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ALS Association is a terrific and worthy national organization. However, I give my money to the ALS Hope Foundation, a local Philadelphia charity that, in addition to funding research for a cure, also funds a local clinic that provides support to people in the area suffering with this terrible disease.
http://www.alshopefoundation.org/
North Light is an excellent community resource that provides affordable day care options to families that work. My wife would not have been able to complete her degree if not for this resource.
They are all great organizations, working on very important causes. Northlight gets my vote because I know how much good they do every day for kids and families in our community. A big thanks also to Erb Law for their community spirit!
North Light Community Center does what it name implies.
Heavenly Angels in Need (HAIN) has a Neonatal Division which provides families with purchased or handcrafted items for babies that may be sick in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU). Also, handmade burial garments for babies who are born asleep can be provided to help comfort bereaved parents. It is very difficult, if not impossible to find burial garments for preemie and micropreemie babies. These items are donated to parents out of great love and compassion. HAIN’s Memory Box Division provides handmade memory boxes filled with precious keepsake items to grieving parents. The Children’s Division to provide Special Kid Bags filled with many goodies to children who have been in a traumatic situation. Another important part of Heavenly Angels in Need is their Bereavement Forum which provides comfort and emotional support to grieving families. The Bereavement Forum also has a wealth of information for grieving families which is vital to their healing. I personally have received much needed assistance from the Bereavement Forum as my baby died. It is an invaluable and life changing resource when your heart is broken and your life is shattered and no one understands the pain of infant death unless they have personally been through it. All of the services provided by Heavenly Angels in Need are free of charge to the families it serves. http://www.heavenlyangelsinneed.com
Heavenly angels in need gets my vote. HAIN helps children in need. Babies in the NICU and parents who have lost a baby.
These are all really great organizations. I wish all of them could receive money from ErbLaw.
My vote is for Heavenly Angels in Need. They do wonderful work helping families by providing clothing and memory boxes for little ones who are destined for heaven. They also provide care bags for children in hospitals and emergency situations. You can check out their website http://www.heavenlyangelsinneed.com/
great organization
North Light Community Center has caring employees who work their hardest to provide lower income families with a safe place for their children to go after school. The employees put in countless hours of work to get funding to keep the community center open, and keep kids off the streets.
SUPPORT NOTH LIGHT!!!
While these are all deserving organizations, I believe North Light should be the recipient of these funds. As a LOCAL organization that does SO much for our community, they do not have the benefit of having a nationally recognized name as some of the others do. While H.A.I.N. clearly does good work for families, they are based in Oregon, and North Light clearly reaches more children and families in our own community.
So far no one has mentioned the fact that North Light provides very needed respite and help to lower income families with very special needs children. The staff is creative and adroit in making sure that no one is forgotten in the caring help that they provide. For these parents who cannot afford the expensive main-stream after-school care, North Light is both a treasured privilege and a dire necessity. Please give them your vote.
These are all such worthwhile causes, I’d love to be able to vote to help each one of them. But since I have to choose, HAIN has my vote. This organization helps families all across the United States and fills needs that otherwise would be left unmet. Each member supports those needs in her/his own region first, or in the case of the urgent immediate needs, sends to wherever the need is. My life was personally touched by HAIN when my grandson died 2 years ago, before I even knew the organization existed. I know firsthand the difference they make, and there are so many others who can say the same thing, no doubt including many in the Philadelphia area.
North Light does more than just care for low income families. North Light is a well rounded learning environment for children, no matter how rich or poor. Children who attend North Light are exposed to art, music, sports, and much, much more. North Light provides love and attention. They educate and provide priceless opportunities that the children will remember forever. No child within the walls of North Light is a number. Each child receives love and care day in and day out. North Light, not only embraces the children who attend, but their families as well. Yes, they are a big part of the Roxborough/Manayunk community, but the wings of the organization spread much further than many realize.
Go North Light. Great Staff.
HAIN for example supports a hospital in Paoli, PA, which I consider local.
All these organizations are great though, I agree.
North Light has created wonderful programs for children .
