Stow Nonprofits and Charities

Love Mercy for Animals, keep up the good work! Love to see wins from digital activism like social media targeting.

My family and I are extremely grateful for the care and concern we have received, during the death of our beloved pets . Two separate occasions and each time our experience was uplifting. Our pets are buried at the Pet Cemetery; which is well kept and maintained very well . The staff does a great job in keeping our babies graveside , landscaped areas with respect and dignity. Long live Keon my grand dog of 12 plus years( my precious bday twin ) and Jake my fur baby son ; our cockatiel of 30 plus years . I miss them so much , but , we’re blessed to honor them with a place of rest in honor at, Baltimore Humane Society Pet Cemetery. They are simply the Best !!!

The services are a lifesaver. I lost my job and was without insurance for 6 months. Complete 1 Healthcare was there for me during a difficult time providing diabetic care for free.

Great people. Fascinating history. Full of knowledge and insight about the history of this amazing community and town. Highly recommend to make a visit.

Pearlstone is one of those special places that transcends time and place. When I am there, I feel close to the land. I appreciate the efforts of everyone who works there, whether they are farmers, educators, or administrative personnel. Pearlstone enables people to learn how to care for the Earth, and to have gratitude for what the Earth provides. I believe it is the essence of people doing God's work.

For 100% volunteer, this organization is very effective in getting the community involved with environmental stewardship. My whole family has helped in events like trash cleanups, tree plantings, and water quality monitoring. Everyone I've worked with are friendly and knowledgeable, knowing their local actions are improving the "big picture" for the environment.

I cannot say enough about how hard everyone there works to help the child care programs in Western Maryland. APPLES staff members are dedicated to offering high quality in-person and virtual workshops that are informative and interesting. They have a wide variety of trainers who are interesting and engaging. When child care programs ask for help, someone is always there to answer questions or assist in any way possible with anything from Credentialing to children's challenging behaviors. As a busy director, I know that I can always count on APPLES to help or find someone who can help me. Thank you for all you do!

I was so disappointed they weren't able to send me a card (since I have so little support). Because I don't go to a Doctor or Councilor they are unable to send me a card? I must not deserve it I guess.

After going to a few plays I volunteered with the Potomac Playmakers as a stage manager. This past year I became production coordinator. This is a great company with a bright future. We acquired our own building recently and are in the process of renovation now. Come see our shows!

They went to my school and sang to day and they were really amazing and boy can all of them very much sing I hope to join them soon

In the short time since this organization has been established, I’ve watched the founder work tirelessly to promote the mission and make connections throughout New England seeking support for this endeavor. The November 11th Foundation has already been able to provide fresh produce to veterans in need and has secured the commitments of individuals and businesses to posture for a next successful growing season. The founder, David Wilkins, had developed some very creative and thoughtful ways to engage supporters to champion the Foundation’s endeavors. He is the exception; one of the few who is making his ideas come to fruition and fulfilling his desire to give back to veterans in a meaningful way. He is a hero.

Horrible experience!!!!!! Went there and found the perfect match for our family. We have 2 rescue dogs (1 from there) with room and love for another. One is scheduled for shots this week and both aren't due for flea and tick medicine until tomorrow. Went Saturday, filled out adoption application, answered a few questions and was told to come back Tuesday to get him. Went in Tuesday, was grilled about vaccinations then told the "operations supervisor" said we were inconsistent in the care of our pets. Was asked if we would sign a contract to use their vet. I said yes. Was then told the "operations supervisor" still thought we were inconsistent in their care and not suitable to adopt him. The "operations supervisor" never came out to talk to me. My husband went to talk with her and she made herself unavailable for the 1 1/2 hours he waited. When he saw her leaving in her car, he approached her. She cursed at him and threatened to call the police. Will let everyone I know to stay away

