Bare Abundance

Got lots of leftover food? Never fear: Bare Abundance won't let it go to waste!

Located in Berkeley, California, Bare Abundance aims to distribute food so as to help those in need of it.

Here's their website:
www.bareabundance.org/

(If that's not working, you can find them on the University of California, Berkeley website's "Big Ideas" subdomain.)

Thank you for reading about Bare Abundance!

Project Night Night

Located in San Francisco but helping out all over the U.S., Project Night Night delivers packages containing a blanket, book and stuffed animal to homeless children up to age 12.

You can read more on their website:
http://www.projectnightnight.org

Sources:

http://www.projectnightnight.org
http://www.projectnightnight.org/about-us/
http://www.projectnightnight.org/frequently-asked-questions/
http://www.projectnightnight.org/find-a-shelter/
http://www.projectnightnight.org/find-a-shelter/vermont/
http://www.projectnightnight.org/find-a-shelter/kansas/
http://www.projectnightnight.org/find-a-shelt…/north-dakota/
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/…/project-night-night-b…/

Humane Society of the United States

This one might ring a bell, as it's pretty well-known: The Humane Society of the United States.

The largest animal protection agency in the nation, the Humane Society of the United States and their affiliates aid over 100,000 animals annually.

Here's their website:
http://www.humanesociety.org/…

SOURCES
http://www.humanesociety.org/…
http://www.humanesociety.org/about/…

All sources retrieved on Thursday, December 22, 2016.

National Veterans Foundation

The National Veterans Foundation is an organization operated by U.S. military veterans, for U.S. military veterans (and for their families).

Founded in 1985 as the Vietnam Veterans Aid Foundation, they provide assistance, training, and necessities (food, clothing, etc.) to those who served in the military, no matter when that was.

They have a free phone line, "Lifeline for Vets", which provides crisis and information services to veterans and their families.

This is their website:
http://nvf.org

Sources:

http://nvf.org
http://nvf.org/about-national-veterans-foundation/
http://nvf.org/today-day-support-lifeline-vets-givingtuesd…/

All sources retrieved on Friday, December 16, 2016.

Family Giving Tree

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, then perhaps you've heard of Family Giving Tree and their Holiday Wish Drive.

Family Giving Tree has helped more than 1.2 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their annual Holiday Wish Drive fulfilled over 70,000 holiday wishes in 2015.

Feel free to participate. It's easy – all you really have to do is give an impoverished child (or family, or senior citizen) a gift for Christmas.

They also have a Back-to-School drive for Elementary, Middle and High School students, where they deliver backpacks and school supplies.

You can see a more detailed explanation on Family Giving Tree's website:
http://www.familygivingtree.org

UNICEF

UNICEF stands for "United Nations Children's Fund". (It was originally "United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund", hence the I and the E, but that changed in 1953.)

Founded in 1946, shortly after World War II, UNICEF operates in over 190 countries around the world. For context, there's about 200 total.

They have seventeen goals to achieve for children throughout the world by 2030, called Sustainable Development Goals.

Here's UNICEF's website:

https://www.unicef.org

SOURCES

(1) https://www.unicef.org

(2) https://www.unicef.org/what-we-do

(3) https://www.unicef.org/take-action

(4) https://www.unicef.org/sowc2016/

(5) https://www.unicef.org/search/search.php?q=Sustainable%20Development%20Goals

(6) https://www.unicef.org/agenda2030/69525_69527.html

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans

With approximately 40,000 homeless veterans in the United States, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans does what they can as a "resource and technical assistance center" (1) for them.

What they do exactly varies depending on where you are, but they generally serve as a place for homeless veterans to locate organizations that'll help them out, be it by helping them find a home, a job, medical treatment, etc.

For more information, here's their website:
http://nchv.org

Here's their list of ways you can help:
http://nchv.org/i…/getinvolved/getinvolved/how_you_can_help/

SOURCES

(1) The website, http://nchv.org, on the page, "Who Is NCHV?" (in the folder, "About"), retrieved from the url, "http://nchv.org/index.php/about/about/who_is_nchv/", on Thursday, November 10, 2016.