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Off Campus Organizations 2010 - 2011

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Davis Community Meals - http://www.daviscommunitymeals.org/
"Davis Community Meals is a 501c3 nonprofit, non-denominational organization whose mission is to provide low-income and homeless individuals and families with housing, food, and human services to help them rebuild their lives."


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Putah Creek Council - http://www.putahcreekcouncil.org/
"Putah Creek Council is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of Putah Creek and its tributaries through advocacy, education and community-based stewardship."


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Progress Ranch - http://www.progressranch.org/
"Progress Ranch has provided residential treatment services for emotionally at-risk boys between 6 and 12 years old for over 30 years in the safe and bike-friendly college town of Davis, California."


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Davis Rotary Club - http:///www.rotaryclubofdavis.com/
"Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. "


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Grace In Action - http://grace-in-action.org/
"Grace in Action is a faith-based community ministry serving homeless individuals by equipping the church to provide compassionate care, spiritual companionship, rest and respite, and referrals to local agencies."


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Freedom From Hunger - http://www.freedomfromhunger.org/
"Freedom from Hunger is an international development organization working in nineteen countries across the globe."


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International House Davis - http://www.internationalhousedavis.org
"International HouseDavis promotes respect and appreciation for all people and
cultures. We encourage a global community by providing many opportunities for
cross-cultural interaction and exchange."


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Davis Empowerment Project - http://www.davis-empowerment.org/
"The Davis Empowerment Project is a social entrepreneurship venture that was established to provide the local homeless a way to help themselves. Our goal is to create a small business owned and run by homeless and at-risk individuals, that provides its members with short-term employment from which they can more easily transition into the workforce."


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Community Alliance With Family Farmers - http://www.caff.org/
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he Community Alliance with Family Farmers is a non-profit organization that advocates for California’s family farmers and sustainable agriculture. Strong partnerships exist between family farmers and their communities. CAFF strives to build on shared values around food and agriculture, and work together in practical, on-the-ground programs. These partnerships create locally based economic vitality, improved human and environmental health, and long-term sustainability of family farms."


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Yolo Hospice - www.yolohospice.org
"The Yolo Hospice team of professionals helps people fully live the final days of their lives by focusing on the whole person, body-mind-spirit. We do this through our interdisciplinary team. The team provides clinically expert care, delivered in a spirit of loving service and emphasizes comfort through pain control and sophisticated symptom relief. They address each patient’s individual physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Nurses, hospice aides, spiritual care counselors, bereavement specialists, social workers and volunteers are all part of the team. Yolo Hospice, a not-for-profit agency, has provided hospice care to Yolo, Solano, and parts of Sacramento, Sutter and Colusa counties since 1979."


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Sahaya International - http://sahaya.org/
"Sahaya International, Inc. is a non-profit organization, based in Davis, California. Sahaya International consists of a diverse network of friends, who are committed to make a difference towards improving the quality of life in developing countries. Through our volunteer efforts, we provide much needed assistance to social development projects in developing countries."


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AJD Angels Of Hope - http://www.facebook.com/AJDAngelsofhope.org
"AJD Angels of Hope, a non-profit organization organized and operating as 501(c)(3) which envisions to provide assistance to precious children who have been orphaned or abandoned by their families."


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Mickaboo - http://mickaboo.org/
"Mickaboo takes in homeless, stray and abused companion birds like finches, parakeets, cockatiels and parrots up to the size of cockatoos and macaws. We foster them, then put them up for adoption. Volunteer opportunities include fostering birds, giving presentations, transporting birds and cages and helping to run adoption fairs and bird classes."

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