# data[].attributes.body
The Jewish Helping Hands is helping the Tikkun Olam Grant Program to advance the goal of inspiring and supporting tzedakah, justice, and righteousness, throughout the world.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Deadline: 14-Sep-21

The Jewish Helping Hands has announced the applications for Tikkun Olam Grant Program to advance the goal of inspiring and supporting tzedakah, justice, and righteousness, throughout the world.

Their goal is to help vulnerable populations in the United States and abroad through a variety of programs focused on economic development and social empowerment, with a particular focus on those demographics that have been overlooked and/or marginalized.

In cooperation with local communities, JHH supports programs that are sustainable and scalable through financial and hands-on support. Their objective is to promote organizations and projects that will make a tangible and lasting difference in the lives of the populations they serve. With each of their grants, JHH also intends to share its experience and expertise, so as to help further their joint mission.
Funding Information

Tikkun Olam Grants are awarded annually. A typical grant award may be up to $5,000. Grant recipients may reapply to have their grants renewed one time. Organizations can apply for additional grants for new projects.
Criteria

JHH values programs and projects that aim to bring about positive change for groups of all backgrounds and religious affiliations.

JHH will consider making grants to individuals or organizations that show clear promise to achieve one or both of the following:

Respond to unmet needs of those who are poor and/or marginalized

Promote self-help and empowerment within communities

JHH does not make grants to capital, building, or political campaigns, fellowships, or programs administered by for-profit entities. Additionally, JHH grants cannot be used to subsidize administrative salaries or expenses, as they require 100% of all grants to be used for the intended program.

Eligibility Criteria

In the 2021 Grant Cycle, they are focusing primarily on projects that provide the basic necessities for a decent life:

They are also focusing especially on projects in these areas:

Potential partners are those who look to take on what may appear to be intractable problems, to address the needs of overlooked or ignored populations, and to use their creativity and personal commitment to find solutions where others may be convinced there are none. They seek partners who will continue to persevere and continue to help people in need.

At JHH, they look to support those who will create partnerships with other organizations and local populations to enlarge the circle of involvement and inclusiveness. Effective applicants will show respect for the opinions and ideas of others, and will work to draw them in to the circle of concern.

JHH especially seeks to partner with grassroots organizations who utilize resources local to their communities especially when those projects support the safety and health of the community members.

To ensure that their funding makes the most impact, JHH will give preference to organizations with smaller budgets (operating budgets under $750k dollars) and projects that would otherwise not be possible without their assistance.

Ineligible

JHH will NOT make grants to organizations with substantial budgets (operating budgets over a million dollars) or subsidiary parts of such organizations.

JHH will NOT support overhead or administrative salaries and expenses.

JHH will NOT make grants to capital, building, or political campaigns, scholarships, fellowships, or programs administered by for-profit entities, or micro-loan programs.

JHH will NOT welcome applications from paid professional fund-raisers.

For more information, visit https://jewishhelpinghands.org/grants

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Jewish Helping Hands announces Tikkun Olam Grant Program

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Deadline: 14-Sep-21 The Jewish Helping Hands has announced the applications for Tikkun Olam Grant Program to advance the goal of inspiring and supporting tzedakah, justice, and righteousness, throughout the world. Their goal is to help vulnerable populations in the United States and abroad through a variety of programs focused on economic development and social empowerment, with a particular focus on those demographics that have been overlooked and/or marginalized.

# data[].attributes.body
The Direct Relief program is an organization that provides emergency medical assistance to areas that don't have access to medical assistance.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Direct Relief | Official Site | DirectRelief.org

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Direct Relief, a top-rated humanitarian charity, works in the US and internationally to equip doctors and nurses with lifesaving medical resources to care for people in need.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
The Great Green Wall is one of the most inspirational and urgent movements of our times. This African-led initiative aims to grow an 8000km new world wonder across the entire width of the Continent to transform the lives of millions living on the frontline of climate change.

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is a key partner in the initiative. Welcome to our 'Growing a World Wonder' campaign website, in support of Africa's Great Green Wall.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Growing a world wonder - Great Green Wall

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Great Green Wall is one of the most inspirational and urgent movements of our times. This African-led initiative aims to grow an 8000km new world wonder across the entire width of the Continent to transform the lives of millions living on the frontline of climate change.

