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i'd like to add the national epilepsy foundation - http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

my son was diagnosed with childhood epilepsy at 17 mos. it's one of those organizations and diseases that unless it hits your family or someone you know, you don't know anything about it...

charlene prince birkeland
freelance journalist, blogger
www.crazedparent.org

young adults go missing all the time (think natalee holloway, laci peterson, and so many more that don't get that kind of exposure). i'd like to add http://www.texasequusearch.org/index.html to the list of non profit's we could raise awareness for. this particular group travels all over to look for people who go missing. they were involved in the natalee holloway case and so many more you wouldn't recognize the names.

as well as the following groups for missing kids:
http://www.pollyklaas.org/index.html
http://www.missingkids.com/

Sorry to list another, but I just thought of a totally awesome organization: SeeJane - SeeJane.org

Here's some info:

Gender equity has progressed in many ways, but male characters still dominate television, movies, and other media for young children. Since women and girls make up half of the human race, the presence of a wide variety of female characters in our children's earliest media is essential for both girls' and boys' development.

See Jane seeks to engage professionals and parents in a call to dramatically increase the percentages of female characters -- and to reduce gender stereotyping -- in media made for children 11 and under. See Jane founder, Academy Award winner Geena Davis, says, "By making it common for our youngest children to see everywhere a balance of active and complex male and female characters, girls and boys will grow up to empathize with and care more about each others' stories."

In collaboration with Ms. Davis and an Advisory Board of media professionals and educators, the project is administered by the respected national non-profit Dads and Daughters, whose advocacy has changed public policy and corporate marketing. Research, education, activism and collaboration are the project's hallmarks as we work hand-in-hand with professionals to improve our children's earliest media exposure from the inside out.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
http://komen.org

Here's one more suggestion:

The Make a Wish Foundation--
http://www.wish.org/

Hi everybody,

A few more from me. One of my favorite organizations is The Nature Conservancy. Basically, they buy undeveloped land and keep it that way. They have amazing preserves all over the place.

Also, may I suggest the National Kidney Foundation?

Finally, I asked my blog readers for suggestions and here's some of the great ones they suggested:

Make a Wish Foundation

Child's Play (love this!)

Women for Women

American Cancer Society

Heifer International (This one seems quite popular!)

World Wildlife Fund

New American Dream (http://www.newdream.org/)

Finally, I'd like to chime in my love for Doctors Without Borders.

I like to add a non-profit umbilical cord blood awareness organization, also for personal reasons. I donated my son's cord blood and its stem cells are being used as we speak to treat a sick child. I suggest CordBloodDonor.org.

Thanks!

Dana
www.mamalogues.com

I would like to add the Humane Society of the United States to the list. I love that the ASPCA is on here, but I'm adding this one anyway. :)

A lot of good suggestions, but for personal reasons, I'd like to add the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. My son has type 1 diabetes and I'm all about raising as much money as I can for a cure or additional research that makes living with diabetes easier

JDRF

My favorite nonprofit is CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), which is ran on a county-by-county basis. But they do have a national side as well.

http://www.nationalcasa.org/

They work with volunteers who are the "voice" of children in the court system. Sometimes the children are a result of abuse or neglect, divorce or need supervised visitation. A CASA works with the child, follows up with any therapists they may have, along with social workers, guardians and parents. They provide a document to the judge of what is going on in the child's life to give the judge a perspective of how the child is doing, what the child wants and what the child needs.

www.thyca.org

Once we have all the recommendations in, I'll send a survey out and we'll select two or three organizations by majority vote.

I would like to throw my 2 cents in the hat.
The MS Society. As many known my mom passed away from complications from MS, so it is close to my heart.
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/MNM/home/