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Treasury of Celebrations: List of Agencies to Contact

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List of Agencies to Contact

The following is a list of agencies you may wish to contact for more information on a specific area of concern, for the purpose of making a charitable donation, or for finding the branch nearest you.

 

Central America Week

Inter-American Task Force on Central America

475 Riverside Drive, room 563
New York, NY 10115
212-870-3383

Inter-Church Committee for Human Rights in Latin America

129 St. Clair Ave. W.
Toronto, ON M5V 1N5
416-921-0801

Children

Cooperative Disaster Child Care Program

P.O. Box 188, 500 Main St.
New Windsor, MD 21776

Crafts and Trade Goods

The Desert Homestead

c/o the Family McCardel
3175 State Rt. 3
Loudonville, OH 44842

Friends of the Third World

National Resource Center
611 West Wayne Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

MCC Self-Help Crafts - USA

Department A
704 Main St.
Akron, PA 17501
717-859-8100

MCC Self-Help Crafts - Canada

Box 869, 65 Heritage Drive
New Hamburg, ON N0B 2G0
519-662-1879

Mountain Maid

Box 1386
Port-au-Prince, HAITI

Pueblo to People

A Non-profit Organization
1616 Montrose
Houston, TX 77006
713-523-1197
1-800-842-5220
1-800-843-5257

SERRV

Self-Help Handcrafts
500 Main Street
P.O. Box 365
New Windsor, MD 21776-0365
301-635-8748

Third World Handarts

4151 La Linda Way
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Death- and Bereavement-Related Services

The Compassionate Friends

Canadian National Office
685 William Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0Z2

The Compassionate Friends

P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696

Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies

(includes Canadian Memorial Societies)
2001 "S" St. N.W., Suite 530
Washington, DC 20009
202-745-0634
(or check your phone book for your local Memorial Society listing)

National Hospice Organization

1901 N. Fort Myer Dr., Suite 402
Arlington, VA 22209

Economic Development and Alternatives

Green America (formerly Co-op America)

2100 M Street, NW
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20063
202-872-5307
1-800-424-2667

Evergreen Society

Box 222
Grand Rapids, MI 46588

Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund

P.O. Box 95
Epes, AL 35460

Heifer Project International

Headquarters
P.O. Box 808
Little Rock, AR 72203
501-376-6836

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

475 Riverside Drive, room 566
New York, NY 10115
212-870-2295

Peace Corps Partnership Program

806 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20526

Environment

Heschel Memorial Forest Fund

211 Florida Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Jewish National Fund of Canada

National Headquarters
1980 Sherbrooke St. W., Ste 500
Montreal, QC H3H 1E8

Save the Redwoods League

114 Sansome Street, room 605
San Francisco, CA 94104

Scoutrees for Canada

Scouts Canada
P.O. Box 5151, Station LCD-Merrivale
Ottawa, ON K2C 3G7

Sierra Club

730 Polk St.
San Francisco, CA 94109

Hostels and Elderhostels

Elderhostel

75 Federal St.
Boston, MA 02110

Elderhostel Canada

Bajus Building
308 Wellington St.
Kingston, ON K7K 7A7

Hostelling International Canada

400-205 Catherine St.
Ottawa, ON K2P 1C3

Hostelling International USA

American Youth Hostels
733-15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20005

Housing

Habitat for Humanity International

121 Habitat St.
Americus, GA 31709

Hunger Programs

Bread for the World

802 Rhode Island Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20018

ELCA Hunger Appeal

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
8765 W. Higgins Rd.
Chicago, IL 60631
312-380-2700

Hunger Action

United Church of Christ
3rd floor, 700 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-736-3290

Oxfam America

26 West Street
Boston, MA 02111

Presbyterian Hunger Program

100 Witherspoon St.
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
502-569-5832

Society of St. Andrew

P.O. Box 329
Big Island, VA 24526
804-299-5956

United Methodist Committee on Relief

General Board of Global Ministries
World Program Division
475 Riverside Drive, room 1307
New York, NY 10115

Overseas Development

Church World Service

28606 Phillips St. 219-264-3102

Pax World Foundation

4400 East-West Hwy.
Suite 130
Bethesda, MD 20814

Reformed Church World Service

475 Riverside Dr.
New York, NY 10115

United Methodist Church

General Board of Global Ministries
World Program Division
475 Riverside Drive, room 1516
New York, NY 10115

Political and Social Justice

Agricultural Missions, Inc.

475 Riverside Drive, room 624
New York, NY 10115
212-870-2553

Amnesty International

214 Montreal St., Ste. 401
Vanier, ON K1L 1A4
613-744-7667

Center for Global Education

Augsburg College
2211 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454

Commission on Religion in Appalachia

P.O. Box 10867
864 Weisgarber Road, NW
Knowville, TN 37919
615-584-6133

Fellowship of Reconciliation

523 N. Broadway
Box 271
Nyack, NY 10960-0271

The Gray Panthers

3700 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104

Institute for Peace and Justice

4144 Lindell #122
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-533-4445

Koinonia Partners

Americus, GA 31709
National Farm Worker Ministry
1337 West Ohio
Chicago, IL 60622
312-829-6436

Rural Advancement Fund (RAF)

National Sharecroppers Fund (NSF)

2124 Commonwealth Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28205
704-334-3051

Rural Crisis Issue Team

Domestic Hunger and Poverty Project
National Council of Churches of Christ
Division of Church and Society
475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 572
New York, NY 10115
212-870-2307/2308

United Farm Workers

La Paz
Keene, CA 93570

Tourism

The Center for Responsible Tourism

2 Kensington Road
San Anselmo, CA

Contours

P.O. Box 11-357
Bangkok 10110
Thailand

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