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Newberg, OR
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| Spirit Elements is extremely committed to supporting our greater communities and our environment. Every month, we select people, groups or organizations based on their contributions, mission statement and overall commitment to the community. One percent of the month's sales are donated, with Spirit Elements customers having the option to match that donation. If you would like more information on having your organization involved in The Spirit of Giving program, please contact us at SpiritofGiving@SpiritElements.com. Thank you for your support. |
 AmeriCares solicits donations of medicines, medical supplies and other relief materials from U.S. and international manufacturers, and delivers them quickly and efficiently to indigenous health care and welfare professionals around the world. Since its founding, AmeriCares has provided more than $5.0 billion of aid to 137 countries. To accomplish these results, AmeriCares assembles product donations from the private sector, determines the most urgent needs and solicits the funding to send the aid via airlift or ocean cargo to health and welfare professionals in the indigent locations.
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 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization whose purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.
The NRDC uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places. Seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affirms the integral place of human beings in the environment. Strive to protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations. Foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth.
Worth Magazine has named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities, and the Wise Giving Alliance of the Better Business Bureau reports that NRDC meets its highest standards for accountability and use of donor funds.
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 The National Gardening Association (NGA), founded in 1973, is a nonprofit leader in plant-based education and serves a national audience with timely materials designed to foster an appreciation for the benefits of gardening. For more than 30 years, NGA has been working to renew and sustain the essential connection between people, plants, and the environment through gardening. Programs and initiatives highlight the opportunities for plant-based education in schools, communities, and backyards across the country. They serve as a bridge to connect people to gardening in five core fields: plant-based education, health and wellness, environmental stewardship, community development, and responsible home gardening. |
 The Wilderness Society has been protecting America's Wilderness since 1935 through the potent combination of science, advocacy and education. Their mission is to deliver to future generations an unspoiled legacy of wild places, with all the precious values they hold: Biological diversity; clean air and water; towering forests, rushing rivers, and sage-sweet, silent deserts. By bringing to bear their scientific expertise, analysis and bold advocacy at the highest levels to save, protect and restore America's wilderness areas, The Wilderness Society remains true to their principles and dedicated to the concept that careful, credible science and unswerving vision are essential underpinnings of conservation policy. |
 NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation's voice on mental illness. Nationally, NAMI has an organization in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country made up of people who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education. NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.
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 The goal of Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation is to grant wishes to people who have been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. It is their intention to "make a difference" in the lives of those suffering from this devastating disease. Their wish-granting service helps put the realities of this terminal illness aside, if just for a few days, while providing the opportunity for a family to spend quality time together. Their hope is that every metastatic breast cancer patient will be able to pass from this world comforted with the joy of having left his or her family a final beautiful memory-something the family will look back on and remember for a lifetime. If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with breast cancer, Making Memories sympathizes and offer their support. They invite you to read about other families who have had wishes granted or request a wish of your own. Making Memories truly hopes that they can make a difference in the lives of people affected by this deadly disease. |
| Through its Spirit of Giving program, Spirit Elements contributed over $30,000 in 2005 to non-profit organizations to help those in need all over the world. As a result of the success of that program, the Spirit Living Fund was created to continue and expand upon efforts of helping and contributing to our greater communities and ensuring the protection of our environment. 100% of contributions are given to non-profit organizations all across the United States or directly to people, communities and initiatives. The Spirit Living Fund is a non-religious organization believing in the freedom and support of human dreams, and the protection and responsibility for our environment and our greater communities. |
 The Salvation Army is a worldwide organization committed to serving people, changing one life at a time. The Salvation Army works every day to make life better for countless people in your community. Your gift can enable us to serve nutritious meals to older adults, shelter homeless families, help people overcome addictions, provide after-school tutoring and recreation, and send inner-city children to summer camp. The Salvation Army World Services provides such programs as HIV/AIDS clinics in Africa, homeless feeding services in Russia, micro-enterprise development in the Philippines, and homes for orphaned and abandoned children in Mexico. A tradition since 1891, the familiar red kettle at Christmas not only collects funds for seasonal assistance to individuals and families in need, but also enables The Salvation Army to operate year-round. |