# data[].attributes.body
This is an organization that provides all sorts of medical aid all around the world- often where other organizations will not go.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
More than $8 million for Detroit organizations is part of $30 million in Kresge commitments to racial justice grants across nation
The Kresge Foundation today announced more than $8 million dollars in new grant commitments over the next three years to support racial justice in its hometown. This brings funding to 20 organizations and institutions of varied sizes and ages, that range from frontline activism to strengthening economies in neighborhoods of color to supporting small businesses owned by people of color.

The grants are part of a sweeping pledge to advance Kresge's long-term support of racial justice and opportunity with a commitment of $30 million in new grants to organizations working nationally, as well as to place-based organizations in New Orleans, Memphis, Fresno and Detroit. These are mostly three-year, no-strings-attached grants for general operating support.

Additional grants totaling several million dollars are pending for Detroit organizations with an announcement expected in early 2021.

"These are the organizations that are working deeply in our neighborhoods. They're working on the ground to bring greater equity and justice for our community," said Wendy Lewis Jackson, managing director of Kresge's Detroit Program, in regard to the hometown grants in particular. "These are organizations with representative leadership, that are primarily led by people of color. And these are organizations that need greater access to grants and capital, to long-term equitable support."

"Since 2007, we've had the opportunity to work alongside numerous partners and organizations to ensure greater opportunity in the city of Detroit, particularly its neighborhoods," said Jackson, noting the year Kresge began its specific focus on revitalization of the city where it was founded in 1924.

"The Black Lives Matter movement makes crystal clear the stakes of justice in our community and in our nation," Jackson added. "This is the time where we're going to meet the movement, to deepen our investments related to racial equity and racial justice in the city of Detroit. The expansion of opportunity that we seek cannot come without racial and economic justice. We must redouble our commitment to provide the next generation a more equitable city."

Speaking to the importance of the investments in Detroit and the other focus cities, Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson said, "Place is where the dynamics of accountability are possible, where issues of race and justice and injustice are so clearly manifest that you can name them and spot them."

"In Detroit," said Jackson, "the grantees span a range of unique histories and strategies that converge in the cause of advancing equity and racial justice within the city, from working on the ground for the support of African American entrepreneurs to improving community safety with a through-line of community self-determination. The impact of these organizations will be far greater than the simple sum of their efforts."

Among the largest grants are $1.5 million for Detroit Future City, which last year sharpened its focus on racial justice with the creation of the Center for Equity, Engagement and Research. The New Economy Initiative will receive $1.25 million to build a network to undergird small businesses in key commercial corridors, with an emphasis on small businesses owned by people of color. Michigan Justice Fund, a collaborative fund that supports community-driven solutions to criminal justice reform, will receive $1 million.

The national organization Enterprise Community Partners will receive $684,500 for a fund to support approximately two dozen community development organizations in Detroit. Meanwhile, the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network will receive $500,000 for its planned Detroit Food Commons, a complex planned for the North End, to include a cooperatively owned grocery store, an incubator kitchen for culinary artists and food entrepreneurs, a café and community gathering space.

The $8.2 million in grants range from $1.5 million to $150,000 and bring support to multiple generations of Detroit's activist and civic organizations. The groups receiving support include the city's chapter of the NAACP, one of the oldest chapters (founded 1912) of the nation's oldest civil rights organization (founded 1909). They include New Detroit (founded in the wake of Detroit's 1967 rebellion), ACCESS (the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services founded in 1971), American Citizens for Justice (founded in 1983, in the wake of the fatal, racially motivated beating of Chinese American Vincent Chin a year earlier), through to the LIVE6 Alliance (formed in 2014) and FORCE Detroit (founded in 2017).

For the Detroit NAACP Branch, Kresge's support comes at a time when the key word is "perseverance," said Kamilia Landrum, executive director: "Perseverance in the midst of a pandemic that is greatly impacting our members and the Detroit community."

"It has not been an easy task, but we remained vigilant in our ongoing quest for social justice and equality," she added, ticking off a list of recent efforts, from leading the charge for Detroit Public Schools Community District students to receive tablets for virtual learning, to voter registration ("Take Your Soles To The Polls"), to pushing CEOs at major corporations to expand diversity and equity initiatives.

Jackson emphasized that the grants announced by the foundation today reinforce one another, from the national organizations funded down to grassroots organizations in Detroit and the other cities.

Some $8 million is being committed to national racial justice grantees to lend their expertise to local organizations in a host of important areas such as: policymaking, power building, legal assistance, data gathering and analysis, community organizing and strategic communications. Those grantees include the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), comprising the ecosystem of organizations leading today's modern racial justice movement, and the Black-Led Movement Fund (BLMF), the primary grantmaking vehicle by which philanthropy can learn about and invest in on-the-ground racial justice nonprofit organizers.

