Your gift will provide one de-wormer treatment for a senior horse helping to assure both their health as well as the health of the entire herd.

This gift will provide a sponsorship for a woman with a disability to participate in Mobility International USA's Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD). This 3-week, life-changing program challenges women from around the world to go beyond their preconceived notions. Disabled women flourish through interactive workshops, an outdoor ropes challenge course and whitewater rafting. WILD women truly are changing the world as they return...

Your gift will assist with language translation for MIUSA's Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD). The WILD program brings together disabled women leaders from around the world to build skills and exchange strategies to improve the lives of women and girls with disabilities. Support for language interpretation gives women with less formal education the opportunity to participate in this life-changing program. WILD workshops are...

Just $250 can change the life of a woman and her family in Guatemala or Mexico. Your gift will fund the micro-loan of a woman in either rural Guatemala or Chiapas, Mexico. This loan will be re-paid with interest monthly to the local organization, which will support the women through the loan cycle and help them to be successful in developing their businesses. Educational seminars...

More than 500 people from within the public, private and nonprofit sectors -- working to end homelessness in America -- will be in attendance, and your gift can ensure representation from people who have been homeless themselves.

This gift will provide this direct assistance to homeless veterans nationwide on the 1-800-VET-HELP line for one day. Homeless veterans and those at risk of becoming homeless can access free guidance and referrals to service providers in their communities on any telephone in the country by calling 1-800-VET-HELP. Services available include emergency and transitional housing, medical and mental health services, employment preparation and job placement...

This gift will provide supervision of the National Stand Down program for one day. NCHV is the national coordinator of the Stand Down program. The staff monitors programs nationwide, maintains the Stand Down Registry so veterans and service providers can connect with programs in their communities, advocates for federal and corporate funding support and in-kind donations, and publishes the Stand Down Manual -- a tool...

Your gift will provide one hour of staff support for this comprehensive website designed to direct veterans who need help to the people who can provide it. The NCHV website records more than 45,000 visits each month from veterans in crisis and concerned family members who want to help them. The website offers information about both VA and community service providers, eligibility requirements, veteran-specific assistance...

This gift will provide one hour of consultation with members of Congress and their staffs on laws to create, provide funding for and expand veteran assistance programs. NCHV helped create the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program -- the largest federal homeless veteran assistance program -- and the Department of Labor Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program, and helped write the Comprehensive Homeless Veteran Assistance...

This gift will provide 2 hours of research to identify the needs of homeless veterans and innovative approaches to addressing them. This is the foundation of NCHV's education and service network building initiatives. NCHV has helped fuel the development of innovative approaches to helping homeless veterans stand tall again. Learning about new programs that work, and sharing that information with service providers across the country...

This gift will provide 2 hours of NCHV staff work with developers and funders of affordable housing for veterans with mental and physical disabilities, and low income veterans who have completed their transitional programs. Creating housing opportunities for these veterans is a new frontier in the homeless veteran assistance community. Indeed, it is the success of the nation's transitional housing assistance programs that has focused...

Your gift will provide 2 hours of staff work to help steer potential housing and service providers to resources, capital, and experts in the field who can turn vision into reality. In partnership with other national organizations such as the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Labor, State Directors of Veterans Affairs, and municipal public assistance agencies, NCHV...

This gift will provide 2 staff hours of work in support of women veterans' programs. Development of programs designed to help women is more critical now than at any other time in U.S. history. Historically, the VA has not had to provide services for women in the numbers that are presenting themselves because of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately 4% of the homeless veterans...

Your gift will connect a disabled child with the love and caring support of a senior volunteer A stipend of $40 will enable a Family Friends volunteer to visit a family weekly for three months, including the volunteer's transportation, support and training costs. The Family Friends Program taps the experience, skills, caring and wisdom of older adults to benefit families who have children with disabilities...

Your gift will help the growth, development and expansion of senior centers across the country through membership in NISC. Senior Centers can be utilized for socialization, exercise, cultural and wellness programs, health screenings, nutrition classes, and a variety of significant programs important to an aging society. Your support will promote the growth, development and expansion of senior centers and their programs across the country. You...

BenefitsCheckUp.org helps seniors & their families learn about and sign up for valuable public and private programs that can pay health care, medicines and other basic needs. These include new Medicare benefits, prescription drug programs, in-home services, financial assistance, legal services, housing assistance, property tax programs, job training, nutrition and education programs and more. BenefitsCheckUp.org is the first of its kind Web-based service designed to...

Your gift will allow us to provide an elderly victim of Hurricane Katrina with at least $10,000 in needed benefits. NCOA is working with local non-profit organizations throughout the Gulf region to find these elderly victims and help them learn about and enroll in key public benefits that will help pay for health care, prescription drugs, housing and other basic needs. Most of the funds...

NCOA is building a network of involved and concerned Americans across the country committed to interacting with Congress about important legislation. Through periodic updates and timely action alerts we inform the public about bills that are in Congress, and how you can help. NCOA has even developed a list of questions you can ask candidates to determine how they may vote on issues that affect...

Your gift supports NCOA’s Center for Healthy Aging, which is dedicated to promoting aging with dignity, independence, and health. We support critical leadership in healthy aging; including: research, writing, education, publishing, technical assistance, training and development of best practices.

Your $5.00 gift will help provide one NCOA conference attendee a full day of refreshing water, juice or coffee between sessions. Our annual conference includes lectures, workshops and special programs that offer an array of learning and networking opportunities that may begin as early as 8:00 a.m., and run until 8:00 p.m. Breaks with refreshments are really appreciated by those working with and on behalf...