Wether you support the war in Iraq or not. Our troops need to know that you care about them personally. They are giving their lives for YOUR freedom. Here are a few sites that are very helpful in finding ways to reach out to them to let them know you care.

www.stjude.org

St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility anywhere. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

We are where some of today's most gifted researchers are able to do more science, more quickly. Where doctors across the world send their toughest cases and most vulnerable patients. Where no one pays for treatment beyond what is covered by insurance, and those without insurance are never asked to pay. We've built America's 3rd-largest health-care charity, with a model that keeps the costs down and the funds flowing, so the science never stops.

www.rainforest.org

Tropical Rainforest Coalition (TRC) believes that individuals can make a difference. Looking back, we can say we have. Established in 1991 during World Rainforest Week, TRC is an all-volunteer, 501c3 non-profit organization that has made a significant impact on the preservation of rainforests and indigenous people. TRC builds coalitions between individuals, corporations, businesses, learning institutions and non-governmental organizations seeking to reverse the unsustainable use of the rainforests.

Our mission is to preserve tropical rainforest ecosystems, their indigenous people and cultures at the local level through enabling volunteerism and through community education, and at the international level through technical and financial support for recognized organizations involved in the conservation of tropical rainforests.

• As food crops, we use only 7,000 of about 75,000 known edible plants.

• 500,000 trees are cut every hour in tropical rainforests.

• We lose 20,000 to 100,000 species a year.

• We may lose 20 percent of all species on the planet within the next 30 years!

• An area the size of a football field is being destroyed every second!

• We owe the discovery of many food crops from the tropical rainforests: Lemons, limes, oranges, pineapples, mangoes, avocados, guavas, papayas, passionfruits, bananas, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, palm oil, rubber, annatto (natural red food coloring), cashews, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, hearts of palm, essential oils, coffee beans and can you ever imagine living without... CHOCOLATE?!

www.therainforestsite.com

The Rainforest Site is dedicated to the preservation of rainforests around the world. Your daily click funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and The Friends of Calakmul. These organizations work to preserve rainforest land in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and other locations worldwide.

On average, over 35,500 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the green "Preserve Endangered Land" button. To date, more than 150 million visitors have preserved more than 40,500 acres of land.

www.NotForSaleCampaign.org

27 MILLION people are enslaved today. NOT FOR SALE is a campaign of individuals, musicians, artists, people of faith, businesses, schools, and sports teams united to stop it.

Everyone's invited to Join The Movement!

www.ijm.org

International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery, and oppression.

www.HagarProject.org

We are passionate about the recovery and restoration of exploited, destitute and rejected women and children into life in all its fullness. 

We are best at enabling women and children to reach their full potential through indivualized and long – term holistic care in a nurturing Christian environment. 

www.care.org

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.

Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility. We facilitate lasting change by:

www.komen.org

To achieve our mission of eradicating breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment, Komen for the Cure believes that scientific progress must be complemented by sound public policy. In this regard, Komen works to influence public policy-makers at the federal, state and local levels to increase public investment in quality breast health and breast cancer care.

As part of our advocacy efforts, we have established Komen Champions for the Cure(TM) a structured grassroots program designed to educate Congress, the President and other policy-makers about breast cancer through community involvement.

Click Here for information from the American Cancer Society about how to perform a self breast exam.

www.DogsInDanger.com

DogsInDanger.com is a nonprofit national shelter outreach program at the forefront of a grassroots movement trying to help shelters save the lives of millions of innocent dogs.

We are a nation of dog lovers. Then why is it that the shelters that are expected to provide these animals with a second chance at life are instead being forced to euthanize them?

Shelters are the last line for millions of innocent dogs. The public has no idea of the magnitude of this national tragedy. The sad reality is that over four million dogs are killed each year in shelters. Why, in a country of dog lovers, are so many dogs homeless? Because their families abandon them, for reasons like job change, divorce and new baby… and most shelters don’t have the necessary programs to get the dogs the exposure they need to find new homes. Shelters find homes for many dogs, but millions are euthanized. For far too long we have been told there is no other way.

DogsInDanger.com believes in the power of compassion, and that Americans would do more to help and adopt shelter dogs, if only they knew how many dogs shelters were forced to euthanize. We also believe that shelters don’t really want to euthanize dogs, if they had any other option. Simply put, we have chosen a path of technology as a means of connecting these scared, abandoned shelter dogs with the loving homes they deserve. As a nonprofit organization, we seek no other gain except for the happiness we see in the face of a dog as he faithfully walks out through the shelter doors, in perfect step with his loving new family.

It may be uncomfortable for some to see lists of names and photos of dogs scheduled to be euthanized, but, the truth is uncomfortable. By making it personal, we believe more people will be compelled to help these dogs. Thus dogsindanger.com refuses to present a sanitized version of the truth. Our ultimate goal is to see a day where healthy and treatable animals are no longer killed by their most trusted friends.

www.PetSmartCharities.org

Each year 10-15 million pets are abandoned in the U.S. Of those, 6-8 million enter shelters, and an estimated 3-4 million are euthanized -- simply because they do not have a loving home.

To help address pet overpopulation, PetSmart Charities, Inc., was established in 1994 as a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to champion the cause of saving the lives of homeless pets. Since 1994, PetSmart Charities has become a leading funder of animal welfare agencies across North America, donating more than $42 million to animal welfare programs and helping to save the lives of more than 2.8 million pets through its support of 885 adoption centers inside PetSmart stores.