At the grassroots in Detroit, there are activists like Alia Harvey-Quinn, founder of FORCE Detroit - which stands for Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment. FORCE Detroit convenes the Live Free Coalition of interfaith, grassroots and public sector leaders who are committed to having hard conversations about complex community issues from water shutoffs to regional transportation to violence prevention. FORCE Detroit also emphasizes leadership development and advocacy for youth leaders of color.

The other day she spoke of the importance of connecting grassroots leaders and their "powerful stories" to relevant data to make the case for their priorities.

Sharing her own stories about the work that "dropped into my spirit," Harvey-Quinn recalled some years ago leading a Friday-night poetry workshop for teens, good kids in one of Detroit's worst neighborhoods. She recalled the heart-rending confession of one 15-year-old, the elder male among four children whose mother worked part-time at McDonald's. The discussion topic of was fear, and this was his: "He was afraid of who he became when he had to rob to help his mom pay the rent."

For Harvey-Quinn, seeing the toll of systemic racism and inequality closeup is motivation to work for change, for a Detroit where a 15-year-old doesn't feel that bind, where no one needs to be afraid of him, where he need not be afraid of himself

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Kresge grants support 20 Detroit efforts in fight for racial justice - Kresge Foundation

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
More than $8 million for Detroit organizations is part of $30 million in Kresge commitments to racial justice grants across nation The Kresge Foundation today announced more than $8 million dollars in new grant commitments over the next three years to support racial justice in its hometown.

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.wfpusa.org/
The World Food Programme works to fight against the world hunger crisis, helping to end famines across the globe by providing life saving meals to millions

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked families across Türkiye and Syria. WFP is on the ground in both countries delivering emergency food assistance. We urgently need your support to deliver meals to survivors.

Saving Lives. Changing Lives.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been on the frontlines of the world's worst hunger crises, fighting hunger and famine since 1962. Right now we're taking on our largest scale-up ever, providing lifesaving meals to 160 million of the world's most vulnerable people in more than 120 countries and territories this year.

Emergencies

When conflict erupts or natural disaster strikes, WFP is there. It feeds families on the front lines of our planet's most dangerous and complicated crises.

WFP's Programs

Sending emergency relief. Providing school meals. Helping small-scale farmers. WFP is providing solutions to help the world's hungriest people.

See WFP's Programs +

See the Latest Stories of Hunger & Hope

Take Action

Use your social media influence as a platform to raise awareness for ending world hunger.

@wfpusa on IG

Send an email to your representative in Congress to advocate on behalf of the hungry.

Write to Congress

You pick the topic, and for every correct answer 10 grains of rice are donated to change lives around the world!

Take the Global Hunger Quiz

How much do you know about the causes of global hunger? Let's find out! The answers may surprise you.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Help Fight World Hunger | World Food Program USA

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked families across Türkiye and Syria. WFP is on the ground in both countries delivering emergency food assistance. We urgently need your support to deliver meals to survivors. Saving Lives. Changing Lives. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been on the frontlines of the world's worst hunger crises, fighting hunger and famine since 1962.

# data[].attributes.body
This is an organization that uses peaceful protests to spread the word about saving our earth and turning it green.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Today, as we celebrate over 50 years of action , Greenpeace USA is committed to rebuilding the country's unjust social, environmental, and economic systems from the ground up to address the climate crisis, advance racial justice, and build an economy that puts people first.

Our fight to save the planet and its people has grown more serious- devastating impacts of climate change; an extractivist, racist, and inequitable economy; destruction of ancient forests; and the deterioration of our oceans continue to loom large. In many ways, we're in the fight of our lives. The inequitable system laid bare by Covid-19 is the same one that landed us in a climate and extinction crisis. Going back to normal is not an option. Greepeacers across the country and globe are fighting for our climate and our communities. Learn more about our active campaigns and issue areas.

50 Years of Greenpeace

In 1971, a handful of determined activists leased a small fishing vessel, called the Phyllis Cormack, and set sail from Vancouver for Amchitka Island in Alaska. Their mission was to protest U.S. nuclear testing off the coast of Alaska with a brave act of defiance: to place themselves in harm's way. Despite being intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, these daring activists sailed into history by bringing worldwide attention to the dangers of nuclear testing. These brave activists and those who supported them started the movement that became the global network that Greenpeace is today.

