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Aug 30, 2008, Issue #45

Marathon Charity Partners

Part of the Arlington Cooperation Foundation

The Marathon Charity Partners are DC area charities that have combined their training and race day programs to enhance the experience of the runners who are making sacrifices to serve these charities.

<a href=http://www.bbbsnca.org/rfk>BBBSNCA/RFK</a> logo <a href=http://www.ashanet.org/dc/marathon>Asha for Education</a> logo <a href=http://www.aimsindia.net>AIMS India Foundation</a> logo <a href=http://www.stopcsa.org>Stop the Silence</a> logo <a href=http://www.oneforindia.org>AID</a> logo <a href=http://www.IqraaDC.org>IQRAA (read)</a> logo <a href=http://www.cff.org>Cystic Fibrosis Foundation</a> logo <a href=http://www.pwarc.org>American Red Cross Prince William Chapter</a> logo <a href=http://www.highcloud.org>High Cloud Foundation</A> logo <a href=http://hopeforhumanitymd.org/node/11>Hope For Humanity</a> logo <a href=http://www.5thpillar.org>5th Pillar</a> logo
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the National Capital Area, Run For Kids
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of children through professionally supported long-term, One-To-OneŽ mentoring relationships with carefully screened, caring and committed adults in Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Suburban Maryland.
Asha for Education
Asha for Education is a secular organization dedicated to change in India by focusing on basic education in the belief that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change.
AIMS India Foundation
AIMS India seeks to bring about socio-political transformation in our motherland India through the collective efforts of hundreds of thousands of like-minded people and organizations spread wide across the globe.
Stop the Silence: Stop Child Sexual Abuse
Stop the Silence, Inc. works with individuals, community- and faith-based organizations, companies, and governmental organizations in various communities to raise awareness and funds for the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.
Association for India
AID is a voluntary, non-profit organization which facilitates sustainable, equitable and just development in India, by working with several grassroots organizations and social change movements.
Iqraa
Iqraa (Read) is dedicated to running and fund-raising to support the education of Palestinian youth.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Since 1955, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has been the driving force behind the pursuit of a cure.
American Red Cross Prince William Chapter
Since 1917, the Prince William Chapter of the American Red Cross has provided services to the residents of Prince William County, Manassas, Manassas Park and Quantico Marine Corps Base. Services include: free financial assistance for the immediate needs of victims of fires, floods and other emergencies available 24/7; teaching people how to prepare for emergencies; training area residents and employees in life-saving skills such as First Aid CPR, Water Safety baby sitting and pet first aid; services to armed forces such as emergency messaging; and international tracing, providing answers for those in the community who have experienced a family separation, and facilitating blood donations for those in need.
High Cloud Foundation
Our mission is to help alleviate world poverty for the vulnerable among us - children and displaced mothers who are victims of violence throughout the world. We are currently operating within Latin America providing humanitarian assistance and support to rural schools through educational programs, sports and other extracurricular activities. High Cloud also provides the basic elements of life such as clothing, food and school supplies. The main objective of the High Cloud Foundation is to provide the basic necessities to the most vulnerable communities in throughout the world. However, since man does not live on bread alone, High Cloud also works to convert sadness into hope and dreams into reality by empowering children and mothers to overcome their current situations in life. For this reason, High Cloud argues that it is important to not only resolve the basic necessities of these communities, but to also support their creativity and artistic abilities through academic programs which will give them the basis to develop their skills and aptitudes. In this way, the children and mothers in these communities will have the ability to build a better tomorrow with a fruitful future which will benefit our society.
Hope for Humanity
The purpose of Hope for Humanity is to help under-privileged individuals through various grass root level organizations as directly as possible without any overhead costs.
5th Pillar
5th Pillar is a Non Profit Organization that aims to "Encourage, Enable and Empower Every Citizen of India to Eliminate Corruption at All Levels of Society" by way of training citizens on using the Right To Information Act 2005 and other innovative methods to tackle corruption.

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