National Organization – Page 2 – Civic Engagement Clearinghouse

Seedlings Braille Books for Children

November 30, 2021November 29, 2021 by Nollmeyer, Gustave

Seedlings Braille Books for Children is non-profit organization devoted to providing free and low-cost braille books for children and increasing the opportunity for literacy for children who have visual impairments. It provides popular literature for braille readers in all 50 states and over 75 foreign countries. They give away about half of their books and sell the rest for a small fraction of what it costs to makes them. Their funding comes from individuals, philanthropic groups, corporations and private foundations. At this time, less than 20% of the 50,000 blind children in the United States are proficient in braille; often, written words have been inaccessible to them, and this is what seedlings is working to change!

Partnering for Progress

November 30, 2021November 29, 2021 by Nollmeyer, Gustave

P4P builds relationships with villages in Kenya’s Kopanga region to help them create flourishing communities by improving their quality of life in the areas most important to them. They work first to understand the needs of the communities we serve through open communication with local, regional, and government organizations. By collaborating with those educators, leaders, and health care workers and designing culturally relevant, locally supported projects, P4P is a catalyst for change and a tool to break the long-standing cycle of poverty and disease.

Walmart

March 13, 2020March 12, 2020 by Nollmeyer, Gustave

Walmart partners with many global causes and is very green conscious. They will take all recycled plastic bags, so they do not have to be thrown out and end up in the garbage fills. These will be sold to china overseas to be reused.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 by Nollmeyer, Gustave

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is centered around one-on-one mentoring relationships between adults and children. Mentors are intended to participate in a variety of activities with children such as playing sports, hiking, reading books, or just spending time together. There are school-based programs where the child and the mentor meet in school, inside or outside the classroom. Big Brothers Big Sisters also runs five special mentoring programs for specific demographics: African-American Mentoring, Hispanic Mentoring, Native American Mentoring.

Goodwill

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 by Nollmeyer, Gustave

As stated on their website, “Goodwill works to enhance people’s dignity and quality of life by strengthening their communities, eliminating their barriers to opportunity, and helping them reach their full potential through learning and the power of work.” They provide people an opportunity to train for various jobs in certain industries as well as provide them a variety of supportive services like English Language training. Their efforts have had an impact at least 35 million people worldwide

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

March 10, 2020March 9, 2020 by Nollmeyer, Gustave

Alex was a diagnosed with cancer right before her first birthday and decided to create her own lemonade stand when she was four, raising money to help doctors find a cure for childhood cancer. After she passed at the age of eight, her parents founded the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which is an organization dedicated to impacting children who are fighting cancer. Alex’s Lemonade Stand raises money to fund childhood cancer research, raise awareness, provide support to families, and empower everyone to stand with them in fighting childhood cancer.