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Southeastern Guide Dogs

Southeastern Guide Dogs 4210 77th Street East, Palmetto, Florida 34221 Contact:  Titus Herman, (941) 845-1861, titus.herman@guidedogs.org Mission:  Serving those who cannot see and those who have seen too much. Southeastern Guide Dogs transforms lives by creating and nurturing extraordinary partnerships between people and dogs, throughout the United States. A nonprofit with a national reach, we train dogs of the highest pedigree for people who are blind and for veterans, providing our premier dogs and lifetime services at no cost, without government funds.​ We’ve matched more than 3,100 guide and service dog teams since our 1982 inception, and currently have over 1,000 dogs under […]

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SCOPE

SCOPE Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education 108 West 39th St., 15th Floor,  New York, New York 10018 Contact:  Rachael Hochberg, Associate Director (212) 627-4097 rachael@scopeusa.org Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education, Inc. (SCOPE), an independent, nonprofit organization, has provided camp scholarships for more than 20,000 children from low-income communities since 1991. Each year, hundreds of children receive the benefits of summer camp through SCOPE from funds raised from foundation and corporate partners, individual gifts, and fundraising events. SCOPE’S mission is to provide children in need the edge to succeed in life through the summer camp experience.  We accomplish this by funding […]

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Save the Chimps

Savethechimps.org PO Box 12220 Fort Pierce, Florida 34979 Contact:  Monica Naranjo, Volunteer & Outreach Coordinatormonica@savethechimps.org (772) 429-2225 Save the Chimps provides and builds support for permanent sanctuary for the lifelong care of chimpanzees rescued from research laboratories, entertainment and the pet trade.  Every day the staff and volunteers of Save the Chimps provide care to more than 250 chimpanzees.  Supporters can make a more personal connection with individual chimps through the Adopt-a-Chimp program. For your mitzvah project, you may choose from one of the following or call to see how you can help.  Please note that volunteers visiting our facilities must be […]

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JAFCO-Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options

JAFCO-Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options 4200 North University Dr., Sunrise, FL 33351 Contact: Rana Bell, Director of Northeast Development, 610-397-8688 rana@jafco.org Rachel Levy, Licensed Social Worker rachel@jafco.org 234 S. Bryn Mawr Ave. Ste. 100, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 610-525-1040 Established in 1992, JAFCO’s mission is to care for abused and neglected children and those with disabilities in the Jewish community and to work in partnership with families and the entire community. We believe that the care of children in our community is our responsibility, one we accept with joy, pride and love. Currently JAFCO is serving over 500 children […]

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