Autism Bridges Maui is a grassroots non-profit organization founded with the goal of providing support and services to individuals affected by autism spectrum disorders, education for families of affected individuals, and raising awareness within the general community. Due to its isolated location, there are limited resources on the island of Maui to provide professional support [...]

One month ago today, the severely impoverished nation of Haiti was devastated by an unprecedented magnitude 7.0 earthquake, and more than 50 powerful aftershocks, crippling infrastructure and leaving more than 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured, and one million of the population homeless.  Along with a considerable volume of other nonprofit philanthropic organizations, the American Red Cross [...]

New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity has provided an invaluable service in the recovery effort and around the city of New Orleans following the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. With the support of 18,000 volunteers and more than 301,000 volunteer hours worked the organization has built 93 new homes in New Orleans and in [...]

The St. Bernard Project has played a vital role in the recovery of St. Bernard Parish, which was all but entirely destroyed as a result of Hurricane Katrina.  St. Bernard Parish—which borders Orleans Parish and New Orleans‘s devastated Lower Ninth Ward—was once home to an ethnically diverse, hard-working blue collar community home to 67,000 residents.  [...]