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Action Without Borders; 79 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor; New York, NY 10003; 212-843-3973; 212-564-3377 fax
Action Without Borders connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. Action Without Borders is independent of any government, political ideology, or religious creed. Our work is guided by the common desire of our members and supporters to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect.
American Red Cross National Headquarters; 025 E Street, NW; Washington, DC 20006; 202-303-4498
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The American Red Cross is not a government agency; we depend solely on the generosity of the American people. Red Cross services are made possible by volunteers who freely donate their time to help people in need. All Red Cross assistance is free.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; 424 E. 92nd Street; New York, NY 10128-6804; 212-876-7700
Our mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. We offer national programs in humane education, public awareness, government advocacy, shelter support, and animal medical services and placement. Our New York City headquarters houses a full-service animal hospital, behavior center, adoption facility, and Humane Law Enforcement Department. We are a privately funded 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.
AmeriCorps; 1201 New York Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20525; 202-606-5000
AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve through more than 2,100 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. They tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, run after-school programs, and help communities respond to disasters. Created in 1993, AmeriCorps is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which also oversees Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. Together, these programs engage more than 2 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year.
Big Brothers Big Sisters; 230 North 13th Street; Philadelphia, PA 19107; 215-567-7000; [email protected]
Founded in 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest and largest youth mentoring organization in the United States. In 2002, the organization served more than 200,000 youth ages 5 through 18 in 5,000 communities across the country through a network of 470 agencies. National research has shown that the positive relationships between Big Brothers Big Sisters and their Littles have a direct, measurable, and lasting impact on children’s lives.
Bread for the World; 50 F Street, NW, Suite 500; Washington, DC 20001; 202-639-9400; 800-82-BREAD; 202-639-9401 fax; [email protected], [email protected]
Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world’s hungry people by lobbying our nation’s decision makers. BFW Institute seeks justice for hungry people by engaging in research and education on policies related to hunger and development.
Boy Scouts of America; P.O. Box 152079; Irving, Texas 75015-2079
The Boy Scouts of America is the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.
Center for International Rehabilitation; 211 E. Ontario, Suite 300; Chicago, IL 60611; 312-229-1359; 312-229-1370 fax; [email protected]
The
Center for International Rehabilitation is a not-for-profit organization that
develops technologies and programs to help people with disabilities worldwide
reach their full potential. Founded in 1996 by Dr. William Kennedy Smith, and
based in Chicago, the CIR operates in collaboration with Northwestern
University, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and the Department of
Veterans Affairs Chicago Healthcare System.
Girls and Boys Town; 14100 Crawford Street; Boys Town, NE 68010; 402-498-1300; 402-498-1348 fax; [email protected]
Girls and Boys Town, the original Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home, is a leader in the treatment and care of abused, abandoned, and neglected girls and boys. Throughout its 86-year history, the nonprofit, nonsectarian organization has provided these children with a safe, caring, loving environment where they gain confidence to get better and learn skills to become productive citizens. Girls and Boys Town alumni have gone on to become successful in all facets of life.
Girl Scouts of America; 420 Fifth Avenue; New York, New York 10018-2798; 800-478-7248
Girl Scouts of America is the world’s largest organization dedicated to helping all girls everywhere build character and gain skills for success in the real world. In an accepting and nurturing environment, and in partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop strong values, leadership skills, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth that will serve them all their lives.
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.; 15810 Indianola Drive; Rockville, MD 20855; 301-530-6500
Goodwill Industries International is a network of 207 community-based, autonomous member organizations that serve people with workplace disadvantages and disabilities by providing job training and employment services, as well as job placement opportunities and post-employment support. With locations in the United States, Canada, and 23 other countries, we help people overcome barriers to employment and become independent, tax-paying members of their communities.
Habitat for Humanity International; 121 Habitat Street; Americus, GA 31709-3498; 229-924-6935 ext. 2551 or 2552; [email protected]
In September 1976, Millard and Linda called together a group of supporters to discuss the future of their dream. Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) as an organization was born at this meeting. The eight years that followed, vividly described in Millard Fuller’s book, Love in the Mortar Joints, proved that the vision of a housing ministry was workable. Faith, hard work, and direction set HFHI on its successful course.
Peace Corps;800-424-8580
Since 1961, the Peace Corps has shared with the world America’s most precious resource—its people. Peace Corps volunteers serve in 71 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Collaborating with local community members, volunteers work in areas like education, youth outreach and community development, the environment, and information technology. Coming from all walks of life and representing the rich diversity of the American people, volunteers range in age from college students to retirees. Every Peace Corps volunteer’s experience is different. Whether teaching English to elementary school children in Zambia or launching a computer learning center in Moldova to promoting HIV/AIDS awareness in South Africa or working on soil conservation in Panama, volunteers bring their skills and life experiences where they are needed most.