Supporting and Strengthening the Baltimore Community through film<br>http://www.md-filmfest.com/<br><br>'Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.' The giving people make the world go round. On Giving Tuesday, I am pledging to give and support a non-profit organization that gives character to the city of Baltimore; and that is the Maryland Film Festival. <br>Each year, they host a film festival based in Baltimore City, a five day festival attracting film lovers locally, nationally and internationally. The festival provides such an eclectic range of films- from documentaries to quirky, romantic shorts. The noncompetitive nature of the festival provides a relaxed, easy going atmosphere for everyone involved. There's something there for everyone, which is what keeps people coming back each year, I think. <br>In the wake of the Baltimore protests, events around the city were getting canceled one after another. I was worried the Maryland Film Festival would have been one of them. I couldn't have been more wrong. It wasn't about being afraid of what was happening around the city, but quite the opposite actually. The festival was had, and in fact one of the best ones yet! They embraced the events, and took the opportunity to invite guest directors and filmmakers to speak as part of a panel discussion, called Writing Race. It was important to the festival; it was important to the people of Baltimore; it was important for the good of mankind. <br>My gift on Giving Tuesday will go to the Maryland Film Festival in hopes of making my beloved city of Baltimore a stronger, more connected, less divided place to live and work.

I support Sramani Institute to Improve Human Wellbeing through Diversified Innovation Invigoration<br><br>http://www.sramani.org/contribute.html<br><br>Since I was a child I have lived in different countries across the world, giving me the opportunity to not only observe but experience how people from different cultures interact with and treat each other. From Switzerland to Japan, the United States to Germany, India to Canada, I have witnessed how xenophobia drives wedges of prejudice and misunderstanding between human beings. I have experienced how the concentration of melanin in your skin often determines how others with different melanin levels value you, no matter what you contribute or are capable of contributing to humanity.<br><br>When I was 3 years old my father decided to move to Halifax, Canada to pursue a Master&rsquo;s degree, after having worked in the best national research laboratory and graduated from one of the most outstanding technical universities in India. But my father&rsquo;s Professor would not give him a job as a teaching assistant, because he deemed my father not intelligent enough. Instead, the Professor hired a teaching assistant with few credentials except his color. This teaching assistant received a healthy stipend, even though he surreptitiously went for help to my father, who was paid nothing.<br><br>As an 11-year old in Germany I was the only non-German child in my Gymnasium (the school for the highest achievers in the 3-tiered German school system) at a time when the small town we lived in had a large Turkish population. I asked one of my teachers why there were no Turkish children in my school. He told me that they were not as capable as German children and so were sent to the &lsquo;Hauptschule&rsquo; (the school for the lowest achievers). Even as an 11-year old I understood that being shunted into the &lsquo;Hauptschule&rsquo; was a life sentence of low-paying trade jobs.<br><br>When I was in graduate school at an Ivy League university in the United States, I was once riding in the elevator with one of my professors, who later received the Nobel Prize. He was speaking with one of his colleagues, telling him about a conference he had attended in India recently: &ldquo;What a waste of time. There is no innovation in India. The only time a few of those smelly Indians do anything useful is when they come here to learn from us.&rdquo; To my chagrin this professor turned to me and said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure you agree.&rdquo;<br><br>These are only three stories out of hundreds, if not thousands, that shaped my worldview as a child. I pledged to myself that I would devote my life to achieving excellence myself (so that differently colored people would have a difficult time undervaluing and obstructing me) and then drawing out the innovation potential of those individuals and communities, who have been subjected to prejudicial undervaluation and marginalization.<br><br>Thus, after earning the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences for being one of the most innovative and excellent young scientists in North America, I returned the bulk of the $500,000 award that I had been given to start up my own research laboratory at an established academic institution, and instead set out to found my own non-profit institution with no resources but my determination. <br><br>I wanted to create an institution that not only draws on the astounding diversity of human ideas and innovations across the world to solve real problems affecting a wide spectrum of humans and ecosystems, but that ensures a high quality of life for each human individual and community, regardless of their genetic, geographic, or socio-economic origins. I wanted to devote my life to ensuring that people would not be undervalued, exploited, and excluded merely because of their origins.