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Maya's Spark Fund James Charitable Fund 2021-2022 Maya James was a fun-loving and quirky child. While she faced multiple challenges (Down syndrome & autism), she walked through her world with confidence and spirit. Maya tragically and unexpectedly passed away in the spring of 2021. In her name, her family started Maya’s Spark Fund whose mission is to raise money to provide scholarships to quality programs that support developmentally disabled people and their families live their best quality life in New Hampshire. Please consider helping us -- every donation is matched on a one-to-one basis. Your donation of $1 will turn into $2 for the fund! Maya's Story of Life: She loved people, dogs, clapping (especially clapping for her), music, action movies, technology, splashing in water, duck duck goose and her family. Maya was not self conscious -- she never questioned her right to be in the world. She had a confidence that she walked through this world with. Maya faced many challenges (Down Syndrome, Autism, Medically Fragile, and Non Verbal). However, she didn’t let that define her. Maya’s perseverance and problem solving ability were a great strength of hers. She faced her challenges head on and with a positive attitude most of the time (she was a teenager, after all). Maya was a “high maintenance chick” without a doubt. She had significant medical, social, and educational needs. At times it was overwhelming. But Team Maya always came to our rescue. Maya definitely embodies the idea of it taking a village to raise a child. Whether it was her educational team, her medical team, or her family, or the larger community, we all helped raise her and delighted in her growth. Maya passed away in April of 2021. I would love to be able to tell you exactly how and why, but as with many things Maya, her death doesn’t make sense. I don’t have a story that is consistent. It was unexpected and heartbreaking for everyone who knew her. In her legacy, we are starting a fund to help other families who face similar challenges. As in her life, we want her spark to inspire and help others. We are committed to making a difference in the lives of many children with disabilities. While her family is likely to be the biggest single contributor, every small-dollar donation will add up to be a powerful enhancer to the fund. Raising a child with a developmental disability is harder than you think. These children have extra doctor appointments, therapy appointments, and multiple meetings at school. The family as a unit needs support. Parents have to educate themselves and advocate for their child. As her mother, I was her voice and fiercest advocate. In New Hampshire, we are fortunate to have many programs that offer support. However, they often cost money and not everyone has the means to take advantage of the opportunities. Often one parent must stay home to care for their child. So they have less income and more expenses. As an example, a summer camp for Maya’s twin brother cost about $1000/week. Summer camp for Maya was 2-3 times that per week. This fund will establish scholarships for many of the programs that contributed so much to her (and our family’s) quality of life. Here are some examples: *Adam’s Camp is a therapeutic camp experience for kids with intellectual differences. ($2,700 per camp) *Camp Communicate incorporates communication devices into a true camp experience. ($1700 per camp) *The NAPA center is a cutting-edge, intensive therapy place offering feeding therapy and neuro suit therapy (to name just a few). ($125/session, $7500 for 4hrs per day for 3weeks) These programs directly benefitted Maya. However, other programs helped our entire family. *Zebra Crossings is an organization that supports kids with chronic medical conditions and offers a weekend retreat for families that have kids with Down syndrome. ($250 per family per weekend) *NH Leadership ran perhaps the single best workshop I have ever attended -- and as a teacher myself, I have attended quite a few workshops. NH Leadership gave me a vision of a full life for Maya and gave me the tools to achieve that goal. ($250 per participant) *The Parent Information Center helped me understand special education law and helped our whole school team work together more effectively. Please consider helping us to help other families throughout the state of New Hampshire. I promise you that I have the knowledge and motivation to make sure that any donation received will be well spent on programs (and not administration). While Maya’s life was way too short, these funds will keep her legacy alive forever and spark a better quality life for others. -
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Girl With a Dream & Women With a Vision Phenomenal Organization dottieempowerlifecoach47 To empower young girls ages 13-17 and Women age 18 up with Dream as well their vision. Our mission is to empower and educate in our communities to prepare them for personal, careers and economic success. Will offer life skill training, emotional support, family counseling , educational and careers path services, financial planning and other service to help our youths to be successful. -
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My apartment building burned down Jasmine Hair I woke this morning out of my sleep with the smoke detector ring so load in building and smell of smoke so strong.. I grad my baby girl we I got out my room seen flame coming from hallway thank god we have a back sliding door in back or we my have died as came from back yard to from apartment complex all my neighbors was running out their apartment I call fire department and they fast put out fire but we now have nothing... in so sad my daughter Christmas and everything we have is gone or damage do some or fire same go for my neighbors we have 4 complex apartment I live in small town call bullhead city red cross is trying there best helps us all