 Gorilla Haven's mission is to help make every captive gorilla's life as enriched and natural as possible through husbandry and research and to promote education about gorilla conservation in zoos and the wild. Zoos strive to place gorillas into a stable family or social group, but this is not always possible. Gorilla Haven provides a complementary facility where individual attention can be directed toward those gorillas that cannot be placed in a zoo setting. This will enable zoos to concentrate on breeding and displaying gorillas, and emphasize education about the species and its conservation. The goal of Gorilla Haven is to have NO GORILLAS in their care, since this would mean they would all be on display in zoos in healthy breeding or social groups. Please help us achieve our goals of protecting and caring for each individual gorilla at this facility. |
 When disaster strikes, the Red Cross is on the scene, providing emergency shelter, food, water and other critical assistance. As victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the massive storm, American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest hit areas of Katrina's destruction, supplying hundreds of thousands victims left homeless with critical necessities. By making a financial gift to Hurricane 2005 Relief, the Red Cross can provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need. By purchasing from Spirit Elements, you too can make a contribution to the American Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Relief. 1% of all sales for the month of September are given to the Red Cross, and you are also given the opportunity to match that donation during checkout. |
 Every year the average teacher spends nearly $600 from their own pocket to buy classroom materials for America's kids. To help, iLoveSchools.com acts as a free matchmaking service for learning institutions. School teachers request materials and supplies while potential donors search for a teacher in need of their gifts. Currently, over 25,000 teachers in all 50 states are listed. Their primary goal in this effort is to positively change the educational experience of kids while alleviating the burden placed on the teachers, who share so much with so many! |
 The American Kidney Fund is the leading source of direct financial aid to chronic kidney disease patients across the nation. In 2004, the Fund distributed more than 100,000 grants totaling $57 million. Their comprehensive programs provide assistance with such treatment essentials as transportation to dialysis centers, medications, special diets, kidney donor expenses, and specialty camps for children. Ninety-five cents of every dollar the American Kidney Fund spends goes directly to programs and services for kidney patients. The Fund has been named a Gold Star Charity by Forbes Magazine, one of America's Best Charities by Reader's Digest and has received a rating of A Plus from the American Institute of Philanthropy. |
 Camp to Belong, an international non-profit organization, has been actively reuniting brothers and sisters placed in separate foster, adoptive or kinship homes through camp programs and reunions since 1995. Their primary goal is to provide a sense of belonging to youth as individuals, and as siblings, giving them opportunities to share childhood memories together and among other youth in the same situations. |
 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is an organization driven by a single goal: to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. JDRF was founded in 1970 by parents of children with diabetes, and it is the leading nonprofit, nongovernmental supporter of diabetes research worldwide. JDRF is the only diabetes organization devoted 100 percent to funding research, and it does so efficiently. At least 90 cents of every dollar raised goes to research and research education. By supporting JDRF's mission to find a cure we won't only be saving children, we will be saving childhoods. Learn more at www.JDRF.org. |
 Founded in 1936, National Wildlife Federation is the nation's largest and oldest protector of wildlife. With more than four million members and supporters, NWF is committed to educating and empowering people from all walks of life to protect wildlife and habitat for future generations. The National Wildlife Federation unites people on the common ground of saving places they know and love. In a profit-driven corporate world, we are a company committed to caring. One percent of ALL April sales will be donated to this organization. Help us make a commitment to the wildlife by donating to the National Wildlife Federation. Learn more at www.NWF.org. |
 There are more than 1.5 million homeless children, according to national statistics. More than 500,000 are under the age of fifteen, and some are as young as nine! Join Spirit Elements as we support STANDUP FOR KIDS, a national nonprofit organization helping homeless, at-risk youth. Their national volunteer force carries out the mission of finding, stabilizing and assisting homeless kids through an on-the-street outreach program. Deterrence and resource programs provided in schools and via the internet also further the organization's mission. Learn more at www.StandUpForKids.org. |
| As part of the global community, we are deeply saddened by the recent tragic loss of life in South Asia. Governed by volunteers and supported by community donations, the American Red Cross is a nationwide network of nearly 1,000 chapters and Blood Services regions dedicated to saving lives and helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. More than a million Red Cross volunteers and 30,000 employees annually mobilize relief to families affected by more than 67,000 disasters, train almost 12 million people in lifesaving skills and exchange more than a million emergency messages for U.S. military service personnel and their families. The Red Cross is also the largest supplier of blood and blood products to more than 3,000 hospitals across the nation and also assists victims of international disasters and conflicts at locations worldwide. Learn more at www.RedCross.org |
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