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June 5, 2018

Charity Profile: Agape Villages – Homes For Children in Crisis

by DonateaCar Team

Charity Profiles, Family Services

The annual National Safety Month is observed in June. It gives focus on reducing the causes of injury and death in our homes and neighborhoods. However, safety for children includes providing a quality home environment for them to grow which is part of the mission of Agape Villages. In 1958, Agape Villages began as … read more

May 20, 2018

Handling the Impact of Lupus On the Family

by DonateaCar Team

Family Services, Health

For National Lupus Awareness Month, we have joined with the Lupus Foundation of America in providing some ways to manage the impact that lupus may have on your family. The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) works to lift the quality of life and ease the suffering for everyone affected by lupus. They provide advocacy, … read more

April 10, 2018

Charity Profile: Sacramento Valley Teen Challenge – Helping People Break Free of Their Life Controlling Problems

by DonateaCar Team

Faith Based, Family Services

Way back in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, Teen Challenge was started by a young country preacher named Rev. David Wilkerson. He was troubled by the news of a gang fights that ended in a murder and felt that God wanted him to do something to help the troubled youth in that area. A large … read more

February 14, 2018

Helping Families Who are Affected by Autism

by DonateaCar Team

Children, Family Services

Autism has a very wide spectrum making it difficult to paint an accurate picture of how it specifically affects a family. Yet for any family affected by autism, it is challenging and has times of great difficulty. Youth and children on the autism spectrum are reported to have struggles in two core areas: social communication … read more

January 16, 2018

Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness

by DonateaCar Team

Family Services, Helping Kids

A person becomes homeless when they do not have the means to provide a place for themselves to live, usually because they lack the employment to do so. Often there is a pattern involved of financial and social conditions that ensue poverty to linger in families through generations. As an impoverished child grows up … read more

April 20, 2017

Ways To Protect Your Child From Sexual Assault

by DonateaCar Team

Children, Family Services

April is sexual assault awareness and prevention month. No one wants to think of their child being targeted or hurt by a sexual predator, but unfortunately that very thing happens to 60,000 children every year in the United States. Sexual abuse is more common than many people realize, with a sexual assault being perpetrated once … read more

January 24, 2017

Helping Tiny Hands Through Hospice Services

by DonateaCar Team

Children, Family Services

It has been said, that there is nothing as painful for a parent as watching a child suffer through a long-term illness or losing them to death. Most parents, whether they have suffered such an experience or not, would probably agree. At Edmarc Hospice for Children in Virginia, they make easing that pain, and being … read more

January 5, 2017

Teaching Care No Matter Where They Wander

by DonateaCar Team

Children, Family Services

For over two centuries, under various names and leadership, what is now called The Home for Little Wanderers (The Home) has been serving the children and families of Massachusetts. Growing out of an orphanage dedicated to helping children find loving homes, The Home has grown into an organization that provides individual and family therapy, skills … read more

August 8, 2016

Going Back To School For Children With ADHD

by DonateaCar Team

Family Services, Helping Kids

Now that summer is coming to a close it’s time to start to think about going back to school. Back to school is met with both excitement and some trepidation. There might be additional anxiety for parents and students when a child is faced with dealing with ADHD. Luckily there are national non-profit organizations such … read more

July 29, 2016

How To Talk To Adoptive Parents

by DonateaCar Team

Children, Family Services

One in three people is connected to someone who is adopted, but not every knows what is appropriate to talk about to those who adopt. The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) promotes awareness of adoption, helps strengthen adoptive families, and educates others on adoption sensitivity. C.A.S.E. works to give families and professionals skills … read more

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