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Since 1990, Housing Works has been working tirelessly and creatively to end the twin crises of AIDS and homelessness. Believing that the elimination of one equals the elimination of two, Housing Works aims to provide the highest quality of services for men, women and children living with AIDS.
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Why So Savvy: When Alexandra Scott, at the age of four, opened a lemonade stand in her front yard to help find a cure for pediatric cancer, which she was bravely battling, she meant business. In her first year, she raised $2,000, and by her eighth birthday, she had raised over $1 million. Although Alex sadly lost her battle with cancer in 2004, her legacy...
Why So Savvy: After several successful years, Jack Johnson is once again donating 100% of his To the Sea tour profits to his charity, the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation, which supports environmental, art and music education. So green is this savvy guy, you can find environmental education community groups at his concerts and even travel via carpool,...
Why So Savvy: Through Broadway Bares, the burlesque arm of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the exquisite physical specimens of New York City's Broadway community strip down to their dance belts in the name of raising money for people living with HIV and AIDS. This annual bare-it-all spectacle of physical beauty, song and dance brought in a whopping $1,...
Why So Savvy: As kooky-sounding now as in the 1970s when it began, TreePeople has nevertheless been inspiring people to plant and care for trees in the greater Los Angeles area and beyond for over 35 years, leading to cleaner air, cooler temperatures and a more beautiful landscape. If you're feeling the love for trees like Leonardo DiCaprio, who regularly...
It has been six months since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti on January 12th 2010 and singer Wyclef Jean is on a mission to ensure that money promised to the Haitian people gets unstuck from red tape and on the ground where it's needed most. Join Wyclef Jean's foundation Yele Haiti on Facebook or Twitter and follow their efforts to keep donors...
What started in a garage in 2002 by two well-meaning volunteer teachers in Africa has grown to a $1 million a year outlet for Fair Trade handicrafts. The next time you need to buy a special gift for any occasion, take a look at Gifts With Humanity's carefully curated selection of hand made crafts—you could be helping artisans all around the world...
Why So Savvy: There's no shortage of ways the B&MGF is working wonders in the world, but one of their least high-profile efforts that we firmly stand behind is simply to reduce the student/teacher ratio in America's public schools. Studies have shown that smaller student/teacher ratios and accordingly, smaller schools have a direct effect on reducing...
Why So Savvy: Nary a Wee Savvy passes her 12th birthday without having asked for a pony at least once in her lifetime and with all this endemic pony-love, we were shocked to learn that there are countless unwanted, abused and neglected horses in the United States. At Days End, a 100% volunteer-based farm community, both children and adult volunteers find...
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