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Twenty-one creative nonprofit organizations that help prove Dr. Barbara Lavi's belief that, "Where there's a dream, there's a way," were chosen to be featured in & benefit from The Wake Up and Dream Challenge.

By purchasing this book, you will not only learn how to start moving towards your dreams, but will also be helping one or all of these charities. One half of the profits from every book sold will be donated to the charities featured in the book.

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A Child Is Missing

Mission: A child goes missing every forty seconds in the United States. A Child Is Missing (ACIM) is devoted to assisting law enforcement in the search and early ‘safe’ recovery efforts of children, as well as the elderly (often with Alzheimer’s), disabled persons, and college students via a rapid-response neighborhood alert program utilizing high-tech telephonic systems.

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HerShe Group Foundation, Inc.
Exposing Foster Youth to Extraordinary People & Places

Mission: Established in 2005, the HerShe Group Foundation, Inc.’s sole propose is to empower girls in the foster care system residing in Los Angeles, to successfully transition into womanhood.

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Blind Judo Foundation

Mission: To promote the sport of Judo to the blind and visually impaired community; provide professional development activities, information and educational resources for coaches on how to work with visually impaired students; educate foundations, organizations, societies, federations and blind and visually impaired networks about the physical, psychological, emotional, and productive benefits of Judo; to provide funding to deserving students for sustained training and memberships to USA Judo and USABA, including introduction to the US Paralympic Judo Team; and, to promote public/private information and general education on the benefits of Judo to the blind and visually impaired community.

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Higher Ground
New Heights * New Horizons

Mission: Higher Ground (HG) is a nationally recognized veteran rehabilitation program that combines sports, family and coping therapies to restore and rehabilitate men and women of the armed forces who have been severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. HG’s goal is to improve long-term care for wounded veterans by demonstrating the efficacy of sports, family, and coping therapies as means of rehabilitation.

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Boaz & Ruth

Mission: Boaz & Ruth’s mission is to rebuild lives and communities through relationships, transitional jobs, and economic revitalization. Three key strategies are used to pursue that mission:
1) We rebuild lives of formerly incarcerated men and women through a transitional jobs and training program.
2) We empower the physically blighted commercial corridor of Highland Park by restoring buildings, incubating and operating businesses, and providing jobs.
3) We connect Highland Park and our program participants to the wider Richmond community through activities that bridge racial, economic, and geographic barriers.

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Menorah Park Center for Senior Living
D.R.E.A.M.-Weavers Program
Dare to Reach Every Amazing Moment

Mission: Ensuring our residents are happy, loved and appreciated knowing their dreams matter to us. Through excellence in communication the many forces of good can come together to make this time in residents’ lives a very special time when dreams come true.

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Camp Young Judaea Texas
The Amelia Samet Kornfeld Memorial

Mission: Amelia Samet Kornfeld Memorial at Camp Young Judaea- Texas. “You And I Can Change The World” are the words that children sing at Camp Young Judaea (CYJ). We teach children to grow into leaders; proud of who they are and of what they have to give to the world. This is the underlying gift that CYJ Texas gives to our campers. The memorial will be dedicated to Amelia Samet Kornfeld, a psychologist, philanthropist, and former camper. A walking trail, exercise stations and a children’s active playground will keep Amelia’s dreams alive.

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Micro Museum A Living Arts Center

Mission: Founded in 1986, by interdisciplinary artists William and Kathleen Laziza as an arts incubator for mixed media creativity and community leadership. The overall mission is to inspire others to aspire.

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Compass to Care

Mission: Dedicated to scheduling and paying for customized travel arrangements for families seeking the best cancer care for their children.

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Music From A Bottle

Mission: A global recycling program utilizing the redemption values of beverage bottles and cans to provide musical instruments, instruction, and education to children in kindergarten through twelfth grade in school music programs, thereby encouraging artistic development of youth worldwide.

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D.R.E.A.M., Inc.
(Dispelling Realities & Empowering African AmericanMinds)

Mission: D.R.E.A.M. Inc. was formed to empower today’s urban youth to make informed financial, social, and professional decisions.

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New York Says Thank You Foundation

Mission: Started in 2003 at the suggestion of a five-year-old boy, the New York Says Thank You Foundation has grown into one of the Nation’s leading organizations to transform the 9/11 Anniversary into a positive, hands-on platform for national volunteer service.

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Denver Active 20-30 Children’s Foundation

Mission: To raise money for disadvantaged children through annual fund-raising events and projects. Since its inception in 1987, Denver Active 20-30 has raised over $6 million. The foundation is dedicated to contributing to the betterment and welfare of children in the local community

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OSPREY Village, Inc.

Mission: To provide a caring community environment where eligible individuals—both disabled and non-disabled—can function at their highest level of independence, in their own private living space, while enjoying opportunities for social, physical, vocational and emotional growth.

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The Dr. Cynthia Lucero Center
Latino Mental Health Program At the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

Mission: Dr. Cynthia Lucero Center’s Latino Mental Health Program (LMHP) was the first of only a few programs in the United States that trains therapists to work with the growing Latino population in our country.

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Rock and Wrap It Up, Inc.

Mission: Rock and Wrap It Up! is an anti-poverty think tank. Using greening tactics, Rock and Wrap It Up! recovers food and other assets to agencies fighting poverty, increasing their operating budgets. This allows the agencies to hire more services such as tutors, social workers, job placement counselors and mental health counselors to attack the root cause of poverty.

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The Elimination of Prejudice

Mission: The Elimination of Prejudice (EOP) movement creates longlasting community change by addressing the underlying differences between people. Our mission is to set the conditions for sensitive societal conversations to take place. By setting the conditions for people to talk about sensitive issues, the EOP advocates a better understanding between people.

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Simon’s Fund

Mission: To save a child’s life and then another, by raising awareness about heart conditions that lead to sudden cardiac arrest and death.

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Enchanted Makeovers

Mission: To turn shelters into places where homeless women and children can be inspired and to remind us that we all hold the golden ticket to transforming our dreams into reality.

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Voices Against Brain Cancer

Mission: Voices Against Brain Cancer’s mission is to find a cure for brain cancer by supporting the advancement of scientific research about the disease. Also, to use the organization’s powerful voice to increase awareness within the medical community about brain cancer; and, to most generously provide support for suffering patients, their families and caregivers afflicted with this devastating disease.

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Green Demolitions
Recycling Luxury for Recovery

Mission: The recycling mission of Green Demolitions is three-fold:
1) Financial Gain By recycling when homes are torn down— everybody saves money—donors, consumers, and industry pros;
2) Protection for the environment - landfill waste reduction, associated energy costs savings, and forestry preservation; and,
3) Self-supporting charity - “recycling the lives” of addicts of all kinds and their families.

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