Crisis Text Line

Crisis Text Line is a nonprofit organization that provides free, 24/7, high-quality text-based mental health support and crisis intervention in English and Spanish. Since its launch in 2013, Crisis Text Line has engaged in more than 7.5 million crisis conversations and trained over 55,000 volunteers to support people in their moments of need. Crisis Text Line is committed to creating an empathetic world where nobody feels alone. Individuals seeking confidential support can connect with us via text. To be connected to a live, trained volunteer Crisis Counselor, text SHARE or APOYO to 741741 🇺🇲 🇨🇦. Additional information, including how to become a volunteer or how to support Crisis Text Line through donations or partnerships, is available at www.crisistextline.org.

cmmb

CMMB is an international, faith-based NGO providing long-term, community based medical and development aid to communities affected by poverty and unequal access to healthcare. For over a century, we have worked to strengthen and support communities through health care programs, the deployment of medicines and medical supplies, and the placement of volunteers. As part of our new global strategic platform, we are focusing on the health of women, children and adolescents. We are working with our partners to deliver sustainable health services in targeted communities within Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. To receive stories and updates about how lives are being changed around the world visit our website and sign up for our newsletter!

ACDS, Inc.

ACDS, with headquarters in Plainview, NY, is dedicated to providing lifetime resources to individuals with Down syndrome, autism, and other developmental disabilities. Since 1966, the agency has been helping those living with developmental disabilities develop to their fullest potential. On Long Island, ACDS works with people from birth through adulthood and offers programs for entire families. ACDS currently serves more than 1,000 people through early intervention and special education preschool programs; respite and recreation programs for children, teens, and adults; Medicaid Service Coordination; Self-Direction; Opportunities Day Habilitation; and eight supervised group homes. Mirroring the successful outcomes of its special education preschool on Long Island, ACDS opened a preschool for ages three through five in Westchester, NY, in 2016.

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The Hunger Project

The Hunger Project (THP) is a global, non-profit, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. Our mission is to facilitate individual and collective action to transform the systems of inequity that create hunger and cause it to persist. Hunger Project programs throughout Africa, South Asia and Latin America are holistic, working with empowered people to create a world without hunger.