Since it was founded, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc has skyrocketed in growth and is now Miami-Dade and Monroe County’s largest provider of civil legal services for the poor. With a continued focus on helping the disadvantaged, it has received statewide and nationwide attention and is regarded as a model legal services program. Its unique service is provided in multiple languages across several offices found in Miami and the southern area of the county. In addition to legal representation and advice, there is also a strong focus on systemic issues, self-help clinics, and client empowerment.

Through community collaboration and partner advocacy, Legal Services of Greater Miami is steadfastly committed to equal justice. It aims to alleviate the hardships associated with poverty. This advocacy is reinforced with consist outreach, integrity, and solutions geared towards surpassing a client’s needs.

Legal Services of Greater Miami has maintained a practically impeccable track record of helping well over 10,000 individuals and families. Through it efforts, more than $3 million in disability, unemployment, and additional benefits has been recovered.

For additional information on Legal Services of Greater Miami or if you’re interested in donating visit http://legalservicesmiami.org/.

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A nonprofit, the Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) is comprised of volunteers in various parts of the world that have chosen to focus on the social welfare of Israeli society and its multiple sectors. The organization also strives to advance the status of women as well as promote Jewish education in Israel. WIZO is currently the largest provider of social welfare services.

WIZO began in 1920 in Great Britain and it would go on to receive recognition in 1959 by the United Nations as a non-governmental organization. It was the first Zionist organization to receive consultative status at the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (known today as UNICEF) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

WIZO’s American branch was launched in the 1980s as a way to strengthen ties and provide funding to various projects based in Israel. The organization has since managed over 700 social welfare programs including homes for girls in distress, child care centers, shelters for battered women, and services for the elderly. WIZO was awarded the Israel Prize for its contributions to society and its many achievements.

For additional information on the Women’s International Zionist Organization, visit http://www.wizo.org/.

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In 1965, Irwin M. Rosenthal and Shelby Modell launched the non-profit called Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). Comprised entirely of volunteers it continues its perseverance towards finding a cure for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis while finding ways to improve the lives of children and adults living their life with digestive diseases. Today, the CCFA has over 40,000 members and more than twenty chapters across the country.

The CCFA’s fundraising efforts are used to fuel studies focused on further understanding the causes and a potential cure for Crohn’s disease and colitis. These funds are often turned into donations to medical institutions or investigators that are looking to build a solid resume early in their careers. The CCFA also finances underdeveloped areas of research. Today, more than $150 million in funding has been raised thanks to the efforts of the CCFA.

When it isn’t focused on its funding goals, the CCFA also seeks to offer patient support services and literature in all of its chapters. Pamphlets, books, awareness campaigns, and chapter events to further understanding are all part of the process. Advocacy is also a major component of the CCFA as some of its volunteers also happen to be patients.

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We’re about to shed a little light on one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the country: Fisher Island. This upscale island shares its name with the Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund which has set its sights on working with children that are grappling with developmental disabilities. At the same time, it also maintains a strong focus on rehabilitating juvenile offenders. The organization is a non-profit and its members are the people who call Fisher Island their home as well as individuals wishing to provide funds for charities that focus on children in need.

The Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund serves a number of organizations, including well-known names like the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami, the United Way of Miami-Dade, Kesher Day School, the Barnyard in Coconut Grove, and Project Thrive. Project Thrive is an early intervention program for infants and toddlers that are also developmentally disabled.

To learn more about the Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund or to see its event schedule, visit http://fisherislandphilanthropic.org/.

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Since it was founded in 1901, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has continued its efforts for more than ninety years and counting. It has grown by leaps and bounds from its small beginnings into an environmental forerunner with a reputation that reaches practically all around the world, responsible for planting over 150 million trees. The JNF has also been instrumental in creating over 100 dams and reservoirs, developing numerous acres of land, and it has also played a part in the creation of more than 900 beautiful parks. When it’s not busy working on its environmental efforts, the JNF also dedicates resources to ensuring children and young adults of Israeli descent remember their rich heritage.

Former journalist Theodor Herz is the man behind the JNF. Looking to establish a national fund to buy land for a Jewish State in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, Herz’s fund grew rapidly, increasing its reach to more than five million Jewish people across a multitude of countries by the 1920s. In 2001 the JNF celebrated its 100^th birthday and it is unwavering in its mission to better the future of Israel.

