Our featured cause contest is back! Swing by our facebook page this week to cast your vote in our poll for one of these three fantastic nonprofits. Voting ends at 5pm EST on Friday.
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo was established more than 100 years ago and is one of the most beloved cultural institutions in the Washington, D.C. community and the nation. Because the National Zoo is part of the Smithsonian, it does not charge an admission fee. It depends on Friends of the National Zoo and donations to continue to protect animals and habitats and to educate people about wildlife, sustainability, and science.
Pencils of Promise partners with local communities and organizations to build schools of early-stage education in developing nations for some of the world’s most impoverished and undereducated children.
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. They’re changing the world one woman at a time.