One of my colleagues has a sister who is hard of hearing. She has vastly benefitted from The Center for Hearing and Communication. The positive effects of this organization are palpable. From the CHC website: The Center for Hearing and Communication provides hearing health services to people of all …
Giving Back
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Finding Cures. Saving Children. This is all about finding cures for childhood cancer. I am passionate about this cause (and St. Jude's) because I feel that every child should be born with the right to become an adult. From St Jude’s website: St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and …
GrowNYC
I love this organization because it affects many different areas of the community. I love it because it involves the greenmarket… I love it because it educates about recycling… I love it because it adds beauty to so many communities and public spaces in New York. From the GrowNYC website: GrowNYC …
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004). In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Since …
Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength began in the basement of a row house on Capitol Hill in 1984, in response to the ‘84-‘85 famine in Ethiopia. Brother and sister Bill and Debbie Shore started the organization with the belief that everyone has a strength to share in the global fight against hunger …
