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Ira Buckman lost 43 pounds in four months, motivated by the $2,629.00 raised for his charity.

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"I never faltered during my diet because I refused to let down the people who depended on my charity."
- Ira B.
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Alphabetical List of  Charities


A TIME
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A TIME is a non-profit organization devoted to providing education and a wide array of services to couples dealing with infertility, miscarriage and adoption. Funds are needed to provide direct support for couples going through the expensive infertility treatments as well as medical consults, diagnostic testing, treatments, medication, counseling and adoption services.


Alzheimer's Day Services of Memphis
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Alzheimer’s Day Services of Memphis is a therapeutic activity day program for those afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias, enabling them to live their lives with dignity and respect. In addition to creating safe, stimulating environments for Alzheimer's patients, ADS provides respite to caregivers who need to work, care for their children, run errands or just take a break. Funds are needed to maintain two facilities and a staff of 35 activity leaders, personal care attendants and cooks, as well as housekeeping and support personnel.


American Foundation for Children with AIDS
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American Foundation for Children with AIDS saves the lives of children suffering from the AIDS pandemic in East Africa. Funds are needed to provide anti-retroviral medication as well as the medicine necessary to cure children suffering from opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia. Funds are also needed to equip rural hospitals with such vital items as gurneys, needles, IV’s, splints, X-ray machines, examination tables, etc. Without funding innocent children will continue to die needlessly.





Chai Lifeline
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Chai Lifeline is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping children suffering from serious illness. Funds are needed to operate Camp Simcha and to provide sick children with art projects, tutoring, books, toys, trips, classroom teleconferencing links and to grant their special wishes. Funds will also enable Chai Lifeline to provide parents and siblings with respite, retreats and support groups and help alleviate the financial burden of non-medical expenses that result from children’s illness.


Cleft Palate Foundation
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The mission of the Cleft Palate Foundation is to optimize the quality of life for individuals affected by cleft lip, palate and other craniofacial birth defects through education, research, support and facilitation of family-centered care. Funds are needed to support its telephone and internet info, referral and support services as well as services such as infant feeding, surgery preparation, speech and hearing development and cleft care administered throughout the lifespan of an individual.


Foundation for a Smokefree America
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The Foundation for a Smokefree America’s mission is to motivate teens to stay tobacco-free and to empower smokers to quit successfully. The group was founded in 1989 by Patrick Reynolds, a grandson of tobacco company founder R.J. Reynolds who severed all ties to the tobacco industry. Funds are needed to support efforts to establish in-house programs to fight tobacco use at the local, regional and national levels, conduct school-based educational programs and to encourage physicians to take a proactive role in helping their smoking patients quit.


Friedman Place
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Friedman Place is a non-profit Supportive Living Community for blind and visually impaired adults, open to all, regardless of economic, racial, ethnic or religious background. In the heart of Chicago, Friedman Place encourages residents' self-determination and independence. Not just a residential facility but a vibrant community, members are empowered to reach their full potential. Funds are needed to purchase reading and listening materials, computer hardware and software, as well as internet access and instruction.


Gift of Life International
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Gift of Life International sends pediatric heart surgical teams to third world countries to operate on babies and children who suffer from the most complicated congenital heart defects. There is no cost to any family. Funds are needed to pay for cardiac equipment and supplies and to promote research, training, education and leadership in agencies, corporations, hospitals and other assisting organizations. If you could save a child's life, would you?



Memphis Food Bank
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The Food Bank's mission is to efficiently collect and distribute wholesome food, education and advocacy. Its service area is 31 Mid-South counties in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas and includes 325 charitable feeding programs that feed needy and hungry people free of charge. Funds are needed to supplement donated food by purchasing nutritious foods for distribution to the hungry.


Ohel Children's Home & Family Services
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Ohel serves children and adults, individuals and families who are touched by personal challenges. One by one, Ohel helps build and rebuild lives and families. Funds are needed to provide foster homes and services to abused, neglected, disabled, and abandoned children and to provide loving care for thousands of people daily through 26 programs in almost 100 locations that focus on the mental health and social service needs of families.


Raise The Curtain
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Raise the Curtain supplies dreams to kids who want to perform on stage. Not just any kids, kids with Life Altering or Life Threatening conditions. From a kid with a missing limb to a kid battling cancer. Raise the Curtain makes people look at them for their talents and not their limitations. We give these kids a chance when others will not. We Are Giving The Stage To The Kids.


Songs of Love Foundation
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Songs of Love Foundation provides personalized songs for seriously ill children, free of charge. The songs help the children cope with scary and painful medical procedures and boosts their self-esteem like nothing else can. Funds are needed to cover the cost of song production as well as daily operating expenses.




 
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