Which Charities Are You A Member/Supporter Of?

I'm a member/supporter of...

1. Alley Cat Allies
2. The American Jewish Committee
3. Amnesty International
4. Anne Frank House
5. Earth Island Institute
6. The Ginny Fund
7. PETA

I'll always be a member/supporter of all of these groups. I'll be on my death bed and still fighting to protect things!

Imperial Cancer Research/ Breast Cancer Research

Cat Protection

John Aspinall Fund - at the moment saving monkeys that are being used in Europe, they use their hands to make ashtrays with.
Salvation Army
Cat Sancutuary

HOPE - Helping Out Pets Every Day
AAMR - American Association on Mental Retardation

I also go to meetings and rallies to fight agains total Inclusion for disabled children. In many areas parents and teachers are fighting to get ALL special education programs terminated and forcing children and their parents into Inclusion. Inclusion is good for some, but not for all. My daughter would wither (and has!) in an ordinary classroom.

I like peta and what they stand for .. but personally I find that a lot of the peta up'n'ups are just waaaay too weird.

that aside,

I donate to:

the marley fund,
local fire rescue,
red cross (blood and money)
Lest they be forgotten (in honor of lost soldiers)

These are not all "charities" per say but all non-profit groups:

Various Humane Societies
National Public Radio (national and local stations)
Public TV
World Wildlife Fund
Environmental Defence Fund
Nature Conservancy
Greenpeace
Sierra Club
Local police and firefighters funds
Cancer research
MS research
Goodwill Industries

Probably a lot more environmental causes.

Best Friends
ASPCA
Alley Cat Allies
Lost Dog and Cat Rescue
Safe Haven for Cats
Cats Cradle
Wendy's Feline Friends
Fancy Cats

Katie

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Habitat for Humanity
Red Cross
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Originally Posted by DiMa

HOPE - Helping Out Pets Every Day
AAMR - American Association on Mental Retardation

I also go to meetings and rallies to fight agains total Inclusion for disabled children. In many areas parents and teachers are fighting to get ALL special education programs terminated and forcing children and their parents into Inclusion. Inclusion is good for some, but not for all. My daughter would wither (and has!) in an ordinary classroom.

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As a future teacher I'm also against total inclusion. I don't think it's fair to force kids who need extra help into a classroom where they will just be overlooked. It makes me sad to think that schools are trying to cut things like special education, music, and art. If they want to save money my suggestion is that they stop spending so much cash on athletics and start spending it on what really matters.

I applaud you on being such a wonderful advocate for your daughter and for other disabled children. You are very brave. If I could hug you, I would.

Red Cross; Katzenhilfe Stuttgart (cat rescue organization); the local animal shelter; Diakonie Stettin (school/workshop for the mentally handicapped); our alma maters. Tierhilfe Süd (supporting TNR in Mediterranean countries) - I forgot about that one until this afternoon, when we got a delivery of pet supplies for them.

I also go to meetings and rallies to fight agains total Inclusion for disabled children. In many areas parents and teachers are fighting to get ALL special education programs terminated and forcing children and their parents into Inclusion. Inclusion is good for some, but not for all. My daughter would wither (and has!) in an ordinary classroom.

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I can understand how you feel - as a deaf person who was mainstreamed, it is very difficult to keep up with the other students. Especially when I don't have my notetaker with me. In extreme cases, it would be difficult for the child to keep up if the child was forced into total inclusion - way too often, they are left out, like I was.

Anyways, back on topic, I support Goodwill, Salvation Army, the local humane society.
When I adopted Kahu from the no-kill shelter, the man said I would only have to pay a small donation as he had not been neutered yet - he had been sick and needed time to recover so I said I would neuter him myself and pay the costs myself (I signed a contract saying that I would do it within two weeks, which I did) but I said I would pay for the full adoption fee because I wanted to contribute to the shelter anyway as it is run by this lovely elderly man and his wife and they could do with the help they needed.