<br><br>I founded the &#346;ramani Institute with the mission of realizing the inter-connected wellbeing of all human beings, especially those marginalized, within their ecological, economic, and cultural contexts. Our approach to fulfilling our mission would be to create, facilitate, and promote intellectual and technological innovations that ensure Equitably Sustainable Progress* and are based on the scientific-analytical methods of diverse Knowledge & Technology (KT) Frameworks.<br><br>I knew that to be effective I had to understand how innovation is valued, protected, and marketed in the global economy. So I enrolled myself in law school, while I worked full-time as a scientific advisor (and later as an attorney) in various Intellectual Property law firms. In my &lsquo;spare time&rsquo; I established the &#346;ramani Institute in three countries: Canada in 2010, the United States in 2011, and India in 2012. I kept working full-time as an attorney so that I could fund the institution. My nights, weekends, and holidays, I spent training my staff, conducting research and fieldwork, making connections, handling legal and administrative matters, and supervising the implementation of our initiatives.<br><br>I poured all of my life savings and all of my earnings, save my own frugal food and accommodation expenses, into the &#346;ramani Institute to pay for our infrastructure costs, field work expenses, staff salaries, community funds, travel, etc. In late 2014, because my staff needed more guidance from me, I quit my paying job as an attorney to dedicate myself entirely to the &#346;ramani Institute, even though I only had enough money saved up to suffice for just 1 year of food and lodging for my family.<br><br>Over the past 5 years, I have personally worked with extraordinary tribal communities in various parts of India, who each have developed fascinating Knowledge & Technology (KT) Frameworks, which form the bases of sophisticated socially & environmentally sustainable innovations. Each adult in these communities has developed expertise and innovates in at least 4-6 different areas: food technologies, medicines, biodiversity preservation, architecture, civil engineering, microclimate manipulation, education, etc. The innovative capacity and knowledge base of these human beings never ceases to amaze me. Yet these extraordinary people are devalued and marginalized into the non-mainstream. They have been evicted by the government from their original ecosystems. They have been made dependent on social welfare and charity. And they have been forced to work under inhuman and dangerous conditions as indentured laborers.<br><br>It is these remarkable people that have kept me motivated to continue devoting my time, energy, and money to the &#346;ramani Institute. As a means to help them, I spearheaded the development of AVISH&trade; (Augmenting Vigor of Innovation through Structural Harmonization). AVISH&trade; enables the prediction of the quantity, quality, and nature of the Vigor of Innovation (VI&trade;) of an individual, community, or organization. AVISH&trade; also enables the creation of customized training & education programs designed specifically to draw out and augment VI&trade;.<br><br>http://www.svevak.org/#!articles/c1inh<br><br>Through AVISH&trade; the &#346;ramani Institute draws out the inherent capacity of individuals and communities to innovate and encourages them to develop and implement innovations that are equitably sustainable* and range from agricultural methods to healthcare, and resource management to civil engineering. <br><br>The &#346;ramani Institute has already developed and applied AVISH&trade; in two different settings: (1) working with marginalized, non-mainstream, indigenous communities in the areas of Equitably Sustainable* development and employment; and (2) working with postgraduate (Bachelor's degree or higher) students in the areas of higher education, health, and employment.<br><br>The &#346;ramani Institute is in the process of cementing partnerships with universities and non-mainstream communities in India, Canada, and the United States to further refine and implement AVISH&trade;, with the goal of expanding our work to other countries in the near future.<br><br>I would greatly appreciate an opportunity to tell the story of the &#346;ramani Institute and our work in building an equitably sustainable* world at the Dec. 1 Gates Social Media Meetup in Washington D.C.<br><br>Thank you very much.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Kakoli Mitra<br>---<br>*The &#346;ramani Institute defines Equitably Sustainable Progress as: &lsquo;implementing a set of interconnected diverse thoughts and actions that build a world where human beings of all socio-economic and geographic affiliations are healthy and safe, have access to relevant and uncorrupted education and resources, can engage in dignified livelihoods leading to self-reliance, and are respected for who they choose to express themselves to be.&rsquo;

I became involved with this organization in 1994. At the time they had volunteered panhandling for donations on the street. Everyone got a 5 or 10 dollar daily food stipend which was barely enough for one meal. Even back at the site there was very little food. The "training" was a joke and they had us wasting time breaking up rocks that they said would be used for grass which never happened. It was one of the strangest experiences of my life. I left during the fundraising phase and the recruiter at the time kept calling me wanting me to return. Run for your life from this one, there are much better organizations worth your time!

