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KaBOOM!

kaboom.org 4301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite ML-1, Washington, DC 20008 Contact:  Anna Morozovsky, Sr. Manager of Individual Giving, (650) 389-9562, amorozovsky@kaboom.org KaBOOM! is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America’s children. Our mission is to create great play spaces through the participation and leadership of communities. Ultimately, we envision a place to play within walking distance of every child in America. There is a Play Deficit in America and it is harming our children. We fight this deficit by constructing innovative kid-inspired playspaces, sharing our knowledge and tools, and building a national movement to save play. Opportunities for teen […]

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PeacePlayers International

PeacePlayers International 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20036 Contact: Adam Hirsch ahirsch@peaceplayersintl.org 202-408-5111 PeacePlayers International uses the game of basketball to unite, educate and inspire young people in divided communities, based on the premise that children who play together can learn how to live together. (PPI’s affiliate in Israel and the West Bank, PeacePlayers International- Middle East, promotes peaceful coexistence among Arab and Jewish young people in the region and provides positive extracurricular outlets for those from disadvantaged communities.) Children who play together can learn to live together. That’s the idea behind PeacePlayers International, a nonprofit organization that uses basketball […]

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Hungry For Music

Hungry For Music 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #384 Washington, District of Columbia 20006 Contact: Jeff Campbell, Founder and Executive Director, (202) 674-3000, hungryformusic@att.net Hungry for Music’s mission is to bring positive musical and creative experiences in to the lives of underprivileged children by providing them with donated musical instruments. These instruments are donated throughout the nation as well as internationally. At Hungry for Music, our most important service is putting musical instruments into hungry hands. Children who demonstrate a desire to learn music, or teachers who have willing pupils, but no instruments, are the clients we serve. Most anyone will […]

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Save a Child’s Heart Foundation (SACH)

Save a Child’s Heart Foundation (SACH) 10050 Chapel Road Potomac, MD 20854 Contact: Larry Maltin, Regional Director Mid-Atlantic, maltin@saveachildsheartus.org 215.542.8371 David Litwack Executive Director litwack@saveachildsheartus.org 301 618 4588 Providing Lifesaving Cardiac Surgery for the World’s Poorest Children” Save A Child’s Heart (SACH) is a non-profit, international humanitarian project based in Israel. Its mission is to improve the quality of cardiac care for children from developing countries, regardless of nationality, religion, race, gender, or financial status. Mitzvah project and community service volunteer opportunities: *Wall of hearts – Our signature Wall of Hearts in the SACH children’s home is simple to replicate […]

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Hope for Henry Foundation

Hope for Henry Foundation P.O. Box 39133 Washington, D.C. 20016 Contact: Laurie Strongin, Founder and Executive Director & Julie Bender, Program Director 202 277-2710 Hope for Henry (HFH) improves the lives of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by providing carefully chosen gifts and specially-designed programs to entertain, and promote comfort, care, and recovery. HFH brings smiles and laughter, hope and magic into the lives of these children and their families. HFH was founded in 2003 to honor the legacy of Henry Strongin Goldberg, a Washington, DC resident who died at age seven of a rare, fatal disease. Since […]

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Second Chance Toys

Second Chance Toys Contact: Bronna Lipton, Executive Director 908 789-2993, blipton@secondchancetoys.org The goal for Second Chance Toys is to create a groundswell of interest around the mission (to rescue and recycle plastic toys for needy children) throughout communities in the United States. By providing the necessary tools, step-by-step instructions and facilitating essential connections with local organizations, sources of funding and media exposure, Second Chance Toys hopes to empower others to create their own local programs, the first of which, Second Chance Toys of PA and Second Chance Toys of NYC are already underway as well as many other school and […]

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CONCERN

CONCERN 49 Easton Rd., Suite 202, Willow Grove, PA 19090 Contact: Belinda Edwards, Regional Director 215-654-1963 or at bedwards@concern4kids.org CONCERN is a dynamic private non-profit 501(c)(3) human services organization dedicated to providing prevention, placement and treatment services to children, adults and families. Founded in 1978, CONCERN began as a pioneer of treatment foster care, believing that children placed into care should live in a traditional family setting in the community, rather than in a residential or institutional setting. Since this time, CONCERN has been at the forefront of innovative programs to meet the individual needs of the child. Since 1978, […]

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