Our featured cause contest is back! Swing by our facebook page this week to cast your vote in our poll for one of these four fantastic nonprofits. Voting ends at 5pm EST on Friday. 

Harboring Hearts

The mission of Harboring Hearts Housing Foundation, Inc. is to provide affordable, temporary housing for cardiac patients and their caregivers during a time of need. 

Kids In Need Foundation

The Seeing Eye

Tourism Cares

Tourism Cares is a national nonprofit organized by the travel and tourism industry to give back to worthy non-profit tourism-related sites around the world, provide financial assistance and support to the next generation of travel and tourism professionals, and host unique volunteer restoration projects designed specifically for travel professionals.

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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. 

Friends of the National Zoo

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

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

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.

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 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 EDT on Friday. 

Art for Change

Art for Change encourages the advancement of progressive social change by using art as a catalyst for disseminating information. They provide space to discuss and explore that information, stimulating individual and collective reflection, which leads to action and change. 

Children of Uganda

Children of Uganda supports and empowers hundreds of orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda to lead successful and productive lives. 

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation supports national research studies and activities focused on developing innovative strategies for better treatments, screening, and prevention of all cancers of the lung. New knowledge gained by funding scientific and clinical research initiatives will lead to more positive outcomes and improved quality of life for all lung cancer patients. 

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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 on Friday. 

Aid for Africa

Aid for Africa works with its partners on the ground in Africa to find solutions to the education, health, development, and wildlife challenges facing the region. Whether we are distributing books to school children, introducing medical strategies to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, supporting small businesses for women, or finding new approaches to protect endangered elephants and lions, Aid for Africa is working to build a better future for Africa’s children, families, and communities. 

Bake Me Home

Bake Me Home is a nonprofit dedicated to providing homeless and disadvantaged moms and kids with direct services that encourage shared family experiences. They also lead an initiative called Bake Me Back Home where they send the comforts of home to troops serving abroad. 

The Pink Agenda

 The Pink Agenda is a nonprofit committed to raising money for breast cancer care and research and awareness of the disease among young professionals. The organization’s efforts are intended to not only expedite the eventual discovery of a cure for the disease, but also to raise awareness among young professionals, resulting in earlier detection, as well as an understanding of where to go for support and resources if ever faced with a breast cancer diagnosis. 

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It’s that time again! Our featured cause contest is here, and this month we’re focusing on kids and education in honor of back-to-school. 

Here’s how it works: As a Baking for Good facebook fan (if you’re not a fan yet, just LIKE us!), make sure to visit our page this week. Look for the “Help us determine our Featured Nonprofit” poll on our wall and vote for one of three causes. It’s that easy!

Read about the September contenders below and help us decide who should be featured. Voting for the September cause begins on Monday, August 22 at 11am EST and closes on Friday, August 26 at 5pm EST.

First Book

First Book is an award-winning nonprofit providing new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy — access to books. 

Free Arts NYC

Free Arts NYC provides under-served children with a unique combination of educational arts and mentoring programs to help them foster the self-confidence and resiliency needed to realize their fullest potential.

Givology

Givology is an online giving marketplace that empowers individual donors to connect with students and communities in need of education support. By leveraging the internet to support education grants and projects, Givology creates a global community of people connected through their belief in the power of education. 

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Any questions? Email us at causes@bakingforgood.com.