Millard Dean Fuller is the person responsible for Habitat for Humanity. Fuller wanted to find ways to assist his less fortunate neighbors and would go on to launch Koinonia Partners in 1968. The organization centered its efforts on Partnership Housing. Utilizing a “Fund for Humanity”, the donations received were used for purchasing building materials so that volunteers could get together to build a home for a family. The families would then be given time to pay back the material costs without having to worry about interest.

Before he passed away in 2009 at the age of 74, Millard Fuller has already received countless awards and honorary degrees. In 1996, former President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

For additional information on Habitat for Humanity, volunteer opportunities, or if you wish to donate visit http://www.habitat.org.

This foundation featured on The Jills Giving is one of the many unique foundations supported by The Jills team which includes Jill Eber, Jill Hertzberg, Hillary Hertzberg, Danny Hertzberg, and Felise Eber. The Jills team strongly believes in giving back and we encourage you to visit The Jills Giving website to learn more about the various foundations we support as well as a little bit about the team.

Since the 1980s, the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center (HDEC) has operated as a non-profit organization aiming to present and preserve a historically accurate record of the Holocaust. The organization has achieved this goal for over a decade thanks to eyewitness accounts from individuals who lived through the Holocaust, survived it , as well as those that took on roles of rescuers and liberators. The HDEC also focuses its efforts on teaching people from all walks of life the Holocaust’s universal lessons via programming and exhibitions, concentrating on the always important issues of prejudice, racism, stereotyping, and bullying.

One of the HDEC’s major achievements is its role in mandating that all public schools in the state of Florida implement Holocaust education after former Governor Lawton Chiles signed the Florida Statute 1003.42.

The HDEC is in the middle of opening the South Florida Holocaust Museum with plans of including the names and faces of victims in addition to a fully restored rail car and a US Army M3A4 Sherman tank. Future visitors will be able to browse photographs, documents, and other items that are Holocaust related. The HDEC’s research and reference library has more than 5,000 books, DVDs, journals, and videos dealing with the Holocaust.

For more information about The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, visit http://hdec.org or call 954-929-5690.

This foundation featured on The Jills Giving is one of the many unique foundations supported by The Jills team which includes Jill Eber, Jill Hertzberg, Hillary Hertzberg, Danny Hertzberg, and Felise Eber.  The Jills team strongly believes in giving back and we encourage you to visit The Jills Giving website to learn more about the various foundations we support as well as a little bit about the team.