Nonprofits in New Hampshire

Erowid and its extensive archive of non-judgmental, factual information about psychotropic agents probably saved my life. As a 12-year-old fascinated with drugs, Erowid armed me with the knowledge to understand risk and stay safe. The thought that substances could alter my perceptions, thoughts, emotions, and somatic experience, in predictable ways, and allow me to achieve a desired mental state was enthralling. There was never a question of whether or not I would experiment with drugs; the question was from where my information about drugs (if any) would come. The official programming provided at school was D.A.R.E. This condescending, fear mongering, anti-drug, pro-prohibition program mislead an entire generation of curious tweens and encouraged us to become snitches – active pawns in the racist (and lucrative) so-called “War on Drugs”. Many a bad trip was averted by knowledge gained from Erowid’s extensive archive. I am forever grateful and long live Internet 1.0!

So grateful for the scholarship provided by the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation for my son to attend Camp Yakety Yak.

This nonprofit is doing excellent work to alleviate suffering for women by providing the simple surgery that fixes their fistula.

Sankara Eye Foundation has been doing phenomenal work to strive towards eradicating curable blindness in all of India. It has been an honor to support an organization that is totally committed to providing the best eye care to the most needy.

After reading “Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine” and while studying pharmacology at university in the early 90s, and then passing the book over to a friend, who’s mother had multiple sclerosis and was suffering markedly at the time, without any respite in sight, just a plethora of medication that had bad side effects and made her feel even worse at times… She started to imbibe small doses of marijuana, and the doctors were amazed at how her symptoms of MS suddenly dissipated to the point her life actually became enjoyable again. Seeing how this illicit substance actually was more effective at treating MS than any legal medication available, the dichotomy of Western society’s prohibitive law’s on illicit substances came under scrutiny in our minds. As the internet was just starting out around this time, I did a web search and found MAPS. MAPS is an American nonprofit organisation working to raise awareness about the beneficial aspects of psychedelic substances… And after speaking with them briefly, they seemed like they not only really cared about the wellbeing of people in general, but they also actually cared enough to challenge the dogmatic views about the place certain entheogens should hold in the healing of humans and how we relate to the earth. The courage of these gals and guys is unlike any I have seen in the research world. They have worked with other charities and inspired people to seek new ways of healing, not only for conditions such as PTSD but also addiction, and depression too. They continue to work tirelesdly with respected government and academic organisations the world over to bring about more effective treatments for debilitating conditions… I honestly believe that these gals and guys will one day help heal the world in more profound ways than all the drug companies put together with all their years of research. But, before that happens, we need people to help support them work through the hurdles they are facing in a world still dominated by dogmatics views about psychedelics in general and the revelatory treatments that could be derived from these substances so we can essentially free people from debilitating conditions i.e. multiple sclerosis, PTSD, addiction, depression, etc. without a never-ending prescription of medication… So come on… Let’s give MAPS some big love and much needed support.

I applied for the Susan Grant. Turned in all the documentation , doctor signed the document provided with all her information. I get an email back from the Susan organization stating that the information my doctor filled out was not sufficient because it did not have a Doctor letterhead on it. It just baffles me that you have all the information, including a phone number to where you can personally talk to the doctor, but you want cancer patient to continuously harass the doctor to fill out paperwork, confirming what she already confirmed but you want a letterhead.. I reached out to customer service, which was horrendous. The representative was very disrespectful and rude.. If you are looking for help, I would recommend you look within other foundations.

We are so deeply grateful for Miracle Flights. Traveling from Michigan to Maryland for our daughter’s congenital orthopedic care is not easy, but they made it possible. Their support lifted a huge financial burden and gave us peace of mind during such a stressful time. They even connected us with Blacklane for airport transportation, which made the whole journey smoother and less overwhelming for our family. We truly thank God for Miracle Flights and the people behind it. Their kindness and generosity have been a blessing to us. 💛

The donation process was very easy and smooth! I think the work they are doing is special and I’m happy I have the opportunity to help these kids! By God’s grace I am here today and I know he’s with them always!

