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Our founder and Executive Director, Jennifer Arnold, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as a teenager and spent two years using a wheelchair. It was a difficult time for her as she felt isolated, alone, and dependent on those around her. Her father, a physician in Atlanta, heard about an organiztion that trained service dogs to help people in wheelchairs. The program, which was located in California, had a long waiting list and worked mainly with those in their own region, so her father decided to start a similar program in Georgia. Three weeks after the first planning meeting for Canine Assistants, her father was hit and killed by a drunk driver while he was taking a walk. Determined to accomplish her dream and complete what her father had started, it took Jennifer and her mother ten years of hard work and dedication to open the program. Fortunately, Jennifer no longer needs a wheelchair, yet she fully understands the needs and concerns of others with physical disabilities. We no longer want people with disabilities to feel isolated and dependant on others. The dogs trained at Canine Assistants can turn lights on and off, open doors, pull wheelchairs retrieve dropped objects, summon help, and provide secure companionshieven more important than the physical skills they possess, is their ability to eliminate feelings of fear isolation, and loneliness felt by their companions. One Canine Assistants' recipient made the value of this skill quite clear when asked by a reporter what she like most about her service dog, immediately she responded, "My service dog makes my wheelchair disappear."

Free Wheelchair Mission is a humanitarian, faith-based, nonprofit organization that provides wheelchairs at no cost to people with disabilities living in developing nations. In collaboration with a network of like-minded partners, Free Wheelchair Mission has provided more than 1.3 million wheelchairs to those in need in developing nations since 2001, providing renewed dignity, independence, and hope through the gift of mobility. Our mission is to provide the transforming gift of mobility to people with disabilities living in developing nations as motivated by Jesus Christ. Free Wheelchair Mission believes in a world where everyone who needs a wheelchair has one.

Vitamin Angels reduces child mortality worldwide by connecting essential micronutrients with infants and children under five. Essential nutrients, especially vitamin A, help young immune systems fight infectious diseases, helping children attain good health and the opportunity to lead meaningful and productive lives.

Water For People works with people and partners to develop innovative and long-lasting solutions to the water, sanitation, and hygiene problems in the developing world. We strive to continually improve, to experiment with promising new ideas, and to leverage resources to multiply our impact.

It is the mission of CAF to provide opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics. CAF believes that involvement in sports enhances an individuals self-esteem, independence and quality of life.

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (Parks Conservancy) is the nonprofit support partner to the Golden Gate National Parks, created to preserve the parks, enhance the experiences of park visitors, and build a community dedicated to conserving the parks for the future.

Food For Thought's mission is to foster health and healing with food and compassion.

SEE SCHEDULE OAHRC'S VISION IS TO HELP CREATE A SOCIALLY JUST WORLD WHERE THE POWER OF DIFFERENCES IS EMBRACED, VALUED AND CELEBRATED. AHRC'S MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEURODIVERSE TO LEAD FULL AND EQUITABLE LIVES.EACH MEMBER OF AHRC IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING A CULTURE THAT EMBRACES: -COMMITTING WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO THE MISSION OF THE AGENCY;-RESPONDING TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE AHRC COMMUNITY WITH COURTESY, KINDNESS AND OPEN AND HONEST COMMUNICATION;-MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON FAIRNESS, HONESTY, MORALITY AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES;-RESPECTING AND APPRECIATING THE DIFFERENCES FOUND AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE NEURODIVERSE, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR COLLEAGUES; AND-PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH DISTINCTION AND MERIT ARE AFFIRMED, CELEBRATED AND ENHANCED

To mobilize the caring power of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan to improve communities and individual lives in measurable and lasting ways.

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL, LOGISTIC, MANPOWER AND/OR MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE COMPLETION OF RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, OR HUMANITARIAN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM OF THE CORPORATION.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL & RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

The Miss America Foundation strives to change lives and influence young women across the country and around the world. We proudly offer academic and community-based scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies, as well as endowed scholarships for those young women attending medical school, working in special areas for military service awareness, STEM, and in the performing arts. The Miss America Foundation, Inc. is a New Jersey not-for-profit corporation that provides academic scholarships to young women. MAF is duly recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service. As such, any donation to the Foundation is tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. building scholarships to prepare great women for the world and the world for great women.