Note: This information is for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional advice (legal, medical, financial, etc.)
•Help Haiti:
♦AJWS Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund: ajws.org/who_we_are/news/haiti_emergency.html
♦JDC Haiti Earthquake Relief www.jdc.org/donation/donate.aspx?type=JCDR
♦Mercy Corps www.mercycorps.org/countries/haiti/20381
♦UJA Haiti Fund www.ujafedny.org/haiti-relief/
•Earthquake Relief for Chile
♦Mercy Corps www.mercycorps.org/chileearthquake
♦JDC www.jdc.org/jcdr_main.html
♦ UJA Chile Fund www.ujafedny.org/chile-relief/
•Other Resources: (For Urgent Help, Dial 911.)
•Childhelp: National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD
(1-800-422-4453) childhelpusa.orgmissingkids.com
•Also NetSmartz.org Internet Safety Info and 1-888-Nets-411 or Netsmartz411.org
Have questions about how to keep kids safer on the Internet? NetSmartz411 is here to help!
•National Center for Missing and Exploited Children missingkids.com
24-hour Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
•National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: suicidepreventionlifeline.org
If you, or someone you know, is in suicidal crisis or emotional distress please call
1-800-273-TALK (8255).
•National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) Rainn.org
•Help Reduce The Spread of MRSA (Infections) Stop MRSA Now
•Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Swine Flu Information cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/
•STOP THE GENOCIDE in DARFUR SAVEDARFUR.ORG
•Help Wounded US Soldiers and Their Families
Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes Saluteheroes.org
The Coming Home Project Cominghomeproject.net
Wounded Warrior Project Woundedwarriorproject.org
Operation First Response Operationfirstresponse.org
Jewish War Veterans of the USA JWV.org
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Fallenheroesfund.org (Intrepid Museum in NYC) SaveDarfur.org
The Enough Project (working to stop the genocide in Darfur) EnoughProject.org
American Jewish World Service (helping others through-out the world) AJWS.org
KIVA (micro-loans) KIVA.org
Fistula Hospital in Africa (helps women injured while giving birth) FistulaFoundation.org
IAbolish (helping to end modern-day slavery) IAbolish.org
The Polaris Project (working to stop Human Trafficking and Slavery) Polaris.org
The Alliance to Stop Slavery and Trafficking (ASSET) assetcampaign.org
Jewish Heart for Africa (Israeli Solar Technology to help communities in Africa) Jhasol.org
Remote Area Medical (brings medical care to the poor in the USA/Abroad) RAMUSA.com
Operation Smile(helps children with facial deformities, around the world) OperationSmile.org
ONE.org (fighting poverty throughout the world) ONE.org
Keep A Child Alive (helping children in Africa) Keepachildalive.org
International Rescue Committee (humanitarian help around the world) theIRC.org
Meir Panim (helping the poor and hungry in Israel) Meirpanim.org
Information on Women around the World womensenews.org SecondHarvest.org
The Hunger site (several sites where you click and their advertisers donate) thehungersite.org
Mazon (a jewish response to help the hungry of all faiths/backgrounds) Mazon.org
CityHarvest (Helping to Feed the Hungry in NYC) CityHarvest.org
FoodBankNYC.org (Helping to Feed the Hungry in NYC) FoodBankNYC.org
Food Bank For Westchester (Westchester, NY) FoodBankforWestchester.org
Freedom From Hunger freedomfromhunger.org
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty www.Metcouncil.org
Greyston Bakery and the Greyston Foundation Westchester County, NY greystonbakery.com
•Wildlife/Go Green
The Nature Conservancy Nature.org
Tree Hugger TreeHugger.com
National Resources Defense Council NRDC.org
Plant a Billion: Donate $1 to Plant a tree: PlantABillion.org
The Ocean Alliance oceanalliance.org
Oceana: Oceana.org
The Sierra Club SierraClub.org
Rainforest Alliance Rainforest-alliance.org
World Wildlife Fund WWF.org
AmericanForests (plant trees) americanforests.org (decrease your carbon footprint via planting a tree)
Jewish National Fund (plant trees in Israel) JNF.org
Green America and The NationalGreen Pages (a host of green related issues/information)
greenamericatoday.org and (green business directory) greenpages.org
Native Energy (carbon offsets: decrease your carbon footprint) NativeEnergy.com
•Check-out: www.GlennIsHere.com: ♥Life. Better!
Products, Resources, Information and Other Cool Stuff to Make Life Better.www.cdc.gov
WebMDInformation on Depression Go
Mayoclinic.com Depression Information Go
DrWeil on Depression Treatment Go
Web MD Asthma Information Go
Mayoclinic.com Asthma Information Go
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention AFSP.org
National Federation for the Blind (They have a free service, called, “Newsline,” where you can listen to
newspapers via phone) NFB.org and NFBNewsline.org
National Library Sevice for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
(Braille and audiobooks via the mail, with postage included) Loc.gov/NLS
Lighthouse International (blind/low-vision help) Lighthouse.org
United Jewish Communities UJC.org
The OCD Foundation (help for those with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) OCFoundation.org
National Association for the Mentally ill NAMI.org
Cancer Care CancerCare.org
St Jude’s Children’s Hospital (help children with cancer) StJude.org
Israeli Cancer Research Fund Icrfonline.org
American Head and Neck Society (cancer) Headandneckcancer.org
Commonweal (retreats for those with cancer; and other types of programs) Commonweal.org
Remote Area Medical (brings medical care to the poor in the USA/Abroad) RAMUSA.com
Operation Smile(helps children with facial deformities, around the world) OperationSmile.org
Hole in the Wall Camps (for kids with serious illness) Founded by Paul Newman: Holeinthewallcamps.org
Emanuel Syndrome Support Group for those with Chromosome 22 Disorders C22c.org
Shaarei Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem Szmc.org.il/ENG
National Center for Jewish Healing Ncjh.org
SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Hope) (Dedicated to Suicide Prevention) SAVE.org
Take Back the night (sexual abuse and violence prevention) Takebackthenight.org
Web MD WebMD.com (medical information)
Mayo Clinic Mayoclinic.com (medical information)
Dr. Weil DrWeil.com (integrative medical information)FEGS.org
•Health
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
•Other Organizations
Ellis Island Foundation EllisIsland.org
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Madd.org
Students Against Destructive Decisions (Originally, Students Against Drunk Driving) Sadd.org
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) RIF.org
The Museum of Tolerance (California) MuseumofTolerance.org
Jewish Funds for Justice (helping people in America) JewishJustice.org
The Anti-Defamation League (working to stop HATE) ADL.org
United Jewish Appeal of NY (social services and help) UJAFedNY.org
Keren Malki (helping children with special needs in Israel) Kerenmalki.org
Hadassah Hadassah.org
B’Nai Brith BnaiBrith.org
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Ushmm.org
Simon Wiesenthal Center Wiesenthal.com
Yad Vashem YadVashem.org
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Jfr.org
Chai Lifeline ChaiLifeline.org
Dorot DorotUSA.org
•Social Justice
There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law & Tradition (Rabbi Jill Jacobs)
Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Rabbi Sidney Schwarz)
•Food: It’s Free to Donate!
thehungersite.com (free: just click at the website and their advertisers make a donation) Also, related sites on child health, breast cancer, animal rescue, the environment. (Note: I am not affiliated with the products they sell.)
International Relief. Stop Slavery. Stop Human Trafficking.
SaveDarfur.org (Help stop the Genocide!!)
•Food
Second Harvest (Network of Food-banks in the USA)
•Employment Help
Federation Employment and Guidance Services (FEGS) in NY