Senior Corps; 1201 New York Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20525; 202-606-5000
Senior Corps is a network of programs that tap the experience, skills, and talents of older citizens to meet community challenges. Through its three programs—Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions, and RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program)—more than half a million Americans age 55 and over assist local nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations in carrying out their missions. Senior Corps, part of the USA Freedom Corps, is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that also oversees AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America. Together, these programs engage more than 2 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year.
Sierra Club; 85 Second Street, 2nd Floor; San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-977-5500; 415-977-5799 fax; [email protected]
The Sierra Club’s members are more than 700,000 of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America’s oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
U.S. PIRG, United States Public Interest Research Group; 218 D Street, SE; Washington, DC 20003; 202-546-9707; 202-546-2461 fax; [email protected]
U.S. PIRG is an advocate for the public interest. When consumers are cheated, or our natural environment is threatened, or the voices of ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, U.S. PIRG speaks up and takes action. We uncover threats to public health and well-being and fight to end them, using the time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposés, grassroots organizing, advocacy, and litigation. U.S. PIRG’s mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented public interest activism that protects our environment, encourages a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters responsive, democratic government.
VolunteerMatch; 385 Grove Street; San Francisco, CA 94102; 415-241-6868; 415-241-6869; [email protected]
VolunteerMatch is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help everyone find a great place to volunteer, and offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer, and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Interested volunteers can enter their ZIP code on the VolunteerMatch home page to quickly find local volunteer opportunities posted by nonprofit organizations throughout the United States.
Volunteers of America; 1660 Duke Street; Alexandria, VA 22314; 800-899-0089; 703-341-7000; [email protected]
Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, spiritually based organization providing local human service programs and opportunities for individual and community involvement.
YMCA; 101 North Wacker Drive; Chicago, IL 60606; 312-977-0031
Together, the nation’s more than 2,500 YMCAs are the largest not-for-profit community service organizations in America, working to meet the health and social service needs of 18.9 million men, women, and children in 10,000 communities in the United States. YMCAs are for people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages, and incomes. No one is turned away for inability to pay. YMCAs’ strength is in the people they bring together.
YWCA; 1015 18th Street, NW, Suite 1100; Washington, DC 20036; 202-467-0801; 202-467-0802 fax; [email protected]
The YWCA USA is a women’s membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, the YWCA draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women’s growth, leadership, and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people. The YWCA will thrust its collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists and by any means necessary.
The Alliance for Good Government is a nonprofit organization, which was registered and qualified to do business with the Secretary of State on December 13, 1967. Since then, the Alliance has operated, as an organization comprised of concerned citizens from all walks of life and political persuasions, who believe in good government for the citizens of the State of Louisiana.
American Red Cross, Southeast Louisiana Chapter; 2640 Canal Street; New Orleans, LA 70119; 504-620-3105; 504-827-2135 fax; [email protected]
Serves Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Washington parishes.
Audubon
Nature Institute;
P.O. Box 4327; New
Orleans, LA 70178; 504-861-2537;
[email protected]
Audubon Nature Institute’s purpose of celebrating the wonders of nature guides its mission to:
· Provide a guest experience of outstanding quality
· Exhibit the diversity of wildlife
· Preserve native Louisiana habitats
· Educate our diverse audience about the natural world
· Enhance the care and survival of wildlife through research and conservation
· Provide opportunities for recreation in natural settings
· Operate a financially self-sufficient collection of facilities
· Weave quality entertainment through the guest experience
Boy
Scouts of America, Southeast Louisiana Council;
4200 S. I-10 Service Road; Metairie, LA
70001; 504-889-0388; 504-889-1162 fax
Bread
for the World; Loyola
University New Orleans; Box 907; New Orleans, LA 70118; 504-861-5834;
[email protected]
The goal of the New Orleans chapter of Bread for the World is to organize people and collaborate with community organizations in developing solutions to poverty and hunger issues through prayer, education, advocacy, and fundraising.
Catholic
Charities; 1000 Howard Avenue, Suite
1000; New Orleans, LA 70113-1903; 504-523-3755; 504-581-2255;
[email protected]
The Catholic Church in New Orleans has been helping clothe, feed, educate, and care for the needy for 300 years. When the Ursuline Sisters arrived in New Orleans in 1727, they opened a school and began staffing a military hospital. They organized the first classes for black slave girls and Indian girls. They soon expanded their ministry to care for orphans and abused women. Over the next 200 years, numerous religious and lay communities formed orphanages, nursing homes, residences, and schools to care for the needy of Greater New Orleans.
