Funds in Disabilities

Helen Keller was an American humanitarian, author, and activist who is widely known for her wide array of accomplishments despite contracting an illness at 19 months old which ultimately left her both deaf and blind. Keller went on to pursue a successful career as a writer and lecturer as well as within the sociopolitical sphere, advocating for women's suffrage and world peace while campaigning on behalf of those living with disabilities. Keller worked for the American Foundation for the Blind and co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union, and her legacy lives on through the work of the organizations included in this Fund. In celebration of Keller's birthday on June 27th, Bright Funds created the Helen Keller Birthday Fund. This Fund is spotlighting organizations who are doing the critical work of advocating for people with disabilities through education, policy, research and direct services. The organizations in this Fund have a collective goal of ensuring that people with disabilities have access to the resources and supports they need in order to succeed within communities that are equitable and accessible for all.

A MEDICAL CENTER FOR ACADEMIC RESILIENCE & SUCCESS For any child or young adult that is a struggling reader, we can provide assessment, diagnostic, and treatment services including those with the following conditions: Specific Learning Disorders (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia & Dyscalculia) ADHD Coexisting Anxiety & Depression Autistic Disorders Speech and Language Disorders Challenges from Adoption Adults with reading struggles Learning Struggles Associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Learning Struggles Associated with Fetal Drug Exposure Prematurity Sensory Processing Difficulties

As part of the Ireland and Egypt Community day we are inviting 2 Non-profits to visit us in Cork to share how they are working to make the world a more accessible place for their service users.

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is celebrated annually on the 21st of March and is a global awareness day that has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. To celebrate and raise awareness your Ireland and Egypt Community are hosting a very special event live from Kavanagh Canteen in Cork, at 12pm on March 22, 2023. As part of this event we invite our colleagues to make donations to this fund which will be equally distributed to 3 chosen Non-Profits supporting children and adults with Down syndrome locally and internationally

The mission of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation is to advance the awareness and treatment of Angelman syndrome through education, information, research, and support for individuals with Angelman syndrome, their families and other concerned parties. Help support Lincoln's Smile Squad in their Annual ASF Walk in Pheonix, AZ. Please see sites below for more information: General Information: https://www.angelman.org/walk/ Lincoln's Smile Squad: https://support.angelman.org/team/472698

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089984340451 This is Stefan, who is 7 years old and should be in first grade this fall. As a result of a car accident, Stefcho is completely immobilized from the chest down. Regardless of the difficulties he is going through, Stefcho is smiling in all the photos, making efforts and fighting daily for the opportunity to walk again. There is a chance for recovery and a chance for Stefcho to walk again, but it all depends on his family being able to provide him with daily, intensive, specialized rehabilitation, as well as prostheses and a stabilizing chair so he can go to school. At the moment it is clear that there are specialized clinics in Germany, Slovakia and Israel that have equipment and specialists suitable for Stefan's condition. The offer from Germany is for EUR 30,000 for one 6-week session. The child will need four such sessions annually to restore his spine. These are only part of the costs, as they do not include the transport and stay during Stefcho's rehabilitation abroad. Special leg prostheses worth BGN 1,300 have already been ordered to keep the joints straight and avoid contractures and complications. It is necessary to order two more types of prostheses with which he can be straightened in stages - they will cost over 30,000 BGN. The chair we mentioned is between 2,000 and 4,000 BGN. Some of the orthoses need to be replaced at 6 months as Stefcho grows every day. His family is unable to cover these financial needs and they need help to see their child walk again. Please, support this little hero!

New Steps Foundation organizes five days summer camps, for families with special needs kids since 2015. Twenty two families are welcomed and taken care of in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains every year. In many cases, parents of children with disabilities are unable to take any time to rest. Our camps are organized in a way that would allow parents to have time for rest, training, fun, while a group of volunteers are taking care of their special needs’ children and their siblings. This is a unique time for those families and as many witnessed, and the place where they find hope and acceptance. By donating to this fund you will support running this 2023 summer camp.

The Center for Volunteer Caregiving helps older adults and adults with disabilities in Wake County live independently for as long as possible.

inclusion and diversity are a fundamental part of our company culture. This fund raises the awareness and encourages our financial and volunteer time to support the neurodiverse populations.

Help Haiti Mama expand services to children in the disability care program!

The Deaf Literacy Center (DLC) is a countywide library-based literacy program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. This program is a service of the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative and serves all of Pinellas County by providing coordinated administrative services for member libraries. https://pplc.us/dlc/

Each donation to this fund will support the daily efforts of the Mimo Wszystko NGO, who has helped so far over 30,000 people with disabilities, and in particular support adults with intellectual disabilities by running two rehabilitation-therapy centers in Poland: "Dolina Słońca" in Radwanowice and "Spotkajmy się" in Lubiatowo

CAPITI’s children need long and costly follow-ups by multidisciplinary teams with an appropriate approach to each child and family. Since 2019, Cisco Portugal has been raising funds to sponsor 5 children's yearly treatments in neurodevelopment and mental health that can go up to 1K€/ year. We count on you to ensure Enzo (6yrs), Daniel (3yrs), Salvador (10yrs), Laura (9yrs) and Gabriel (8yrs) have access to another 1-year treatment for 2023, by joining this fundraising and contributing to the target.

I play on this team that supports disabled athletes. We have a handful of folks that play for the US national team and couple more that have aspirations to. Playing on this team has restored an element of my life I missed out on after my injury and couldn't be more grateful!

