Columbus Volunteer Expo 2022 Participating Nonprofits
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American Cancer Society - Central and Southern Ohio
Mission: To improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Health & Wellness
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American Lung Association
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Besa
Mission: Dedicated to powering a wave of civic engagement that lifts us all, fulfilling critical needs by connecting people to community service.
Animals, Arts & Culture, Children, Community Development, Environment, Health & Wellness, Human Services, Social Justice
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Canine Companions
Mission: To enhance the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained service dogs and ongoing support at no charge to the recipient.
Animals, Human Services
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CarePortal
Mission: To connect hurting children and families with those who care and want to help.
Children, Health & Wellness, Religious
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Celebrating One
Mission: To encourage and empower families and individuals who are less fortunate and economically disadvantaged, who need guidance and financial aid to keep moving forward to good emotional, mental and financial health.
Human Services
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Charity Newsies
Mission: That no child shall be kept out of school for lack of adequate clothing.
Children
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Columbus Early Learning Centers
Mission: To help young learners develop, families succeed, and neighborhoods thrive.
Children, Community Development, Educational
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Communities In Schools of Ohio
Mission: To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Children, Educational
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COSI
Mission: COSI is a nationally esteemed science center that has delighted Central Ohio with all things science for 58 years, inspiring interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics and delivering an experiential, “hands-on fun" brand of learning.
Children, Educational
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CYP Club Cares
Mission: CYP Club Cares is a committee of community-driven CYP Club members who want to help uplift local nonprofits through education, awareness, and action.
Educational, Volunteerism
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Dress for Success Columbus
Mission: Dress for Success Columbus empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
Human Services
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International Friendships, Inc
Mission: To extend life-changing hospitality and friendship to international students out of reverence for Jesus, primarily at OSU, ODU, OWU, and other Central Ohio area universities.
Arts & Culture, Educational, International, Religious
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Junior League of Columbus
Mission: To promote voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
Community Development, Educational
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Khamsa 3D
Mission: Developing prosthetics, adaptive devices and mobility solutions to those in need.
Human Services
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Let Me Run Columbus
Mission: Let Me Run inspires boys through the power of running to be courageous enough to be themselves, to build healthy relationships, and to live an active lifestyle.
Children, Health & Wellness
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Local Matters
Mission: To create healthy communities through food education, access, and advocacy.
Children, Community Development, Educational, Health & Wellness
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Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Mission: Ohio’s Office of the State Long-term Care Ombudsman advocates for people receiving home care, assisted living and nursing home care. Paid and volunteer staff work to resolve complaints about services, help people select a provider, and offer information about benefits and consumer rights.
Educational, Human Services
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Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana
Mission: To create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Children, Health & Wellness
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Mid-Ohio Food Collective
Mission: To end hunger one nourishing meal at a time while co-creating communities where everyone thrives. Our vision is hunger-free and healthier communities.
Human Services
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My Very Own Blanket
Mission: My Very Own Blanket is dedicated to warming the heart of every child in the foster care system and children in need with a blanket, to give them a feeling of comfort, security and most of all, a SMILE. Handmade blankets are created through the loving care of volunteers.
Children, Human Services
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NAMI Mid-Ohio
Mission: Dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with mental illness and their families through support, education, and advocacy.
Educational, Health & Wellness, Human Services
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Netcare Access
Mission: To help people in a mental health or substance use crisis. We help the courts and community agencies by providing professional evaluations and assessments for those who need them.
Health & Wellness, Human Services
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Parkinson's Foundation - Great Lakes Chapter
Mission: To make life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.
Health & Wellness
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People Like Me Project
Mission: To People Like Me Project, Inc. empowers individuals and families to restore hope, achieve stability, and help them thrive through quality support services, advocacy, and education.
Children, Community Development, Human Services
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Private School Pups
Mission: Private School Pups is a charity providing grants and funding for professional dog training for dogs from local open-intake and rescue-based shelters that require guided and/or professional training in order to be adopted.
Animals
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SCORE Columbus
Mission: Dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. We have been doing this for over fifty years.
Community Development, Entrepreneurial Resources
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SEA Change
Mission: SEA Change provides training to help social entrepreneurs develop sustainability, determine their meaningful social impact, and access the tools they need to successfully launch and sustain their business.
Educational
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Small Biz Cares
Mission: To connect, mobilize and inspire small businesses to make a lasting positive impact in our community.
Community Development
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Veteran Companion Animal Services
Mission: Enriching the lives of veterans, military families, and dogs through the many benefits of the human-animal bond
Animals, Human Services
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Worth the Wait
Mission: Helping young adult cancer survivors start the family of their dreams.
Health & Wellness
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YWCA Columbus
Mission: YWCA Columbus defies the status quo that puts women, people of color, and the marginalized on unequal footing.
Children, Community Development, Human Services