The Healthwell Foundation has been the BEST and most significant resources I have come across in 6.5 years of fighting Metastatic Breast Cancer. I found out about it 4 years ago, but have only managed to apply on time the last 2 years (we all know how quick applications for help close). Putting that Medicare preimium money back in my pocket to pay for many other things to extend my time here as been invaluable! Thank you Healthwell, and especially the Donors! With out you all, the fight would even be worse than it already is.

As a single parent of two, managing bills and taking care of my kids often left me overwhelmed. Over time, my credit score dropped so low that I couldn’t qualify for the things I needed most, and I honestly felt stuck. A close friend referred me to Credit Saint, and that’s when everything started to change. Daniel, one of their credit repair experts, was patient and professional from the very first call. He explained the process clearly, gave me realistic expectations, and walked with me step by step as we worked on cleaning up my credit. Within a few months, I started seeing results—negative items were removed, my score climbed, and doors that once seemed closed began to open again. Most importantly, I felt hopeful and confident about my financial future for myself and my kids. If you’re struggling with credit issues, I highly recommend reaching out to Daniel and the team at Credit Saint. They truly care and deliver results. You can contact them directly at MYCREDITSAINT@GMAIL.COM

It was back in 2019 when my regular dentist was doing a routine dental exam. She grasped my tongue with a piece of gauze, and said something to the effect of “and what do we have here? How long have you had this white spot on the bottom side of your tongue?” My response, mouth full of gauze, was “what white spot”. <br><br>She was adamant that I needed to come back in two weeks, and if it had not subsided, she’d refer me out for an oral surgeon for a biopsy. She was great at teaching me the seriousness of staying on top of this painless white lesion, that could potentially be cancerous. I knew nothing about oral cancer, except that chewing tobacco greatly increased your odds of getting it, and I was not a user of tobacco products.<br><br>In the meantime I did a little bit of research on tongue cancer and I think a google search led me to the Oral Cancer Foundation website. I never knew how deadly and aggressive oral cancer could be. In my mind it was likely similar to a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, something you did not want to let go untreated but not a huge deal. SO WRONG. After reading various folks posts on their anecdotal stories of their experience, I read some of the scientific journals and articles on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.<br><br>Because of the COVID Pandemic I think it was almost a year before I had my first biopsy. The oral surgeon did not seem very concerned about the small, painless pencil eraser sized white lesion (leukoplakia is the medical term) on the right underside of my tongue about midway back to my molar teeth. He was insistent that biopsy specimen be sent to a particular oral pathology laboratory, regardless of if it was approved by my insurance company. Oh, I forgot to mention I picked this guy, because he himself was an oral cancer survivor, his jawbone cancer found on a routine dental X-Ray. I was like, I am willing to pay a few hundred dollars out of pocket if needs be to go this top notch oral pathology company. My insurance paid for it, they were a preferred provider I believe.<br><br>He was greatly surprised when it came back from the pathology lab indicating the tissues exhibited “Moderate Epithelial Dysplasia”. The oral surgeon explained that this was considered a potentially malignant disorder, and that I should follow up with an oral surgeon who specialized in cancer and potentially precancerous conditions. <br><br>That is when I think I made my first post on the patient forums of the Oral Cancer Foundations (OCF) website. I also began doing a much deeper dive into the technical papers, the various professional medical and educational links OCF had provided on their website. I discovered that I had roughly somewhere between a 1 in 10 and 1 in 4 (10 to 25%) chance of my lesion’s area tissue converting into oral squamous cell carcinoma. <br><br>I had learned from OCF articles and patients that once diagnosed with dysplasia, one should probably be seen by an oral cancer specialist yearly, for life. <br><br>My first oncology oral surgeon saw me for I think almost 2 years, before moving out of the area. OCF’s influence on me, their patient stories and educational materials, as well as my original discovering dentists very serious advising of me to stay on top of this thing worked. I had to get established with a local medical system to get a referral to see the next oncology surgeon, whom my previous doctor had recommended. I think I saw this next doctor for about 2 years. I had 2 regular appointments. Then roughly 4 years after the first biopsy about 6 months before my regular annual appointment I noticed that the area near the biopsy scar had a tiny pimple like projection that was sore. <br><br>I got on the OCF forums and mentioned that, and several of the veteran members were like “Biopsy it!”