The Center for Nonprofit Resources; 3801 Canal Street (Liberty Bank Building), Suite 309; New Orleans, LA 70119; 504-483-8080; 504-483-8087 fax
The
Center is a full-service management support organization dedicated to
strengthening nonprofit organizations throughout Louisiana. The Center works to
increase the effectiveness and efficiency of nonprofit organizations by
providing a wide range of high quality management support services that address
the needs of their board, staff, and volunteer leadership.
Each One Save One; 3501 Elysian Fields Avenue; New Orleans, LA 70122; 504-949-5252
Each One Save One is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing the plight of children in our community through recruiting, training, and supporting an army of volunteer mentors throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area.
ERACE; 504-866-1163
ERACE is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers and supported solely by donations that go toward furthering the group’s mission. ERACE does not have a specific political or religious viewpoint. We do not endorse candidates for political office or engage in partisan politics. ERACE is made up of people with differing opinions on many subjects, but all of us, liberals, conservatives, etc., focus our energies on ways to diminish racism in the community.
Friends of City Park; #1 Palm Drive; New Orleans, LA 70124; 504-483-9376
The
Friends of City Park is a support group formed in 1979 whose work has proved
vital to the growth, beautification, and preservation of City Park. Because the
park currently receives no funding from the city or state, their budget does not
allow for capital improvements. Therefore, the Friends of City Park dedicates
100 percent of fundraising to purchase capital improvements within City Park.
Girls and Boys Town of Louisiana; 700 Frenchmen Street; New Orleans, LA 70116; 504-949-9248; 504-949-5735; [email protected]
Our agency provides a safe environment for girls and boys in crisis, including runaway, homeless, court-placed, or abused children. While safe at the emergency shelters, the children work towards achieving individual treatment goals, learn life skills and problem-solving techniques, identify challenges, and learn to make better choices. Each shelter provides a full-time, certified teacher and classroom facility so that children do not fall behind scholastically.
Girl Scout Council of Southeast Louisiana; New Orleans, LA 70121-3119; 504-733-8220; [email protected]
The
Girl Scout Council of Southeast Louisiana is recognized as a major resource for
leadership development of girls and women, receiving broad community support,
funding, and participation; is passionate about building an inclusive,
attractive, accessible, and visible organization that offers all girls the
opportunity for learning and leadership experiences in an environment of care,
commitment, respect, and trust; and successfully seeks and obtains the financial
and human resources to support its role as a community leader enabling all girls
to grow courageous and strong.
The
Greater New Orleans Foundation; 1055
St. Charles Avenue, Suite 100; New Orleans, LA 70130; 504-598-4663; 504-598-4676
fax; [email protected]
The
Greater New Orleans Foundation is the community foundation, a 501(c)(3) public
charity, serving Southeast Louisiana. It provides an easy, flexible, and
effective vehicle for donors’ philanthropic activities. The role of the
Foundation is to connect donors to the nonprofits that they care about and to
partner with community leadership in the region.
Habitat
for Humanity; New Orleans Area; P.O.
Box 15052; New Orleans, LA; 70175; 504-861- 2077; 504-866-6004;
[email protected]
· We are citizens concerned about the prevalence of substandard
housing in New Orleans.
· We are citizens concerned with lack of affordable options for low-income families.
· We are people of all faiths, ages, and backgrounds who believe that we must act to demonstrate love for humankind.
· We are CEOs, carpenters, artists, accountants, single mothers, and students.
Humane Society of Louisiana; P.O. Box 740321; New Orleans, LA 70174; 504-366-8972; 504-366-1278 fax; [email protected]
The Humane Society of Louisiana prevents cruelty to animals through education, investigation, and advocacy. A licensed “pet detective agency,” the group operates a no-kill sanctuary for abused and neglected animals in New Orleans and has volunteer chapters in different parts of the state. The group is a private charity, which is not affiliated with any other state or national organization. The group relies totally on private donations for support.
Junior
Achievement; 5100
Orleans Avenue; New Orleans, LA 70124; 504-569-8650; 504-569-8670 fax;
[email protected]
Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, Inc. is a local office of the national Junior Achievement, the world’s largest and fastest-growing nonprofit economic education organization. Our programs are taught by classroom volunteers from the business community in both the U.S. and nearly 100 countries worldwide. Our purpose is to educate young people to value Free Enterprise, understand Business and Economics, and be Workforce-ready.
