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MADD - CLASSIC CONSCIENCE
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MADD’s focus is to look for effective solutions to the drunk driving and underage drinking problems, while supporting those who have already experienced the pain of these senseless crimes. Every check you write will remind people of the importance of driving sober and help increase awareness of the problem of underage drinking.
MADD
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MADD’s focus is to look for effective solutions to the drunk driving and underage drinking problems, while supporting those who have already experienced the pain of these senseless crimes. Every check you write will remind people of the importance of driving sober and help increase awareness of the problem of underage drinking.
MILLION MOM MARCH
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Founded in 1999, the Million Mom March is a national grassroots, chapter-based organization dedicated to preventing gun death and injury and supporting victims and survivors of gun violence. The Million Mom March focuses on education and advocacy through grassroots activity across the country. On Mother’s Day 2000, more than 750,000 people marched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and tens of thousands of others marched in towns across America, to demonstrate their support for sensible gun laws.
THE BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
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The Brady Campaign (formerly Handgun Control) works to enact and enforce sensible gun laws, regulations and public policies through grassroots activism, electing public officials who support sensible gun laws and increasing public awareness about gun violence. Go to www.bradycampaign.org for more information.
CURE AUTISM NOW
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Founded in 1995, the Cure Autism Now (CAN) Foundation is an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through research, education and outreach. CAN believes that, with enough determination, money and manpower, science can be hurried so that answers are found sooner rather than later.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
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Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize winning grassroots activist organization with over one million members world wide. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. section of this international human rights movement. 10% of your purchase goes directly to the US office of Amnesty International. Amnesty International works to free all prisoners of conscience detained anywhere for their beliefs or because of their ethnic origin, sex, color or language — who have not used or advocated violence, ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners and end extrajudicial executions and disappearances.
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
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Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco is a community supported charity providing temporary lodging to families of seriously ill children. Since opening their doors on Valentine’s Day 1989, Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco has provided over 51,000 nights of housing to nearly 3,000 families. These families, traveling from various parts of the country and the world, typically come to San Francisco to receive specialized medical care unavailable in their home communities.
LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALS
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Last Chance for Animals (LCA) recognizes that animals have the ability to experience pain, and as such they deserve certain basic rights that protect them from pain caused by humans. LCA believes that non-human animals should not be subjected to suffering and exploitation by humans because alternatives exist for nearly every traditional ‘usage’ of animals.

