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Wallys favorite places
These are some of my favorite places to go when I have time to visit the
net. I hope you find them beneficial.- Wally
- Aloha
United Way -
plays an important part in Hawaii's island community as the state's
largest not-for-profit organization. You can find out about their history,
their role in the community
and their community partners.
- America's
Promise - promises youth five things:
1) Caring Adults 2) Safe Places 3) Healthy Start 4) Marketable Skills
and 5) Opportunities To Serve.
- Attitudinal
Healing
- founded by Jerry Jampolsky in 1975, this site provides support for
people affected by catastrophic illness
- Boys
and Girls Club -Boys & Girls Clubs offer programs and services
promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling
a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence. Boys &
Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow – all while having
fun. They are truly The Positive Place For Kids.
- Child
Alert Foundation
- is an organization that uses Internet software to assist police, 911
and other law enforcement agencies notify the public of a child abduction.
By networking the location of radio, television, police and other civic
organizations, abduction information can be disseminated in a matter
of minutes to the general public instead of the manual process that
is currently in production today.
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Communities
in Schools - achieves its objectives, to champion the connection
of needed community resources with schools to help young people learn,
stay in school, and prepare for life, by supporting a nationwide,
independent network of 154 local and 15 state CIS offices.
- Dads
For Kids - shares best practices and solutions to foster better
relationships with their children and family while assisting men in
becoming the best fathers and men they can be.
- Forgiveness
Works -
A catalyst for making forgiveness as natural and important as breathing;
to stimulate others to take forgiveness into their lives and create
forgiveness projects in their lives.
- The
Giraffe Project
- Not only do they have an incredible motto -- "Moving people to
stick their necks out for the common good", they have a great kids
site too.
- Give
Kids The World - is a resort for children with life-threatening
illnesses who wish to visit Walt Disney World and other Central Florida
attractions.
- Heart
of America Foundation - is a network for those who ennoble the human
race with the quality of their lives. Heart of America also provides
books to underserved elementary schools throughout the USA with it’s
program, Books From The Heart.
- Horatio
Alger Association of Distinguished Americans - honoring outstanding
individuals who have succeeded in spite of adversity and of encouraging
young people to pursue their dreams through higher education.
- Lindamichellebaron's
World of Rhythme and Rhyme - created by the founder of Harlin Jacque
Publications who is the author of many popular children's books -- with
the newest editions containing writing exercises, poetry, suggested
goal attainment strategies and methodologies.
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National
Center for Family Literacy - supports family literacy services
for families across the United States through programming, training,
research, advocacy and dissemination.
- Read
to Me International Foundation
- uses their web site to give reading tips and suggested lists of books
to read to ages infant through 6th grade.
- Reading
is Fundamental - serves nearly 5 million at-risk children and their
families each year by providing them with more than 15,000,000 free,
new books that they get to choose and keep. They are now training and
retraining nearly 360,000 super folks who run their programs as volunteers.
- REAL
SPEAKING - My friend and colleague Gail Larsen is a master at helping
people find the voices they have silenced that bring them fully alive,
on or off the speaking platform. Her Real Speaking camps and Ta Da!
playshops are the perfect place to learn to give voice to your purpose,
passion and power and express yourself with confidence and clarity.
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United
Way - is a good place to start if you are not sure where to give
of your time or money. You can find your local United Way at this site.
- Unity
- is the world headquarters of Unity Churches or you can find a church
near you through their sister organization Association of Unity
Churches.
- Verizon
Literacy University
- offers a range of online courses and other resources to support volunteers
and program staff working to create a more literate nation.
- YMCA
of America - is the largest community service organization in the
United States with services targeted for each community.
- YMCA
of Honolulu
- The YMCA is committed to promoting values. We have chosen four core
values—caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Wally is
on their board of directors.
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