Since 1892, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Syracuse has empowered thousands of young people most in need to achieve great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens.  The organization offers high impact afterschool and summer youth development programs to 1,200 at-risk children and teens annually at four city locations (East Fayette Street, Shonnard Street, Hamilton Street and Central Village) and Huntington K-8 School.  The clubs provide a safe environment, caring adult mentors, fun and friendship. Priority programs emphasize academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. To learn more about the Boys & Girls Clubs and explore ways to get involved, call 315-579-1103 or visit www.bgcsyracuse.org.

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Griffin's Guardians is a recognized non profit 501(c)3 organization to provide support and financial assistance to children battling cancer in Central New York.  We will work hand in hand with the Child Life Specialists at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital to stay up to date as to what the patients and families current needs are.  In addition, we strive to bring awareness to Pediatric Cancer and to provide financial aid in funding for Pediatric Cancer Research.

www.griffinsguardians.org

Father Joseph Champlin realized that too many children in need were not graduating from high school. He desperately wanted to stop the cycle of poverty for these kids by helping them to receive a quality education based on a strong set of values regardless of income, race or religion. In 1997, he started the Guardian Angel Society to raise funds for tuition assistance, mentoring and tutoring support so these kids could achieve academic and social success. Join us!

www.guardianangelsoc.org

LiteracyCNY Mission: To provide adults in Central New York with the literacy tools and skills that they need to be contributing, productive, and engaged members of the community. We do this by advocating for adult education, providing instruction, and partnering with other community based agencies. Improving Adult Literacy makes our community stronger.
 
LiteracyCNY is a nonprofit in good standing in New York State.  All donations will be used locally to help adults in our community to improve their reading, writing, and English speaking skills.  Last year, LiteracyCNY enrolled 235 students into its instructional programs, provided information and referral to 250 adults, and achieved a ranking of Highly Proficient from the NYS Department of Education.

www.literacycny.org/

Make-A-Wish Central New York grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.  Our Central New York chapter was found in 1985 and has granted more than 1,600 wishes for children in our 15-county footprint.

A wish experience can be a game-changer for a child with a life-threatening medical condition.  This one belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish®.  It inspires us to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids we serve.  It compels us to be creative in exceeding the expectations of every wish kid.  It drives us to make our donated resources go as far as possible.  Most of all, it’s the founding principle of our vision to grant the wish of every eligible child.

Wishes are more than just a nice gesture.  And they are far more than gifts, or singular events in time.  Wishes impact everyone involved – wish kids, volunteers, donors, sponsors, medical professionals and communities.  For wish kids, just the act of making their wish come true can give them the courage to comply with their medical treatments.

Whatever the odds, whatever the obstacles..wishes find a way to make the world better.

www.cny.wish.org

Maureen’s Hope provides practical support and assistance to people in our community facing the challenges of a cancer diagnosis or life altering disease. 

There are many needs that patients have when faced with a life altering disease that can not be met by the medical community and we help to fulfill some of those needs. Maureen's Hope caters to the personal needs of individuals facing these challenges by providing gift baskets and services that offer comfort and strength as well as helping to improve their quality of life.

www.MaureensHope.org

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The New York Agricultural Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2006 by farmers, for farmers and their communities, to help conserve important working farm and forestlands. Our mission is to conserve working farmland and promote a greater appreciation for the agricultural and forested lands and their associated natural resources that enrich our communities and connect future generations to the land, locally and statewide.

www.nyalt.org

Since 2002, Ophelia’s Place has been a national leader in redefining beauty and health by empowering individuals, families and communities impacted by eating disorders, disordered eating, and body dissatisfaction.  Through the offering of support services, education and outreach, outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment programs with the Upstate New York Eating Disorder Service, and community built through Café at 407.
www.OpheliasPlace.org

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Paige’s Butterfly Run, Inc. was formed in 1999 as a not-for-profit New York 501(c)3 corporation dedicated to raising money for the battle against pediatric cancer and the funding of a college scholarship in Paige’s name at Baldwinsville’s Baker High School. The now annual Paige's Butterfly Run is the vehicle for this fundraising, and all net proceeds fund pediatric cancer research and patient programs at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital.

www.paigesbutterflyrun.org

When you support the Rescue Mission you are truly sharing hope. The lives of men, women and children change daily through our services and programs. We know even the smallest change can inspire significant achievements and every year we help more than 10,000 individuals put hunger and homelessness behind them, which in turn strengthens our communities.

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Stone By Stone is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization seeking to bring quality, consistent healthcare to several villages in the mountainous Cabaret region of Haiti.  Together with our brothers and sisters in Haiti, we strive to serve this community through Listening, Educating, Supporting, Praying, Working, Advancing.  LESPWA means HOPE in Creole.  We are full of hope for Haiti.

www.StoneByStone.org/

The Syracuse Poster Project, brings together community poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of illustrated poetry posters. The process begins with a call for poetry. Over the summer, the project solicits the three-line form of poetry known as haiku. Poets submit work about downtown, the city at large, or the nearby countryside.

The Project is assigned to a group of 20 to 40 students. Each student creates an illustrated poster, using a haiku of the student’s choice. We then combine the supplemental work and a selection of the best work by students for a total of 16 posters. The posters reach the community in three ways: Through the city’s downtown poster panels, through the sale of poster prints, through the display of poster prints

www.posterproject.org/