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Special Surfer Night, a nonprofit offering free surfing adventures for special needs children and young adults, announces an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to bring the joys of surfing to hundreds of "special surfers" each summer. Since 2004, Special Surfer Night has been organized by surfer Nanci Boutet, whose Aquaholics Surf Shop provided the free wetsuits, surf boards, and SUPs. The program, which pairs volunteer teams with special surfers, has become so popular that Aquaholics owner Nanci Boutet created a nonprofit to separate the program from the shop. Newly armed with its nonprofit status, Special Surfer Night is now seeking funding to buy its own surfboards, wetsuits, and SUPs, and get these kids into the water.

Sofian Cleaning's dedication to customer service extends beyond the ordinary, making them one of the leading maid services in Philadelphia. In addition to providing thorough, affordable service to all of their customers, Sofian Cleaning also takes into consideration the needs of customers who are struggling with their health. Sofian Cleaning is proud to announce their partnership with Cleaning for a Reason, a nonprofit organization that organizes free housecleaning for women with breast cancer.

Corazon de Plata which means, "Silver Heart" in Spanish is a program that provides the opportunity to parents in Latin America to be united with their children for the first time in ten, twenty or even 30 years here in the United States.

Latin America's Francisco Solar creator of Cri Cri the most loved Cricket and famous for his character in many of the children's stories, songs and TV shows celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday at Plaza Mexico in Lynwood. Ten Thousand individuals and families showed up at this beautiful outside mall to celebrate with music, dance, song and puppet shows. The Grandson of Solar was the highlight of the day as he signed autographs and shared some of his grandfather's stories with the crowd.

Award-winning worship artist Stephen B. Steward, in partnership with LOV Olive Branches, CDC – a nonprofit organization serving at-risk youth - announces final youth talent call for the highly anticipated annual "SBS Youth Talent Competition and Festival."

According to Joe Way, Director of ACCA, "ACCA has also recently expanded into Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Michigan. We are now accepting car, truck, SUV, plane, real estate and cash donations in every state in the U.S."

Micro Drone Vision, a Florida based drone training academy, has joined hands with  'Sun N Fun', a non-profit organization, to organize an unmanned aerial system (UAS) exhibition event this month. The event, named as 'SUN 'n FUN International Fly-In & Expo – 2015' will be held from 21st to 26th of April at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Florida. The experimental aircraft aviation show is believed to attract over 185,000 people and many well-known flight squadrons, including the Blue Angles.

At the end of January, Legs4Africa collaborated with Physionet, a charity which provides physiotherapy equipment to disabled children in developing countries around the world.

A revival of the play Days of Wine and Roses is a theatrical fundraiser for Renascent Foundation, Canada's leading abstinence based residential treatment facility. Opening May 9 to 23 at Hart House Theatre, University of Toronto campus, the play features an all-sober professional cast. Days of Wine and Roses promises hope and is a must-see for members of the one in three families with a loved one caught in the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction –now the second leading mental health issue in Canada.

On Sunday, April 26, Providence personal injury law firm Bottaro Law will be sponsoring the "Get Gored for Good" charity run and festival. The event, which is a more amusing and safer version of Spain's famous Running of the Bulls, involves a two-mile walk/run, with members of the Providence Roller Derby League in light-hearted pursuit of the participants. This will be the third consecutive year that Bottaro Law has sponsored the event.

On May 16, the When in Need Foundation will be hosting their "Soles for Education" Inaugural Fundraiser and Luncheon in New York City at 6pm. The event aims to provide new shoes for students at the Samuel Njemaze Primary School in Owerri, Nigeria as a sequel to renovating two new buildings for the school. Guests are asked to RSVP by May 15 and tickets can be purchased at solesforeducation.eventbrite.com. Sponsorship packages are available and donations large and small are welcome. The benefit takes place at 25 Columbus Circle in New York City.

Max stevens being a terminal cancer patient says he has waited almost to long to start this project he would like to explain in the text below why time is running out, for the help needed by the top 250 corporations, this includes the 50 largest fast food corporation. These corporations owe the majority of their business to the youth of the world. They have the opportunity to help us for as little as $10.00. Believe it or not, we have not received $1.00 from any of the billion dollar corporations as of this date.

Black Skeptics Los Angeles (BSLA), an African American atheist community-based organization, has partnered with the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) on its 2015 scholarship fund for youth non-believers of color. FFRF is granting the organization with $10,000 in scholarship funding from its Catherine Fahringer Memorial Student Scholarship fund.

