Health

American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's premier voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the Association's mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

American Heart Association
Since 1924, the American Heart Association has helped protect people of all ages and ethnicities from the ravages of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, the nation's No. 1 and No. 3 killers, and other cardiovascular diseases, claim nearly a million American lives a year. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

American Legacy Foundation
The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. The foundation has two goals that guide its work toward creating tobacco-free generations: to arm all young people with the knowledge and tools to reject tobacco, and to eliminate disparities in access to tobacco prevention and cessation services. {Learn how to Donate}

American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors, down the street, across the country and around the world in emergencies. The Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.   {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

American Stroke Association
The goal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is to raise awareness and reduce stroke risk by 25 percent by 2010. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

America's Blood Centers
Founded in 1962, America's Blood Centers is North America's largest network of non-profit, community blood centers. Seventy-seven blood centers operate more than 600 collection sites in 45 U.S. states and Canada, and provide nearly half of the United States, and all of Canada's volunteer donor blood supply. These centers serve more than 150 million people and provide blood products and services to more than 4,200 hospitals and healthcare facilities across North America. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks is dedicated to increasing awareness of the growing autism epidemic and to raising money to fund scientists who are searching for a cure.  {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Reseach Foundation is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) is dedicated to the support of HIV/AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. {Learn how to Donate}

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those affected by suicide. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

American Lung Association
The American Lung Association fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

Easter Seals
From child development centers to physical rehabilitation and job training for people with disabilities, Easter Seals offers a variety of services to help people with disabilities address life's challenges and achieve personal goals. {Learn how to Donate}

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is the worldwide leader in the fight against pediatric AIDS. The Foundation’s innovative research programs, collaborative training initiatives, advocacy efforts, and rapidly expanding international programs are bringing dramatic changes to the lives of children and families worldwide. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

Lighthouse International
Lighthouse International provides services, research, education and advocacy to help people with low vision and blindness live safe, independent and productive lives. {Learn how to Donate}

March of Dimes
March of Dimes' mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. March of Dimes carries out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

National Mental Health Association
With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million people with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service. {Learn how to Donate}

Special Olympics
Special Olympics is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation fights breast cancer through its support of innovative research and community-based outreach programs. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}

United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy, through an affiliate network, strives to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities. UCP is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities are included in every facet of society. {Learn how to Volunteer and Donate}