January 2008 Charities of the Month

For a great start for 2008, our poll results ended up with a tie between 2 charities and here they are, our EFC January Charities of the Month!

World Vision
http://www.worldvision.org

World vision is a nonprofit organization which provides successful global relief programs.

Who they serve: World Vision helps transform the lives of the world's poorest children and families in nearly 100 countries, including the United States. Their non-profit work extends assistance to all people, regardless of their religious beliefs, gender, race, or ethnic background.

Why they serve: World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.

How they serve: Relationships are the starting point and the end goal of World Vision's work. Through relationships with community leaders, World Vision's staff members help communities set goals that families can achieve by working together. Their goal is that all people will experience life in all its fullness and they seek to demonstrate God's love through their work.

ReBook
http://www.rebookinc.org

ReBooK (Recycling Books for Kids) is a non-profit organization which collects and distributes used children's books to underserved kids in the United States.

ReBooK promotes youth literacy and social and emotional development by recycling gently-used children's books for distribution to literature-poor areas of the United States. Books are collected primarily from book drives hosted at schools. These donated books are then sorted and distributed to various underserved children who need literature enrichment.

This project is unique because through a community effort a variety of quality books are provided in good condition to underserved children for less than twelve cents per book.