Charities
Giving to yourself
Giving to the community
5% of every massage in 2009 will be contributed to one of the following charities. You have the option to chose one of the four charities that your money will be donated to, or I can place the funds in the charity that has the least amount of money donated. The choice is yours.
Charity Options:
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
“The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease within the decade through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today.”
“Avaaz.org is a new global web movement with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want.
Across the world, most people want stronger protections for the environment, greater respect for human rights, and concerted efforts to end poverty, corruption and war. Yet globalization faces a huge democratic deficit as international decisions are shaped by political elites and unaccountable corporations -- not the views and values of the world’s people.”
AFTAID: AID FOR THE AGED IN DISTRESS
“AFTAID gives direct financial relief to frail elderly people in distress when they need it. We are called upon often as a last resort, to help where others cannot or will not. AID FOR THE AGED IN DISTRESS concentrates its efforts and resources directly to elderly people in the U.K. who, because of ineligibility or, who are only receiving partial funding through statutory or voluntary services, fall through the 'safety net'. When need is genuine we try never to let them down."
“The Nightstop concept is simple - it is the provision of emergency accommodation for 16 to 25 year old homeless young people in the homes of approved volunteers.
Nightstop volunteers are ordinary people who are willing to open the door of their home to help young people in need, or who offer their time to help local Nightstop schemes in other ways. All volunteers have to undertake specific training before commencing their volunteering role with a local scheme.
About half the young people who are referred to Nightstop are under 18. A young person would usually stay with a host for 1 to 3 nights at a time. Should the young person still be in need of emergency accommodation then it would be normal for them to stay with another volunteer from the same scheme. In some areas Nightstop schemes have developed their support to young people to offer such services as: tenancy support, mediation, preventative education work, housing advice and supported lodgings.”
