Below are several topical categories. Each category represents a humanitarian focus. By clicking on a category, you will see which organizations we are working with in that area.
You may click further within each organization and discover more information,
see the work we've done for them, and learn of various opportunities for you
to engage with them if and when and to whatever extant you choose.
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Addiction Recovery
For too long, opioid addiction was not even recognized as the crisis it was. Fortunately, that ignorance has been shattered but so have many lives that got caught up in it. Addiction recovery is serious business and it takes a community to help those whose lives have been affected by it. It takes a lot of effort, a lot of compassion, and a lot of time but real solutions are available and lives can be restored. Below is one of the organizations we have recently worked with in this area.
Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition
Addiction to drugs or alcohol has become an all too common in mid-coast Maine, taking its toll on individuals and families throughout our communities. The good news is that it does not need to ruin lives and destroy families.
Category: Addiction Recovery
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Childhood Hunger
In too many places, children are going without food even in situations where food supply is abundant. Whether a problem of supply or distribution, no child should suffer from hunger. Here are some of the organizations we are working with to nourish, strengthen, and save our children. The SWMF continues to identify and work with these kinds of organizations around the world.
End 68 Hours
of Hunger
Is a public non-profit effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school Friday and the free breakfast they receive in school Monday.
Categories: Childhood Hunger, Child Services
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Full Plates,
Full Potential
Today, 43% of all Maine Public School children rely on school meals to get the nutrition they need. And even though these students qualify for school meals, too many of them face barriers to accessing school meals.
Categories: Childhood Hunger, Child Services
Child Services
In addition to hunger, there are many other issues adversely affecting our children. Abuse, neglect, illness, abandonment, and the losing of their closest loved ones are just some of the issues facing our children. Any sector of humanitarian crisis involving children is especially dear to the mission of SWMF. Below are some of the organizations doing phenomenal work worthy of your discovery. Check them out and learn what more can be done.
Center for Grieving Children
Provides a safe space, loving peer support, outreach, & education to grieving children, teens, families & the community. We provide completely free-of-charge services for children, teens, young adults, & their family members throughout southern Maine.
Category: Child Services
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Mai Tam Center, House of Hope
Is a home and center for HIV/AIDS positive children, widows,and mothers, that provides shelter, medicine, medical care, education, and referrals for its residents and the many walk-ins it receives in need of support.
Category: Child Services
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End 68 Hours
of Hunger
Is a public non-profit effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school Friday and the free breakfast they receive in school Monday.
Categories: Childhood Hunger, Child Services
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Full Plates,
Full Potential
Today, 43% of all Maine Public School children rely on school meals to get the nutrition they need. And even though these students qualify for school meals, too many of them face barriers to accessing school meals.
Categories: Childhood Hunger, Child Services
Adoption Rhode Island
Who are the children in RI state care waiting for adoption? They're children who need love, guidance, and a sense of belonging that only a family can provide. They're children with many strengths and talents waiting to be nurtured.
Categories: Child Services, Adoption
Community Services
This is a broad topic and can refer to many things. At the SWMF, we try to identify organizations that are serving their communities in ways and places that the traditional safety nets have overlooked. These kinds of organizations often prove to be very perceptive and effective in critical areas you may have never thought about.
One Community, Many Voices
One Community Many Voices (OCMV) helps people through a system we developed called The Art of Good Fellowship – Paying it Forward One Neighbor at a Time.
Category: Community Services
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Domestic Abuse
Women and children, and even some men, are suffering from abuse and violence in every community, but their cries are often unheard. They often live under fear and threat of harm should they ever let anyone know. This keeps many from coming forward. Helping those affected takes strategy, skills, and support from many sectors.
Thankfully, there are wonderful organizations set up to do just that. Here are two exceptional organizations you should know about.
Partners for Peace
Our mission is to engage individuals and the community to end domestic violence in Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties. We provide support, advocacy and safety planning to anyone affected by domestic abuse.
Category: Domestic Abuse
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Safe Voices
The Mission of Safe Voices is to support and empower those affected by Domestic Violence and engage the community in creating social change in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties.
Category: Domestic Abuse
LEARN MOREEmergency Medical Supplies
Across America, many hospitals have been disposing their surplus medical supplies into landfills at the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. This has been occurring despite the fact the surplus supplies were still usable, often unexpired, and needed in other places. Organizations like the one below have disrupted such environmentally harmful practices, and instead have shipped the life-saving supplies to places and people around the world who desperately need them. This is a solution you will want to learn more about.
Partners for World Health
Collects medical supplies and equipment from healthcare facilities, manufacturers, other organizations, and individuals. We sort, evaluate, repackage, and prepare these supplies and equipment for distribution to individuals, communities, and healthcare facilities in need.
Category: Emergency Medical Supplies
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Environment
One of the conflicts that the SWMF likes to address is the one involving man vs. nature. Historically, this conflict typically referred to natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or severe weather events. These days, it includes environmental stewardship because without a safe environment mankind will suffer, if not perish. The SWMF is looking forward to identifying additional organizations who are doing the kind of exceptional work as exemplified by the one below. Definitely, check out Jim Chase and his team.
