A lot of the books we read cover crises that are still pertinent today. Below you will find several charities that help provide relief, supplies, and tools to combat some of these issues. Continue to check back for updates.

 

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: helps to rescue Holocaust evidence, educate the community, and preserves the truth.

American Library Association (ALA): Donations improve library and information services and the profession of librarianship to ensure access to information for all.

American Jewish Committee (AJC): the leading global Jewish advocacy organization

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: A national network of local crisis centers that answer calls from millions of Americans across the United States.

NAMI: Through advocacy, public awareness, support, and education, The National Alliance on Mental Illness works to ensure individuals with mental illness live fulfilling, healthy lives.

NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is an interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.

Rise Up: Rise Up works on activating women and girls to transform their lives, families and communities through investing in local solutions, strengthening leadership, and building movements.

Feeding America: For over forty years this organization has been helping to feed American’s across the nation through their network of over 200 food banks across the country.

NC Aquarium Society: Supports educational programs, animal rescue, habitat restoration, and conservation priorities.

OBXC4: Supports maintenance of the OBX coastline and dunes.

Corolla Wild Horse Fund: Protects, conserves, and safely herds the free roaming wild horses of OBX.

Family Agriculture Resource Management Services (FARMS): Aims to protect family farmers from abuse and hunger with legal services. 

International Rescue Committee: Responds to the worlds worst humanitarian crises and help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

The Trevor Project: World's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ.

HRC Foundation: Largest LGBTQ advocacy group and LGBTQ political lobbying organization in the United States.

RAINN: The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is an American nonprofit anti-sexual assault organization, the largest in the United States.

PTSD Foundation of America: An intensive residential program at Camp Hope in Houston, TX, providing treatment to veterans healing from combat related post-traumatic stress disorder.

ASPCA: A non-profit organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to animals.