28 YEARS (BEGINNING 1986) SERVING THE PUBLIC. SERVICE AREA IS IN GENERAL LOCALLY BASED IN REISTERSTOWN MARYLAND WITH VOLUNTEERS AROUND THE NATION SERVING THE ELDERLY, HOMELESS, VETERANS, CHILDREN, HOSPITALS, CHURCHES, SOUP KITCHENS, YOUTH GROUPS AND CRISIS CENTERS....... <br> <br>WE ARE A 501(c)(3) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, NON-DRUGGING, NON-DRINKING ALL VOLUNTEER GROUP, WITH MEMBERSHIP AND SUPPORTERS IN EXCESS OF 500 WITH MULTIPLE CHAPTERS IN SEVERAL STATES...... <br> <br>STATE AND NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR OUR: "CYCLE SANTAS TOY DRIVE" (c), "FAMILY FOOD FUND", "AMERICANS SUPPORTING AMERICA'S VETERANS" (POW-MIA) & CHILDREN'S CANCER FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES........ <br> <br>DROP US A LINE AT: <br>3F FOUNDATION (FREEDOM'S FEW FOUNDATION) <br>POB 896 <br>REISTERSTOWN, MARYLAND 21136 <br> <br>THANKS-KEEP THE SUNNYSIDE UP!

I needed a hospital bed and my insurance would not pay for it and I was going to have to pay $200 a month to rent a bed. A young lady told me about this foundation and I contacted them. They were able to get me a hospital bed and I didn't have to pay anything. They are such a blessing.

I have worked with the C & O Canal Trust on several occasions and have found the staff and board to be dedicated and passionate professionals. Of particular value has been their work in engaging the communities that border the Canal Towpath and National Historic Park; not only in increasing appreciation of the asset and resource but also in improving the visitor experience in the region. <br> <br>On several occasions I have also recommended to friends and colleagues, a stay in the Canal Quarters. To a person they have not been disappointed and rank the experience at the top of the list.

My life has greatly been enhanced by volunteering in many places through Boston Cares : o ). Whether i's feeding the homeless, tutoring students for their upcoming GED, helping at a food pantry./soup kitchen, helping at a harvest festival in the next town that I live in, ESL, and so much more, Boston Cares has been patient, understanding, and so helpful in assisting me to find the best fit for me re: volunteer activities. I've graduated to being a volunteer to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway volunteer. Am recovering from surgery, and will be back volunteering c Boston Cares after 12 February 2013. A rich, and rewarding experience. I highly recommend this organization : o )

The AMC is an outstanding mission driven organization that deserves 4 stars from charity navigator. <br> <br>The AMC has a clear vision which it is executing. <br>http://www.outdoors.org/about/amc-vision2020.cfm <br> <br>Over the last 10 years AMC has accomplished its goal of getting kids outside, prtotecting land and enhancing outdoor experiences. <br>http://www.outdoors.org/publications/outdoors/2011/features/vision-2010-timeline.cfm <br> <br>Most impressively, AMC has permanently protected over 66,000 acres of wilderness forest land. <br> <br>The AMC is extremely well run and has balanced its budget 20 years in a row.

I am the Founder and CEO of this non-profit organization. Our goal and mission is to help restore broken, hurting women women and young girls. We aim accomplish our goal by offerering a safe haven where they can came come for support; be it physically, spiritually or financially with the aid of others. Doing what God has ordained me to do gives me great joy. I've experienced counceling women, girls and famlies. Some were on the verge of getting abortions; some were depressed; some marriages were on the edge of breaking up and many other situations. I thank God I was able to councel those needing spiritual healing and send those needing other types of professional help to the appropriate agencies. We offer Bible Study; girl talk; computer classes; voice lessons; piano lessons and sewing classes. We go on outings together. We also, visit prisons and nursing homes. I wish there were more we could do for the Kingdom of God.

Greetings, This is a non-profit organization that is reaching out to lost, hurting souls. There are many that are looking for healing and we have a passion for helping the bleeding to stop in many lives. We need the support of you to help continue our outreach to those that need their wounds to heal. We have to do it step by step: 1, identify the need/s, 2, have them to acknowledge their need/s, and 3, seek spiritual, alcohol, substance abuse and mental counseling. It is an holistic approach that is needed to collaborate with other profession to accomplish the goals that are set before us. We are also established to help ministers train to become all they can through the word of God.