Over the past 50 years, Greenpeace has indeed changed the world. Our committed activists and supporters have come together to ban commercial whaling, convince the world's leaders to stop nuclear testing, protect Antarctica, and so much more.

We have grown from a small group of dedicated activists to an international organization with offices in more than 50 countries. But our spirit and resolve remain the same:

We bear witness to environmental destruction in a peaceful, non-violent manner.

We use non-violent confrontation to raise the level and quality of public debate.

In exposing threats to the environment and finding solutions, we have no permanent allies or adversaries.

We ensure our financial independence from political or commercial interests.

Our Commitment to Environmental Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Greenpeace challenges the systems of power and privilege that destroy the environment and place disproportionate burdens on the most marginalized communities. We know that building a greener and more peaceful world for all requires a diverse, multicultural, people-powered force that centers the most impacted and marginalized to ensure gets left behind. Environmental Justice requires that we incorporate racial and socioeconomic justice into the way we fight for the protection of our planet and challenges us to center the voices of those most impacted by environmental harm in the fight for the protection of our planet.

We welcome, value, and rely on a diversity of people, cultural experiences, and perspectives. We learn from one another. Through our campaigning, we create solutions that promote environmental sustainability rooted in social justice.

Our Volunteers

We work with thousands of volunteers across the country who power our campaigns and make wins possible. Greenpeace volunteers take action in their own communities, organize locally, and host events across the country. Whether you've been an activist for decades or you're just starting and want to learn how you can help, we have volunteer opportunities for you. Our volunteer platform outlines the opportunities, time commitment, and steps you can take today to get involved - from joining our text team to starting a Greenpeace Action Pod. Start your volunteer journey with Greenpeace today!

Our Funding

Greenpeace does not solicit contributions from government or corporations, nor will we endorse political candidates. Over 3 million Greenpeacers like you provide virtually all of our funding through individual contributions. Your support provides the backbone of our organization and is invaluable to our efforts.
make a donation

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Today, as we celebrate over 50 years of action, Greenpeace USA is committed to rebuilding the country's unjust social, environmental, and economic systems from the ground up to address the climate crisis, advance racial justice, and build an economy that puts people first. Our Work Our fight to save the planet and its people ...

# data[].attributes.body
Braeden

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Plastic waste is one of the most urgent environmental issues of our time. Less than 10 percent of the plastic we use is recycled, and there's currently an estimated 100 million tons of plastic in oceans around the world. But what would happen if we stopped thinking of plastic as waste, and instead as a valuable renewable resource?

Scientists around the world want to find out. The plastic "end-of-life challenge" calls for new ways to recycle and reuse plastics endlessly in a closed loop system, so they never become waste. Innovation on that scale would convert the current "make-take-dispose" linear economy into a circular economy, where recycling plastic for eternity is possible.

One scientist has made a significant advancement. John Layman, head of material science at Procter & Gamble and chief technologist and founding inventor of PureCycle Technologies, developed a revolutionary process to remove color, odor, and contaminants from polypropylene plastic waste and transform it into a "virgin-like" resin, which is the basis for plastic products. PureCycle's technology presents a major development in recycling capabilities, and focusing on polypropylene is especially notable. It's the second-most used plastic in the world, yet only 1 percent is currently recycled.

Layman's colleague and former classmate Scott Trenor, a senior polymer scientist at Milliken & Company, contributed a key set of plastic additives to increase the viability of PureCycle materials. Additives are chemical substances that modify the properties of plastics so they can be used in different types of products. For example, a car bumper would need to be more durable and impact-resistant, while a yogurt cup would need to be more flexible. Now Milliken and PureCycle are working together to scale and advance the technology, with plans to start commercial-scale production at PureCycle's first plant, in Ohio, in 2021.

Trenor says the collaboration is a natural fit, partly because "both companies have a very strong environmental purpose." Milliken's first recycling policy dates back to 1901, and the company just launched ambitious sustainability goals that include creating circular economies and zero waste to landfill by 2025. PureCycle's technology supports P&G's vision of using 100 percent recyclable or renewable materials in its packaging.

Trenor's motivation is closer to home. He often takes his 4-year-old son to ride mountain bikes near his home in South Carolina, and he's been disheartened to see an increase in plastic litter in natural spaces. "It's not the way I want to leave things for the future generation," he says.