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Funding for a nonprofit to prevent infectious diseases in West Africa Public Health Foundation for Hand Hygiene West Africa is one of the highest ranked countries when it comes to infectious diseases especially the ones caused due to lack of hygiene. It is heartbreaking to see people suffer from the pain and even risk losing their lives due to these diseases that are completely preventable provided they have access to and awareness of proper hygiene and sanitation practices. As both a medical laboratory scientist at Philadelphia Penn Medicine with a Master’s in Public Health and as a U.S. Army veteran I have committed myself to help people live a better and healthier life. As a part of the Public Health Foundation for Hand Hygiene (PHFHH), a nonprofit and 501c3 organization dedicated to promoting hand washing and proper hygiene practices I am consistently working towards the goal to reduce the spread of deadly infectious diseases in West African countries. But considering the impact I’m looking to have; I need your support to reach as many people and communities as possible. For this reason, I’m here to ask for your donations to help supply West African countries with masks, garbage trucks, trash cans, sanitizers, and impregnated mosquito nets to populations to reduce malaria infections. To ensure long term prevention of deadly infectious diseases your donations will further be used for education and awareness of sustainable sanitation and hygiene practices and construction of an estimated 7,000 water towers in villages across the region thereby helping ensure access to clean drinking water. Improving food security for the most marginalized communities will also be one of the primary goals of this campaign thereby allowing for proper nutrition and thus better overall health of people. While the goal of this project might seem ambitious, it is important to get started in order to bring about an impactful long-term change in how people in these underprivileged, marginalized communities in West African countries can live a better quality, healthy life. Bringing about this change through awareness and education doesn’t just impact the local communities but also helps the nation progress thereby triggering growth and better public health on a global scale. Understandably, your donations are critical to the success of this campaign. I urge you to come together and join hands in bringing about this global change by helping people and communities in need and deeply appreciate any and all donations you make to strengthen this cause.
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Single mummies mhkamara Even if we became a single parent by choice, we may often feel a lot of guilt. Are we harming our child by not providing them with another parent? Did we have a negative impact on our kid by ending our relationship with their other parent? Are we doing enough? Are we being too hard on them out of fear of going too easy on them? Or are we too easy on them because we don’t want to be too strict? Do we work too much? Should we work more so we can provide more?
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Food Pantry & Resources distribution center Rahab Foster Williams Support Family Within Us as we join #Nofatherleftbehind movement. Please join a community of people from hundreds of cities across the country in support of Family Within Us Inc. for Building Strong Black Families with no Father left behind awareness to keep families together ,save men and women lives and bring stability to a child's home. Please help us reach our fundraising goal by donating to support our leaders mission.To donate online, please select "Donate listed on our website familywithinus.org and then choose the how you will like to donate. Once you're on our page, click "Donate Now." Donations can only be made by individuals, but if you are a group the total each participant in your group raises goes toward our organization goal. All donations are 100% tax deductible and will help bring Family Within Us Inc. one step closer to achieving their bold goal to reduce the divorce rate 25% by 2026 You can also support us by registering to join our team - just click the "join our team" button as we participants with afsp.org https://supporting.afsp.org/team/285001 Thank you!
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Brown legacy blackbrownvirgo Ronald Brown and Regina Brown have departed this Earth but their children and grandchildren I'm trying to keep a roof over their head a roof over their head clothes and food to eat Ronald Brown was a lieutenant in the Navy became a veteran please help this Ex soldier and his family , thank you AMEN. -
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The Beat Cancer Campaign Shugart Charitable Fund This time of year, many of us observe an unofficial no-shave November. Sometimes, it turns into “Don’t-Shave December”, and maybe even “Shave Not Until Spring!” While we have a lot of fun not shaving, comparing beards, and generally giving each other a hard time, what we’re really after is for someone to ask us why we’re observing such an occasion. According to the National Cancer Institute, by the end of 2021, approximately 1.9 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and over 600,000 people will die. In November, we don’t shave to draw attention to the fact that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US today. I enjoy not shaving for a few weeks each year, but this year, as a cancer survivor married to a cancer survivor, it’s time to put our money where our mouth is. Angela and I are launching a campaign, The Beat Cancer Campaign, to raise money for cancer awareness and research, and on this Giving Tuesday, we are inviting you to join us in this effort. As an inducement for you to participate with us, we will match the first $500 donated to this campaign. The charity we have chosen to support this year is the Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research. Mike was, among other notable things, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference from 2002 to 2015. Following his own battle with prostate cancer, he started his foundation after his retirement to fund prostate cancer awareness and research. Mike ultimately lost his battle with prostate cancer in 2018. We have chosen B Charitable as the platform to handle all donations to the campaign. B Charitable is a charitable entity started by our son, Jonathan Shugart. It is a 501(c)(3) service that brings strategies like donor advised funds, previously available to only the wealthy, to the average contributor. You do not have to join to participate. However, if you do sign up with B Charitable, they will match the first $25 of your donation. So, with all matches applied, your tax-deductible $25 donation can become $75, your $50 becomes $125, and your $100 donation can be worth $250! So, please join us; together we can beat cancer. Also, please include your friends and social media contacts. You can forward this email, or click on the campaign link above to share with your social media followers. Thank you for joining us as we take one step closer to finding a cure to this terrible disease. We will keep this campaign active from now through the month of December.
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