| WRITERS GIVE BACK EVENTS |
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Writers Give Book
Writers Give Book is a book drive sponsored by Writers Give Back.
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Writers Give Back has teamed up with The Young Storytellers Foundation, providing a fabulous opportunity for you to get involved and give back immediately!
For more info Click Here!
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Writers Give Back is putting together a team to build a park in South LA with The Los Angeles Land Trust. WeÕd love to come in a big group ready to have fun, get dirty, and meet new people.
For more info Click Here!
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Click Here to find out how to help! |
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| ORGANIZATIONS |
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http://www.halsaservices.org/
HALSA is the only organization of its kind in Los Angeles County dedicated to serving the HIV/AIDS related civil legal needs of persons living with HIV or AIDS. HALSA's legal services assist individuals to improve the conditions of poverty, address economic barriers to accessing primary care/treatment and support services and enhance re-entry into the workplace. |
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http://youngstorytellers.com/
The Young Storytellers Foundation provides a mentoring program that offers a means of self-expression to kids at a time when public schools have dwindling opportunities for artistic and creative activities within the established curriculum. Over the course of our six-week program, we pair 10 elementary school students with 10 volunteers, who guide and encourage students as they imagine, develop, and write their own short screenplay. |
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http://www.rxlaughter.org/
Rx Laughter is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that improves the quality of life for seriously ill pediatric and teenage patients and their families. We relieve the stress and pain of medical procedures and decrease trauma, depression and anxiety. We do this by carefully designing initiatives in close collaboration with oncologists, psychiatrists and nurses. |
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http://nothingbutnets.net/
Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. |
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http://www.aidslifecycle.org/index.cfm
AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and is designed to advance their shared interests to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS. |
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http://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/home.htm
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation is the primary organization dedicated to finding a cure for and raising awareness of Pulmonary Fibrosis, an often fatal lung disease. |
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http://www.fsma.org/
Families of SMA was founded in 1984 with the purpose of raising funds to advance research to find a treatment and cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and to support all those affected by SMA. |
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http://www.wgfoundation.org/
The Writers Guild Foundation's mission is to preserve and promote excellence in writing and to advance the recognition of the writer's unique contribution to the art of film and television. |
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http://www.stepuponsecond.org/
Step Up on Second was founded in 1984 and is one of the premiere models for psychosocial rehabilitation in the country as well as a nationally recognized recovery center for individuals suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. |
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http://rockthevote.com/
Rock the VoteÕs mission is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country. |
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http://www.wonderofreading.org/
The Wonder of Reading is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to inspire in children the love of reading. Our mission is to have a significant impact on reading in Southern California elementary schools. |
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http://www.rhythm-n-blues.org/
Founded in 1988, the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the historical and cultural preservation of Rhythm & Blues music, and recognition of contributions of its participants to our musical heritage. |
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http://www.thp.org/
The Hunger Project is a global, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. |
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http://www.caminonuevo.org/
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy is a place where students meet high academic expectations and are enriched by cultural experiences. Parents and Teachers are leaders in helping students to meet goals. The school engages community partners to bring health and social services to support students and families. |
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http://www.foodbanknyc.org/
The mission of the Food Bank For New York City and its subsidiary, Food Change, Inc. is to end hunger by organizing food, information and support for community survival and dignity. |
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http://www.peacegames.org/
Peace Games empowers students to create their own safe classrooms and communities by forming partnerships with elementary schools, families, and young adult volunteers. |
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http://www.fisherhouse.org/
The Fisher Houseª program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. |
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http://www.operationhomefront.net/
Operation Homefront is one of a select few charities privileged to operate under a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) presented by the Department of Defense. Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to the families they leave behind, and to wounded warriors when they return home. |
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http://www.dav.org/
With more than 1.2 million members, Disabled American Veterans is an organization of disabled veterans who are focused on building better lives for disabled veterans and their families. |
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http://www.venicegardentour.org/
This annual event is a self-guided walking tour of Venice homes and gardens. The tour this year features "the other Venice" east of Lincoln Boulevard. Visitors will walk, ride or bike through peaceful streets in a neighborhood nearby but worlds away from the vibrant activity of Abbot Kinney Boulevard and the beach community. |
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http://www.friendsofthefamily.org/
Friends of the Family, Inc. works with private organizations, public agencies, and local communities to initiate, provide quality assurance services, and garner resources to ensure the development of a strong family support network in Maryland, and to promote policies and programs that strengthen and support all members of families with young children to encourage healthy and productive lives. |
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http://www.livingbeyondbelief.org/
Living Beyond Belief's mission is to save lives by fostering HIV/AIDS prevention education, raising HIV/AIDS awareness among youth and motivating NYC public high school students to be HIV/AIDS peer educators, activists and advocates by providing them with college grants and recognition for their life-saving work. |
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http://www.freerice.com/
FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com. FreeRice has two goals: Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free and help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. |
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