Seacoast Science Center
The Seacoast Science Center is a non-profit marine science education organization located within Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, New Hampshire. Our mission is to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our Blue Planet.
Category: Environment
LEARN MOREHomelessness
For many of us, our home is our safe space. It is our sanctuary, our safe harbour, and our refuge. For far too many people, it is non-existent. Men, women, and children are living without shelter in many places around the world. Below are the organizations SWMF has been working with to help people find shelter, receive medical services, acquire vocational training, and reconnect with others over time. Each has their specialty and their different ways and methods are worth learning about. Explore them and find out if any might be a perfect fit for you to help, or maybe you can apply their solutions to homelessness in your area.
In My Father's Kitchen
It was founded by John and Leigh-Ann Tumino, and is a faith-based organization offering non-denominational and non-discriminatory assistance to homeless people through direct street outreach.
Category: Homelessness
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Fair Tide
Fair Tide helps find permanent housing for individuals & families who are experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to reduce homelessness by providing housing and supportive services to individuals and families in the Seacoast.
Category: Homelessness
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Knox County Homeless Coalition
Our mission is to break the cycles of poverty and homelessness in Midcoast Maine. A supportive community within which all families and individuals have the opportunity for housing and a sustainable productive life.
Category: Homelessness
LEARN MOREHuman Trafficking
Human slavery is a travesty. It should never happen but it's happening everywhere. Big cities. Small towns. Foreign countries. Your country. Mostly, they are girls and women but also boys and men. It's horrid, tragic, and torturous. It is globally organized crime and it is local, corrupt activity. SWMF is on the frontlines combatting this terrible assault on our sisters, daughters, mothers, and other family members. They are each our family. You can help us help them by learning about the efforts below and tracking with us in our latest campaigns.
Apne Aap
A charitable trust registered in India, Apne Aap Women Worldwide continues to strive to turn this vision into reality. Apne Aap helps marginalized girls and women work collectively to break away from the sex industry. We also fight for policy change to curb the demand for purchased sex
Category: Human Trafficking
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Just Love Worldwide
We empower victims of sex trafficking to find freedom and restoration through the delivery of connected services and resources. By raising awareness, assisting policy change, and providing a transformative and healing community.
Category: Human Trafficking
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Stop
Trafficking Us
Our mission is to educate the public that 1 in 5 children are sexually abused; that abuse of children is the precursor to sex trafficking, addictions, incarceration and more. Our goal is to prevent this trauma and the domino effect of social ills through effective teaching and training.
Category: Human Trafficking
Learn MoreImmigration
When we look at people from the outside looking in, we may think we see many differences. When we look at each other from the inside out, when we listen to each other's stories, when we learn our shared dreams, hopes, and struggles - we realize we have more in common than we've ever imagined. Understanding this is one of the biggest keys to appreciating, valuing, and welcoming diversity of race, ethnicity, and origin. Check out the wonderful organization below and the amazing work they are doing. The SWMF will be doing more and more in this area very soon.
Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP)
The Capital Area New Mainers Project is a cross-cultural organization that welcomes immigrants and works to build a thriving, integrated community in central Maine.
Category: Immigration
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Main Access Immigrant Network (MAIN)
Its mission was to embrace the vision of a free standing community center with staffing to support all Somalis for access to information, resources and services.
Category: Immigration
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Veterans
Veterans often pay considerable sacrifice in service to others who would otherwise be in danger. Yet, they are often under-appreciated and under-served. Many have significant needs that are greatly benefited by community support, acceptance, and understanding. Explore below for more information.
Vouchers for Veterans
We provide Veterans in New Hampshire and Southern Maine with vouchers to purchase fresh, nutritious, produce, meats, and other items directly from farmers and growers at local farmers markets. Our goal is to make this program more widely available to Veterans.
Category: Veterans
LEARN MOREGlobal Spectrum
Global Spectrum has successfully brought together discerning travelers with Viet Nam’s gracious people, bustling cities, and breathtaking scenery. Viet Nam has captured the imagination of many Americans.
Category: Voluntourism
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Testimoments™
A person's testimony is one of the most powerful forms of communication in existence. When we hear from others how they overcame obstacles, fears, and hostilities, we find hope and wisdom for ourselves and others. Check out our growing library of testimonials from some of the greatest storm warriors you will ever meet.
Testimoments™
Meet Jennifer. She's a true Storm Warrior. Like so many others, she found herself caught in the opioid addiction trap but unlike too many, she fought to get free. With the help of MCRC and with fierce courage and consistent effort, she is now recovering and helping others do the same.
Category: Testimoments
VIEW TESTIMOMENTSEndorsements
Click the box below to hear from those we've helped. Every organization we have gifted has expressed the deepest gratitude to the Storm Warriors Media Foundation. But don't take our word for it. You can hear them in their own words.
Category: Endorsements
ENDORSEMENTS
