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Action Group Network communities by provid· Founded in 2017 by "House of ing a year-round array of ser· Cards" creator Beau Willimon, vices such as one-on-one col· Action Group Network seeks to lege counseling, mentoring, and move the country progressively trips to visit college campuses. forward in the wake of political Thus far, the Fulfillment Fund divisiveness. The organization has served more than 20,000 encourages, facilitates, informs, students, with 93% of its high and connects activists and school graduates going on to start-up groups with training college. sessions and various opportuni­ FULFILLMENT.ORG ties to help create long-lasting footprints within communities throughout the nation. Harness Founded by America Ferrera, ACTIONGROUPS.NET Ryan Piers Williams and Wilmer Valderrama, Harness promotes Five Acres human rights and progres· Since 1888, Five Acres has sive ideals, supporting groups worked to provide safety, such as Black lives Matter, well-being and a permanent Voto Latino and the Intl. lndig· place of residence for vulnera­ enous Youth Council. Harness ble children and families across has also partnered with Hearst Southern California. The orga· Media and NBC entertainment nization places an emphasis on to share stories about activism the mental and emotional health and social justice. of children who have been HARNESS.SPACE abused or neglected, and cur· rently cares for 8,700 children and families across five counties Helfer Intl (2) in Southern California. For more than 70 years, Heifer Intl. has provided impoverished families in more than 125 coun· tries with farm animals. The Food on Foot income generated by these ani· Founded in 1996 by Jay mats is used to build schools Goldinger, Food on Foot assists and fund small businesses. the poor and homeless of Los Heifer has long been a favor· Angeles by providing meals and ite with Hollywood figures such training them to secure full· as Allison Janney, Kirsten Dunst time jobs and housing through and Ed Asner. its Sunday Meals and Work for Food programs.. The organize· lion's ultimate goal is to help homeless individuals become Laugh Factory self-sufficient, tax-paying mem· ComedyC.mp bers of society. The eight-week camp, started by Laugh Factory owner Jamie FOODON FOOT.ORG Masada, provides children from underprivileged communities Friends in Deed Pasadena the opportunity to channel their This interfaith collaboration emotions into standup comedy. serves homeless and at· risk The program is free, and camp· together hundreds of TV pro· to refugee families coming to mothers living with HIV, teach· individuals of the greater Pas­ ers are taught by professional ducers, directors and agents Southern California with dona· ing them how to prevent moth· adena area. led by executive comedians. Past instructors to raise money for the clinic, tions in the way of furniture, er-to-child transmission, safely director Rabbi Joshua Levine have included Jim carrey, Chris which provides crucially needed clothing and other vital living breastfeed, combat negative Grater, community volunteers Rock, Bob Saget, Dave Chap· healthcare to low-income necessit ies. stigma and act as paid profes· and staff work to brings a sense pelle and Adam Sandler. members of the Los Angeles sional medical personnel to of dignity to the homeless MIRYSLIST.ORG community. other women in the community. through its food pantry and var· ll:Mf.&\Ji+w• ious support programs. tlilltkf''illid Mothers2Mothers (3) FRIENDSIN DEEDPAS.ORG Let's Get Real For the 15 years, Mothers2Moth· Hayden Meyer, APA partner ers has worked toward eliml· Navy Seal Foundation (1) Fulfillment Fund and head of factual and alterna· Mlry's Llst nating pediatric AIDS in seven Established in 2000, the Navy For 40 years, the Fulfillment tive programming, founded Let's Started in 2016 by Miry White­ countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Seal Foundation helps members Fund has made college a real· Get Real as a series of events hill-Ben Atar, Miry's list Is pri· including Kenya, Uganda and of Naval Special Warfare forces ity for educationally and eco· to benefit the Saban Commu· marily a social media-based Malawi. The organization trains, and their families by providing a 130 nomically under-resourced nity Clinic. The events bring group that provides assistance employs and empowers local comprehensive set of programs during times of illness, injury, Starlight Children's Lithuania to find the birthplace loss and transition. The founda­ Foundation of her grandparents. tion currently serves more than Steven Spielberg serves as SU RVI VORM ITZVAH.O RG g,ooo active duty NSW person­ the chairman emeritus of the nel and their families, as well as Los Angeles-based organiza­ post-9/11 veterans. tion, which supports critically The Trevor Project ill children and their families in The Trevor Project serves lilf.Wl\1H.1@ 700 hospitals around the US. In young people within the LGBTQ April, Starlight launched a part­ community, providing crisis nership with Disney/Lucasfilm's intervention and suicide preven­ No Kid Hungry Star Wars: Force for Change tion services. With their phone, The No Kid Hungry campaign to bring Starlight Virtual Real­ messaging and texting services, aims to provide needy chil­ ity to sick children around the teens are able to reach out in dren with a healthy meal. With country. Other programs include case of any crisis. The Trevor the Cooking Matters pro­ Starlight Visits, in which celeb­ Project also provides LGBTQ gram, low-income families learn rities visit kids; Starlight Brave youth with programs run by food options while staying Gowns, which enliven plain hos­ trained volunteer counselors. within budget. For the past 30 pital gowns; and Starlight Sites, Supporters include Ellen DeGe­ years, national spokesman Jeff which brings fun, child-friendly neres and Neil Patrick Harris. Bridges has advocated for the entertainment spaces into TH ETR EVORPROJ ECT.ORG end of child hunger, joining the hospitals. Share Our Strength campaign. PABLOVE.ORG PLAN NE DPAREN THOOD.ORG STARLIGHT.ORG NOKIDHUNGRY.ORG The White Helmets Unarmed volunteers, numbering Planned Parenthood (4) Sandy Hook Promise Survivor Mltzvah Project around 3,000, risk their Jives to Pablove Foundation For 100 years, Planned Parent­ After their sons were murdered The Survivor Mitzvah Proj- bring aid to those injured by the Pablove Foundation's mis- hood has not only advocated in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elemen­ ect, founded by television com­ continual fighting in Syria, spe­ sion to combat pediatric can­ on behalf of women's health tary School, Mark Barden and edy director Zane Buzby, is a cifically in places where public cer is two-fold. Since 2010, the but also women's rights. Scar­ humanitarian effort providing Nicole Hockley got together services no longer function. The foundation has awarded nearly lett Johansson, Lena Dunham, direct financial assistance to with other members of their group was nominated for the $2 million in childhood can­ Amy Schumer and Alicia Keys Holocaust survivors in remote community to found Sandy 2016 Nobel Peace Prize after a cer research grants to 19 glob­ are key supporters of the famed parts of Eastern Europe. Recip­ Hook Promise, an organization petition was generated with sig­ al-wide institutions. It also runs organization, which provides ients are in need of food, med­ that works to prevent gun-re­ natories including George Cloo­ the Pablove Shutterbugs pro­ cancer screening, birth con­ icine, and suitable shelter, as lated deaths due to crime, sui­ ney, Ben Affleck, Daniel Craig, gram, which teaches pediatric trol, STD testing and in-clinic they do not receive World War cide and accidents. Justin Timberlake, Aziz Ansari cancer patients how to express abortions as well as educational II reparation funds from Ger­ and Zoe Saldana. themselves through the art of courses on health, sex and fam­ SANDYHOOKPROM IS E.ORG many. The genesis of this proj­ photography. ily planning. ect came from Buzby's visit to WH ITEHELMETS.ORG 131

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