Esophageal Cancer on October 20th 2006 in his home in San Carlos, California.CityTeam Ministries is a non-profit organization serving the poor and homeless in San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, Philadelphia and partnerships in over 7 other countries around the world. Since 1957, CityTeam has provided life-saving food, shelter, clothing, recovery programs, youth outreach, camp for at-risk inner city kids, discipleship and other essential care 365 days a year.
LA4SENIORS.com was created to support the goals of the L.A. Metro Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) for Consultation on Elders at Risk. From 1998 to 2000, the multidisciplinary team served the Greater Hollywood area. In November of 2000, the MDT expanded to include the downtown Los Angeles area with the support of the Los Angeles Police Department and Adult Protective Services.
IAHPC focuses on educational activities and initiatives through formal and informal teaching of health care workers and volunteers on the appropriate care of patients with advanced diseases. We have several programs which have proved effective in making changes in health policy and improving the quality of life of millions of people around the world.
The Abused Adult Resource Center (AARC) headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, has been helping victims of domestic violence and sexual assault for more than 20 years. It serves families and individuals in distress throughout south central North Dakota. AARC programs, staff and volunteers have been widely recognized for their work in building a healthier, safer community.
The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) is a national resource for elder rights, law enforcement and legal professionals, public policy leaders, researchers, and the public. The Center’s mission is to promote understanding, knowledge sharing, and action on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Goodwill Industries is all about people working. We are one of the world’s largest nonprofit providers of education, training, and career services for people with disadvantages, such as welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities.
SOS Children’s Villages was founded in 1949 in response to the needs of the many children left orphaned and abandoned after World War II. The concept is still working today, to provide children who have lost their parents or who are no longer able to live with them a loving home and a stable environment in which they can thrive. 