Layman agrees. While studying plastics in graduate school, he was amazed at the volume of material being produced, and horrified by how much was ending up in the environment. "Since the day you were born, there's a pile of trash with your name on it," he says. "The first diaper you wore as a newborn is likely still on this planet somewhere."

He got interested in recycling in 2008, when he was tasked with buying plastic waste from recyclers and surveying its usefulness for P&G's products and packaging. "You quickly realize there's a lot of issues when it comes to the quality of recycled material," he says. Currently, only two kinds of plastic, PET and HDPE, are economically viable for recyclers, and even those are hard to upcycle into high-quality products.

Layman focused on polypropylene because it's one of the three largest plastic resins used in the world. Its super powers include flexibility and impact resistance. It's found in most caps on most bottles. It's in luggage and carpets, computers and phones. In the grocery store, it's everywhere-yet it's hardly the favorite of recyclers looking to make a profit. It holds onto pungent smells and contaminants, and it can only be made into black or gray products. For those reasons, the little that's recycled is usually made into park benches or car bumpers-important but limited applications.

To recycle polypropylene into higher-value products, Layman knew he would first have to purify the plastic waste, and in an energy-efficient way. He worked on the discovery phase with financial backing from an internal seed fund program at P&G. The resulting PureCycle technology relies on a physical solvent-based process that uses less energy than a chemical process because it doesn't have to break down and build up the molecule. "It's the combination of the solvent choice, plus specific process steps, that enable us to purify this material in a way that nobody's been able to do before," he says.

Once the material has been purified, the question is what to do with it. Trenor explains that when scientists create plastic products from scratch, "they have a lot of knobs they can turn to select the exact set of properties they need for a certain application." Working with recycled material is more challenging.

That's where Milliken's additives come in-they can modify PureCycle's polypropylene resin for use in a diverse set of applications. For the first time, recycled polypropylene doesn't have to become a car bumper. Purified and modified, the resin can be molded into different products with different properties in a closed loop.

The first PureCycle plant is expected to purify and recycle 119 million pounds of polypropylene and produce 105 million pounds each year. Those numbers sound huge, but Layman puts it in perspective by pointing out that 120 billion pounds of polypropylene were produced globally in 2018 alone. "You can see we have a long way to go," he says.

He compares PureCycle with wind and solar energy technology before they scaled up. "We have an ambition to build 25 plants around the world, each one bigger than the last," he says. "This is plant number one." Eventually, he hopes to PureCycle at least 10 to 20 percent of all polypropylene plastic.

"For all of these technologies, it's really more of a marathon than a sprint," says Trenor. He also notes that the plastic end-of-life challenge doesn't concern technology alone. For PureCycle or any other initiative to succeed, consumers need to change their behavior and recycle more, and recyclers need the ability and financial incentive to process more than PET and HDPE.

Trenor says that U.S. recycling facilities are part of the problem. "A lot of the separation capabilities in their infrastructure was built 20 or 30 years ago when there wasn't as much plastic," he explains. "So they were built for paper, cardboard, steel, and glass. As those materials have decreased in volume and plastics have increased, the technology and infrastructure hasn't kept up."

Meanwhile, demand for recycled plastic is high. Consumer goods manufacturers are committing to using minimum percentages of recycled content in their packaging, and new legislation in California and Europe requires it. The Association of Plastic Recyclers reported in 2012 that in North America alone, there was demand for 1 billion pounds of recycled polypropylene.

Supply, however, can't keep up. "Recyclers are screaming for more material because they can't fill their current orders," Trenor says.That's mainly because people just aren't recycling enough. "Once it's in the consumer's hand, there needs to be some personal responsibility to put it in the right bin, sort it in the right way, and make sure it doesn't end up in a landfill, or even worse, on a beach or in the forest somewhere."

Trenor is excited about his role in new innovations that have the potential to curb plastic waste, but he knows it will take more than science. "Milliken isn't going to solve this problem alone. PureCycle isn't going to solve this problem alone," he says. "We need a diverse group of people, companies, NGOs, and governments to work together to solve the problem of plastic waste."

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Plastic waste is one of the most urgent environmental issues of our time. Less than 10 percent of the plastic we use is recycled, and there's currently an estimated 100 million tons of plastic in oceans around the world. But what would happen if we stopped thinking of plastic as waste, and instead as a valuable renewable resource?

