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Community Shares lists all of its member agencies on all of its campaign pledge forms. This ensures that all of our nonprofit member agencies have equal representation in workplace giving campaigns. Donors are able to select the particular agency or issue that would like to donate to. All money donated through Community Shares is unrestricted. Each agency that receives money through Community Shares can determine how to best use the donation in the community.
The nonprofits that are involved with Community Shares make our community a more healthy, equitable and harmonious place. The well-established member organizations address issues in four categories: animal rights and the environment, education and the arts, health and human services, and social justice and peace.
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Animal Rights and the Environment |
- Maumee Valley Save-a-Pet
www.maumeevalleysaveapet.org
A no-kill, all-volunteer adoption organization serving sick, injured, and homeless pets in northwest Ohio. A spay / neuter program serves stray / feral cats, and pets from low-income homes.
- Nature's Nursery Center for Wildlife Rehabilitations & Conservation Education
www.natures-nursery.org
Provides an educational phone line for people with questions and concerns regarding wildlife, conducts educational programs, and accepts injured and orphaned wild animals for rehabilitation.
- The Wood County Humane Society
www.woodcountyhumanesociety.org
Services include cruelty investigation, discount spay / neuter program, and education about human animal treatment. The no-kill shelter provides for abused, injured, and homeless animals until adoption.
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- Children's Theater Workshop
www.childrenstheaterworkshop.org
Providing life skills training for children 5 to 18 years of age using theatrical skills. Offering theatre for children by children since 1954.
- Collingwood Arts Center
www.collingwoodartscenter.org
Multi-discipline arts facility that nurtures the growth of the arts by providing visual and performing arts a center to meet, create, perform, teach, and reside.
- International Boxing Club
www.internationalboxingclub.org
The International Boxing Club has provided after-school programs focusing on academic, cultural, social and recreational learning to over 3,000 at-risk Toledo youth since 1998.
- Old West End Association
www.toledooldwestend.com
Provides education and preservation to an historic district central city neighborhood. Educating the community by holding an annual festival that raises funds for scholarships, security, and children’s programs.
- Toledo Repertoire Theatre
www.toledorep.org
The Toledo Repertoire Theatre, begun in 1933, provides theatrical performances and educational programming throughout the year to audiences of over 16,000 adults and children.
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Health and Human Services |
- Assistance Dogs of America, Inc.
www.adai.org
Helps children and adults with disabilities achieve greater independence by training and placing service and therapy dogs to help with their daily needs.
- Beach House Family Shelter, Inc.
www.beachhousetoledo.org
Providing temporary shelter since 1912 to women, single-parent households with children, intact families, and married couples and assisting their return to independent family living.
- FOCUS (Family Outreach Community United Services, Inc.)
www.focustoledo.org
As an interfaith agency offering long-term solutions to homelessness, FOCUS provides housing and intensive services to Toledo’s forgotten homeless men, women, and children.
- Family and Friends of Northwest Ohio Development Center
Advocates for, supports, and increases opportunities for individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities through education, habilitation, recreation and community involvement.
- Make a Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio
www.northwestohio.wish.org
Granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
- MLK Center / Kitchen for the Poor
www.kitchenforthepoor.org
Feeds an average of 200 people daily, Monday-Friday, provides home-delivered meals to seniors daily and gives away clothing donations.
- Mountain Mentors
www.mountain-mentors.org
At-risk youth are paired with mentors who assist with personal goal setting / development. Monthly meetings and week-long mountaineering experiences are combined with regular student contacts.
- Toledo Area Ministries
www.tamohio.org
Toledo Area Ministries is the “Church of the World,” meeting human needs, creating community, and working for justice. Thousands are served through ministries of compassion.
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- Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE)
www.ablelaw.org
Provides critically needed, high-quality civil legal assistance to eligible low-income residents of western Ohio.
- ACLU Foundation of Ohio, Northwest Ohio Chapter
www.acluohio.org
ACLU is America’s guardian of liberty, working in the courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the rights of all individuals guaranteed by our constitution.
- Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice (Farm Labor Research Project)
www.cmwj.org
Provides training and education for low-wage immigrant workers to improve their wages, working conditions, and housing through organizing on the job and in the community.
- Equality Toledo
www.equalitytoledo.org
Works for equality for all Ohioans, regardless of their marital status, sexual orientation or gender expression, through education, antidefamation efforts, and activism.
- League Of Women Voters, Ohio Education Fund (Toledo-Lucas County Chapter)
www.lwvtoledo.org
A non-partisan organization of women and men encouraging informed and active participation of all citizens in government, and influencing public policy through education and advocacy.
- Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
www.ohioceasefire.org
Works to prevent and reduce gun violence through education and advocacy in support of a culture of non-violence.
- Toledo Area Jobs with Justice Coalition
www.jwjtoledo.org
Toledo Area Jobs with Justice works in coalition with labor, community, and religious organizations to raise awareness on workers’ rights and social justice issues.
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