. I was about to mention it in a patient message to my doctor’s office, and it went away in a few weeks. A month later and it was back, and now steady. So I did send a picture of this tiny pimple, barely visible, to the doctor and described that the new feature was it was painful. <br><br>He ended up making an earlier appointment for me, looked at it, and could barely find it. Said he could biopsy it right then, but it did not look very concerning. I was not expecting a biopsy that day, as the last doctor required a bunch of up front paperwork and scheduling and such. He said I could probably just follow up with my regular dentist (something I was never going to do, based on what I had read on the OCF forums and website, and also thankfully three previous dental/medical professionals had instilled in my the necessity for lifetime close monitoring with someone who treats cancer daily). The other option was to come back in 3 months and decide to biopsy it then.<br><br>The day after he probed the lesion with the wooden end of a cotton swab, I was like, man, now that thing is on fire. I am definitely asking him to biopsy it Dec 2023. Again got back on the forums, and it really helped me stay insistent to pursue the re-biopsy of the area and this pimple like lesion.<br><br>The surgeon does the biopsy, was the most pain free oral/dental procedure I had ever experienced. My previous tongue biopsy not so much, the lidocaine needle for my first procedure was red hot intense pain. He joked that he kind of had to biopsy the location by feel, as it just was not readily apparent where exactly to excise, but he was fine with going ahead and doing the procedure as that was my desire. <br><br>My insistence on that biopsy was about 50% due to what I had learned from OCF and 50% from my previous doctors. Because of the extent of the pain of my first procedure I may have been unconvinced with the need to go through it again if the doctor was on the fence himself and did not think it was necessarily indicated. To me the red flag was the change, the pain and the raised nature of the bump. Happily, the second biopsy was pain-free, and I would have gladly went back to that surgeon for an annual biopsy if needed.<br>A couple weeks later January 2 2024 the oral surgeon calls me with the biopsy results. Microinvasive Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. He was very apologetic of not pushing for the biopsy as being absolutely indicated in my case. I was very appreciative of his skill, and said I understood, it was not anything you would see in a textbook as likely cancer. He said that the margins were clean, but much narrower than he would want around a nascent cancer tumor just starting. He wanted to set me up with an in house oncological ENT surgeon.<br><br>This was all at my states flagship teaching hospital, an a NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. From my readings on OCF and other sources I had long since decided that if I was ever diagnosed with an actual cancer I would seek treatment at the flagship Comprehensive Cancer Center in all of New England with the strongest oral cancer program, and that I my particular tumor was some rare odd variety I’d seek treatment at the best CCC in the country, taken a trip if needed. I am young enough that I was and am willing to go to pretty large measures to get my next 3 or 4 decades of life and quality of life.<br><br>Again I credit OCF for giving me the background knowledge to know you can request such referrals, don’t be afraid to ask second opinions, don’t feel disloyal if you would like to be treated by a different organization etc.<br><br>I was surprised how happily the cancer finding oral surgeon was to set me up with a referral to this other agency. He even recommended a specific colleague of his, well regarded even at that institution. <br><br>The next ENT Oncology surgeon did a small partial glossectomy, just taking wider margins around the original excision and also scoped my throat looking for any other evidence of disease while I was under general anesthesia in a regular surgical suite at a major hospital. <br><br>Anyway OCF and the OCF forum and patients who have “been there, done that, and got the T-Shirt” are great sources of encouragement and information FROM THE PATIENTS PERSPECTIVE of what to expect, what questions to consider asking, how things progress treatment plan wise, what things mean etc.<br><br>When you are at the doctors office and he is explaining things about your cancer, in a newly diagnosed patient, it was to me, a bit like the television scenes where there is a lot of white noise in the background as the doctor is talking. My wife was there, and took copious notes, and my situation was not as shock inducing as many, but one could easily imagine if the doctor is giving a bunch of dire news about the need for a slew of aggressive treatments, that experience would be “shock and awe” to a terrible extent.<br><br>The OCF forums helped me organize my thoughts, as I kind of chronicled my experience in my entry in the “symptoms and diagnsosis” sub-forum. It was helpful for me to be able to kind of journal what happened and when, and how things developed, and to get near real time feedback from other cancer patients, again what questions to ask, different things to think about post surgery etc.<br><br>So OCF is a great resource to me in education, moral support, pre-surgery encouragement, recovery encouragement, encouragement in the progress of research and treatment methods and options.<br><br> <br>