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Miami’s strong Catholic community is responsible for the historic Gesù Church, a church that has the distinction of being the oldest in the entire city. When it originally opened in the late 1800s, its building materials largely consisted of wood and the land it was built upon was a donation. The person behind the benevolent act of kindness was none other than American industrialist Henry Flagler, also known as the father of Miami and Palm Beach. It took several years before the Gesù Church’s finally reinforced its construction with concrete and steel in the 1900s.

To this day, the Gesù Church continues to hold onto its status as the religious voice for the region’s colorful Catholic community. Besides its operation as a church, the Sisters of St. Joseph once ran the Gesù School which opened in 1905 and went by the name of The Academy of the Sisters of St. Joseph St. Catherine’s Convent. The school stuck around for a number of years until its demolishing in 1984.

For more than a decade now, the Jesuits of Antilles continues to staff the Gesù Church parish. As the oldest church in South Florida, Gesù encourages people from all walks of life to explore the landmark that has served the community for more than a century.

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Anyone with some degree of familiarity with McDonald’s has probably heard of Ronald McDonald House Charities. An NPO launched back in the 1970s, it continues to diligently create, find, and support programs intended to improve children’s health and well-being. The organization has a network around the world of Chapters in a multitude of countries belonging to three distinct programs called Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, Ronald McDonald House, and Ronald McDonald Family Room.

Today, over 270 Ronald McDonald Houses have been set up in various parts of the world. Each and every house provides a safe place for families and their hospitalized children that are dealing with treatment. Each house can be accessed by families situated within a certain distance from the hospital where a child is receiving treatment.

The praise and acclaim received by Ronald McDonald House Charities is practically ongoing. It has been named one of “America’s 100 Best Charities” two different times by Worth magazine. For additional information or if you would like to donate, please visit https://www.rmhc.org.
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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is perhaps best known by its acronym ASPCA. It is a non-profit organization that has tirelessly focused its attention on preventing animal cruelty for more than 100 years and relentlessly pursues its mission “to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States”. The ASPCA has been focused on this mission since the 1800s.

In 1824, Henry Bergh formed the ASPCA shortly after the creation of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in the United Kingdom. It is still the oldest animal welfare organization in the country and it has the distinction of being the first humane organization to emerge in the Western Hemisphere. Because of Bergh’s vision, the first anti-cruelty law was passed on April 19, 1866.

Seeking to improve the welfare and health of animals when it launched, the ASPCA opened its first animal hospitals in the early 1900s. Since then, the ASPCA has played a hand in multiple breakthroughs in technology and medicine. These breakthroughs include anesthesia for animals and open-heart surgery in 1918 and 1961, respectively. In addition to its hospitals and steadfast anti-cruelty efforts, the ASPCA also offers pets and parents services as well as programs for animals considered to be at risk.

For more information on the ASPCA or to donate, please visit https://www.aspca.org/.

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Since 2003, the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) has provided complimentary services and programs to veterans dealing with injuries as well as the families of those affected. The foundation focuses heavily on ensuring a veteran’s financial, mental, and physical well-being and it also aims to raise awareness. The public is strongly encouraged to help with addressing the needs of injured service members.

WWP spearheads a number of services including outreach and engagement, mental health support, and wellness. It also assists with helping veterans find employment and work on their education. Recent statistics on the WWP website show a strong satisfaction rate thanks to the many programs and services offered by the WWP. These services are available to veterans and service members that have incurred physical or mental injury, a wound, or an illness during their military service on or after the events of 9/11.

With the ongoing support of the public and donations, the WWP has helped over 100,000 warriors and their families and it has also raised more than $160 million in benefits. Should you wish to contribute, you can learn additional information on ways to donate or how to launch a fundraiser by visiting the Wounded Warrior Project website at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/.

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The Make-A-Wish Foundation is among the most well-known in the country. It is a non-profit known for granting “wishes” to children dealing with medical conditions that are terminal or life threatening. These wishes are granted to children between the ages of three and seventeen.

Make-A-Wish Foundation came about in 1980 as a result of seven-year-old Christopher James Greicius. Greicius was battling leukemia and ha aspirations of one being a police officer. Thanks to the kindness of officers at the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Greicius has the opportunity to spend a day realizing his dream of being a police officer. In fact, he became Arizona’s first honorary Public Safety patrolman. Greicius passed away shortly after having his wish fulfilled, but it served as a catalyst in the creation of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Numerous celebrities have worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Professional wrestler John Cena maintains the record for granting the largest amount of wishes, having fulfilled more than 500 wishes. Following far behind with more than 250 wishes fulfilled in singer and songwriter Justin Bieber.

For more information on the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit http://wish.org/.

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