Amici di Simone (Simone's friends) is a no-profit organization having the name of a death kid with disabilities (he was the first helped by such organization), with mission to help autistic of handicapped children and their families. They are driving several activities in collaboration with social services, municipalities, schools and hospitals in order to include children in the society and to help their families. This fund raising is specifically to support the creative laboratory: FABBRICA DELLA GIOIA (The joy's factory) where kids of different ages are playing games, animations and creative techniques in different areas supported by professional psychotherapists.

VMware and ATOS Sickle Cell Society Fundraiser

PinAble is committed to creating a welcoming, accessible Pinterest experience by ensuring everyone, no matter their ability, can explore and achieve their full potential, so Pinployees, Pinners and Creators alike feel empowered to celebrate and utilize their individualities. Support organizations advancing their mission!

Help us to reach the goal for Vida Independiente, during this month is the Spinal cord injury Day. The resultant paralysis has devastating physical, mental, social, sexual and vocational consequences for the injured. Your contribution will support people affected by Spinal cord injury (SCI), help us to bring them wheelchairs, wheeled standers and special cushions for ulcer prevention to improve their quality of life.

Let's help raise funds to purchase anemia packs for 6-year-olds. OBJECTIVE • Improve the nutritional status of children ages 0-4 with cleft lips and palates to prepare them to OSI global standards for future surgery.

Give youth shelter and meaningful work by assisting in the completion of this home on the farmland purchased in Tanzania. Building for Generations (BFG) is a 501c3 U.S. based non-profit started by the mother of an adult with Downs Syndrome and has operated for close to 18 years. They are partnered with a mother of a son with Autism and a native Tanzanian who founded Connects Autism Tanzania (CAT). Erick, who the home is named after is her son. BFG has purchased the land, brought in water, planted, and is ready to put the roof on the home and complete the interior with your help. This home will serve up to 25 youth with adequate shelter that are training in agriculture and/or that are students at the CAT skills center. The role of BFG is to complete the facility which will then be run by CAT and the Tanzanian community. The farm and store has potential to serve more students as the skills center grows. Seventeen years ago when founder of BFG visited Tanzania no child with a disability was attending school in Arusha, Tanzania. BFG built the first special needs unit and since that time and through the advocacy of a Tanzanian mother and founder of (CAT) the local government has built 17 more units. As students aged out of the system, housing and employment became the emerging need. BFG and CAT are meeting that need with employment training and placement. Help us continue the momentum by supporting Erick's Farmhouse and store. www.buildingforgenerations.com Thank you

🆕 Update 9 May: we are halfway through the ride, and we are doubling our 💰 goal! 800 km on a bike in a week ❓ Across the whole Poland ❓ Why not ❗ Bike Against the Odds is a charity initiative to cover the distance of 🚴‍♀️800 km and raise 💰800 USD to support people with intellectual disabilities. How? We plan to set off in Radwanowice near Krakow and bike all the way to the seaside to Lubiatowo - covering 800 km distance between the two rehabilitation-therapy centers for adults with intellectual disabilities set up and run by Mimo Wszystko NGO. Why support? Each donation to this fund is a sign of support of our physical efforts 💪, but most importantly sign of appreciation for daily efforts of the Mimo Wszystko NGO who has helped so far over 35,000 people with disabilities👏 What do we raise for? The proceeds from this fundraiser will be directed towards a new investment in Lubiatowo, i.e. building facilities for people with disabilities and their families to spend holidays at the seaside for free while getting care and rehabilitation provided by the NGO. Also this venture will mark the 10th anniversary of Cisco Krakow 🎉and our long standing cooperation with Mimo Wszystko NGO 💚 Thank you for being with us and your support and generosity! Ps. Keep your fingers crossed for us... and the weather 😊

In August 2017, the course of JD Martz’s life changed forever. As he dove into a wave at Manhattan Beach in California, he injured his C3 and C4 vertebrae, leaving him paralyzed from the shoulders down. After spending one month fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit, JD defied the odds by regaining the ability to breathe without a ventilator and to speak on his own again. Subsequently, the 29-year-old left his successful career behind in California and moved into his parent’s home in Beverly, MA to recover. With a tireless approach and positive attitude, he has taken on an extensive rehab regimen to begin his quest toward recovery. Now living in Danvers, MA with his Rockstar, part-time caregiver wife Caitriona, the two work to live the best life they can with the burden of high costs for necessary medical equipment (medications, chair, vehicle, lift, etc), PCAs, and more. With the support of family, friends, and some amazing institutions like Journey Forward and Spaulding Rehab, JD is working towards recovery to keep his body and mind healthy for years to come.

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Started in 1954 under the Monarchy, the Arc of Hilo is Hawai'i Island's Largest Non-profit Supporting Youth and Adults with Disabilities through Youth Transition, Employment, and Community Services. As a Guidestar Gold-endorsed agency, we are proud of our role as the island's largest employer of youth and adults with disabilities, with almost half a million dollars paid out in wages last year to participant workers with special needs, who provide contracted services such as landscaping, laundry and janitorial services in over 100 work sites. With double the poverty rate of all the islands at 19.1% of the population, the Arc of Hilo fills an important role to provide hope and opportunity to transition-age youth with special needs, who otherwise stay in school until age 22 as they would otherwise remain unemployed and potentially homeless. We are seeking $250,000 to help us expand our services throughout rural Hawai'i Island, where our vision is to provide opportunities for youth who are unable to access meaningful employment and supports without advocacy and employment development, which the Arc of Hilo can provide through its network of employment services and partnerships.

When a child is born with a cleft condition, it affects their health, their self-confidence, their speech development, their ability to make friends and more. “Every child that has a facial difference is our responsibility. If we don’t take care of that child, there’s no guarantee that anyone else will.”