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I was blessed with a gas card from Mercy Medical Angels. I travel 200 miles round trip to the Cancer Center each week, and the gas card sure helped out. Thank you.

This is the only organization of its kind helping those going through Topical Steroid Withdrawal. I'm so grateful for ITSAN and all it does to help sufferers and raise awareness!

My application was approved. So far, my application document includes 18 pages of supporting documentation, and they still want more. They say the grant is valid for 1 year, but they cancel it if it's not used within 120 days. If you have a prescription that lasts more than 120 days and you need to renew it, and though there are remaining funds in your account, the grant is revoked. They instruct you to enroll in a waiting list that isn't taking new applicants. One wonders if they stall to get past the 120-day deadline to lessen their payments. It seems plausible given the deep cuts to health care. My physician's office called on my behalf and spoke to 3 different people to get clarification. She came away with 3 different answers. They may or may not come through; that remains to be seen. A word to the wise: don't be overjoyed in receiving the PAN Foundation grant; it doesn't follow that you will receive any support.

Working with The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals has already been such a meaningful experience for me. Photography has always been a quiet way for me to slow down and notice beauty in moments that might otherwise go unseen. Light through flowers, still water, movement in nature, and the small details that make people pause for a moment and simply breathe. Knowing that one of my photographs could bring even a small sense of calm, comfort, or peace to someone in a hospital setting means more to me than I can fully express. During difficult moments, environment matters, and I love the idea that art can soften a space and make it feel a little more human and comforting. I’m truly grateful to be included among the contributing photographers and thankful for the incredible work this foundation does to bring healing imagery into hospitals around the world. — Nadine Marie Through Her Lens

I applied to Dogs Inc twice. The first application — references, medical records, full submission — received no follow-up. No call, no email. I had to contact them to discover I had been forgotten. They asked me to reapply. The second application was entirely different in structure and requirements from the first, with no explanation for the discrepancy. Throughout both processes, no one from Dogs Inc spoke with me directly. No interview. No phone call. They made a final determination about my mental and emotional fitness without a single conversation — effectively overriding the documented assessments of my treating physician and licensed therapist, both of whom cleared me without reservation. Their denial cited concerns about my “judgment, emotional regulation, and stability” with no specific findings and no pathway forward. I raise this not as a grievance, but as a legitimate concern about mission alignment. Veterans with PTSD have histories. That is the nature of the population

05/10/2022Good afternoon everyone, my name is Davon Hopkins of Annandale, VA . I would like to first say I'm still currently patently waiting for a response to many topics I feel need addressed. First topic on my list are hate crimes and improper facial surveillance in Northern Virginia. I say Northern Virginia is because I was able to pinpoint the cameras that put everyone's human rights at risk. Secondly the racial and minority tracking , casing, or monitoring what every you like to call it . It's a direct violation as US citizens, and I'm here to make sure all matters get addressed and handled the correct way. I will also answer your questions of why and how am I so confident in what I say, that's because its happening to me as we speak . <br> <br>I can be reached at - Davon.Hopkins@snhu.edu or direct contact 571-331-5470 <br> <br>When calling please respond by addressing your name & position within this great non profit, how you can help or relate with what I'm currently facing in America. Thank you and God bless everyone

My daughter was born 10 years ago with cystic fibrosis we were introduced to Hope Kids and it was one of the best things for our family. The last 10 years she has gone through the ups and downs of feeling alone in her disease and this organization has helped her through those moments of darkness. I of course, wanted to become more involved when seeing how much this changed her and our lives and am now a board member and absolutely love it. Helping others going through the same feelings and struggles is a blessing to be able to do. Definitely one of the best organizations I’ve ever been involved in.