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation; P.O. Box 6965; Metairie, LA 70009; 504-836-2215; 504-836-7070 fax; [email protected]
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, a membership-based citizen’s organization, is the public’s independent voice dedicated to restoring and preserving the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Through coordination of restoration activities, education, and advocacy; monitoring of the regulatory process; and citizen action, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation works in partnership with all segments of the community to restore and preserve the waters and habitats of the basin for this and future generations.
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; 1319 Japonica Street; New Orleans, LA 70117; 504-944-7445; 504-947-6690 fax
The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a private nonprofit organization that provides a compassionate shelter for all companion animals and exists solely through the donations and support of people who love animals as much as we do.
New Orleans Mission; 1130 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; New Orleans, LA 70113
The New Orleans Mission serves the poor, needy, and homeless populations of New Orleans. The Mission tries to meet both spiritual and physical needs in helping people to be restored to a correct relationship with God and a productive relationship with society. As an arm of the Christian Church, the Mission ministers to the least the last and the lost. The mission provides meals, shelter, clothing, showers, job-skills training, addiction recovery programs, GED prep, literacy training, life skills training, and daily chapel services.
New Orleans Outreach; 3801 Monroe Street; New Orleans, LA 70118; 504-486-2887; 504-486-2856 fax; [email protected]
New Orleans Outreach targets 4 to 14 year old children who attend public elementary and middle schools in Orleans Parish. Our schools need the resources to aid committed school personnel in improving the students’ education. The students served are 98 percent African American; at least 88 percent are economically disadvantaged, as indicated by the percent who qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Peace Corps, Dallas Regional Office; 207 S. Houston Street, Room 527; Dallas, TX 75202; 800-424-8580; 214-253-5400; 214-253-5401 fax; [email protected]
In
1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps to promote world
peace and friendship. Three simple goals comprise the Peace Corps mission:
1.
Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men
and women.
2.
Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples
served.
3.
Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of all
Americans.
Preservation Resource Center; 923 Tchoupitoulas Street; New Orleans, LA 70130-3819; 504-581-7032; [email protected]
The Preservation Resource Center was founded in 1974 to promote the preservation of New Orleans’ historic architecture by expanding the constituency that understands the economic, cultural, and aesthetic importance of historic preservation, and by involving citizens in preservation projects and services that enhance living in New Orleans.
The Pro Bono Project; 615 Baronne Street, Suite 201; New Orleans, LA 70113; 504-581-4043; 504-566-0518; [email protected]
The Pro Bono Project’s mission is to provide free quality civil legal services to the poor by engaging volunteer attorneys to provide pro bono legal services. Entering its 17th year of operation, The Project has expanded both its range of services and its geographic scope. To date, over 10,000 clients have been assisted with their civil legal problems.
Retired
and Senior Volunteer of New Orleans; P.O.
Box 19067; New Orleans, LA 70179-0067; 504-821-4121; 504-821-1222 fax
The mission of RSVP is to provide a variety of opportunities for retired persons aged 55 or older to participate more freely in the life of their community through volunteer service.
Save Our Cemeteries, Inc.; P.O. Box 58105; New Orleans, LA 70158-8105; 504-525-3377; 504-525-6677 fax; [email protected]
Save Our Cemeteries’ goal is to provide tomb owners and cemetery operators with information outlining proper restoration techniques suitable for historic tombs. SOC has participated in two pilot studies, which monitor conservation techniques for aboveground burial monuments. Our 2001 pilot study restored a tomb under the guidance of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Historic Preservation, using the skills of local tomb builders. The end result of the project was not only a restored tomb, but also a training program for local artisans in restoring a historic tomb using the Secretary of Interior’s standards for historic preservation. Currently, restoration is underway on several tombs in St. Louis No. 1 with the help of a $150,000 grant from Save America’s Treasures.
Sierra
Club; Delta Chapter; P.O. Box 19469;
New Orleans, LA 70179-0469; 504-836-3062;
[email protected]
United States Public Interest Research Group, Gulf States Field Office; 7808 Maple St., Rear Office; New Orleans, LA 70118; 504-314-1022; [email protected]
YMCA; 601 S. Jeff Davis Parkway; New Orleans, LA 70119; 504-482-9922; 504-482-2625 fax;
The YMCA of Greater New Orleans is proud to say that it will celebrate 150 years of service to the New Orleans community this year. Volunteers started it on November 16, 1852 and it is still run by volunteers to this day. It is a nonprofit organization, which services the community in the areas of childcare, educational services, health, and fitness.
YWCA; 1215 Prytania Street, Suite 103; New Orleans, LA 70130; 504-568-9622
The YWCA is a women’s membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, the YWCA draws together members who strive to create opportunities for growth, leadership, and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people.