Go HAIN!! Did anyone mention that Heavenly Angels In Need is completely volunteer-run? No one is making one single penny for all the countless hours of work they put in. Each volunteer pays out of his/her own pocket for the materials to make the beautiful infant burial gowns, memory boxes, preemie clothes and other items. They then donate their talent and free time to make items for donation. And then… they mail the items out to needy hospitals and bereavement photographers across the country, also on their own dime! Our founder, Mary Glynn, runs everything in her free time, too. She’s currently studying to become a Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep bereavement photographer with a new camera that she used her tax refund to purchase. These are just a few examples of the dedication of the wonderful volunteers who give so much to make HAIN a success.
I can’t think of a volunteer organization more worthy of a donation from Erb Law or any good soul who wants to help make a difference.
The children who attend North Light need and deserve our support!
Heavenly Angels In Need is a wonderful charity that reaches out to others all over the United States. They have wonderfull, loving, and caring volunteers that are willing to do everything they possibly can to help others in their time of need. Even with the slowed economy these volunteers keep giving and giving, a true sign of their dedication.
ALS Association is a terrific and worthy national organization. However, I give my money to the ALS Hope Foundation, a local Philadelphia charity that, in addition to funding research for a cure, also funds a local clinic that provides support to people in the area suffering with this terrible disease.
The HAIN volunteers number more than 1,000 men and women from all over the United States and some international volunteers as well. We will help anyone needing our services. When an emergancy is announced, the grieving parents could receive a burial gown made next door and a memory box made 2,000 miles away. We are all here to support our hospitals and NILMDTS photographers. We don’t care where you live or how much money you make, if you are a grieving parent, we are here for you. I am proud to knit, crochet, craft and sew for HAIN.
All charities and organizations need help in this TIGHT economy. No one person should say one group is “more” deserving then the other since all of these groups are out to help people and families. It’s up to you – the public to decide how you wish to vote. HAIN does have a presence as a local entity; please do not base your votes on local vs. national. There are several PA hospitals and local private families the organization helps out. Good luck to all groups. I regularly work with the local Ronald McDonald house and Habitat for Humanity plus I recently organized a “bar crawl” for ALS but my vote today is for HAIN.
Great place - great things happen here!
My vote is going to HAIN. However, as I was reading all the posts about the Northlight program… I had to wonder if this program who helps low-income families could use some hand knitted and crocheted hats? School bags? Are there other needs we may be able to help with? Northlight sounds just right for a helping hand from our children’s division. It doesn’t matter where you live, who you are, how much you make, what your need is, HAIN is a group of volunteers who are always ready to lend a helping hand whenever they can. So… vote for HAIN and help us help MANY others in communities all over the place!!!
North Light is such an integral part of our community! It serves our children, our seniors, our families- in all our different presentations. And the staff, they define “commitment” to the well being and enrichment of our neighborhood. They are to whom you go, when you are not sure where to go.
All of these causes are worthwhile, but North Light gets my vote as a local center meeting local needs in financially challenging times.
MANY THANKS TO ALL…Erb Law for supporting and raising awareness of the important work of charitable non-profits…all those who are taking the time to vote…and ESPECIALLY to those who have taken the time to comment. I am always reassured by the generosity and passion of so many…keep on voting for your favorite…and may we ALL WIN!
I was 12 years old and alone no place to go and no friends till I found the North Light . They taught me how to cook, sports and how to dance and meet friends. Now my grandboys need it so please help, it would be appreciated.
They are all worthy charities. The question is: Is it worth all these people’s time to sit and continue to click and click, and have one org ‘win’ the funds for one month because one had more friend’s with a computer and time to waste? Or perhaps just make a decision based on the types and quantity of needs being met, i.e. what is more urgent and will have higher longer term results that affects more people. If you still want to give to all then maybe allot a percentage according to this method. You can still do something fun as a PR piece for your web page, heck there are a lot of very talented folks out there that would love to help promote these organizations via your page.
Margaret, it doesn’t hurt anyone to give a few mindless clicks while talking on the phone, listening to the radio, eating a snack, etc.–and to help out a wonderful charity at the same time! Cool deal, if you ask me! I hope we won’t have any sore losers…