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
RAINN | The nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Donate Donate Monthly Honor Someone Give to a Fundraiser Shop for RAINN Plan Your Legacy Donor-Advised Fund Donate Stock Workplace Giving Combined Federal Campaign Corporate Partnerships Take Political Action Volunteer Spread the Word on Social Media Start a Fundraiser Student Activism Tell Your Story Join the Speakers Bureau Request a Speaker Intern at RAINN Work at RAINN Sign-up for News & Alerts

# data[].attributes.body
The Red Cross has been providing relief for people on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Ida struck a month ago. They've been providing meals and helping to clean up debris.
https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief/hurricane-relief/hurricane-ida-relief.html

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Red Cross is assisting with Hurricane Ida response efforts from the Gulf region to the Northeast. Learn how to get help if you are affected by Hurricane Ida. Learn how you can help those who are already affected.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

Skip to content

NAMI Social Media

Follow NAMI on social media! Get the latest updates and information and become part of the online NAMI community.

Important Mental Health Issues

Advocacy makes a difference in the lives of people with mental health conditions and their loved ones.

Together for Mental Health

NAMI is here to help. With your support, we can continue fighting for higher-quality, culturally competent care for people living with mental health conditions.

Help In The Fight

From Next Door To Across The Nation

Find Support

If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. There are many support services and treatment options that may help.

Get Involved

Get involved and make a difference in the lives of Americans living with mental health conditions.

Advocate for Change

Policy change is one major way we can make a difference in the lives of people living with mental health conditions and their families. Limits the...

Helping Those In Need

NAMI started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 and has blossomed into the nation's leading voice on mental health. Today, we are an alliance of more than 600 local Affiliates and 49 State Organizations who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.

gathered around a kitchen table

NAMI State Organizations and NAMI Affiliates across the country

NAMI HelpLine transitions to

NAMI HelpLine is available M-F 10 am - 10 pm, ET. Connect by phone 800-950-6264 or text "Helpline" to 62640, or chat.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Home | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Our Mission: Supporting Homeless Families and their Children as they Build a Better Future.
Our Vision: 100% of the Families We Work With Become Stable.

"My current situation wouldn't be possible if not for the support we received from Alpha House. Over the last two years, I was able to maintain employment, repair my credit score, obtain a valid driver's license, purchase a car, and pay off a lot of my debt. I appreciate everything and know that I will work hard to pay it forward"

​

-Former Alpha House Family

We provide temporary shelter, food, and support services in a caring atmosphere of dignity and safety. More than providing just a bed and a roof for families, our goal is to support the families in securing and maintaining their own home

Thanks to the generosity of our donors and volunteers, in 2019

38 FAMILIES
WERE SHELTERED, FED,

AND SUPPORTED AT ALPHA HOUSE

50 FAMILIES
WERE SERVED AND SUPPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY

68 FAMILIES
ARE HOME AGAIN

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Our Mission: Supporting Homeless Families and their Children as they Build a Better Future. Our Vision: 100% of the Families We Work With Become Stable. "My current situation wouldn't be possible if not for the support we received from Alpha House.

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/10-million-awarded-for-bay-conservation-work/article_7c9393de-2c31-11ec-8ecd-cba5e61dc544.html

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Efforts that will plant forest buffers along streams, remove barriers to fish migration, engage underserved communities and accelerate nutrient reduction efforts in the Chesapeake Bay region were among 49 projects that received more than $10 million in grants on Tuesday.

The projects were part of this year's Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program, an initiative funded largely by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help nonprofits, local governments and others working at the local level to implement projects that improve habitat and reduce pollution.

This year's awards will be matched with $12 million from grant recipients, bringing the total value of the work to more than $22 million. Altogether, the efforts will help place conservation practices on more than 45,000 acres and restore more than 45 miles of streamside forest habitat.

"It is a priority for EPA to support local actions that move us closer to our restoration goals," said Diana Esher, acting administrator for the EPA's mid-Atlantic region. "We applaud the grantees for their commitment to cleaner water and healthier watersheds."

Funded projects span the watershed from promoting living shorelines on Monroe Bay in Virginia to replacing undersized culverts in New York to aid brook trout movement. They also will improve brook trout habitat in West Virginia, plant native grass stream buffers on Maryland's Eastern Shore and restore oysters in Maryland's St. Mary's River.

Other projects will create a native tree nursery in a Baltimore neighborhood and restore floodplains on the Little Conestoga Creek in Pennsylvania.

The program is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit grantmaking organization created by Congress.