Originally Posted by Kiwideus

I can understand how you feel - as a deaf person who was mainstreamed, it is very difficult to keep up with the other students. Especially when I don't have my notetaker with me.

In extreme cases, it would be difficult for the child to keep up if the child was forced into total inclusion - way too often, they are left out, like I was.

Anyways, back on topic, I support Goodwill, Salvation Army, the local humane society.
When I adopted Kahu from the no-kill shelter, the man said I would only have to pay a small donation as he had not been neutered yet - he had been sick and needed time to recover so I said I would neuter him myself and pay the costs myself (I signed a contract saying that I would do it within two weeks, which I did) but I said I would pay for the full adoption fee because I wanted to contribute to the shelter anyway as it is run by this lovely elderly man and his wife and they could do with the help they needed.

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You're deaf? I didn't know that.

My friend Heather has been deaf since a bout with influenza when she was 2. I didn't realize that a high fever could cause deafness until I got chicken pox...at age 14! I was so sick I almost died, ran a really high fever, and though not "officially" (for lack of a better word) deaf, now don't hear as well as I did before getting chicken pox...especially if more than one person is talking. I believe they call it "nerve deafness"?

Anyways, Heather taught me so sign language...mostly just the alphabet. She was mainstreamed too...and guess what my HS did when she told them she was having problems? Instead of accomodating her, they called her a "behavioral" problem and made her go to Special Ed for an hour everyday! I remember in History class she was having a hard time understanding the lectures, so I signed everything to her while she took notes and then copied the notes off of her later. The teacher in there was awesome. Once he realized what was going on he did his best to make sure I was finished signing to her before he started a new sentence. At least he understood.

1. The Conservators Center (sanctuary for carnivores) Member-Board of Directors/Canid Curator
2. Animal Protection Society of Durham (local humane society) - former board member
3. American Red Cross (Pet First Aid Instructor)
4. Spay Neuter Assistance Program of NC (donations and help maintain web site http://wwwl.snap-nc.org)
5. NC Wildlife Resources Commission (OK, not a charity - but have a wildlife rehab permit)
6. Danville (Va) Public Schools - Nieces go here so I provide some support.
7. Iditarod Trail Committee

A few others too

Originally Posted by Kiwideus

I can understand how you feel - as a deaf person who was mainstreamed, it is very difficult to keep up with the other students. Especially when I don't have my notetaker with me.

In extreme cases, it would be difficult for the child to keep up if the child was forced into total inclusion - way too often, they are left out, like I was.

Anyways, back on topic, I support Goodwill, Salvation Army, the local humane society.
When I adopted Kahu from the no-kill shelter, the man said I would only have to pay a small donation as he had not been neutered yet - he had been sick and needed time to recover so I said I would neuter him myself and pay the costs myself (I signed a contract saying that I would do it within two weeks, which I did) but I said I would pay for the full adoption fee because I wanted to contribute to the shelter anyway as it is run by this lovely elderly man and his wife and they could do with the help they needed.

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Kellye, do you realize how much you (and Jake) have done right here on TCS to educate people about physical handicaps? I've always played down the fact that I'm hearing-impaired (not great advertising for a language teacher, and I manage to "fool" people most of the time, because I was taught lip-reading at an early age, and have roughly 50% hearing), but I find myself emphasizing it here, because you're so open about it. I'm all for mainstreaming. It's not done in German schools, and that horrifies me. I attended public and private schools in the US, where blind and spastic, quadraplegic, etc., kids all attended the same schools as non-handicapped kids, and I really feel that all of us benefitted from the experience. Those same public schools recognized my hearing problems, and provided speech therapy, etc., free of charge. If I'd grown up here in Germany, I'd probably have been isolated. I believe that the Vietnam vets who returned in wheelchairs and pressed for accessible public buildings, transportation, etc., made a great contribution to US society. There are a lot of forensic science /"CSI" fans here, and I feel very comfortable because many of the members, while not having experienced "Grissom's" hearing problems, have acquired an understanding of the challenges faced.