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Ekal Canada is a registered Canadian charity engaged in the basic education of tribal, indigenous children in rural India and Nepal. Ekal runs 80,000 schools that help educate over 2 million underprivileged children in rural, remote parts of India. It is the largest grassroots movement for rural education in the world.

Volunteer with any of the Ekal Canada regional chapters or Head Office and work on raising awareness, fundraising, social media, local community events, website maintenance, support groups, news and events, youth engagement, donor outreach, corporate outreach etc. A contribution of CAD $700 helps run one Ekal school for an entire year, educates 30 children and has a positive impact on 30 rural families.

The Ekal movement aims to eradicate illiteracy from tribal areas of India and Nepal through rural development based on the criteria of equality, diversity and inclusion across all sections of society. Ekal's mission is the holistic empowerment of villages through basic education, culture, digital literacy, skill development, health awareness, sustainable agricultural practices and rural entrepreneurship.

At the time of independence, India’s literacy rate was a staggering 11%. Since then, it has made tremendous strides in educating its people. Present day, the literacy rate stands at 68% for the indigenous and rural Indian population - well below the world average literacy rate of 84%. The tribal inhabitants live in remote areas, far from major cities. Those areas are highly deprived of basic amenities, modern facilities for youth and even basic infrastructure. In this scenario, the Ekal movement emerged as the most pragmatic solution to this national need.

Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada, a not-for-profit organization, was registered as an Ontario Corporation in 2006 and attained Canadian charitable status in 2007. Charity Registration Number (Canada): 853421162RR0001. Ekal is now active in over 10 countries including the United States of America, Germany, Italy, Thailand, UAE, New Zealand, Britain and Australia. Ekal is a one teacher school project primarily in the remote tribal villages where often there are not even the basic necessities of life such as roads, hospitals, schools, clean water etc. A school consists of 25 to 40 children and there are no formal school buildings. Classes are held under a tree, in a verandah, or wherever else is available. A blackboard, teacher and students form the class room. Ekal has regional chapters located in Toronto (GTA), Winnipeg, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Kingston, Sarnia, London Ontario, Windsor, Ottawa etc.

Should you have any questions as a first time donor or volunteer, or to speak to us regarding volunteer hours or volunteering in general contact the Ekal Canada team at:

Phone: +1 416 569 9379
Email: evfcanada@ekal.ca
Website: www.ekal.ca

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Volunteer with Ekal Canada	150	n/a	n/a

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Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Warm Up America! through Kohls! Please send us an email at info@warmupamerica.org with the details of your volunteer service and we will get back to you!

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At 26 Letters we offer medical funds and humanitarian aid packages but we are still a young NGO and our resources are quite limited. To guarantee the well-being of all families, collaborations with other NGOs and associations are essential. The well-being department, or the “caring grandparents” as we call them, guarantees that our families are assisted in every possible way through our own programs or through referrals. When we are contacted by a family that either needs assistance in an area out of our scope or that lives outside Beirut, our caring granparents ensure that they are referred to another organization that can provide such help.

While our team in Beirut works on purchasing, assembling and distributing our survival packages in Beirut, our online-based volunteers work on searching for alternative and collaborative ways to help.

Our caring grandparents protect our families and provide them with the love and care that they deserve.

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ESPAÑOL:

En 26 Letters nos aseguramos de que nuestras personas beneficiarias vivan de manera digna mediante programas destinados a cubrir sus necesidades humanas fundamentales. En este sentido financiamos tratamientos y operaciones médicas y trabajamos muy duro para enviar paquetes de ayuda humanitaria a nuestras familias. Sin embargo, 26 Letters es una ONG pequeña y nuestros recursos son limitados. Es por esto que conseguir colaboraciones con otras entidades es fundamental y es de esto mismo de lo que se encarga el departamento de Bienestar. Nuestro equipo de “abuelitas cariñosas” (como nos llamamos entre nosotrxs) se encarga personalmente de que cada familia sea asistida de la mejor manera posible y de que sus necesidades sean atendidas a través de nuestros proyectos o de servicios de remisión de casos. Cuando una familia necesita ayuda en un área fuera de nuestro ámbito de actuación o cuando una familia que vive fuera de Beirut nos contacta, las abuelitas cariñosas se encargan de remitir su caso a una organización capaz de cubrir sus necesidades.

Nuestro equipo en Beirut se encarga de comprar, organizar y distribuir nuestros paquetes de ayuda humanitaria mientras que nuestro equipo online se encarga de encontrar maneras alternativas y colaborativas de ayudar.

Las abuelitas cariñosas protegen a nuestras familias dándoles el amor y cuidado que tanto merecen, ¡únete a ellas!

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We are a 100 percent volunteer organization that raises funds and awareness for cystic Fibrosis families. This is our biggest fundraiser for the year.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Join us the 3rd Monday of Every Month to Pack Parts of the Care Packages for Lily's Hope Families from 5-7pm at the Lily's Hope Foundation Office, Allentown, PA.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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This is a 31 day walking/running challenge where we need volunteers to run/walk as many miles as they can from home. All of our miles count toward the overall winner. Team members will register through the Kilter app on their phones.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Miles for Meaning Running/Walking	no limit	n/a	n/a

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ENGLISH:

Volunteering in a Finance Department can sound boring, but at 26 Letters it is quite the opposite. Our finance team, or “26 Letters’ Rich Aunts” as we call ourselves, are the funniest team you will ever find! Besides, 26 Letters is only possible thanks to the amazing work of the team. On the moment, our finance team is working very hard on ensuring that our families receive our humanitarian aid boxes each month. These boxes contain the food, medicines, sanitary and hygiene products and baby products that they need to survive every month. Our aim is to deliver these packages every month to a total of 700 people while starting to incorporate another 1000 people that are currently waiting to be included in the program.

