American Red Cross – www.redcross.org
The American Red Cross helps prepare communities for emergencies and keep people safe every day thanks to caring people who support their work.

Camp Kesem – www.campkesem.org
Camp Kesem is a college student run summer camp for kids with a parent who has or has had cancer.

Doctors without Borders - www.doctorswithoutborders.org 
Doctors with Borders sends medical professionals, as volunteers, to various regions in need. They stay for 9 months or more working with the local population.

Heart to Heart - hearttoheart.org 
Heart to Heart is an organization akin to the international Red Cross. Their goal is to improve global health through initiatives that connect people and resources to a world in need.

Hearts with Hope – www.heartswithhope.org
The goal of Hearts with hope is to provide Latin American families’ access to medical care and other necessities for their children with congenital heart disease.

Flying Samaritans – www.flyingsamaritans.net
The Flying Samaritans is an all-volunteer organization, which operates free one-day medical clinics in Baja California, Mexico.

Make-A-Wish Foundation - www.wish.org
Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Operation Smile - www.operationsmile.org  
Operation Smile is a charity organization dedicated to healing healing children's smiles; cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. 

Oscar Litwak Foundation – www.oscarlitwakfoundation.org
The Oscar Litwak Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children undergoing long-term-medical care.

Starlight Children’s Foundation - www.starlight.org
The Starlight Children’s Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for seriously ill children and their families.

Haiti Outreach Ministries – www.haitioutreachministries.org
Teams of 16 travel to Haiti to work with ministries there to help rebuild the country both in the short and long term after the earthquake in 2010. Christian based group. Volunteers as well as financial donations needed. 

Heifer International – www.heifer.org
Heifer International is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance & sustainability.

L.A. Family Housing – www.lafh.org
Helping families transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing enriched with supportive services.

Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger – mazon.org 
A national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing and alleviating hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds.

Samaritan's Purse – www.samaritanspurse.org
Samaritan’s Purse emergency relief programs provide desperately needed assistance to victims of natural disaster, war, disease, and famine. They offer food, water, and temporary shelter, meeting critical needs and giving people a chance to rebuild their lives.