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Nonprofit Organizations  The Corporation for National and Community Service improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. Each year, the Corporation provides opportunities for nearly 2 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and country through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation is working to build a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. For more information on the Corporation, go to http://www.nationalservice.gov.  American Red Cross (www.redcross.org), a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, provides relief to victims of disaster and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Last year, almost a million volunteers and 35,000 employees helped victims of almost 75,000 disasters; taught lifesaving skills to millions; and helped U.S. service members separated from their families stay connected. Almost four million people gave blood through the Red Cross, the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the United States. An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. Mark W. Everson is the President and CEO of the American Red Cross.  Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network (www.pointsoflight.org) partners with over 400 Volunteer Centers across the country to engage and mobilize millions of volunteers who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities. Through a variety of programs and services, the Foundation encourages people from all walks of life - businesses, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, low-income communities, families, youth, and older adults - to volunteer. Based in Washington, D.C., the Foundation has gained a national reputation as America's Address for Volunteering.  Youth Service America (www.ysa.org) is an international resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally. Founded in 1986, YSA's mission is to expand the impact of the youth service movement with communities, schools, corporations, and governments. YSA envisions a global culture of engaged youth who are committed to a lifetime of service, learning, leadership and achievement.  Network for Good (www.networkforgood.org) is one of the Internet's leading charitable resources, a comprehensive Web site where individuals can learn more about causes and charities and donate and volunteer in their community, and nonprofits can take advantage of easy-to-use, low-cost tools for online engagement, fundraising and volunteer recruitment. Since its inception in November 2001, Network for Good has driven more than $40M in donations from more than 125,000 individual donors to approximately 15,000 nonprofits and referred more than 125,000 volunteers. Network for Good also provides services through its partners Touch DC, the USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network, and others.  Citizens for NYC (www.citizensnyc.org). Citizens for NYC, a nonprofit organization founded in 1975 as the Citizens Committee for New York City, mobilizes New Yorkers to improve their neighborhoods in the areas of Urban Environment and Beautification, Safety, Poverty, Neighborhood Diversity, Youth-Led Community Service and Youth Entrepreneurship. We help New Yorkers build strong neighborhood volunteer groups that solve local problems, providing small grants, workshops, self-help information and assistance to more than 12,000 grassroots volunteer groups throughout the city's five boroughs. Citizens for NYC is your partner for better neighborhoods.  Business Strengthening America (www.bsanetwork.com). Business Strengthening America (BSA) is an important idea at a critical time - a collaborative, business-driven initiative to support the business communities efforts to expand employee volunteer programs and increase effectiveness of workplace volunteer efforts as a means to develop our employees, strengthen local communities and help meet the critical needs of the community. BSA challenges the private sector to galvanize its resources to foster responsible corporate leadership and the ethic of citizen service. This business coalition is working to create long-lasting cultural change in the workplace that makes service to the community an ever more integral part of the American business culture. To become a member of BSA or for additional information, please call us at 202-729-8014 or Email bsa@pointsoflight.org. You may visit us online at www.bsanetwork.com.  Habitat for Humanity International (www.habitat.org). Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built more than 225,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.  Mayor's Volunteer Center of New York City (www.volunteernyc.org/uwnyc/volunteer/). The Mayor's Volunteer Center of New York City (formerly known as the Mayor's Volunteer Action Center) brings together individuals, corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations in order to connect people and facilitate meaningful volunteer opportunities that significantly improve the quality of life in New York City. Their mission is to provide the resources that enable every New Yorker to become a volunteer.  New York Cares (www.nycares.org). Founded in 1987, New York Cares mobilizes 27,000 caring New Yorkers each year in hands-on volunteer service to meet pressing needs in their communities. Volunteers tutor children, feed the hungry, help adults develop job and language skills, assist people living with HIV/AIDS, revitalize community gardens, take homeless children on cultural and recreational outings, visit the elderly, provide coats to those who would go without, and make real differences every day in the lives of New Yorkers in need. For more information about New York Cares, visit www.nycares.org.  United Way of New York (www.unitedwaynyc.org/). United Way of New York City targets the underlying causes of some of New York City's toughest problems resulting from poverty: homelessness, hunger, limited prospects for economic security. We partner with neighborhood agencies, government, business, foundations and volunteers to create collective solutions that are more powerful and lasting than those that can be achieved working alone. United Way of New York City is governed by volunteers and is one of more than 1,400 independent United Ways across the country. For more information on United Way of New York City, please visit www.unitedwaynyc.org.  VolunteerMatch (http://www.VolunteerMatch.org). VolunteerMatch is dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. Since 1998, the organization has been a leading innovator helping nonprofits recruit volunteers on the internet through its website, VolunteerMatch.org. VolunteerMatch is the recruiting tool for more than 52,000 nonprofit organizations and offers a variety of online services to support a community of business leaders committed to civic engagement.  Where to Turn (http://www.where-to-turn.org/). Where to Turn's purpose is to provide crisis relief services for victims of any kind of tragedy by aiding them in obtaining the help they need during the recovery process. Where to Turn will accomplish this purpose by:
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