http://www.bringlight.com/feeds/all Projects at Bring Light Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:54:16 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/289 Charity: NOT-ME! Inc.. Categories: Education . Empower 10,000 high school girls with knowledge on how to use Physical Assertiveness to stay safe. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:03:13 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/288 Charity: NOT-ME! Inc.. Categories: Education . Provide free bookmarks that define and detail the 5D's of Self-Defense to college women. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:51:05 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/287 Charity: Just Cruzin' Life Foundation 501C. Categories: Children and Youth . We are currently trying to raise money for the Mourning Star Childrens Center. The Mourning Star Center provides loving support in a safe place where grieving children can share their experience as they move through their healing process. The Mourning Star Center extends supportive services to the family, caregivers, schools, and the community. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:26:21 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/286 Charity: Books to Prisoners. Categories: Civil Rights Education Human Rights Social Services . Books to Prisoners has a DOUBLE MATCHING GRANT for any funds raised towards our biggest expense, postage. Between now and March 31, our goal is to raise $12,500, which will be matched by $25,000 from a local foundation. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:42:22 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/285 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Juliette and her two siblings were confiscated after living in conditions of extreme neglect at the hands of an animal hoarder. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:11:28 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/284 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community Education Environment . Neurological issues? Not an issue for sweet Pony! You can help us get him the help he needs! Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:52:57 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/283 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community . Sponsor an animals' adoption fee - help people adopt an animal when the economy makes everything just a little tight, and everyone just needs a little more love in their lives. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:37:35 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/282 Charity: Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . MAGIC (Musicians Activating Growth In Classrooms): Individual musicians from the Alabama Symphony Orchestra will partner with a classroom teacher to bring music back into their classrooms - complete with hands-on lesson plans and music-making activities for their students. The program will culminate with a free field trip for students and their teachers to an ASO Education Concert. Teachers and musicians involved will participate in professional development with the ASO Education Department. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:39:23 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/281 Charity: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . We need you to help support the 2009 through 2012 Gift Of Giving Toy Drive. The Gift Of Giving New Toys For Needy Children is a seasonal project implemented to provide needy children in the state of Michigan with new toys to be placed under their Christmas tree during the holidays. The Gift Of Giving Toy Drive collects new toys annually and helps support The Gift Of Giving New Toys For Needy Children Program. The program mission is to give underprivileged and underserved children the opportunity to receive new toys on Christmas Day, since 93% of household in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan lives at or below the poverty-rate. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/280 Charity: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . During the four consecutives the 2009 through 2010 Gift Of Giving Food Drive will collect over 100,000 pounds of food to launch our campaign to help support Gift Of Giving Feed The Hungry Program project, and We look forward to the possibility of your partnership in our cooperative efforts to help us collect over 100,000 pounds of food to support the one million needy individuals in Michigan that will seek food assistance. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:57:31 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/279 Charity: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . 2009 Through 2012 Gift Of Giving Mother In Need Campaign is a four year campaign. Our organization will launch this campaign, and during this four year campaign, our organization will collect in-kind donation of gift certificates, gift cards and/or baby products such as pampers, iron-fortified infant formula, infant cereal and other baby accessories, toys and equipment to help support 2009 through 2012 Gift Of Giving Mother In Need Campaign. The campaign will serve low-income pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, and infants and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/278 Charity: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . 009 through 2012 New Clothes & New Shoe Drive collects lingerie, stockings, socks, panties, boxers, bras, bustiers, corsets, sleepwear, daywear, shorts, pants, shirts, blouses, skirts, scarf’s, suits, dresses, jeans, sweaters, coats, hats, gloves, jackets, ear muffs, athletic shoes, dress shoes and boots to help support this four year campaign. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/277 Charity: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . The campaign is collecting new coats and new boots to help clothe over 10,000 needy children, women, men residing in distressed communities throughout metropolitan Detroit, Michigan and other Wayne counties for the next four consecutives years of the campaign. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:48:21 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/276 Charity: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . The program also serves other Wayne counties, Toledo, OH and Lucas county. Underprivileged youths residing in low-income families, single parent homes, foster parents homes and the homeless shelter sector. These youths are often financially deprived and often at times becomes sadden, and depressed because they do not have many of the basic necessities that other children may have such as a new coat, new shoes, new toys, a hot meal and no entertainment activities in their lives due to underprivileged lifestyles. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:46:06 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/275 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Cookie needs surgery ASAP for a severe hernia which is quoted at at least $1000! Spending so much on one dog means that we may not be able to accept other animals in extreme need of rescue. PLEASE help us so that no one gets turned away! Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:46:01 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/274 Charity: The Safe Haven Project Inc.. Categories: Children and Youth Education Health Human Rights Social Services . Each year for sixteen years The Safe Haven Project has created an annual camp experience for kids living with HIV and AIDS. This camp happens on beautiful Martha's Vineyard and invited 40 kids from across the US to spend a week of peace, openness, and friendship. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:59:17 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/271 Charity: Hollywood HEART. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community . Help us bring the two halves of our organization--those we serve and those who make that service possible--together for an evening of hope, happiness, and HEART. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:09:31 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/270 Charity: Silicon Valley Education Foundation. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education . Help fund mini-grants that help teachers innovate in the classroom Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:03:44 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/269 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals Community . Happy Endings and New Beginnings...for the Holidays Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:28:11 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/268 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . This unique fund enables the SPCA to provide extensive veterinary care for sick, injured, abused or neglected animals who would otherwise have to be euthanized. The fund covers the cost of the surgeries, medication and other treatments that an animal may need before they are to be made available for adoption. By giving animals a second chance, this special fund directly saves lives. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/267 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals Community Health Social Services . Pets can enrich our lives by making us happier and healthier. For older adults, having a companion animal can be especially helpful in coping with the challenges that we must face as we grow older. Senior citizens are often living on restricted retirement incomes and can face financial obstacles in caring for a companion animal. Blackie’s Senior Friends provides financial assistance to senior citizens to help them care for their pets and also assists with adoption fees for senior citizens adopting senior animals. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:40:45 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/266 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community . Help these animals find home sooner and get out of the shelter faster. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:30:54 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/265 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community . Help us buy 20 kitten playpens. Each one helps us save a life! Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:21:13 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/264 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community . Johnie's got a lot of challenges, but underneath he's a sweetheart in search of a new home. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:12:53 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/263 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community . Angel has had a tough life. Help her receive the medical care she desperately needs and a second chance at a happy life. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:05:10 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/262 Charity: Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. Categories: Health . Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM) is a primary medical provider in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara County) of walk-in “fast track” childhood immunizations. This is a vital service to children without health insurance. These vaccines need to be kept in a temperature controlled environment for safe usage and to maintain their effectiveness. PPMM stores thousands of dollars worth of vaccines, so proper storage is essential. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:14:11 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/261 Charity: (School of Life) SOL International Foundation. Categories: Community Education . In the beautiful island of Roatán, Honduras, the Education Commission estimates that 75% of the children in the island did not attend school. These un-enrolled children account for a significant percent and represent a major concern as they may be prone to illiteracy, child labor and abuse decreasing their opportunities to integrate into society. Many children do not have the access to basic school supplies, uniforms and books. To respond to this urgent need, the School of Life (SOL) International Foundation is providing assistance in academic scholarships, school supplies and is initiating a program to provide bilingual books. SOL assists students in reading, writing, math, and the sciences. Through your donation, you will help our goal to provide a child with a fundamental right! To have access to education! Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:58:33 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/260 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Tiny Granny is a ten year old Maltese who is BADLY in need of a dentist. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:46:47 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/259 Charity: VMC Foundation. Categories: Health . Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a literacy program that unites two of children’s greatest needs into one fluid service: healthcare and literacy instruction. ROR’s mission is to make literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric health care. At every well-child check-up for over 26,000 kids each year, pediatric providers in Santa Clara County give each young child a new, developmentally appropriate book to take home and read with parents. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:05:51 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/258 Charity: VMC Foundation. Categories: Health . Partner with the VMC Foundation to provide disabled adults and injured children access to the best and most appropriate technology to aid their recovery, promote family contact and provide online access to health information in their native language. