St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility anywhere. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

We are where some of today's most gifted researchers are able to do more science, more quickly. Where doctors across the world send their toughest cases and most vulnerable patients. Where no one pays for treatment beyond what is covered by insurance, and those without insurance are never asked to pay. We've built America's 3rd-largest health-care charity, with a model that keeps the costs down and the funds flowing, so the science never stops. 

All patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family's ability to pay. 
www.stjude.org
  
A Compassionate Response to
Needs of the Poor
Sharing and Caring Hands was established to be a bridge from the caring concerned community to the people in need of their help. 
http://sharingandcaringhands.org
Wishes & More®   
“Wishes & More® enhances the life of a child fighting a terminal or life-threatening condition by providing extraordinary experiences... and more.  Wishes & More® is a new children’s wish granting organization made up of seasoned wish granting experts who want to provide a better wish experience to a larger base of qualified children. The purpose of  Wishes & More® is to grant the wish of a child between birth and nineteen who has a terminal or life-threatening condition which will require ongoing treatment and to provide a Scholarship of Hope® to be used for higher education, or to give a memorial to the family in the event the child does not survive to have his/her wish fulfilled.
www.wishesandmore.org
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit public charity dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions of the more than 140,000 children in North America’s foster care systems.  Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s, created the Foundation in 1992 to assure that every child has a permanent home and a loving family.
www.davethomasfoundation.org
Cell Phones for Soldiers
The Cell Phones for Soldiers program was started in April of 2004 by 13-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her 12-year-old brother Robbie of Norwell, Massachusetts.  After hearing a news report about a local soldier who ran up a massive phone bill calling home from Iraq, they decided they wanted to do something to help. Brittany and Robbie donated their piggy bank money, collected snack money from their friends at school, and with $21.00, they went to the bank to open an account. The South Shore Savings Bank of Hanover, Massachusetts donated $500.00 to help them get started.  Robbie and Brittany's goal is to help our soldiers serving overseas call home. They hope to provide as many soldiers as possible with prepaid calling cards. Through generous donations and the recycling of used cell phones, Robbie and Brittany have already distributed thousands of calling cards to soldiers around the globe.
www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com
PACER Center
The mission of PACER Center is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.
www.pacer.org
  
Hope for the City
Hope for the City distributes corporate surplus to non-profit organizations that serve the poor in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas.  Hope for the City makes an incredible monthly impact on the non-profit organizations it serves.  Our Community Partners reach 30,000 individuals in need each month.  Because of their partnership with Hope for the City, they can now reach 40,000 individuals.  In other words, Hope for the City touches approximately 10,000 individuals in need each month.

Hope for the City helps create healthier communities by providing an easy way for corporations to move their surplus, receive a tax donation, and serve the poor.  Helping those in poverty helps make a stronger community.  A healthy community provides the basis for the economy to flourish.  It's a circle that starts at the loading dock of local business.

Denny Hecker Donates $10,000 To Innovative “Food For A Day” Program>>

Click here for info on an exciting partnership between Hope for the Kids and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office>>
  
The Minnesota National Guard
The Minnesota National Guard is under state jurisdiction and can be used by the governor to assist the state during disasters and other state emergencies. In times of war, Minnesota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen can be called into federal active service with the president of the United States as commander in chief.
www.minnesotanationalgaurd.org