Many contemporary global leaders and experts now suggest that it is possible to eliminate hunger from the world within a lifetime. Inspired by this belief, imprint Hat Co. has recently started their journey towards feeding hungry children in all parts of the world. imprint Hat Co. was created by large number of young entrepreneurs and activists from all over the United States and Canada as a collaborative venture. The common mission of this team is to utilize the power of e-commerce and social media to eliminate different world epidemics one after another.

The deciding factor that makes people donate to a nonprofit organization may not be what you think it is.

Member volunteers at Assistance League® of Greater Portland have a five decade tradition of combining fun, friendship and community service. A "fun-raising" party on April 11th at the Multnomah Athletic Club continued that tradition. "We are celebrating fifty years of service, a big accomplishment" said Nancy Fahey, who together with Rosalie Stevenson planned the Fifty and Fabulous! fundraising party. The sold out event was attended by over 300 guests. Proceeds benefit Assistance League's local philanthropic programs.

Working on the principle that small acts of kindness produce big dividends, Slippers For Seniors has launched a crowdfunding project. The nonprofit's goal is to provide a pair of slippers to every Senior living in an assisted living and nursing home in the United States. In hopes of raising $20,000 for the purchase of slippers and the formation of the organization, the effort is now underway at CauseVox.

Leadercast is broadcast LIVE from Atlanta, GA to hundreds of sites around the world. The Outreach Center of West Houston is proud to announce its 4th Annual Leadercast will be simulcast at Studio Movie Grill in City Centre (822 Town and Country Blvd., Houston, Texas 77024) on Friday, May 8, 2015 from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm.

One Million Degrees (OMD)—a Chicago nonprofit organization that empowers low-income, highly motivated community college students to succeed in school, in work and in life—and United Airlines are working together to inspire civic engagement among local community college students through a unique spring break project. United Airlines is providing financial support for an Alternative Spring Break (ASB), in which 12 OMD Scholars and two staff are traveling to San Francisco March 28-April 4. Throughout the week, scholars will volunteer with a variety of nonprofits and learn about the social and environmental issues those organizations are addressing across the Bay area.

When In Need Foundation invites supporters and partners to attend their "Soles for Education" inaugural Fundraiser and Luncheon in New York City. The mission of the event is to make available new shoes to students at Samuel Njemaze Primary School, Owerri, Nigeria, on Saturday, May 16th at 6pm. Donations are much appreciated and welcome. Tickets can be purchased at www.solesforeducation.eventbrite.com. For more information about the fundraiser by When in Need Foundation, please visit http://www.winfound.org/soles-for-education/ for more details.

Finding jobs that provide artist with an income that pays enough to maintain housing, food, transportation, health care and other anticipated living cost are rare. The pressure from unemployment and under employment deliver a serious blow to the artist's self- esteem. He/she is subject to not only abandon passion for their artistry but too often this humiliation encourages them to give up on life.

Every April, businesses, individuals and organizations around the world recognize Autism Awareness Month with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events to show support for the autism community. This year, four programs from Northern New Jersey will once again join forces and combine their fundraising efforts to produce the Sixth Annual Go the Distance for Autism Ride – the largest charity cycling event in Northern New Jersey - on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ.

More than 300 high school students from across the Southland will compete in 11th annual Project ECHO High School Entrepreneur's Business Plan Competition on Sunday, April 12, 2015. This event follows the Semi-Finals event and is intended to provide Southern California high school students the opportunity to pitch their new business ventures to prominent members of the local business community who serve as volunteer venture capitalist judges. Winning teams are awarded cash start-up funds.

Arabic content on the web is sparse but quickly proliferating. While this should be good news, the truth is that most of it is spam. Even despite this huge influx of low quality content, Arabic content still accounts for only 1% of total web content. Wikibia, a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading high quality scientific content in Arabic, is calling for action to be undertaken by web masters, search engines and citizens of the Arab world to raise the level of online discourse publicly available.

Tiny house advocates are harnessing the exponential rise in popularity of tiny houses by forming a new nonprofit organization, the American Tiny House Association. The mission of the association is to promote the tiny house as a viable, formally acceptable dwelling option for a wide variety of people. Its goal is to support tiny house enthusiasts who are seeking creative and affordable housing as part of a more sustainable lifestyle.