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:44:19 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/257 Charity: VMC Foundation. Categories: Health . After open heart surgery, the body needs a lot of help recovering. For patients with fluid in their lungs, being able to safely cough is critical to their recovery. These specially designed heart pillows allow patients to hug a comfortable yet firm surface while coughing, protecting their wound and helping them to take deep breaths without pain. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:25:23 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/256 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community Environment . HSSV’s Regional Rescue team visits local shelters every week to help animals who may not otherwise have had a second chance. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:20:16 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/255 Charity: Radland Robotics, Inc.. Categories: Children and Youth Education . We received a donation of a CNC milling machine, but it soon stopped working. It needs a new spindle controller. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:27:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/254 Charity: Shiloh Ranch Ministries. Categories: Animals Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community Education . To construct a living quarters and learning center for our projected summer program. we wish to build a 18,000 square foot building to house and teach the children who grow up on our Native American indian reservations. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:56:56 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/253 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Tigger was badly injured and due to economic difficulties, his family can't afford the medical attention that this cat desperately needs. Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:14:55 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/252 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Charlie is a 6 year old Chihuahua who had reached the end of the line at another shelter. Abandoned and terrified, this tiny little guy was left for dead. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:49:16 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/251 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . With Adopt Me vests, everyone will know that our shelter dogs are looking for a great home. These lightweight, comfortable, durable vests are perfect for the dogs to wear at events or on their walks. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:06:41 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/250 Charity: Southern Cross Humanitarian. Categories: Children and Youth Health Human Rights International . Southern Cross Humanitarian has teamed with the community of Cajamarca, Peru to create a new shelter to provide a home for children now on the street. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:55:54 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/249 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Button, a homeless one year old poodle mix, has a foxtail in her ear! Foxtails are barbed pods from the wild barley plant which work in, but don't work out. If not removed, they can cause horrible infections and can even be fatal. Please help us help her! Any little bit counts and will make a huge difference in allowing us to continue to rescue needy animals such as Button. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:05:42 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/248 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Walter has spent his entire life in a cage enduring experimentation. His vocal chords were severed so that he could not make noise. Although he went through a horribly inhumane beginning, Walter is trusting, loyal and ready to become a loving member of somebody’s family. Can you help give Walter his second chance at life? Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:49:23 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/247 Charity: Positive Coaching Alliance. Categories: Children and Youth Education Health . The PCA Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship recognizes student-athletes who make a positive impact on three levels: making themselves better, making their teammates better, and making their sport better. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:08:24 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/246 Charity: Friends of Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority. Categories: Animals . Fund to assist families with the cost of spay & neuter. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:34:36 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/244 Charity: Children's Welfare International-CWI. Categories: Children and Youth Human Rights International Social Services . Putting children back in the classroom in Liberia Thu, 21 May 2009 17:14:20 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/242 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Since the release of the Chihuahua movie, we've seen a huge influx of these little dogs surrendered to shelters. Many of the puppies we've rescued from public shelters have been surrendered, likely by back yard breeders, due to hernias. Rather than fix the hernia surgically, these little babies get dumped at the shelter when they are typically too young to make it on their own! Tue, 12 May 2009 15:08:11 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/241 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Magnus was badly injured when he was attacked by a large dog. The dog latched onto his neck and shook him, causing deep puncture wounds that needed stitches. He was both physically and emotionally scarred. Can you help us with his vet care and rehabilitation so that he can be adopted? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:46:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/240 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals Community Education . Kitten season is the time of year when cats give birth, flooding animal shelters across the nation with homeless litters. We need your help to save as many as we possibly can! Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:02:59 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/239 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . These two Dachshund puppies were abandoned at the shelter, two more victims of irresponsible breeding. Can you help us get them ready for adoption?? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:07:08 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/238 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . These two Dachshund puppies were abandoned at the shelter, two more victims of irresponsible breeding. Can you help us get them ready for adoption?? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:06:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/237 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Eight week old Suki and her siblings were abandoned at an overcrowded shelter before being rescued by the Santa Cruz SPCA. We need help paying for Suki's spay surgery, vaccines and day to day care as she waits to be adopted. Can you help Suki?? Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:44:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/236 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Give a dog a second chance at life! Second Chance Pups are dogs which, before being rescued by the Santa Cruz SPCA, were going to be euthanized in public shelters due to overcrowding. Help us continue to help them by making a donation today! Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:03:59 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/235 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Red Rover was going to be euthanized for lack of shelter space before the Santa Cruz SPCA rescued him. We've given Rover a second chance at life - now all we need is help with his care as he awaits his forever home! Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:41:55 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/234 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Every little bit donated for Galinda's vet care will make a huge difference! The two year old Chihuahua mix was rescued by the Santa Cruz SPCA after she was found tied up in a backyard suffering from multiple injuries. She had been chained there for so long that her collar was embedded into her skin and had to be surgically removed. While she was chained, she had been attacked by another dog. Unable to run away, little Galinda was completely helpless. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:15:37 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/233 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals Community Social Services . Ensuring that our community's companion animals never go hungry is one of the most basic, and most critical, aspects of animal welfare. Heather’s Pet Food Bank regularly distributes over 7,000 pounds of food a month to economically challenged and senior pet owners. With the economy in a recession, this special program is helping many families cope with enormously difficult times. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:18:30 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/232 Charity: Shiloh Ranch Ministries. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community Social Services . Our goal is to double the size of our riding arena so more youth and their families can use the arena at one time. We will go from safely fitting 4 horse and riders to 8. Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:27:27 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/231 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community Health . Binky is just one of many sweet but obese cats whose life has been saved by prescriptions foods and care from HSSV. Binky’s story: Binky, a ten-year-old whie, male cat came into our shelter weighing a whopping 23lbs 8½ oz. He was so obese that it was very difficult for our vets to be able to palpate his internal organs to make sure they were of normal size or to detect any other abnormalities in the abdomen. Binky also had lameness of the front legs attributed to the stress placed on them from his excessive weight. Binky’s eyes were squinty and crusted with discharge making it almost impossible to see that he has beautiful blue eyes. We found this was because his eyelashes were rubbing on his corneas due to the fat on his face, causing his eyelids to roll inward. Our vets felt that with proper weight loss, Binky’s illnesses might correct themselves. Since being at the shelter, Binky has been on a special diet of w/d canned food and r/d dry food in strict amounts. With this diet and some exercise now that he is feeling better, Binky has been able to slowly lose more than 13% of his body weight . We hope you’ll help us raise the necessary funds to supplement our usual budget for this special food that helps us save so many precious lives! Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:05:55 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/230 Charity: Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community Education Social Services . This project will provide supplies needed for a reading program that uses miniature horses inside classrooms and libraries to work with at risk or stuggling readers. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:46:18 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/229 Charity: Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Social Services . We are raising funds to support the cost of bringing Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses to the Ronald McDonald House for one year. These tiny horses bring love and encouragement where it is needed most. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:25:07 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/228 Charity: Junior League of Peoria. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . The Peoria PlayHouse project is built on a solid partnership between the Junior League of Peoria, the Peoria Zoological Society and the Peoria Park District. As part of the larger plan to revitalize the campus at Glen Oak Park spurred by the expansion of the Peoria Zoo and Botanical Gardens, the children’s museum will be situated at the newly designed entrance to the zoo at the Glen Oak Pavilion. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/226 Charity: Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society. Categories: Animals . On June 9, the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society is participating in a spay/neuter event in Dorchester(Boston), MA. We need to raise $5000 in order to offer free spay/neuter for cats. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:35:45 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/225 Charity: The Briarwood Group. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Human Rights International Social Services . The Briarwood Group is seeking stakeholders like you who will give a hand up in starting a fully equipped English School for Internationals. Our first step goal is to reach only 90 internationals - our cost is $9,300 to start a school. We are choosing first the Colorado Springs area. Why? Colorado Springs has over 50,000 households which do not have English as their primary language spoken in their home. It also doesn't have a school focused on their needs as adults to develop a business level English. Once our hand up goal is reached we can advertize, make it affordable ($4.75 per hour - 100 hours of learning in 12 weeks) and expand to reach more people. With this simple approach we can provide eight part time teachers and be able to invest back into the school for more students and material to give them a stronger hand up. From Colorado Springs we will be going to Pueblo, the up to the great Denver region, Southern California (Santa Ana, Fullerton, and Tustin) and to other cities we are invited to. We know from our proto-type successes it takes a six week time-line to establish an ESI for a city once we have the key support personnel in place. Won’t you give a hand up with us to internationals – our start up cost is $9,300.00 to give 90 internationals the affordable professionally taught opportunity to really know English as a business language. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:44:16 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/224 Charity: Rivers of the World (ROW). Categories: International . Congolese ladies, all rape victims or who's family sold them into prostitution, are enrolled in a 12 month program learning language, math, and sewing. This helps them become self-sustaining. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:05:42 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/222 Charity: Hope for Ugandan Students. Categories: Children and Youth Education Health International . Join our pioneering effort to bring education to children with physical and mental disabilities in a region where special education is unheard of. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:18:57 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/221 Charity: thesecondopinion. Categories: Education Health Social Services . Provide free multidisciplinary second opinions to adults in California diagnosed with new or recurring cancer. Specific program objectives for FY 09 are: • To provide the format for 33 Review Panels providing opinions on 20 different types of cancer • To have 185 volunteer physicians seated on Review Panels providing opinions to 94 cancer patients • To educate 200 family members about the diagnoses affecting their family member • To provide information to 400 individuals from vulnerable populations Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:12:58 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/220 Charity: Performance Equine Rescue Network (P.E.R.N.). Categories: Animals . Please help us provide food and basic veterinary care for little Lucy, one of our feedlot rescues. Lucy was destined for slaughter, but she is now safe and needs your help! Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:16:36 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/219 Charity: Redwood City Education Foundation. Categories: Arts and Culture Education . Music education for 2nd through 4th graders in the Redwood City School District. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:15:45 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/218 Charity: Redwood City Education Foundation. Categories: Children and Youth Education Environment . A week-long science program for 5th graders in the Redwood City School District. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:13:34 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/217 Charity: Redwood City Education Foundation. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Science, math, arts, and technology grants for Redwood City schools. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:09:50 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/216 Charity: One World Youth Project. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education International . CONNECTING YOUTH GLOBALLY FOR LOCAL ACTION! One World Youth Project is a unique educational program pairing schools & youth groups around the world for the purpose of cultural exchange and collaborative community service toward the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals. Our vision is that every child has the opportunity to discover and exercise personal agency to improve their local community while collaborating with youth globally to foster empathy. Our philosophy is that through participating in cultural exchange, youth are inspired to take positive action. www.oneworldyouthproject.org Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:09:47 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/215 Charity: Redwood City Ice Theatre. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . Redwood City Ice Theatre is a non-profit, competitive youth ice skating team with 19 members ranging in age from 8-17 years old. The team recently qualified for the 2009 State Games of America in Colorado Springs, CO. It is an honor to have qualified, however the team will need to achieve its fundraising goals if it hopes to attend this competition. With your assistance, the team can reach its goal and provide its youth participants with an important and educational experience. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:26:45 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/213 Charity: Chatsworth First United Methodist Church. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . We collect clothes, shoes and personal care items for children and distribute them in partnership with local schools Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:18 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/212 Charity: Chatsworth First United Methodist Church. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . Provide a "sack" of food for the weekend to children living in poverty Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:29:26 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/211 Charity: Lindsay Wildlife Museum. Categories: Animals Environment . A month of nourishment for injured wildlife. Lindsay Wildlife Museum’s wildlife hospital is one of the oldest and largest wildlife rehabilitation centers in the country. As of mid-November, we had received 5,276 animals in 2008. We provide all veterinarian and rehabilitation services for free with the goal of releasing animals back into the wild. We also house more than 50 species of injured wild animals that cannot be released. We provide nearly a million dollars worth of free medical and rehabilitation services annually and are a model for other wildlife rehabilitation centers around the world. The cost of specialized food for our patients and "animal ambassadors" is more than $2,000 per month. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:48:16 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/209 Charity: Los Cimientos Alliance. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Health Human Rights International Social Services . Our goal is to raise $1000 to provide K’aslem Work-Study stipends for 2 months. These stipends, averaging $100 a month per K’aslem Promoter, provide urgently needed income to the recipients, making it possible for them to buy their own food, clothing, medicines, and even to be able to pay their own children’s school tuitions. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:36:33 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/208 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community Education Health Human Rights Social Services . “Everyone deserves to be treated with respect.” That was how one student responded to the question about what he learned after the conclusion of last year’s Caring Communities program. That simple thought says it all. Learning to connect with a living being creates a ripple effect through out that individual’s life impacting parents, siblings, other relatives and friends. 95% of the students from Spring 08 said that the Caring Communities program changed the way they thought about pets. Caring Communities is the Humane Society Silicon Valley’s on-going outreach program to elementary age school children. It costs $500 in supplies for each 8 week program. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:49:27 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/207 Charity: Foundation of Family Values. Categories: Community Education Health Social Services . Providing parents with resources and tools to effectively parent their children is one of the main focuses of the Foundation of Family Values located in Campbell. We would like to offer parents the opportunity to consciously be aware of interactions & behaviors with their children with the intention of promoting healthy patterns and providing potential solutions to eliminate the negative ones. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:17:26 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/206 Charity: Developing Indigenous Resources. Categories: Community Education Environment Health International . Help families in an Indian slum keep their children healthier. Preventable illnesses took a heavy toll on the poor and uneducated residents of Janta Colony, a slum of Chandigarh, India. With the help of Community Health Promoters trained by DIR, local people are developing the knowledge and skills to improve their own conditions. By learning to prepare nutritious foods, getting their children vaccinated, cleaning up trash dumps, and obtaining health and sanitation services, Janta families and DIR have cut the childhood death rate nearly in half. $3800 will enable DIR to train one Health Promoter to work with 200 families for one year. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:22:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/205 Charity: CASA of the Tennessee Heartland. Categories: Children and Youth Community Human Rights Social Services . Every fall CASA of the Tennessee Heartland has a "no-go gala" - this year we are encouraging everyone to stay at home with their families and have a pajama party! Donate to CASA the money you would have used to go out. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:33:07 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/204 Charity: Lambda Legal. Categories: Civil Rights . After 21 years Mark and John are finally able to get legally married. Help support the people that made it happen - Lambda Legal. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:54:56 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/203 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Cat play rooms reduce kennel stress and encourage exercise for happier, healthier, more adoptable cats! Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:10:25 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/202 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals . Disaster relief for animals severely injured and displaced in recent slew of fires. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:59:34 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/201 Charity: Santa Cruz SPCA. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community Education Environment . SPCA Humane Education programs teach compassion for all animals to children and the community at large. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:34:14 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/200 Charity: Kiwanis Family House. Categories: Children and Youth Health Autism . Provides a subsidy to families who cannot afford to pay the $40 per night rent fee. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:51:51 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/198 Charity: Building for Generations. Categories: Children and Youth Community Health International Social Services Autism . Building for Generations goal is to build a physical therapy center and multipurpose room for the community of Chincha Baja, Peru. This facility will serve approximately 139 people with special needs. Chincha Baja is a rural area that was deeply affected by the August 2007 earthquake. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:54:57 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/197 Charity: Acterra. Categories: Children and Youth Education Environment Green Neighbors . Our volunteers are planting native plants and removing invasive weeds in the San Francisquito Creek watershed to improve habitat and promote creek health. San Francisquito Creek forms the border between Menlo Park and Palo Alto, CA. The watershed encompasses the towns of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Woodside. We're looking to expand our efforts, and we need a cargo van to haul plants, mulch and tools to our restoration sites. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:35:11 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/196 Charity: Guardian Angel Pet Rescue. Categories: Animals . "America" requires surgery to repair a dislocated hip caused by a hit and run accident. Surgery expenses are $600. Thanks for your support! Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:11:53 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/195 Charity: Guardian Angel Pet Rescue. Categories: Animals . Surgery is mandatory to repair Baber's huge debilitating hernia to allow her to live like a normal young puppy. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:58:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/194 Charity: American Friends of ALYN Hospital. Categories: Children and Youth Health . Just $1800 will provide one month of treatment for one child in the rehabilitation unit at ALYN Hospital. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:50:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/193 Charity: St. Francis School. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Human Rights . I am the principal of St. Francis School, an inner-city, Catholic school in Cleveland, Ohio. This school has been under the direction of the Sisters of Notre Dame and has been operating in Cleveland for over 100 years. We are a K-8 school with over 200 children. We provide quality education to low-income, urban children. The student body is 97% African-American and 3% Hispanic. Many of the children who live around our school want to come here but their parents can't afford the tuition. 86% of our families live well below the poverty level. I have started a Sponsor Program aimed at giving these children the opportunity to receive a quality education. Most of the children begin here in Kindergarten at five years old. We give them a firm foundation in the basic skills of reading, math and English. We also offer a state-of-the-art technology program, an arts program and a sports program. A good education will make it possible for these children to move on to high school and attend college. The high school graduation rate from the public school in our area is about 36%. Most of our children, when they graduate from St. Francis, go on to private high schools and then on to college. Quality education is what these children need more that anything. Would you like to be a sponsor? Tuition is $3450 per year/per child. Donations, in any amount, are appreciated. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:56 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/190 Charity: Sisters of Rwanda. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community International Social Services . Help the Sisters of Rwanda in securing their home so they can continue to make beautiful KEZA necklaces to share with the world! Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/189 Charity: Amani Africa. Categories: Children and Youth Human Rights International . We can rent computers in Rwanda for $150 for about 6 months. We need 15 people to give $10 to supply the very first classroom with a computer. Each person who gives $10 will have their name on the computer in the classroom. This is a unique opportunity to help furnish the first classroom in the new Vocational School! You can be a part of the change that will end the cycle of poverty and violence in Rwanda. Please join our effort and vision, and become a part of building this school and Rwanda’s future! Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:23:41 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/187 Charity: San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation. Categories: Environment Green Neighbors . Tractors can be a wildlflower lovers best friend, especially when it comes to the open spaces of San Mateo County Parks. Help us buy less pollluting tractors for habitat restoration. Reduce carbon emissions by 4,100 pounds annually and bring back the tidy-tips, goldfields and poppies in the parks you enjoy. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:17:49 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/186 Charity: University of California, San Francisco. Categories: Arts and Culture Community Education Health Social Services . Your contribution will provide high quality art supplies for our patients who are coping with life-threatening illnesses and for those who cannot afford these materials. In addition, your gift will support our general operating costs so that we can offer all of our workshops to as many patients as possible. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:45:39 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/185 Charity: Service League of San Mateo County - Hope House. Categories: Environment Health Social Services Green Neighbors . We are so excited to start making some changes to help save the earth. The Hope House women and babies will need a healthy environment to thrive in when they graduate clean and sober from our program. We can ensure that this happens by doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint in the community. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:25:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/184 Charity: Heavenly Hats Foundation, Inc.. Categories: Health . Inviting schools, organizations and businesses to donate a $1.00 for the privilege of wearing their favorite hat for the day. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:38:07 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/183 Charity: Stanford University Church - Home of Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry. Categories: Environment Green Neighbors . University Church in College Terrace (Home of Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry) is upgrading its furnace to save 208 therms of natural gas per year, for a total carbon reduction of 2400 pounds per year! Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:04:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/182 Charity: Amani Africa. Categories: Children and Youth Education Human Rights International . In the summer of 2008, Amani Africa will begin construction on a new vocational school in rural Rwanda. Through all of our work with vulnerable youth in East Africa, we realized that many development efforts still do not provide innovative and sustainable solutions to a critical problem: the lack of educational and economic opportunities for teenage drop-outs and genocide survivors. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:45:50 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/180 Charity: INMED Partnerships for Children. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Environment Health . Infection with intestinal parasitic worms – a result of poor sanitation and hygiene and a lack of clean water in impoverished communities around the world – has particularly devastating consequences for children. These parasites sap vital nutrients from children’s bodies, stunting their physical growth and cognitive development and increasing their vulnerability to disease. Wed, 28 May 2008 13:45:56 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/178 Charity: Georgia Canines for Independence. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Social Services . Help provide the healthcare for two puppies training to be therapy / service animals! It takes just $369 for each puppy from 6-weeks to one-year-old. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:40:05 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/176 Charity: Camp Sojourner, Girls' Leadership Camp (a project of Resources for Human Development). Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community Environment . Girls’ Leadership Camp is an exciting new program for Philadelphia girls, with a focus on team building, leadership development, appreciation of the natural environment, and creative arts. We believe in helping girls to be strong, confident leaders who reach for their own dreams and are committed to making a positive impact on the world around them. We need your help to allow girls who might not otherwise be able to afford it and experience they will never forget. It costs $500 to send one girl to camp - can you help? Sun, 04 May 2008 18:29:33 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/175 Charity: CASA of Nashville. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . The goal of this project is to be able to train and provide 10 more volunteers to be Special Advocates to children who have been abused or neglected. Thu, 01 May 2008 22:00:03 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/174 Charity: ACHIEVA. Categories: Children and Youth Social Services Autism . Scholarships for people with disablities of all ages to attend overnight summer camp. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:29:48 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/173 Charity: Volunteer Fairfax. Categories: Social Services . Help Volunteer Fairfax connect volunteers with those in our community who need a helping hand. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:23:11 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/172 Charity: Hudson Community Foundation. Categories: Community . Hudson Community Foundation is raising funds to provide for the Annual Fourth of July Fireworks display for 2008 and to create an endowment to fund the fireworks in the future. The Hudson Community Foundation (HCF) is organized as a 501(c)(3) public charity. HCF is dedicated to serving the philanthropic needs of Hudson, Ohio. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:29:43 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/171 Charity: Wings Learning Center. Categories: Children and Youth Health Autism . Provide transportation for 20 students with autism to give them access to extracurricular activities during summer. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:03:52 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/170 Charity: The Family Giving Tree. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Low-income students in the greater Bay Area need your generous help for a fulfilling education! Since 1996, the Family Giving Tree has helped provide sorely needed backpacks and school supplies to local school children who are enrolled in the California Free or Reduced Lunch Program (Title I). Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:24:30 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/169 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Second chances do happen! Reggie was scheduled to be euthanized at a local shelter until the Humane Society Silicon Valley stepped in and provided the critical medical care necessary to give him a new lease on life. Nurturing foster homes are vital for special needs animals like Reggie. Your donation can ensure these programs continue. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:30:10 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/168 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Hercules has a special place in the hearts of the people at the Humane Society Silicon Valley. He was brought in badly injured and needed immediate medical treatment. His courage and affection touched everyone’s hearts. Would you please help make sure special needs animals like Hercules get the help they need? Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:14:20 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/167 Charity: Centaur Stride, Inc.. Categories: Animals . Raise $8400 to support 2 retired therapeutic horses, which is $350 per month per horse which includes supplements, medical expenses, and daily care. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:32:28 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/166 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community Education . Provide healthy treats for our volunteer and staff trainers to use when teaching manners to our shelter dogs. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:20:36 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/165 Charity: Guardian Angel Pet Rescue. Categories: Animals . Due to prior neglect of her broken leg, Buttercup, a 3 yr. old Pug mix, needs immediate surgery to save her dangling, useless limb. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:44:22 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/164 Charity: Breathe California of the Bay Area. Categories: Children and Youth Health . Breathe California of the Bay Area will be hosting their annual asthma/allergies day camp for asthmatic children ages 6 to 12. Camp Superstuff utilizes trained staff to teach participants important techniques critical to managing their asthma. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:22:28 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/163 Charity: Friends of the Huxley Public Library. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . We need to update our childrens pragram area. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:54:59 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/162 Charity: Friends of the Huxley Public Library. Categories: Children and Youth Education Social Services . A program designed to reach the special needs population in Central Iowa. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:42:50 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/161 Charity: Pregnancy Center & Clinics of the LowCountry. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Health Human Rights Social Services . The PCCLC is building a new facility in Jasper County, SC, a county in which 38% of women receive inadequate prenatal care. Currently, we are the only clinic offering free prenatal care for women not qualifying for Medicaid, or are uninsured or underinsured. Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:53:41 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/160 Charity: The Wish Project. Categories: Social Services . Sponsor a new bed for a needy child in Merrimack Valley MA for $80. Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:43:14 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/157 Charity: Alternative Homes for Youth. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Social Services . The goal of our Art Therapy group is to utilize the creative process in supporting the traumatized youth we work with in bringing new insights into their challenges. The curriculum is dynamic and themes will address: personal identity, self-awareness, boundaries, processing feelings, positive self expression and their own victimization of trauma, to name a few. The art therapy groups will be grounded in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. It is an amazing healing opportunity for these youth. And, we need art supplies in order to run such a group. Hence, our project! Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:01:48 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/156 Charity: Alternative Homes for Youth. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . The goal of this project is to raise enough money so we can purchase a snow blower. We can not afford a snow removal service and, yet, it of course snows out here in Colorado! Please help us to purchase a snow blower! Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:37:33 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/155 Charity: Redwings Horse Sanctuary. Categories: Animals . This project covers medical bills, treatments, special supplements, bandages, and other crucial needs we have already had to pay for to treat Pigeon Fever in our horses. There are other things that our money was intended for, especially hay, so we would be grateful for your help in recovering from our sudden expenses that a tiny bacterium has caused. Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:58:51 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/154 Charity: My Geek Friend. Categories: Education . Raise funds to keep cover our monthly hosting costs. Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:49:42 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/153 Charity: Los Cimientos Alliance. Categories: Children and Youth Community Environment Human Rights International Social Services . The natural land around our center is being developed and destroyed. Help save our agriculture and ecology study program for troubled youth in Maya Kiche community of Los Cimientos and in the village of San Lucas Toliman, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:19:31 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/152 Charity: Llyons Court Charities Inc.. Categories: Children and Youth Civil Rights Community Education Health Human Rights International Social Services . Northern Thailand - Project to build a 250 room educational and health facility for 5-13 year old children from Thailand and refugee children from Burma (Myanmar). Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:46:51 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/151 Charity: YMCA of Santa Clara Valley. Categories: Children and Youth . These are just a few of a child’s favorite things to experience at YMCA Campo Alegre each spring. For some campers, it is their first time spending the night away from home. For others, it is their first time among the towering redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. For combined donations of $5,000, a new child each year can go to Campo Alegre at no cost to his or her family, through a 100% subsidy - forever! Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:37:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/150 Charity: Fairgrounds House - Family & Children's Services of Nantucket. Categories: Human Rights Social Services . Fairgrounds House is in need of new furniture for our dining room and living room areas of our program. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:52:03 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/149 Charity: Fairgrounds House - Family & Children's Services of Nantucket. Categories: Human Rights Social Services . Fairgrounds House is in need of a new program van to transport our clients around the island. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:34:59 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/147 Charity: Camp Tuolumne Trails . Categories: Children and Youth Health . The camp needs to purchase waterproof wheelchairs so children who only have regular wheelchairs can use them to enter the wheelchair-accessible swimming pool. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:41:26 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/146 Charity: Community Action New Mexico. Categories: Children and Youth Community Human Rights Social Services . To help New Mexicans who long for the American Dream of home ownership make it their reality. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:44:02 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/145 Charity: Santa Clara County FireSafe Council. Categories: Community Education Environment . Our goal is to raise $500 to buy Smokey Bear fire prevention materials to distribute to children in schools and at events. Our Community Outreach programs educate and enable Santa Clara County residents to protect their homes, communities and the environment from wildfires. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:57:33 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/144 Charity: Santa Clara County FireSafe Council. Categories: Community Education Environment . Our goal is to raise $1,000 to match grants from the US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management for Defensible Space/Hazardous Fuel Reduction Projects for a total of $112,000 in Santa Clara County to protect homes, communities and the environment from wildfires. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:26:40 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/143 Charity: The Family Giving Tree. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . Children who are born visually impaired face many challenges as they develop. Vision is the primary source of learning for most children, and finding alternative ways to learn and develop is a challenge for families. This holiday season we want to provide 40 early learning toys to an agency that serves this population. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:35:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/142 Charity: The Family Giving Tree. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . Help make the holidays brighter for child victims of domestic violence! The Family Giving Tree has a goal of providing holiday gifts to mothers and children in the greater Bay Area who have endured physical, emotional and verbal abuse and are looking for a fresh start. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:32:53 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/141 Charity: Third Street Community Center. Categories: Children and Youth Education . The Robotics Program is an intensive 4-month curriculum for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grade students. Our program teaches project management, team building and leadership skills while engaging students in basic to intermediate level engineering, physics, internet research, and other technology related activities. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:59:21 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/140 Charity: The Family Giving Tree. Categories: Children and Youth Community Social Services . Bring a smile to a Bay Area foster child's face this holiday season with a gift! The Family Giving Tree is aiming to spread holiday cheer by providing gifts to more than 75 Bay Area foster children with the help of generous donors like you. This year, The Family Giving Tree needs your help to fund gifts for these children, many who face daily interpersonal and social obstacles. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:50:10 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/138 Charity: Grail Family Services. Categories: Children and Youth Education . An early literacy program for parents and their pre-school children to develop reading skills for the children and parenting skills for the adults. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:53:49 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/137 Charity: Willow Glen Youth Football. Categories: Children and Youth . Help our boys go all the way to the finals! Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:35:00 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/136 Charity: Lambda Legal. Categories: Children and Youth Civil Rights Human Rights . Lambda Legal’s Out, Safe & Respected campaign inspires young people to know their rights and make sure they are respected. Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:19:20 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/135 Charity: Lambda Legal. Categories: Civil Rights Human Rights . Help us protect the intimate and enduring relationships that are important to all people. It is crucial for those in same-sex relationships and for all parents and children to be treated equally under the law. This project ensures Lambda Legal has the resources to protect the rights of those in same-sex relationships and all LGBT parents and children. Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:09:34 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/134 Charity: Planned Parenthood Golden Gate. Categories: Children and Youth Community Health Human Rights Social Services . Our goal is to raise $5,000 to provide vaccines to low-income women and girls. Every donation will bring us one step closer. Together, we can make a REAL difference in women's lives. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:35:20 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/131 Charity: START Center. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Social Services . Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:49:28 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/130 Charity: START Center. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Health Social Services . The Center's At-Risk Youth program provides classroom instruction, life skills programs, and computer skills training for youth ages 17-21. Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:11:36 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/128 Charity: Sanctuary for Birth and Wellness. Categories: Community Health . Supplies Needed to Open two Birth Rooms Supporting Women's Health Care at Sanctuary for Birth And Wellness Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:35:37 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/127 Charity: Kirsch Fund for Waldenstrom's Research. Categories: Health . Over 1,500 people per year in the United States are diagnosed with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, a slow-moving, but incurable blood cancer that kills its victims in 5 to 10 years. The funds you donate will be disbursed based on the recommendations of Steven Treon at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA, and other top researchers in this field. Funds will be used for both research and clinical trials. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:18:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/125 Charity: Streams of Life International. Categories: Health . Help us bring badly needed hospital beds to a desperate facility! The Assosa Hospital in western Ethiopia cannot afford to provide hospital beds for their patients. If a bed is available, the frame is most likely broken and mattresses are ripped and covered in maggots. If a bed is not available, patients will sleep on the floors. Would you want this for you or your family? Help us make a difference! It costs $325 dollars to provide one bed to the hospital. What can you do bring hope and life to rural Ethiopia? Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:00:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/124 Charity: RotaCare Free Clinic of San Jose. Categories: Community Health Social Services . Without insurance, many patients have to choose between paying rent, buying food, or purchasing medications. Help us remove this burden. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:17:31 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/123 Charity: Cedarwood Sudbury School. Categories: Education . Cedarwood Sudbury School would like to raise $55,000 to assist us with our tuition assistance program. This will help insure that we can open our school to more families who otherwise might not be able to afford it. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:24:56 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/122 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community Environment Health Social Services . It's very, very simple - almost silly simple, really. It costs $50 to purchase a humane trap to capture a homeless cat who needs to be spayed/neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and disease tested. Humane Society Silicon Valley has humane traps that can help our community members trap homeless cats so that we can provide everything they need to be placed back into their colonies where caring people can take care of them while they live out the rest of their lives. Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:06:49 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/121 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community . Even though homeless cats traditionally have shortened life spans, with your help, Humane Society Silicon Valley can help stem the tide of the thousands of kittens that are born homeless each year - and over time, stop the cycle of uncertainty and pain for these helpless creatures. With your support, HSSV will be able to provide spay and neuter surgeries for homeless cats at a minimal cost to caring community members. If we spay and neuter 4,800 cats per year, we will see a decline in the number of homeless cats by roughly 10% each year in our community - and more importantly, we will see a decrease in the number of cats and kittens euthanized at public shelters! Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:48:31 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/120 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Community . Provide vaccines, microchips and tests for deadly diseases that can spread to an entire colony of homeless cats. Even though homeless cats traditionally have shortened life spans, we can help these helpless creatures live safer, healthier lives. With your support, HSSV will provide vaccinations, combo testing and microchips at cost...just $21 per cat. As a starting goal, we're going to try to raise $1,050 to provide these items for 50 cats in the month of October. Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:26:39 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/118 Charity: Southern Cross Humanitarian. Categories: Children and Youth Community Human Rights International Social Services . The Peruvian Earthquake has left scores of children literally wandering the streets. Help us provide housing for them. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:25:28 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/117 Charity: Women's Earth Alliance. Categories: Arts and Culture Community Education Environment Health Human Rights International . The June 2008 Transformative Advocacy delegation to the Southwest will convene international women environmental attorneys with Native American women working for environmental justice and sustainability in their communities. For ten days, our delegation will travel through the Southwest to meet with Native women environmental leaders, learn about the environmental challenges at stake and the legal structures applicable to Native lands and communities, and witness the profound parallels between the Native American environmental justice movement and the worldwide movement to preserve and defend environmental human rights. Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:09:28 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/116 Charity: YWCA of Silicon Valley. Categories: Civil Rights Community Health Human Rights Social Services . The YWCA of Silicon Valley’s Rape Crisis Center provides an “emergency fund” for victims of sexual assault or sexual abuse. Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:44:14 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/115 Charity: Institute on Religion and Public Policy. Categories: Children and Youth Civil Rights Environment Health Human Rights International . Directly-elected legislators can relate to one another about the local challenges and opportunities they share, as well as questions of national and global interest. When they agree, they can take collaborative action, not through cumbersome formal treaty processes but directly through parallel legislation – identical where possible and differing where particular circumstances require. Help support a unique and innovative first-time meeting of legislators from Africa to discuss the most important topics facing the world today!!! Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:51:38 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/114 Charity: Institute on Religion and Public Policy. Categories: Civil Rights Human Rights International . Funds needed to participate in major conference on human rights. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:27:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/113 Charity: Learning and Loving Education Center. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education Social Services . Provide school supplies to previously underserved children and help pave the way to a brighter future! Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:49:47 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/112 Charity: Houston ISD Council of PTAs. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Civil Rights Community Education Environment . We are looking to help four students in Houston go on to trade school, college, or university. they can be in regular,advanced, or special education classes Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:43:58 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/111 Charity: The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . Help the Boys & Girls Club's Center for a New Generation revive its marching band and provide music education for 65 deserving young people who would not otherwise have the opportunity. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:45:26 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/109 Charity: Southern Cross Humanitarian. Categories: Children and Youth Health Human Rights International . The Peruvian Earthquake has left scores of children literally wandering the streets. Help us provide housing for them. Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:12:30 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/107 Charity: Academic Film Archive of North America. Categories: Arts and Culture Education International . Save a film from being lost by sponsoring the digitization and free internet viewing of one of our archived "lost" 16mm films Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:53:37 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/106 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . Help a teacher in Louisiana teach geometry to elementary schoolers through the creation of a class quilt. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:52:26 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/104 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Help a teacher in Houston, Texas provide students with cameras for a high school newspaper. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:49:50 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/103 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Help a teacher in Indiana provide fun learning activities for elementary school students and their parents to do together. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:45:47 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/102 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Help a teacher in Brooklyn, NY use a multi-media approach to teach middle-school girls about positive self-image. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:35:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/101 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Help a teacher in Los Angeles, CA promote self-discovery and writing through a journal project for high school students. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:29:30 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/100 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Environment Health . Help a teacher in Richmond, CA teach students about healthy eating and resource sustainability through the creation of a community garden. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:23:58 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/99 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education . Help a teacher in Brooklyn, NY set up a school newspaper for a gifted and talented class. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/98 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Help a teacher in Los Angeles, CA lead hands-on Physics experiments. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:15:57 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/97 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Animals Children and Youth . Help a teacher in Buffalo, NY create a science lab for Pre-K students. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:11:41 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/96 Charity: DonorsChoose.org. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Help a teacher in San Jose, California create a "coffee-shop" for her special-needs students. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:07:57 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/95 Charity: Teen and Family Counseling Center. Categories: Children and Youth Health . “I can face my problems rather than run from them …..” – These are the words of one of our kids. For $50 you can help a child or teen receive free Marriage and Family Therapy counseling in one of 13 local public elementary, middle and high schools. We hope to raise $10,000 to offer 20 students, 10 free counseling sessions each in their own schools. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:32:02 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/92 Charity: Kitty Petty ADD/LD Institute. Categories: Health Social Services . Kitty Petty died in 2005; you can help preserve the legacy of her creation by allowing us to continue providing service to the community. Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:28:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/90 Charity: Fullah Progressive Union. Categories: Children and Youth . Fullah Progressive Union seek your support and embrace its role in fostering the development of Sierra Leone Amputees, by providing a workable solution for some of the challenges they face in realizing their full potential and becoming active participant in today’s society. Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:00:47 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/89 Charity: Companions Circle Church Inc.. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Health Social Services . Work with Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling to expand our current non-sectarian counseling outreach Roadscrossing Clinic to open and activate an eastside Milwaukee network of clergy and congregations as 'portals to help' for individuals and families affected by problem gambling. Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:59:30 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/88 Charity: Laare Community Technology Centre (Lacotec). Categories: Children and Youth Community Education International . The Laare Community Technology Centerparticularly targets the youth and seeks to equip them with basic computing skills that they can apply for personal use, in industry and in education. Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:52:48 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/87 Charity: Women's Earth Alliance. Categories: Community Education Environment Health International . As part of our efforts to facilitate the work of women environmentalists throughout the world, Women's Earth Alliance (www.womensearthalliance.org) is organizing an African Women and Water Conference to be held in Nairobi, Kenya in March of 2008. Our 30 African women need your financial support to attend the conference and gain the tools they need to successfully take leadership in water management. Our 30 women participants, nominated and selected from various local environmental organizations in Africa, will need your support to attend this conference. Here's how you can help: $50 - woman’s travel from East Africa (Total: 22) $50 - printed training materials for one woman (Total: 30) $500 - woman’s accommodation and meals for 7 days (Total: 50) $600 - training materials and tools for training (Total: 4) $700 - woman’s travel from Southern Africa (Total: 4) $800 - woman’s travel from West Africa (Total: 4) $1500 - International Organizer’s Travel (Total: 3) Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:39:05 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/86 Charity: Grail Family Services. Categories: Children and Youth Education . Let's Read! / ¡Vamos a Leer! is GFS' annual community event to promote awareness of the importance of early literacy and parent involvement in East San José. Each September 150-200 parents and their children ages three to eight participate in literacy activities and receive a free book. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:52:02 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/85 Charity: Benchmark School. Categories: Animals Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community Education Environment Human Rights . Kids learn through hands-on, sensory experiences. They take their early childhood experiences and foundation of skills and apply them throughout the rest of their adult lives. A local charter school in the Phoenix area is hoping to accomplish this idea by creating an arts and sciences complex on their campus, but lack the funding to move forward. Once this building is operable it will train elementary school kids how to properly care for animals and learn the early primer for becoming a veterinarian. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:54:19 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/84 Charity: SCLEEP (Lowcountry Environmental Education Programs. Categories: Education Environment . We join together with educators, scientists, community leaders, and other organizations to provide a series of innovative, standards-based, classroom lessons Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:09:40 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/83 Charity: Willow Glen Youth Football. Categories: Children and Youth . The new season is just around the corner....as in next month. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:10:27 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/82 Charity: Algiers Charter School Association. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community Education . The Algiers Technology Academy, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, opens this fall as the first school in the area to offer a technology-focused curriculum. This project will send some of the school's most deserving young students on an inspirational trip to Silicon Valley. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:57:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/81 Charity: Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (IISME). Categories: Education . Science teachers need lab equipment and supplies to motivate their students with captivating hands-on activities. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:27:58 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/80 Charity: Proyecto Itzaes. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community Education Environment International . The Proyecto Itzaes' Science in the Villages project brings the hands on work of environmental science and ecology to the poor, rural villages in Yucatan Mexico served by Proyecto Itzaes. Children in the villages of Ixil and Mococha are archiving traditional ecological knowledge by interviewing village elders (often in Maya and Spanish), and have started a seed bank of native plants. The project increases knowledge and respect for the rich biodiversity of Yucatan and provides real world experience in science that motivates students to stay in school. Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:46:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/79 Charity: Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. Categories: Children and Youth Social Services . $1,000 enables 18 victims of domestic violence to obtain Temporary Restraining Orders that provides them with a sense of safety. By helping victims obtain restraining orders, the orders put a batterer’s violence on the record and threaten criminal prosecution if the batterer disobeys the order. Statistically, when a restraining order is implemented, the victim’s risk of lethality drops dramatically. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:21:05 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/78 Charity: The Hope4Growth Education and Achievement List (HEAL) Project, a project of Congressional District Programs. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Human Rights International . The HEAL Project's mission is to strengthen and assist institutions that help educate and motivate people so that even the most disadvantaged can become positive contributors to society - locally and globally. Dedicated to increasing positive self development in every individual from all walks of life. Our project's objective is to to provide resources that will improve the quality of education and will strengthen schools (elementary & secondary) in the Southern Part of the Philippines that will in turn enhance and motivate children to become positive contributors to themselves, to their community and to society. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:39:33 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/75 Charity: Hands & Voices. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Human Rights . 95% of all deaf babies are born to hearing families who have no experience or knowledge of their unique communication needs...Hands & Voices can help! Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:36:09 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/74 Charity: Lambda Legal. Categories: Children and Youth Civil Rights Human Rights Social Services . There are roughly 250,000 children in the United States being raised by same-sex couples. But the rights of gay and lesbian parents vary widely among states. Only about half of all states permit second-parent adoptions by the unmarried partner of an existing legal parent, and in other states, the courts have ruled against such adoptions. In many cases, state courts have terminated the parenting rights of mothers and fathers simply because they are lesbian or gay. This leaves tens of thousands of children without legal ties to the parents who love them and want raise and protect them. This project will help fund Lambda Legal's broad-based civil rights efforts to ensure all families and children are treated equally. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:12:54 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/72 Charity: Santa Clara County FireSafe Council. Categories: Community Education Environment . Each $1.00 you contribute matches about $3.00 in Federal grants. Our goal for this project is $4,000. Your contributions will become part of a $116,000 program to prevent wildfires in Santa Clara County this year. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:05 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/71 Charity: Sunday Friends. Categories: Children and Youth Education Social Services . Sunday Friends enables students in very low-income families to earn all the tools they need to succeed in school while they give back to their community. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:02:24 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/70 Charity: Learning and Loving Education Center. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community Education Health Human Rights Social Services . Help women and children learn the skills they need to increase their future success! Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:42:46 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/69 Charity: Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company. Categories: Arts and Culture Community . Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company is in need of $5,000 for a new sound system to assist people in hearing our free performances! Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:39:27 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/68 Charity: Partners in School Innovation. Categories: Children and Youth Education . By sponsoring a School Improvement Fellow (SIF), you can provide an individual elementary school serving roughly 500 low-income African American and Latino students with a results-oriented change agent who will build the school's capabilities to decisively improve the learning levels and life prospects of its students. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:56:03 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/67 Charity: Friends of African Village Libraries. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community Education International . Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL) is ready to expand once again. We are looking to build two more libraries for the villages of Nyariga, Ghana and Boni, Burkina Faso. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:32:51 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/64 Charity: GlobalGiving. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Health International . Thanks to this project, 150 children of the shantytowns of Casablanca improve their life skills like commitment, discipline and self-confidence through street dancing lessons. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:45:13 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/63 Charity: GlobalGiving. Categories: Children and Youth Health International Social Services . This project provides 100 Congolese youth with disabilities essential treatment and equipment, increasing their mobility, dignity and opportunities for the future. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:46:24 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/62 Charity: The Rabbit Haven. Categories: Animals . It doesn’t take long for little bunnies to grow up if they get proper nutrition and care. If you’d like to help rescued rabbits, but don’t have space in your house to become a foster home, you can still help! Consider making a donation to provide fresh greens, hay and healthy pellets to fostered rabbits so they develop good nutrition habits as they await their permanent homes. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:40:19 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/61 Charity: The Rabbit Haven. Categories: Animals . Say hello to Godiva, a stunning gray black Lionhead girl, rescued from a local shelter where she was on the euthanasia list due to injuries sustained from a predator attack. She had multiple surgeries to heal a severely abscessed bite wound on her back, but she is now perfectly healthy and ready to be adopted. $450 is needed to cover her medical expenses. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:32:26 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/60 Charity: The Rabbit Haven. Categories: Animals . But thanks to a good samaritan and loving care from The Rabbit Haven, she is well and hopping today. Bunnies like Camille receive TLC from Haven volunteers to help them on the road to recovery – your donations will help offset Camille’s bills of over $600. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:27:29 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/59 Charity: Humanitarian Emergency Logistics & Preparedness (H.E.L.P.). Categories: Education Health Human Rights International Social Services . Network that ties doctors, hospitals, the media and the public all together with disasters and humanitarian crisis world wide. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:58:30 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/58 Charity: Humanitarian Emergency Logistics & Preparedness (H.E.L.P.). Categories: Education Health Human Rights International Social Services . Network that ties doctors, hospitals, the media and the public all together with disasters and humanitarian crisis world wide. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:56:34 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/56 Charity: Learning Innovation & Technology Consortium. Categories: Community Education International Social Services . Community-Led Community Change Thu, 31 May 2007 23:47:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/55 Charity: Schola Cantorum. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth . Schola Cantorum wants to encourage young singers to develop their interest in choral singing of all kinds - they are our future! Thu, 31 May 2007 19:16:34 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/54 Charity: Petpals, Animal-Assisted Therapy. Categories: Animals Health . Help Fund Animal-Assisted Therapy Training Wed, 30 May 2007 22:34:27 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/52 Charity: Southern Cross Humanitarian. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Health International Social Services . Self-sustaining orphanages provide loving second starts for street children and safe havens to awaken hopes and dreams for children now and generations to come. Tue, 29 May 2007 22:48:47 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/51 Charity: Friends Outside in Santa Clara County. Categories: Children and Youth Community . Every year our Grandmother & Caregiver Support group goes on a family camping trip. These Grandmothers are taking care of their grandchildren due to parental incarceration. Please help them enjoy a much deserved weekend vacation! The cost is only $125 per person for a weekend trip! Tue, 29 May 2007 21:42:21 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/50 Charity: Parents Helping Parents. Categories: Children and Youth Social Services . The refrigerator in our small office kitchen died and we need a replacement ASAP. Sun, 27 May 2007 04:52:07 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/48 Charity: International Reptile Conservation Foundation (IRCF). Categories: Animals Education Environment International . The IRCF, is a partner of Project Heloderma and supporting efforts to prevent the extinction of the Guatemalan Beaded Lizard. Fewer than 200 individuals remain in the unique dry forest habitat of the Motagua Valley. The Guatemalan Beaded Lizard is facing extinction due to local extermination and loss of habitat for agricultural purposes. Sun, 27 May 2007 02:00:46 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/47 Charity: Foundation for Self-Reliance (FSR). Categories: Community Education Human Rights International . Help us offset our costs for this landmark, free-to-the-public, community education symposium taking place in Fremont, CA on Saturday, June 23, 2007. Sun, 27 May 2007 00:48:08 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/42 Charity: Project HIRED . Categories: Community Education Social Services . Help a Deaf job seeker land their next job! For $100, you can fund an American Sign Language interpreter for a Deaf person during a job interview. Our goal is to raise $1,000 for ten job interviews. Sat, 26 May 2007 21:02:13 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/40 Charity: Wings Learning Center. Categories: Children and Youth Education Health Autism . Help increase autism awareness and promote positive relationships. Through the Friend 2 Friend program, we plan to increase awareness about autism and encourages mutual friendships between typical peers and children with autism. The program will encourage children to recognize and accept differences in themselves and others. The result is to promote positive relationships with all peers and reduce the number of bullying incidences in the schools. Sat, 26 May 2007 04:38:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/38 Charity: InnVision. Categories: Community Health Social Services . InnVision changes lives by providing food, housing and self-sufficiency to those most in need. Your donation can help a homeless family get back on their feet. Sat, 26 May 2007 04:24:20 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/36 Charity: San Jose Museum of Art. