Posted on 12/04/2004 2:43:44 AM PST by explodingspleen
As the Christmas season approacheth, many of us are giving extra to charity. This is a compilation of charities I believe to be sound. Please feel free to add your own in the comments. If you are interested in helping maintain this list, or in being notified of updates to this list, please freepmail me.
Adopt a Sniper
Owing to military cuts by a certain ex-president (*cough* *cough*) our snipers in the field often lack appropriate protective gear. Setup by local law enforcment groups, Adopt a Sniper is able to cut through some of the bureaucratic tape in getting snipers the equipment they need.
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St. Judes Children's Research Hospital
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Operation Blessing
Operation Blessing demonstrates God's love by alleviating human need and suffering in the United States and around the world.
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Wycliffe Bible Translators
There are still many groups of people who lack a biblicat translation in their own language. Wycliffe works to bring these people the scripture in their native tongues.
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CareNet
CareNet is a pro-life organization that equips pregnancy centers and provides post-abortion counseling for women.
Donate
Food for the Poor
Woman with babyFood For The Poor (FFP) ministers to spiritually renew impoverished people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1982 as a 501(c)(3)corporation, our goals are to improve the health, economic, social and spiritual conditions of the men, women and children we serve.
Food For The Poor raises funds and provides direct relief assistance to the poor, usually by purchasing specifically requested materials and distributing them through the churches and charity organizations already operating in areas of need. In this way, the organization serves the poor with dignity and ensures the most appropriate use of donors' funds.
Our ministry reflects God's unconditional love, which surrenders all, inspires trust and faith, and embraces all people regardless of race, status or creed. We believe that Christ is alive, and that we can best serve Him by being of assistance to those in greatest need (Matthew 25:31-46). Finally, we stress the need for regular prayer to guide and maintain the purity of our mission.
FFP seeks to link the church of the First World with the church of the Third World in a manner that aids both the materially and spiritually poor. We empower the poor in spirit through our direct ministry of teaching, encouragement and prayer. Ultimately, we aspire to bring benefactors, recipients and ourselves to a closer union with our Lord.
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Alliance Defense Fund
A legal organization that defends and protects religious freedom, sanctity of human life, and traditional family values.
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Society of St. Andrew
The Society of St. Andrew is an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to meeting both spiritual and physical hungers. We feed the hungry all year long by saving fresh produce that would otherwise go to waste and giving it to the needy.
Promise Keepers
Promise Keepers is a Christ-centered organization dedicated to introducing men to Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord; and then helping them to grow as Christians.
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The Voice of the Martyrs
The Voice of the Martyrs is a non-profit, interdenominational organization with a vision for aiding Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ, fulfilling the Great Commission, and educating the world about the ongoing persecution of Christians.
Stand for Israel An international alliance of Christians and Jews.
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GI Pizza
Buy pizza and pesi for our boys in Iraq.
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Pizza IDF
Pizza, soda, and hot soup for the IDF soldiers who daily defend the Jewish people against terrorism.
Burger IDF
A counterpart to Pizza IDF, Burger IDF provides burgers and soda.
BILD International
An incredibly effective mission outreach program. BILD sets up successful missions quickly and with less expenditures than other programs.
Samaritan's Purse Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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(See also Operation Christmas Child)
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Inspired by the example of St. Vincent de Paul, our patron, and Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, our founder, last year, our 70,000 members assisted over 13,728,577 persons throughout the United States. Our Twinning and Disaster Programs brought help to many more all over the globe. Most of that assistance was through the direct, personal encounters of our members, seeking in friendship, to bring whatever assistance could be provided. In 2003, that help amounted to nearly $254,051,113.
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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Homes for Our Troops Founded on February 4, 2004, Homes for Our Troops, Inc., a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation building specially adapted homes for our disabled veterans of war. We are an organization strongly committed to assisting our disabled and seriously injured veterans and their immediate families. The organization is dedicated to helping those who have selflessly given to their country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries.
Donate
Personal request: MUSTARD SEED PROJECT
This is sponsored by one of my best friend's church. She and I and several others are teaming up to sponsor a little girl in Uganda by the name of Beyeza (born in 1999). Her mother died, and her father was unable to care for her, and so she has been with the mission.
I would truly be most greatful for any help from fellow freepers. They ask for $25 a month, but seeing as all of us donating so far are poor college students, we just chip together whatever we can. :p
There's no website, but you can make checks out to "Mustard Seed" and mail them to:
The Blessed Mustard Seed Babies Home
1808 36th St., SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
(505) 892-2818
If you choose to give to Mustard Seed, please freepmail me how much you give so that I know how we are doing. Thank you. :)
If you want more information and/or if you would like a photo of her, freepmail me and I'll do my best to oblige you.
Investigate Charities
http://www.give.org/
http://www.charitynavigator.org/
A good list of Christian Charities: http://www.csoa.org/Charity1.htm
And of course, don't forget to donate to FreeRepublic!: https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/
If you are perhaps interested in helping me maintain this list, here is the todo list: update charities form comments; alphabatize; divide into subsection ("Political" "Christian" "Homeless" etc.; add more donate links; better descriptions; include links to relative information for each charity. By my lonesome, all that is going to take a while. :p
Many areas also have local organizations.
One such local organization:
http://www.supportthetroops-nwa.com
Organization to support the troops, especially those from nw Arkansas and ne Oklahoma.
While not a charity, I suggest that Free Republic get some extra donations for the holiday season. I guess another quarterly fundraiser is coming up soon and would it be something if enough money was collected before it even got started! I believe that the last fundraiser ended in record time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1171628/posts
TAX DEDUCTIBLE Cash donations can be sent to:
Jeffrey Burgess Recreational Fund
Plymouth Savings Bank
36 MAIN STREET BOX 3506
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 02361
Phone: 508-746-3300
PING to an old friend; upchuck, I know you have some charities that you like. Please enlighten us again.
I'm sure all these organizations are worthy, but isn't it a little presumptuous to call them "Freeper" charities? How about "ExplodingSpleen Charities"?
Well, I was asking for everyone to post their suggestions to the end of incorporating them all into the list. And even a good half of these already posted were recommended by freepers in other threads.
The issue of worthwhile charities has come up pretty much everytime there is another story about the United Way or some such charity being evil, which is what gave me the idea that it might be nice to have a more permanent reference available. :)
ping to myself
Iacocca Catalyst Grant for Diabetes
Lee Iacocca is trying to raise money to support Dr. Faustman. At the moment, she is the only person with a real shot at honestly curing Type 1 Diabetes. Her research may also help cure R. Arthritis, Lupus, hypothyroidism and many other autoimmune diseases.
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