Having been a very active volunteer with the International Cancer Advocacy Network for almost 28 years, I continually witness the kind of support desperately needed by cancer patients and their families. Seeing and hearing evidence of such support on a regular basis, I am not only proud of our team literally being "in the trenches" with our patients but I am honored to serve in their midst as Chair of ICAN's Board of Trustees. ICAN’s Patient Services are supported by 172 volunteers from around the world divided into substantive research teams and professional councils. Every hour of every day, ICAN advocates assist Stage IV cancer patients find and access the personalized treatment that is best suited for them at that pivot point in their patient journey. As far as I have seen over the years of being part of the cancer arena, ICAN provides more for the patient than any other cancer organization on the planet.

I am the daughter of Stephanie, Coping with Laryngomalacia's founder, and I can honestly say this organization has truly changed lives. All the volunteers work so hard to make sure every baby in need is able to receive a care package with a soft blanket, stuffed animal, and other things that will bring comfort while in the hospital. Coping with Laryngomalacia is a very inspiring nonprofit.

We visited Global Links as part of research for our entrepreneurship project at University of Pittsburgh, and received a very warm welcome, detailed introduction and gracious help from staff members such as Angela and Connor! The medical devices that they have loaned us will surely facilitate our research and our endeavor to develop a low-cost medical device targeting the low resource areas. We are planning to contact them in the near future about figuring out the specific needs for our potential customers, distribution channels and such.<br><br>More importantly, this visit is a transformational experience for us! Witnessing the volunteers working in the warehouse full of organized surplus medical supplies and talking to Angela and Connor about the organization's operation, needs and social impact, I was deeply touched by Global Links' noble cause and a hug cannot even express my most sincere gratitude towards these guys. We thank them for all their great work and devotion! I wish I could have brought the whole team to get to know Global Links onsite (the other two members had other engagements that day), since we are all enthusiastic and inspired entrepreneurs who wish to develop something useful for the greater good. We are more than happy to write reviews for the nebulizers and oxygen concentrators that they have loaned us to research on as the least we can do to pay back and start helping out.<br><br>We will use our social media presence to spread the word for Global Links. I have also signed up for volunteer. Again, thank you very much for everything, Global Links! <br><br>Wendy<br>Team OxyGen

I came across The Chelsea Hutchinson Foundation shortly after receiving our 8 year old daughter’s epilepsy diagnosis in February of this year while browsing the Epilepsy Foundation website for information about seizure alert dogs. I had reached out to them inquiring for information on how to determine if our daughter was a good candidate for a dog. Within hours, I already received a response back from Julie, whose story I had read about on their foundation website. I was truly surprised, and honored, to hear back so quickly, especially considering it was late in the evening. Julie was so helpful in providing information, links, reference materials and guidance they have historically provided related to dogs and then even went above and beyond to suggest other seizure monitoring devices we could consider. Only weeks later, we had our device in our home and it has given us such a peace of mind. They have imprinted our lives and I cannot wait to get more involved with this amazing org!

As a fourth-year medical student in the US, the CFHI Virtual Global &amp; Public Health Internship – India was exactly the kind of experience I had been looking for to expand my understanding of health systems beyond the clinical settings I am accustomed to. The live sessions with India-based public health professionals brought real depth to topics I thought I understood from textbooks, things like infectious disease burden, sanitation gaps, and community-level intervention, and hearing about them directly from people doing the work on the ground reframed how I think about health systems entirely. What made the program stand out even further was the inclusion of personal and professional development, and Hindi language lessons, something I did not expect and found genuinely enriching, since being able to connect even a little with the language added a layer of cultural immersion that you rarely get from a virtual program.

Very thankful for Dawn and the charity CDH International. After losing our beautiful daughter Juniper in 2020 we felt alone in our loss. Very thankful that there is so much effort and work being put into this disease and preventing further loss