The department’s main objective is simple: to establish collaborations and find the necessary funding to deliver these packages. The means of achieving this are completely up to the creativity of our volunteers! Every two weeks, the team gathers at an online meeting to share and put forward new ideas. After the meeting, each volunteer stablishes their own objectives, as well as the time they are going to invest in fulfilling said objective and whether they will do it independently or collectively.

26 Letters’ rich aunts work from all around the world and they each have different skills and interests. This is what makes the department so interesting and ever-changing. Join the team and realise how far an idea can go!

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ESPAÑOL:

Hacer voluntariado en un departamento financiero suelo sonar aburrido, ¡pero en 26 Letters es todo lo contrario! Nuestro equipo de finanzas, o como nos llamamos entre nosotrxs “Las Tías Ricas de 26 Letters”, ¡son el equipo más divertido del mundo! Además, su trabajo es uno de los más importantes, porque es el que nos permite hacer 26 Letters posible. Por el momento, el objetivo principal del departamento es conseguir los fondos necesarios para repartir de manera mensual nuestras cajas de ayuda humanitaria a un total de 700 personas. Estas cajas contienen la comida, las medicinas y los productos sanitarios, higiénicos y para bebés que cada familia necesita para sobrevivir.

El objetivo del departamento es simple: conseguir financiación y colaboraciones que nos permitan llevar a cabo nuestros proyectos. El modo en que se consiga dicha financiación ¡depende enteramente de la creatividad de nuestras personas voluntarias! Cada dos semanas, el equipo se reúne de manera online y propone nuevas ideas. Después de la reunión, cada persona voluntaria establece sus propios objetivos, decide el tiempo que va a invertir en conseguirlos y si lo va a hacer de manera individual o colectiva.

Las tías ricas de 26 Letters trabajan desde distintos países y tienen capacidades e intereses muy diversos, lo que hace que el departamento se convierta en una lluvia constante de ideas nuevas. ¡Únete y descubre lo lejos que puede llegar una idea!

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The AAMDSIF 2021 VIRTUAL March for Marrow is in five different cities this year and will be Statewide in Texas and California or city focused in Detroit, Michigan; New York, New York; and Washington DC!

We plan to open 2021 with a Global Kick-Off for March for Marrow during the week dedicated to bone marrow failure disease, March 1 to 7, 2021. Following that we have scheduled our Virtual and Statewide Texas event for March 27 to April 3, 2021 and then our Virtual and Statewide California event for April 24 to May 1, 2021.

This opportunity is for our Virtual and Statewide and includes opportunities for runners to run from Tijuana to Crescent City and from Los Angeles to Alturas.

Most importantly, the message here is to get Kohl’s stores across the state of California involved! We can hook you up with a hospital to make greeting cards or posters for our bone marrow failure patients going through bone marrow transplants like our 2021 Champion Meghan Lambe; or you can pick a park in your city, RUN or walk as a team and post selfie’s and videos on our Facebook pages:
 
AAMDSIF: https://www.facebook.com/aamds
M4M California: https://www.facebook.com/marchformarrowla/

How great would it be to have Kohl’s in Cerritos, Lakewood, Monrovia, Redondo Beach, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach and all points in between – wherever you are – RUN or walk with us the week of April 24 to May 1, 2021.

Join us too for our Global Kick-Off! on Saturday, March 1, 2021 – with patients with bone marrow failure diseases from around the globe!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Social Media Gurus	10	n/a	n/a
Organizers and Worker Bees for Donations to Pediatric or COVID Wards	20	n/a	n/a
Kohl's M4M Runners or Walkers	40	n/a	n/a

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Share a smile with a child in need of HOPE! Join the Happy Hope Factory packaging "Happy Hope Bags" for hospitalized and homeless children in your community. Your team will be crafting, creating and assembling these super fun themed packages guaranteed to deliver a boost of hope and hours of activity for these special children during their hospital stay. We will send all materials needed to package your Happy Hope Bag including round trip postage, directions and a video tutorial. Please note: All Happy Hope Bags require either a $35 donation per kit or volunteer grant to cover the cost of supplies and shipping. You can make a donation on our website (www.happyhopefactory.org) or contact Emi@happyhopefactory.org for assistance. We can all be Hope Heroes, thank you for packaging happiness and smiles for a child in your local hospital or homeless shelter.

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Easterseals Early Care and Education Centers provide inclusive, high-quality services so that all children can grow and learn together. Our teachers are working especially hard during the Pandemic to keep our children safe, healthy, and thriving. Help us thank them by sending thank you /notes of encouragement for all they are doing to help children in our community realize their full potential.

The mission of the Early Care and Education Program is to provide high-quality, early childhood education and early intervention for young children in an inclusive setting. Our goal is to provide stimulating educational experiences which promote each child’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth and to help each child reach his or her full potential.