Giving Good

The first of its kind in the U.S., the Austin Habitat ReStore has been serving the Austin community for more than 20 years. ReStore helps build community by generating revenue that is plugged directly back into Austin Habitat for Humanity programs and services. ReStore also offers affordably priced and diverse selection of home improvement materials. ReStore serves as a community recycling center diverting millions of pounds of excessive dumping from Austin landfills.

The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas (RMHC CTX) is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and families. The Central Texas Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Family Rooms provide a comforting “home-away-from-home” for families to stay so they can fight their child’s illness or injury together. Our Happy Wheels Carts stroll the hospital hallways bringing complimentary items to families waiting by their child’s hospital bedside. RMHC CTX also supports families who have lost a child through the Healing Hearts program, which provides burial assistance and bereavement support.

Health Care for the Homeless works to prevent and end homelessness for vulnerable individuals and families by providing quality, integrated health care and promoting access to affordable housing and sustainable incomes through direct service, advocacy, and community engagement.

The Clean the World Hygiene Kit Program is a mobile team building and community engagement activity that can be sent to any hotel, company event or conference in North America. It allows meeting professionals & event planners to eliminate the logistics of taking small or large groups out of their hotels and events to serve the local community. Clean the World provides all of the materials so that attendees can build hygiene kits and donate them to a local mission that needs them. Standard, hygiene kits contain soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, washcloth, and an inspirational card. Clean the World offers children’s kits, too, and is launching a veterans kit. Clean the World also provides a Best Practices Guide, instruction cards for each station, and a dedicated hygiene kit manager to assist with logistics such as shipping, charity matching and more.

The Clean the World Hygiene Kit Program is a mobile team building and community engagement activity that can be sent to any hotel, company event or conference in North America. It allows meeting professionals & event planners to eliminate the logistics of taking small or large groups out of their hotels and events to serve the local community. Clean the World provides all of the materials so that attendees can build hygiene kits and donate them to a local mission that needs them. Standard hygiene kits contain soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, washcloth, and an inspirational card. Clean the World offers children’s kits, too, and is launching a veterans kit. Clean the World also provides a Best Practices Guide, instruction cards for each station, and a dedicated hygiene kit manager to assist with logistics such as shipping, charity matching and more.

The Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation was established in 2004, in loving memory of Gloria Gemma, a wife and mother-of-nine who lost her courageous fight in 2002. What started out as a website full of resources and information, grew into an organization that provides over twenty programs designed to heal mind, body and spirit. In 2008, the Foundation opened its Resource and Wellness Center, and has developed numerous free programs and services for people living with breast cancer.

Farm Fresh Rhode Island is growing a local food system that values the environment, health and quality of life of RI farmers and eaters. Farm Fresh’s objectives are to preserve Rhode Island farmland and our agricultural and culinary knowledge, build healthier communities, increase access to fresher, tastier food, improve impact of food production and distribution on the environment, and strengthen community-based business.

Family Services of RI is one of the oldest and largest non-profit human service agencies in Rhode Island. We are accredited by the Council on Accreditation, and state licensed for behavioral health services and substance abuse treatment. They are also state-certified and state-contracted to provide a wide variety of developmental and mental health services for children and adults of all ages, and hold a dual license for special and regular education.

Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island welcomes all those who are working to overcome cultural, educational, economic and language barriers; and empower them to achieve self-sufficiency and to participate actively in our community. They empower individuals and families, especially the under-served, immigrants, and refugees, to become self-sufficient and fully participating members of our diverse community through innovative programs and advocacy that promote education, training, and cultural understanding.