"By focusing our resources on projects that provide multiple benefits, NFWF and its partners are demonstrating how watershed restoration projects strengthen the resilience of both communities and wildlife habitats, and how targeted investments can achieve multiple conservation goals," said Jeff Trandahl, the foundation's executive director.

The grants also support the Bay Program's increased emphasis on promoting diversity and environmental justice. Funded projects would support restoration efforts in three historically underrepresented communities on the Choptank River, training owners and employees of small and minority-owned landscape contracting companies to promote green infrastructure projects, and support for a program that promotes watershed restoration projects with Spanish-speaking residents.

Since 1999, the Small Watershed Grants program, which was envisioned by former Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, has provided more than $83 million to 985 projects in the watershed.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
$10 million awarded for Bay conservation work

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Efforts that will plant forest buffers along streams, remove barriers to fish migration, engage underserved communities and accelerate nutrient reduction efforts in the Chesapeake Bay region were among 49 projects that received more than $10 million in grants on Tuesday. The projects were part of this year's Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program, an initiative funded largely by the U.S.

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.bikurcholimdetroit.com/

# data[].attributes.headline
Sophie- Mazon, they support hunger relief programs around the world.

# data[].attributes.subject
Sophie- Mazon, they support hunger relief programs around the world.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Advocacy is the Cornerstone of Our Strategy

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Through advocacy, education and strategic partnerships, we take action to impact the lives of millions of people who struggle with hunger. Learn More

# data[].attributes.body
JJ Watt raising 41.6 Million for the Hurricane Harvey relief in Houston.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt continues to make his mark off the field: His Hurricane Harvey relief efforts have become the largest crowdsourced fundraiser in world history.

Through the J.J. Watt Foundation, Watt has raised $41.6 million to date, and he continues to help the city of Houston every way he can. According to the foundation, more than 600 houses and 420 child-care centers have been restored or rebuilt and 26 million meals have been distributed following the storm.

The NFL star began his efforts one year ago after Harvey devastated parts of Houston and the surrounding area.

This week, the J.J. Watt Foundation released its plans for the next 12 months. They include the rebuilding and restoring of Boys & Girls Clubs, assistance with physical and mental health services and home restoration. Watt, 29, wants to ensure the money is going to charities of quality and is taking time to make the most of the funds raised.

The money raised in the past year went to eight organizations: Hands and Hearts, Americares, Boys & Girls Clubs, Baker Ripley, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, Save the Children and SBP.

Watt said in his statement that he cannot thank people enough for their generosity and that he is committed to rebuilding the affected areas.
2018 NFL PREVIEW:
Can Texans make noise in AFC?

This video comes from an interview with JJ Watt when he first arrived at a Houston donation center to begin dispersing aid. Amazing to think how much he's helped accomplish in a year. pic.twitter.com/YcMRl501Gz
- Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) August 27, 2018

Athletes, celebrities, politicians and people around the world have donated to the cause and continue to praise Watt for his nonstop commitment to giving back to his community. Watt's efforts were recognized at the NFL Honors in February when he was named the 2017 Walter Payton Man of the Year.

Watt began his fundraiser by donating $100,000 of his own money. His original goal was to raise $200,000 total, which has been exceeded more than 2,000 times over. Watt said he looks forward to what more can be accomplished in the next year and anticipates continuing to aid the eight organizations he supports.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
J.J. Watt's Hurricane Harvey relief efforts reach world-record high

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt continues to make his mark off the field: His Hurricane Harvey relief efforts have become the largest crowdsourced fundraiser in world history. Through the J.J. Watt Foundation, Watt has raised $41.6 million to date, and he continues to help the city of Houston every way he can.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
We work in the hardest-to-reach places, where it's toughest to be a child.

When you give to Save the Children, 86% of every dollar goes straight to our mission to provide lifesaving relief to children.

$50 can provide enough food to keep 3 children from going hungry for a month

$150 can wrap 30 warm, cozy blankets around children affected by conflict

$300 can provide 150 face masks to refugee health workers on the front lines

With your support, we can continue our work to keep children in the U.S. and around the world healthy, educated and safe.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children. Our charity has changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S. and around the world.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
The Trevor Project | For Young LGBTQ Lives

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Trevor Project provides 24/7 crisis support services to LGBTQ young people. Text, chat, or call anytime to reach a trained counselor. Free and confidential.

