Tag: Charities

The Monuments Men Foundation is a not-for-profit organization created to raise worldwide awareness about the service of the Monuments Men and Women, honor them for their achievements, and complete their unfinished mission of returning missing art to the rightful owners.

The Monuments Men were a group of American and British men and women—museum curators, art historians, librarians, architects, even artists—responsible for preserving the artistic and cultural achievements of western civilization from the destruction of war and theft by the Nazis.

The Foundation created 345 individual biographies of the Monuments Men and Women, detailing their lives, military service, and achievements. In time the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, known as The Monuments Men, would include volunteers from fourteen nations. 

For More Information: Monuments Men Foundation

Hunger is a major issue around the world.   Food Banks are a blessing for many communities, especially during hard times.

Feeding America is a organization with Food Banks across the US.   These Food Banks always need support whether it’s food, volunteers, or donations.   If you can donate to your local Food Bank – I’ve done both volunteer work and gave goods.  I’m amazed at how many they can feed with just a few dollars and a box of dry goods.

Feeding America

If you know any other good Food Banks in the US or International let me know I’ll add to the Sylum Charity list.

As today is actually National Day of Charity – I though I would ask … would anyone be interested if I kept a link list on the blog of variety of Charities so they can be found later?

This Foundation – The Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) – is a Non-Profit, Health Promotion Charity that my wife Kirralee and I began in 2014, after I was diagnosed with brain cancer. We began the Foundation when we realised how underfunded brain cancer was in Australia in comparison to other cancers. The lack of funding meant very little research into treatments or cures for brain cancer and, as a result, not much has changed in the shocking brain cancer mortality rates over the past 30 years.

We had no idea when we started our Foundation and set about raising funds for some much needed research, the incredible amount of support we would receive from people everywhere.
To date the Foundation has raised over $17 million and funded; a Brain Cancer Biobank, Travel Grants, multiple research projects around Australia including three Fellowships and multiple Brain Cancer Care Coordinators. Amazing! And all thanks to our supporters and our tireless volunteers.

Ultimately research means better outcomes for brain cancer patients but research is expensive – so we will continue to make it our priority to raise funds and ensure those funds get to where they are needed most. Our Foundation is a very small organisation that runs mostly on the generosity of our supporters and some community grants which allows us to keep the running costs to a bare minimum so that one day, maybe in my lifetime, together, we will find a cure for brain cancer.

Join our tribe… we believe anything is possible!

1 in 4 Women Have Struggled to Purchase Period Products in the Past Year Due to Lack of Income.

Alliance for Period Supplies is a national organization working to ensure that individuals in need have access to essential period products required to participate fully in daily life. With your support, and that of our founding sponsor U by Kotex, we are improving lives.

Period Poverty isn’t something many people talk about.  There are a lot of charities that help supply products to those who need it.   This is only one of them.

Alliance for Period Supplies

Mission Statement: JED is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults. We’re partnering with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems. We’re equipping teens and young adults with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other. We’re encouraging community awareness, understanding and action for young adult mental health.

Website: https://www.jedfoundation.org/

Wanted to reach out to everyone and see if y’all have some good charities I can add to the list.   There are so many that are doing amazing work, and would like to get them out there for all to see.

The Orangutan Project is a passionate group of people dedicated to saving the orangutan, led by an experienced set of wildlife experts that have been working for over 20 years to protect orangutans. Together our brand, staff, supporters, partners and the community are working to protect orangutans from extinction.

For More Information: The Orangutan Project

Los Angeles LGBT Center

Since 1969 the Los Angeles LGBT Center has cared for, championed, and celebrated LGBT individuals and families in Los Angeles and beyond.

Today the Center’s nearly 700 employees provide services for more LGBT people than any other organization in the world, offering programs, services, and global advocacy that span four broad categories: Health, Social Services and Housing, Culture and Education, Leadership and Advocacy.

Despite our size, scope, and determination to meet the growing demand for our services, we remain a lean, fiscally disciplined organization, earning a four-star Charity Navigator rating for six consecutive years.

We are an unstoppable force in the fight against bigotry and the struggle to build a better world, a world in which LGBT people can be healthy, equal, and complete members of society.

For More Information: Los Angeles LGBT Center

The Fires in Australia are devastating.   There is not much any of us could do, but help support in anyway possible.

Here’s a link to a variety of Charities that are helping those in need in Australia.

If you are in Australia, know that we are with you.

If you have any links to other charities please leave it in the comment section.

Music for Relief was founded by the band Linkin Park in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Throughout its first twelve years, thanks to incredible artist partners, donors and supporters, Music for Relief responded to more than 30 natural disasters across four continents providing immediate relief and funding long-term recovery with a focus on sustainability. Always thinking about collaboration, in March of 2018, Music for Relief announced it would join forces with Entertainment Industry Foundation to amplify the results of its disaster relief and recovery work.

Building on EIF’s historic commitment to furthering the philanthropic efforts of the entertainment community, Music for Relief allows for immediate response in the wake of humanitarian crisis or natural disaster. By mobilizing the entertainment community and committing to work with key partners and organizations on the ground, MFR is able to deliver funding and support of vital services in real time ensuring long-term sufficiency and resiliency in affected areas throughout the world.

For More Information: Music for Relief

The Gentle Barn rescues animals from severe abuse and neglect who are too old, sick, lame, or scared to be adopted into homes. We are sanctuary to horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, llamas, peacocks, emus, cats and dogs. Once rehabilitated, the animals help us give hope and inspiration to children with the same stories.

For More Information: The Gentle Barn

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You can donate directly or adopt the animals.  We’ve adopted Mango the Sheep (Because Sylum loves all things Mango), and also Zazu the Cockatoo (In honor of Nico and his birds).

This is Mango the Sheep

At the Gary Sinise Foundation, we serve our nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need.

We do this by creating and supporting unique programs designed to entertain, educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities.

For More Information: Gary Sinise Foundation

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, which it originally pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD.  Located near the modern village of Bardon Mill in Northumberland, it guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth. It is noted for the Vindolanda tablets, a set of wooden leaf-tablets that were, at the time of their discovery, the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain.

Now here’s a tiny bit of Sylum History – Maximus served at Vindolanda in his early career.

For more information: Vindolanda

The aims of the Trust, which have remained to this day, were for the archaeological research of the site, making the structures and artifacts available to the interested public, especially educational groups, and engage with people from all walks of life.

For more information on the Trust: Vindolanda Trust

Limbitless Solutions is dedicated to empowering confidence in individuals with accessibility limitations. We create personalized, creative, and expressive 3D-printed prosthetics for children with limb differences using electromyographic (EMG) technology.

We also create fun and immersive video games to help our bionic kids adapt to their new prosthetic. The video games use the arm’s EMG technology as a controller to help the children gain comfort and skill using their bionic device . Our goal is to make the world a more inclusive and accessible place.

For More Information: Limbitless Soultions

I’ve actually send donations yearly to the Sea Turtle Conservancy … even adopted a Sea Turtle (yes we named him Kenway).

Sea turtles are large, air-breathing reptiles that inhabit tropical and subtropical seas throughout the world. Sea turtles around the world have been studied to help collect information about their growth rates, reproductive cycles and migration routes. After decades of studying sea turtles, much has been learned. However, many mysteries still remain.

For More Information: Sea Turtle Conservancy