Cathy Klasne, Team Captain for the Walk With Me Program for Easter Seals Volusia & Flagler Counties, Florida is interviewed by Tricia Ryan.
Easter Seals provides hope and help to families and individuals with special needs by providing exceptional advocacy, therapy, education, recreation, and support services.
Visit www.fl-vf.easterseals.com for Easter Seals charity information.
Tricia Ryan interviews Janet Schickling, Camp Director at Brea, California Royal Family Kids Camp.
Royal Family Kids Camp are the nation’s leading network of camps for abused, neglected and abandoned children.
Visit www.brea.rfkc.org for charity information.
Tricia Ryan interviews Michelle Anderson the Founder of St. Lucia Learning Project.
The St. Lucia Learning Project was established as an educational initiative in the summer of 2004. Their goal is to come alongside underprivileged rural children on the island of St. Lucia and help them to reach their true potential through enhanced learning opportunities.
Visit www.stlucialearningproject.ca for charity informaiton.
Regina Coeli Foundation Administrator Molly Larson is interviewed by Tricia Ryan.
Rev. David Bozek, Supporter & Facilitator of Regina Coeli Foundation located in Illinois is interviewed by Tricia Ryan.
Tricia Ryan interviews Merry Chris Bishop, a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, with its Auxiliaries, includes 2.2 million members in approximately 8,100 Posts worldwide.
Its mission is to “honor the dead by helping the living” through veterans’ service, community service, national security and a strong national defense.
The VFW traces its roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service: Many arrived home wounded or sick. There was no medical care or veterans’ pension for them,and they were left to care for themselves.
In their misery, some of these veterans banded together and formed organizations with what would become known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. After chapters were formed in Ohio, Colorado and Pennsylvania, the movement quickly gained momentum. By 1915, membership grew to 5,000; by 1936, membership was almost 200,000.
Since then, the VFW’s voice had been instrumental in establishing the Veterans Administration, creating a GI bill for the 20th century, the development of the national cemetery system and the fight for compensation for Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange and for veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome. In 2008, VFW won a long-fought victory with the passing of a GI Bill for the 21st Century, giving expanded educational benefits to America’s active-duty servicemembers, and members of the Guard and Reserves, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The VFW also has fought for improving VA medical centers services for women veterans.
Besides helping fund the creation of the Vietnam, Korean War, World War II and Women in Military Service memorials, the VFW in 2005 became the first veterans’ organization to contribute to building the new Disabled Veterans for Life Memorial, which is being constructed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to open in 2010.
Visit www.vfw.org for charity information.
Tricia Ryan interviews Michelle Schneider, a Volunteer at the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter.
The Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society is a non-profit board run agency. Their services are available at no cost and they serve
Medicine Hat, Brooks and the Palliser Region.
The Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society supports women and children who are experiencing family violence by providing them with safe shelter, education and access to community resources.
Visit www.mhwss.ca for charity information.
Tricia Ryan interviews Theresa Van Fraassen, a Fundraiser for Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Canada.
Families of SMA Canada exists for two reasons:
To fund the best possible Canadian research in search of a treatment or cure for the Spinal Muscular Atrophy diseases.
To support families and individuals affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Families of SMA Canada was founded as a Charitable Organization in Summer 2000. Operating as a separate organization from Families of SMA in the States, they work very closely with them, and have access to all their resources. They are a volunteer-driven organization. It is their goal to direct at least 95% of their income to funding research. Families of SMA Canada represent families in every province.
Visit www.www.curesma.ca for charity information.
Tanya Mendieta, a Supporter of Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary in Mississippi, is interviewed by Tricia Ryan, Director of Marketing for riceworks.
Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary rescued their first cougar in 1987. It was incorporated in 1990 and received non-profit status in 1992. Cedarhill currently gives lifetime sanctuary to over 300 animals including: lions, tigers, cougars, bobcats, wolves, horses, domestic cats, dogs and pot-bellied pigs.
Animals who enter the gates of Cedarhill live out their lives in peace and comfort. The only way one leaves is to ultimately be buried in the sanctuary cemetary.
Visit www.cedrhill.org for charity information.
Susan Kessler of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is interviewed by Tricia Ryan, Director of Marketing at riceworks.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS’s mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since the first funding in 1954, LLS has awarded more than $680 million in research funding.
Visit www.leukemia-lymphoma.org for charity information.
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