Project Futures: Networking Generation Y for the Cause of Good

Project Futures' mission is to revolutionize charitable organizations by the power and enthusiasm of Generation Y.

Everyone who is involved with PROJECT FUTURES works full time in their respective careers but aims to use their talents and skills to build PROJECT FUTURES into a network that cares for and helps vulnerable communities.

The organization does fundraising, marketing and provides a network of committed volunteers to positively impact the global challenge of human trafficking and sex slavery.

Visit the Project Futures website to find out more about getting involved.

Publicolor: Brightening Hopes, Inspiring Futures

Publicolor uses "color, collaboration, design, and the painting process to re-engage students in their education, schools and communities to ultimately transform them into productive members of our workforce."

Publicolor offers a full range of opportunities through their programs.  The nonprofit sponsors a Paint Club.  Students who participate in the Paint Club can become part of the COLOR Club which provides opportunities for leadership, learning to think critically about the future, and the opportunity to earn a stipend. Next Step Prep involves  middle school through high school kids in literacy immersion and SAT preparation.  Next Step works with high school juniors and seniors on college placement and mentoring..  The Fresh Coat Club revisits former Publicolor projects for touch-ups and allows students to earn an income.

Nonprofit Restaurant's Mission to Take Care of the Poor

North Carolina Chef Jim Noble serves more than succulent Southern cuisine at his King's Kitchen restaurant.  

Daily selections of natural meats and organic, local vegetables and sides, our rendition of a contemporary “meat and three.” Soups, salads and sandwiches round out all things Southern and comforting.

Additionally, all profits go to taking care of the poor.  His unique business model includes job training in the restaurant, and people experiencing hard times are encouraged to apply.  Charities received about $50,000 in donations last year from King's Kitchen.

Children Without a Voice USA

Unlike cancer and a host of other diseases, child abuse is completely preventable.  In spite of the this, an American child is abused every ten seconds, and every 6 hours one dies as a result of abuse.  Children Without a Voice USA champions the cause of the nation's most vulnerable citizens, kids, because they deserve better.

Parenting classes, pre-school and elementary classes on staying safe, teen parenting classes, and free educational materials are part of the Children Without a Voice USA prevention effort.

Lin Seahorn, CWAV-USA's founder and a survivor of horrible abuse as a child, dedicates her life to raising awareness and preventing crimes against children, child abuse and neglect through advocacy and education. organization.

East Meets West Foundation

The East Meets West Foundation implements sustainable solutions in addressing poverty in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.  Education, health care, clean water and sanitation, and infrastructure are all areas given attention. The organization also operates two orphanages where children receive a full education, job training and skills to ease them into society as young adults.  Besides building schools and making sure 5,000 children are in classrooms, East Meets West actively fights against child sex trafficking.

One the health care front, the Breath of Life program develops clinical solutions in tackling infant mortality.  And a dental program set up by East Meets West is often the first time a child ever sees a dentist.

Find out about volunteering and donations at their website.

The Fight to End Child Trafficking

Sometimes a crime is so horrible there's a tendency to look the other way and assume someone somewhere will help the survivors.  But the victims of sex trafficking are as young as three years old.  Somaly Mam wouldn't look the other way.  Once a child sex slave, she now works to liberate and empower young victims.  The Somaly Mam Foundation rescues enslaved girls and empowers them with education and rehabilitation.

Human trafficking is the third largest organized crime globally behind drugs and guns.  Globally, the industry makes billions of dollars with more than two million women and children sold into sexual slavery each year.  As a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, The Somaly Mam Foundation now operates awareness and advocacy campaigns in North America and worldwide.

You can help promote awareness by telling ten of your facebook friends about the fight to stop human trafficking.

Invisible People: Raising Awareness

Meet Gerardo.  His own family turned him away as a teenager because he is gay.  It's hard to imagine a church rejecting someone in need, but apparently this is a common experience for LGBT youth who find themselves on the street.  

Invisible People (dot) TV wants you to see the faces and know the lives of homeless people.  From the site:

On the street I saw a small girl cold and shivering in a thin dress, with little hope of a decent meal. I became angry and said to God; “Why did you permit this? Why don’t you do something about it?” For a while God said nothing. That night he replied, quite suddenly:

“I certainly did something about it. I made you.”