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Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSS/NCA) walks with our neighbors in need and mobilizes community partners to provide services that offer hope and rebuild lives.

Colorado Flash Baseball is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization formed in April 2013 with the mission of facilitating a positive competitive tournament baseball experience at a reasonable price for players and their families. In partnership with our volunteer coaches, we aim to ensure that our youth athletes are provided an enjoyable, challenging, and safe baseball experience. We are a player-centered organization that strives to nurture the physical and emotional well-being of all youth athletes in an environment that fosters and promotes a sense of community and volunteerism. We are guided by the values of good sportsmanship, honesty, respect for all individuals, personal integrity, and the spirit of “paying it forward. ” Colorado Flash Baseball is committed to the long-term growth and development of our players, so the future success of our organization will be measured both by how our athletes play the game of baseball and also by how our families contribute to the community around them.

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world. A generation of children is being left without parents; a generation of grandparents are being left to raise them without resources. Young Heroes initiatives have supported over 15,000 orphans and vulnerable children. We empower Eswatini's most vulnerable youth and their caretakers so they may achieve their fullest potential through: life-support grants; vocational training; healthcare: HIV education, prevention, and care programs; educational support; and gender and economic empowerment programs.

Girls on the Run of Western North Carolina is an independent council of Girls on the Run International. The mission of Girls on the Run is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.

Prevention First was incorporated in 1967 as the Central Jersey council on alcoholism. Over the years, the focus changed to the prevention of alcohol abuse and expanded to include other drugs and other forms of abuse (dating/relationship abuse, gang violence and bullying). To best reflect what the agency does and emphasize its importance, the name was ultimately changed to Prevention First. In 2013, we became an affiliate of preferred behavioral health group. Prevention First’s services are targeted to those in grades K–12 and provided during and after school by a staff of professional educators who are dedicated to the success of their students. Programs are proven, age-specific and include the tools, skills and support necessary for students to develop and maintain healthy, abuse-free relationships and lives. In addition, Prevention First educates parents, caregivers, businesses, law enforcement and community groups, provides on-site and online training for school personnel, conferences and workshops for prevention professionals and programs implemented through community outreach and the prevention coalition of Monmouth county.

Discovering Justice is a civic education nonprofit that prepares young people to value the justice system, realize the power of their own voices, and embrace civic responsibility by connecting classrooms and courtrooms.

It is our mission to offer crisis intervention, supportive counseling and comprehensive referral services to surviving family members throughout Chicago following homicide; to work collaboratively to provide training in sensitive and effective communication with and treatment of victim’ families to law enforcement, court personnel, medical examiner’s office, emergency rooms and other systems related to the aftermath of homicide; to foster a community of survivors who may derive empathy, support, education and healing from one another, and contribute to anti-violence work through their collective voice and experience.

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. We achieve this through quality programs and services in an environment that is safe, nurturing and inspiring.

Pact is a different kind of adoption organization—honest, child-centered, and anti-racist. Since 1991, Pact’s mission has always been to serve adopted children of color. In every case, the child is always our primary client. In order to best serve children’s needs, we provide not only adoptive placement but lifelong education, support, and community. Our goal is for every child to feel wanted, honored and loved, a cherished member of their communities with proud connections to their cultural heritage. We advocate for honesty and authenticity in matters of race and adoption.

My Sistah Taught Me That is a program designed for the development, encouragement, inspiration and education of young girls with special focus on girls growing up in single parent homes without their father.