CAUSE. IT MATTERS.
Virgin America is asking Bostonians how they are re-thinking the rules, creating change and supporting causes that matter. To mark our Boston launch, Virgin America donated $50,000 to non-profits in Boston that make a difference in everyday lives. Submit a cause that matters to you and spread their revolution by getting their message out.
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Revolutionize the aviation industry by building the customer's confidence with the supplier and product. Provide more networking opportunities between our pilots, crew, engineers and passengers - stirring a new attitude that flight is a freedom to be enjoyed, not a nightmare to endure.
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2.Millennium Campus Network (www.mcnpartners.org)
The Millennium Campus Network is a national student network to end extreme poverty. Founded in Boston in 2007, the network has grown to include 14 campus organizations from 6 universities across the city. Many of the organizations work over... more
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My niece has Mitochandrial disease. I'd never heard of mitochandrial disease prior to her diagnosis. Every Thirty minutes, a child is born will develop a mitochandrial disease by age 10. It not a well know condition as some other diseases th... more
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This is an amazing theater that has brought culture and art to the community for years. Even in times of ecomonic crisis, we must let art endure, because through the years, no matter what happens, art will be the one thing that outlives every last one of us.
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8.Voyagers Inc Homeschool Resource Center (www.Voyagersinc.org)
Voyagers, Inc. is a philanthropic organization established to commit its resources to activities which are intended to benefit children, including gifted children, who are home schooled. Founded in 1999, We represent a radical model of educa... more
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9.Help Fight Against Malaria (www.malaria.org)
The MFI is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization, dedicated to the fight against malaria since 1992. This website was created in 1995 to provide a central source of information about this devastating disease. The MFI works in partnership with m... more
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I was into folk music in the mid 60's, playing in the coffee houses such as the Loft and Club 47 in Boston, sipping Tamerindo and listening to the likes of Eric VonSchmidt, Tom Rush, Dick and Mimi Farina, Joan Baez and other great musicians a... more
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14.Boston Association of Cabaret Artists (www.bostoncabaret.com)
singers, pianists, songwriters, entertainers and general public
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15.South Boston Neighborhood House (www.sbnh.org)
The South Boston Neighborhood house puts on some great non profit programs and look forward to running their Ollie Race This Year. I hope to see them win this grant, it will do great work in South Boston.
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17.Boston By Foot, Inc. (www.bostonbyfoot.org)
Boston By Foot is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1976 to promote public awareness of Boston's rich architectural and historical heritage through guided walking tours, lecture series, and other activities. Over the past thirt... more
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The Neighborhood Music and Theatre Exchange (NMTX) fills the arts void caused by Boston Public Schools budget cuts. The NMTX serves as resource for arts organizations, colleges, and universities matching the organizations (i.e. Boston City S... more
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Not only is SBNH doing good things for the needy, but having a race/walk as their fundraiser benefits those of us 'donating', too. Sure, we sign up to help a good cause, but we get improved health out of it. Frankly, I needed some motivation to get moving and SBNH gave it to me.
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Passim: the oldest, most historic, coolest, 60s icon for tolk, blues and traditional & contemporary music. Long may it thrive.
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28.Art from Ashes (www.artfromashes.org)
The Mission of Art from Ashes is to empower struggling youth through poetry and other therapeutic workshops that facilitate expression, connection and transformation. Art from Ashes Inc. is a Colorado nonprofit organization formed in 2003 ... more
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32.Stop Human Trafficking! (www.humantrafficking.org)
It's completely beyond human that slavery exists in my lifetime.
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33.The Hunger Revolution: Sharing my Strength (www.strength.org)
As a trained chef and restaurant owner, the notion that 60% of restaurants fail is a stressful statistic. As a human being, passionate about people and food, the statistic that 12.6million children (17.2% of all children) in America are at ri... more
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Lung Cancer is the #1 cancer killer in the world. Lung Cancer kills more women and men every year than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. Lung Cancer continues to be severely under-funded. Lung Cancer has a five year survival ra... more
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35.Passim Folkmusic and Cultural Center (www.clubpassim.org)
Legendary Harvard Square club featuring acoustic music, poetry, art shows, folk, blues and jazz seven nights a week.
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36.A Village at Work Cultural Center (www.avillageatwork.wordpress.com)
A Village At Work invites you help us transform a disheveled building located in an urban neighborhood of Boston,into a community cultural arts center. The purposes of the center is to empower the community through the sharing of a common sp... more
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37.Grassroots International (www.grassrootsonline.org)
Grassroots International works to create a just and sustainable world by building alliances with progressive movements. We provide grants to our Global South partners and join them in advocating for social change. Our primary focus is on lan... more
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charity:water (www.charitywater.org)Because everyone deserves to drink clean water.
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39.Animal Rescue League of Boston (www.arlboston.org)
I adopted my cats from ARL 12 years ago. They are the best! (Both ARL & my cats)
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41.Rock & Roll Library Founder and Bandito (www.RockLibrary.com)
Anne Fitzpatrick has dedicated her life to building a the Rock & Roll Library (RRL), a Boston based non-profit building the world's largest music history archive at www.RockLibrary.com. RRL is 100% volunteer based. Under Anne's leadership... more
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42.campaign for LIBERTY (www.campaignforliberty.com)
This is needed folks! We have lost our habeus corpus (right to a lawyer and phone call) we as Americans can be labeled as Radicals if we defy the higher ups in washington and with the Patriot Act, we are ripped of our inalienable rights! jo... more
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Shattuck Shelter gives their guests dignity and helps to give them the tools they need to move onto a better place.
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Shattuck Shelter gives their guests dignity and helps to give them the tools they need to move onto a better place.
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Each Wednesday night, myriad hungry people line up outside the doors of this church for their dinner. What makes this program different? The clients are called "guests", they are seated at tables that have silverware, napkins and placemats ... more
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St.Francis Homeless/DayCare shelter...they provide all types of services to homeless men and woman
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I get up in the morning and exercise my body. That feels great (but it's like sleep walking). And at the end of the day when I'm just plain, flat-out pooped and feel like crawling under a rock, I drag my weary self to the Cambridge Center. ... more
