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Pelotonia is a grassroots bike
tour with one goal: to end cancer. Pelotonia raises money for innovative and life
saving cancer research at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Driven by the passion of
its cyclists and volunteers, and their family and friends, Pelotonia's annual cycling
experience will be a place of hope, energy and determination. Pelotonia proudly
directs 100% of every dollar raised to research. It is a community of people coming
together to chase down cancer and defeat it.
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Rotary is a worldwide organization
of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages
high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the
world.
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CHOICES provides counseling, shelter,
crisis intervention, education, and community and legal support and advocacy to
central Ohio residents facing domestic violence.
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Founded in 1945 by a group of visionary women, the
Childhood League Center champions educational opportunities for all children.
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EVE’s mission is to provide shelter
and supportive services to victims of domestic violence while seeking to end domestic
violence through public awareness and community education.
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Lighthouse of Oakland County has
been providing services to low-income families in Michigan’s Oakland County since
1972. What began as an effort to provide food and clothing from the back door of
a local church has grown into a family of agencies providing a full range of services
design to move people from crisis and instability to self-sufficiency and independence.
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March of Dimes is the leading
nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. The organization is dedicated
to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and
infant mortality.
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The Spirit of Alexandria Foundation
was created to carry on the legacy of Alexandria Bennett, a little girl whose passion
for nature and generosity was evident to everyone around her. Through this foundation
it is her family and friends’ mission to help children experience nature and all
its wonderment.
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The Michigan Council of Women in Technology
(MCWT) is the premier association for women in Michigan’s technology
community. MCWT provides a robust web of technology resources and an industry voice
for its constituents, while fostering the advancement of women in technology.
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Inforum seeks to strengthen Michigan’s
business environment by creating opportunities for women to lead and succeed.
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Sparrow Foundation helps local
(Lansing, Michigan) families with the best, most advanced healthcare services available.
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The Marafiki Global AIDS Ministry’s
mission is to provide food, shelter, medical care, education, a safe Christian living
environment, and loving support to children worldwide who have been orphaned by
HIV/AIDS.
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure is
the global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested nearly $1.5 billion
since inception in 1982. As the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer
survivors and activists, we’re working together to save lives, empower people, ensure
quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.
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Special Olympics is made up of
passionate, committed individuals from every walk of life, who recognize the value
and unique gifts of people with intellectual disabilities. And who, together, share
the common belief in dignity, equality and opportunity for ALL people.
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The Children's Tumor Foundation
is a non-profit 501(c)(3) medical foundation, dedicated to improving the health
and well being of individuals and families affected by the neurofibromatoses (NF).
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A Mother's Kiss
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A Mother's Kiss is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit
organization formed for the purpose of providing emotional and financial support
to the families of childhood cancer patients in the Long Island and Metro-New York
area.
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Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services
provides educational, health and outreach services to the people in need on James,
Johns and Wadmalaw Islands, and at the Neighborhood House of Charleston, while encouraging
and supporting self-sufficiency and self-esteem.
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The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable
Service Trust supports physical and psychological rehabilitation
programs, meets the special needs of veterans with specific disabilities – such
as amputation and blindness – and aids and shelters homeless veterans.
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The mission of Ronald McDonald House
Charities (RMHC) is to create, find and support programs that directly
improve the health and well being of children.
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The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan grants
the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human
experience with hope, strength, and joy.
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The Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society (MACS) aims
to serve animals by providing humane education supporting and initiating affirmative
legislative action, performing animal adoptions and animal rescues, reuniting lost
pets with their families, and conducting cruelty investigations at all times.
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The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund provides
a powerful voice in Washington to Americans who value conservation heritage. Through
grassroots lobbying, issue advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions
those laws and lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against
those that do them harm.
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The American Liver Foundation's mission
is to facilitate, advocate and promote education, support and research for the prevention,
treatment and cure of liver disease.
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The American Diabetes Association's mission
is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected
by diabetes.
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