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Community Education . Help the Museum bring free field trips to the most deserving of public schools, schools with no or limited arts resources. Sat, 26 May 2007 04:14:53 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/35 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Education Social Services . Help provide class supplies for a severely underfunded Humane Education Program at Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV). It will cost $300 for class supplies for HSSV's 8-week Caring Communities program, a program that impacts youth from many communities. Fri, 25 May 2007 19:50:40 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/34 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Community Education Social Services . For $450, you can be a hero and help cover the discounted tuition for 3 students in the same family who want to be more involved in Humane Society Silicon Valley's (HSSV) Animal Pals Club, but can't afford the classes. Fri, 25 May 2007 19:46:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/33 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Sheba is a sophisticated 8 year old cat who landed at Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) after living with one family her whole life. She's been at HSSV for over 8 months, and we're working hard to keep her healthy, social and contented. HSSV believes that every adoptable animal deserves a chance for a new home, regardless of age or breed, and it is expensive to care for animals for long periods of time! Show the community that Sheba is valued by others, not just HSSV staff and volunteers by sponsoring her condo for $500. We'll post the sponsoring friends on a special certificate on Sheba's condo for one year! Fri, 25 May 2007 19:35:08 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/32 Charity: Lambda Legal. Categories: Civil Rights . San Francisco Pride gives Lambda Legal a tremendous opportunity to raise awareness and let people know about our mission and programs. Please help us fund the literature, information kits, and other expenses related to letting people know about Lambda Legal! Fri, 25 May 2007 16:00:57 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/31 Charity: AUTISM SOCIAL CONNECTION (formerly ANGELS). Categories: Children and Youth Education Health Autism . The filmmaking process is a great leveler where teens with special needs are often able to achieve on an equal footing with their typical peers. Fri, 25 May 2007 04:05:12 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/30 Charity: AUTISM SOCIAL CONNECTION (formerly ANGELS). Categories: Children and Youth Education Health Autism . ANGELS Center's Elementary Age Program for children 5-11 years old combines creative approaches to integrate children with autism with their typically-developing peers. Your donation will give 20 children the opportunity to participate in this award-winning program. Fri, 25 May 2007 04:02:35 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/29 Charity: AUTISM SOCIAL CONNECTION (formerly ANGELS). Categories: Children and Youth Education Health Autism . Your donation will give 20 autistic children the opportunity to participate in our Toddler (under 3 years old) or Early Childhood (3 to 5 years old) programs to help them learn and develop so that they will be able to participate in a full range of educational experiences. Fri, 25 May 2007 04:00:12 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/28 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Save a life! Help dogs just like Gigi, a 13-year-old terrier/chihuahua mix, who was in desperate need of medical attention when she arrived at Humane Society Silicon Valley. Help support Humane Society Silicon Valley's (HSSV) home foster program for special needs animals, like Gigi, who otherwise wouldn't have a second chance at life! Not every animal can thrive at a shelter, so HSSV makes sure they have alternatives! Wed, 23 May 2007 20:50:27 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/27 Charity: Project HIRED . Categories: Community Education Social Services . Help us help more disabled adults become employed! At Project HIRED, people with disabilities receive the career coaching, job skills, job search workshops, and computer experience they need to find a competitive job in Silicon Valley! The average weekly earnings of program participants increased from $71./week to $544./week after going through the program and becoming employed! It costs approximately $4,000 to sponsor a job seeker to participate in Project HIRED’s workshops, career coaching, and computer resource center. 91% of total revenue is used to fund program services. Tue, 22 May 2007 21:43:05 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/26 Charity: Room to Read. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education International . As part of the Reading Room Program, for $3,000 you can establish a library within an existing room in a school in any of the seven countries in which Room to Read works (Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Africa or Vietnam). Each of these libraries serves hundreds of students annually and includes as many as 300-1,000 local language and English language books (depending on the size of the room). Your name will also appear on a shared plaque in a library in the country to which you donate. Tue, 22 May 2007 18:27:36 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/25 Charity: Room to Read. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education International . Room to Read’s Room to Grow Girls' Scholarship Program has an immediate and direct impact on the lives of thousands of girls in the developing world. An education provides security and support to girls who often grow up in very uncertain environments and empowers them to make informed life decisions. A solid education beginning in the early years is the key ingredient for improved status for women, which provides a ripple of positive effects throughout society. Through this project, you can fund girls' scholarships in Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka or Vietnam. These long-term, holistic scholarships make it possible for a girl, who would otherwise not have access to an education, to attend school through the secondary level. You can fund a one year girl's scholarship for $250 or a ten year girl's scholarship for $2,500. Tue, 22 May 2007 17:56:20 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/24 Charity: The Girls' Middle School. Categories: Children and Youth Education . 20% of The Girls' Middle School 126 students are on full financial aid. That means eight girls in every class. Each three-year scholarship costs $70,000. Mon, 21 May 2007 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/22 Charity: YWCA of Silicon Valley. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education . TechGYRLS gives girls ages 5-14 the opportunity to develop their skills and confidence in technology. Sat, 05 May 2007 18:25:58 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/21 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Help Humane Society Silicon Valley build a quiet room so we can properly evaluate animals when they are surrendered to our care. Fri, 04 May 2007 21:57:48 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/20 Charity: Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. Categories: Children and Youth Community Health . We need to replace our damaged and aging playhouse. Fri, 04 May 2007 20:50:22 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/19 Charity: Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. Categories: Children and Youth Community Health . Help us upgrade our computer lab and provide a fun escape for ill children. Fri, 04 May 2007 20:48:03 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/18 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Scully has been with Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) since early February 2007 and is currently in a foster home! Help us keep her social, healthy and fed so we can find her that perfect home! $1,000 provides food and medical care for so many animals in HSSV's foster program and will help take care of Scully and other dogs just like her in HSSV's foster program. Fri, 04 May 2007 19:47:38 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/17 Charity: Assistance Dog Institute. Categories: Animals Education Social Services . Many service dog applicants live on small fixed incomes. A sponsorship helps us provide a service dog to someone who otherwise could not afford one, bringing greater independence and loving companionship into that individual’s life. Thu, 03 May 2007 20:52:49 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/16 Charity: Assistance Dog Institute. Categories: Animals Education . We provide our puppies with an enriched environment to stimulate their learning. Your contribution to this project helps our puppies grow up to be better service dogs by helping them learn from the day they are born. Thu, 03 May 2007 20:44:44 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/14 Charity: Planned Parenthood Golden Gate. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education Health Human Rights International Social Services . Women’s Nursing School Education for one woman for two and a half years = $2500.00 Includes: tuition, living stipend (housing/food/clothing), reference materials/books/supplies Tue, 01 May 2007 18:21:55 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/13 Charity: Humane Society Silicon Valley. Categories: Animals . Juju the teenage cat needs help with a special medical need! Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) would like to help prepare him for adoption, and it will take almost $1,500! The faster we can get him fixed up, the sooner he can get started enjoying life in a fabulous, loving home. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:17:11 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/12 Charity: San José State Alumni Association. Categories: Education . The SJSU Alumni Association scholarship recognizes some of San Jose State's best and brightest students and are selected by the deans of the seven colleges. Funds raised through this program will support additional scholarships for qualified students of any major. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:29:26 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/11 Charity: Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT). Categories: Education . Volunteering at RAFT, Resource Area for Teaching is cool on several fronts: you get a glimpse into Bay Area teachers lives, you get to help kids by helping their teachers do a better job of teaching, you show teachers how to reuse donated materials and help reduce the amount of stuff that goes to the dump. But best of all, you get to give back to those special teachers that helped you. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:02:15 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/10 Charity: Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT). Categories: Education . Help teachers prepare their students for the reality show we call life through the Innovation Institute! Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:37:51 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/9 Charity: Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT). Categories: Education . Bring the magic of light to students with spectroscopes! Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:27:22 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/6 Charity: San Jose Youth Symphony. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . San Jose Youth Symphony needs a xylophone! Symphonic music from the 1900s and later often uses this instrument, which SJYS does not own. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:11:49 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/5 Charity: San Jose Youth Symphony. Categories: Arts and Culture Children and Youth Education . The San Jose Youth Symphony, which provides music education to young musicians from 8 to 21, wants to offer free tuition to those families who could not otherwise afford to join one of the six SJYS ensembles. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:06:59 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/4 Charity: Assistance Dog Institute. Categories: Animals Children and Youth Education . The Assistance Dog Institute has discovered that puppies as young as 3 weeks old can start learning skills that help them become better service dogs and better companions! Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:07:04 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/3 Charity: Grail Family Services. Categories: Children and Youth Community Education . A special library in San Jose's Mayfair neighborhood serving only children under nine and their families with over 8,000 volumes in English and in Spanish. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:03:20 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/2 Charity: Grail Family Services. Categories: Children and Youth Education . BEST is an after school literacy program for under-performing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders. Parents are also involved in helping their children achieve. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:57:54 +0000 http://www.bringlight.com/projects/show/1 Charity: Grail Family Services. Categories: Children and Youth Education . An early literacy program for parents and their pre-school children to develop reading skills for the children and parenting skills for the adults. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:51:02 +0000