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NEW MEXICO

ACCION increases access to business credit, makes loans, and provides training which enable emerging entrepreneurs to realize their dreams and be catalysts for positive economic and social change.

Forest Guardians has emerged as a results-driven group with a proven record of defending and preserving threatened southwestern wildlife and ecosystems. Their approach to conservation features a potent combination of scientific analysis, strategic litigation to enforce existing environmental laws, and efforts to reform misguided public polices.

Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities.

"It's All Alive, It's All Intelligent, It's All Connected."

Bioneers offers pragmatic solutions that honor the living web of the natural world as the most fertile source of inspiration and models. It's all alive.

One of the beauties of biology is that its facts can become our metaphors, and these underlying codes serve as inspiring parables for how we can organize a more just, humane and authentically sustainable society. It's all intelligent.

Interdependence also teaches us that there are no single issues because it's one whole that can be addressed only by bringing together all the parts. Bioneers gathers people at the crossroads of ecological restoration, human health and social justice. It's all connected.

The bioneers span all fields, cultures, ages and walks of life. The work ranges from science to spirit - local to global - academia to the grass roots - farm to city - business to public service - art to engineering. We celebrate the gift of life in all its diversity and mystery, conjuring a change of heart to renew our empathic connection with the web of life and the Earth, our home. It's all relatives.

NEW YORK

Mercy Flight Central is an independent, non profit organization of air medical professionals, devoted to integrity and compassion, providing critical care to the sick and injured. Direct transport from the accident scene to a trauma center has been shown to improve patient survival, reduce disability, shorten hospital stays and reduce costs.

Teaching Matters is a non-profit professional development organization that partners with educators to improve public schools. We use technology in the classroom to prepare teachers and their students for 21st century learning and achievement.

Grand Street Settlement Since its founding in 1916, Grand Street Settlement has provided residents of the Lower East Side community with the tools and support they need to overcome challenging circumstances and build productive lives and futures. Its comprehensive and integrated array of culturally relevant programs and services assists more than 10,000 area residents of all ages annually–from toddlers in Early Head Start and Day Care to school-age youth, young adults, and senior citizens.

DOROT's mission is to enhance the lives of Jewish and other elderly in the Greater New York City Metropolitan area through a dynamic partnership of volunteers, professionals, and elders; to foster mutually beneficial interaction between the generations; and to provide education, guidance and leadership in developing volunteer-based programs for the elderly nationally and internationally.

DOROT’s Programs

    * Address basic needs of the elderly, such as food and housing, health and wellness services, and life management skills
    * Provide social, cultural, religious, arts and educational activities to alleviate isolation and to bring the generations together
    * Promote an ethic of volunteerism
    * Foster respect for human dignity among people of all ages in accordance with Jewish values

Aging in America
    * Since 1900, the number of people ages 65 and older has multiplied almost 11 times, from 3.1 million to 33.5 million.
    * In the next 50 years, that figure will increase to 75 million.
    * During the same period, the number of people aged 90 and older will multiply by 12, from four million to 48 million. They will live one-third of their lives in retirement.

Unfortunately for many of the elderly, the added gift of time is more a burden than a blessing. Many live alone. They have outlasted family, friends, and resources. They are contending with increasing frailty and isolation. They have no one to talk to and no one to tend to their everyday needs. If they do not remain involved in society, their only companions are likely to be fear, despair and debilitation.

DOROT provides programs and services for more than 10,000 elders and caregivers every year. The seniors we serve range in age from 59 to 108. Among them:

    * 95% live alone.
    * 90% are women.
    * 75% have difficulty performing daily activities such as dressing, washing, and cooking.
    * 60% cannot leave their homes without assistance.
    * 52% live on less than $10,000 a year.
    * 35% are blind or sight-impaired.

NORTH CAROLINA

The North Carolina Botanical Garden is part of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We further the University's mission of teaching, research, and public service through our own mission:

"To inspire understanding, appreciation, and conservation of plants in gardens and natural areas and to advance a sustainable relationship between people and nature."

The North Carolina Botanical Garden has been a leader in native plant conservation and education in the southeastern United States for more than 30 years.

The Crossnore School is a private, non-profit children's home and school in the western North Carolina mountains, serving children who, for circumstances beyond their control, can no longer live at home, whether permanently or temporarily. Most residents live at Crossnore because their primary care givers are abusive or have neglected them to the point that their well being is threatened. Residents come from all counties in North Carolina.

TROSA assists in changing lives and increasing law-abiding behavior by providing a self-supporting, two-year, residential, self-help community serving offenders and substance abusers at no cost to the individuals. TROSA is a comprehensive, long-term, residential substance abuse recovery program located in Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1994, TROSA is now the largest residential therapeutic community in North Carolina and is widely respected for its innovative therapeutic and entrepreneurial approach to the pervasive issue of substance abuse.

NORTH DAKOTA

River Keepers grew from a desire to rediscover the Red River's heritage, and to teach people to again appreciate the Red as a living River. River Keepers is interested in the recreation and sustainable development uses of the Red River. River Keepers promotes a renewed vision for the Red River of the North through workshops, youth service-learning projects and advocacy. The primary goal of River Keepers is to demonstrate to the public that the Red River is an underutilized resource. River Keepers works "hand-in hand" with civic, corporate and political leaders, local watershed groups and the public at-large.

Anne Carlsen Center for Children offers a rich tradition of residential, therapeutic and educational services on one campus. Including individualized services include care for children and young adults with cerebral palsy; orthopedic, vision and hearing impairments; autism, pervasive and other behavior disorders; and many other medical challenges.