# data[].attributes.body
Tristan Lorincz
The event I chose was Lebron James I promise school in Akron. This school gives great opportunity to underprivileged kids in a bad area of Ohio. The school’s $2 million budget is funded by the district, roughly the same amount per pupil that it spends in other schools. But Mr. James’s foundation has provided about $600,000 in financial support for additional teaching staff to help reduce class sizes, and an additional hour of after-school programming and tutors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/education/lebron-james-school-ohio.html

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It’s Showing Promise. (Published 2019)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores.

# data[].attributes.headline
Clara - Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

# data[].attributes.subject
Clara - Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

# data[].attributes.body
the COEJL broadens the Jewish community’s commitment to the environment

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.provider_name
COALITION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND JEWISH LIFE

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
COEJL partners with the full spectrum of national Jewish organizations to integrate Jewish values of environmental stewardship into Jewish life

COEJL supports synagogues in bringing environmental education and opportunities for environmental action to Jewish families and individuals
​

COEJL activates Jewish institutions, local programs, and individuals to fight for environmental protection efforts and enact change

Participate

COEJL participates in inter-religious and civic coalitions to protect the environment, public health, and our common future

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
COALITION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND JEWISH LIFE

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
COEJL partners with the full spectrum of national Jewish organizations to integrate Jewish values of environmental stewardship into Jewish life COEJL supports synagogues in bringing environmental education and opportunities for environmental action to Jewish families and individuals​ COEJL activates Jewish institutions, local programs, and individuals to fight for environmental protection efforts and enact change COEJL participates in inter-religious and civic coalitions to protect the environment, public health, and our common future

# data[].attributes.body
"Mission Statement

Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world, igniting a lifelong commitment to service. We believe service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing Jewish community and an inspired Jewish life. By 2030, Repair will inspire and catalyze one million acts of service towards repairing the world.

Description

Repair the World Brooklyn has served in Crown Heights and neighboring communities since 2014, and Repair the World Harlem has been serving in Harlem and Upper Manhattan since 2017. Young adults, families, & teens work together with our staff & Fellows to address pressing needs with our service partners. We have been hosting events, showing up for our community, and creating ways for Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world.

Together, we work to make Central Brooklyn, Harlem, and all of NYC a more equitable place. Join us!"

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
How can you support relief efforts in Haiti and Afghanistan?

Learn more about resources to support people in Haiti and Afghanistan.

Active Opportunities

This organization has no active opportunities.

Find volunteer opportunities from thousands of organizations that need your help.

Find Volunteer Opportunities

Organization Information

Mission Statement

Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world, igniting a lifelong commitment to service. We believe service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing Jewish community and an inspired Jewish life. By 2030, Repair will inspire and catalyze one million acts of service towards repairing the world.

Description

Repair the World Brooklyn has served in Crown Heights and neighboring communities since 2014, and Repair the World Harlem has been serving in Harlem and Upper Manhattan since 2017. Young adults, families, & teens work together with our staff & Fellows to address pressing needs with our service partners. We have been hosting events, showing up for our community, and creating ways for Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world.

Together, we work to make Central Brooklyn, Harlem, and all of NYC a more equitable place. Join us!

Report this organization

Donate to VolunteerMatch

We too are a nonprofit, and your
tax-deductible gift helps us connect
good people with good causes.

© 1998-2021 VolunteerMatch. A 501(C)(3) Organization. EIN: 77-0395654. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Repair the World NYC Volunteer Opportunities - VolunteerMatch

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
How can you support relief efforts in Haiti and Afghanistan? Learn more about resources to support people in Haiti and Afghanistan. This organization has no active opportunities. Find volunteer opportunities from thousands of organizations that need your help.

# data[].attributes.headline
Noah Cobb-People of Jewish Faith turn to Tikkun Olam after mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh: https://time.com/5441818/pittsburgh-tikkun-olam-history/

# data[].attributes.subject
Noah Cobb-People of Jewish Faith turn to Tikkun Olam after mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh: https://time.com/5441818/pittsburgh-tikkun-olam-history/

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
The Pittsburgh Attack Inspired Calls For ‘Tikkun Olam.’ What to Know About the Evolution of an Influential Jewish Idea

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
An expert explains how the concept came to be an important part of American Judaism and why it’s a source of controversy today

# data[].attributes.body
This organization helps to improve quality of life conditions worldwide. They aim to vaccinate, prevent malnutrition and child marriage, and keep both boys and girls in school.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
UNICEF's work

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents - and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere.

# data[].attributes.body
This is an organization that has more than 200 food banks and feed around 46 million people. https://www.feedingamerica.org/

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.