The American Cancer Society (www.Cancer.org) Walk & Roll is a walking, skating, and biking event to raise awareness and funds to fight cancer. Walk & Roll Chicago began as a biking event 37 years ago, eventually adding walking and skating routes. It is one of the largest and oldest American Cancer Society events in Illinois with great routes along Chicago's Lakefront and neighboring streets. Walk & Roll events are now held in seven other cities and towns across Illinois. This inspiring event unites communities to honor and celebrate cancer survivors, educate participants about the importance of early detection and prevention, and raise money to fund lifesaving research and programs that support patients and their families.

For more information visit: www.WalkRoll.org

Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a national organization whose mission is to eliminate pediatric cancer and to provide hope and support to those who are touched by it.
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Inc. (BNPCFI) is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in late 1992 by Kathleen A. Casey, President. The foundation is named in memory of her eight year old son, Barrett "Bear" Krupa, who died after a courageous five and a half year battle with Wilms Tumor, a pediatric cancer.

For more information, please visit www.bearnecessities.org

The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation is a nonprofit dedicated to ending sexual exploitation. Our tactic in stopping this type of sexual harm is through directly addressing the culture, institutions, and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or tacitly support, sexually exploitive acts against vulnerable people. To accomplish our mission, CAASE: seeks legal repercussions against perpetrators of sexual harm; advocates for policies and legislation that hold sexual exploiters accountable; creates and implements prevention initiatives; and instigates strategies to intervene with those currently patronizing the sex trade.

For more information, visit www.caase.org to learn more.

The Brain Aneurysm Foundation

The Chicago Chapter of the Brain Aneurysm Foundation involves a support group which was formed in 2007 to support local brain aneurysm survivors and caregivers based at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago. This is the ONLY brain Aneurysm support group in Chicago.

Our Mission: "Providing support networks and educational resources to raise public awareness regarding early detection and treatment of brain aneurysms. Funding essential research that can directly benefit those affected and helps to reduce the incidence of ruptured aneurysms".

For more information, please visit www.bafound.org.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease affecting 30,000 children and adults in the United States. The respiratory system and the digestive tract are both compromised by CF, making involuntary activities like breathing and eating extraordinarily difficult for these patients on a daily basis. Scientific research is at its peak in this field, and nearly ninety cents of every dollar raised by the CF Foundation is donated directly toward research, drug discovery and patient care. Great progress has been made in the treatment and control of CF, but the life expectancy still averages only 37 years.

For more information, visit www.CFF.org

The mission of Dress for Success is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Founded in New York City in 1997, Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help our clients find jobs and remain employed. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and can return for a second suit or separates when she finds work.

Since 1997, Dress for Success has served more than 500,000 women around the world. Each year we reach more than 50,000 women in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Mexico, Poland and the West Indies. All Dress for Success organizations are not-for-profit entities, with Dress for Success Worldwide and its U.S. affiliates having 501(c)(3) charitable status and those outside the U.S. operating as registered charities. Clothing donations and financial contributions made to Dress for Success affiliates within the U.S. are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Dress for Success serves clients by referral only, and women must have an interview scheduled before receiving clothing. Our clients come to us from a continually expanding and diverse group of non-profit and government agencies including homeless shelters, immigration services, job training programs, educational institutions and domestic violence shelters, among many other organizations. More than 3,000 organizations throughout the world send women to Dress for Success for professional apparel and career development services.

On her initial visit a woman receives a suit appropriate for the industry in which she is interviewing and, if available, accessories. After a woman finds a job she returns to Dress for Success for additional clothing that can be mixed and matched to make several outfits, providing her with the foundation for a professional wardrobe.

For more information, visit www.dressforsuccess.org

Focus on a Cure was founded and established by Ann & Ken Glowienke in early 2007 with the hopes of raising awareness, increasing education, providing support to patients and family members who live with Parkinson's disease. One of the goals of the foundation is to raise funds through various activities to support the mission as well as to provide funding to critical research being conducted to find a cure or more effective treatments for Parkinson's disease.

On November 12, 2004 following more than year of enduring various medications Ken was diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson's disease. Although the average age of diagnosed onset for Parkinson's disease is in the early 60s, approximately 10% of the 1.5 million people with the disease are thought to be below the age of 40; Ken was 37 when his symptoms first appeared.

For more information, please visit www.FocusOnACure.org

Imerman Angels is a "one-on-one cancer support service" that connects a person fighting cancer ("fighter") with someone who's beaten the same type of cancer ("survivor"). One-on-one relationships give a fighter the chance to ask personal questions and receive encouragement from someone who is uniquely familiar-a survivor. Our free service helps anyone touched by any type of cancer, at any cancer stage level, at any age, living anywhere in the world. For more information, please visit www.imermanangels.org.

The Night Ministry connects with Chicago's vulnerable youth and adults, providing basic supplies, self-care supplies, free healthcare, housing and supportive services for youth, referrals to other resources, and more. They offer services at the moment of need on the street, a mobile health bus, as well as shelter and supportive services programs for homeless youth.

For more information about the services The Night Ministry provides, visit www.TheNightMinistry.org.

PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment is a national, grassroots nonprofit. PAVE uses education and action to shatter the silence of sexual and domestic violence. PAVE's work has been featured on CNN, Today Show, and in TIME. PAVE was founded in 2001 by Angela Rose, after her own personal assault.
For more information, visit www.PavingTheWay.net and www.AngelaRose.info

The Red Pump Project is an initiative to raise awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls. Created by Karyn of The FabulousGiver.com and Luvvie of AwesomelyLuvvie.com, it began as a campaign to get 100 female bloggers to "Rock the Red Pump" on their blogs to commemorate National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness day. On March 10, 2009, over 115 bloggers displayed the Red Pump Project widget on their sidebars and/or dedicated their blog post to educating their readers on the importance of recognizing the effect of HIV/AIDS on women in the United States. The Red Pump Project is continuing as an ongoing effort and a resource for information about the issue of HIV/AIDS and women.

Visit theredpumpproject.com for more information.

Spa Day - Aid for AIDS

For over 23 years, Aid For AIDS has woven a tapestry of support for those in crisis who are impoverished and disabled by HIV/AIDS.  For more information, please visit www.spaday.org.

Suicide Prevention Services is dedicated to the mission of reducing and eliminating suicide and suicide attempts through education, advocacy, and collaboration. SPS is a non-for-profit agency, which has been operating in the Fox Valley for 10 years. Offering workshops, trainings, and seminars to increase awareness and improve intervention skills. The Call Center, staffed by trained volunteers, answers calls for the Depression line and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The agency offers counseling services on a sliding scale and is also a partner with Communities in Schools to offer depression screenings and counseling in the school setting.

For more information, please visit www.spsfv.org

UCAN serves over 10,000 children, youth and families annually in six Illinois counties. Its broad range of programs includes foster and adoptive placement, community and violence reduction programs for youth, a therapeutic day school, supervised living arrangements for pregnant or parenting teens, Clinical and Counseling Services, advocacy and much more. For more information, please visit www.ucanchicago.org

Women Against Sexual Predators is a non profit organization in Illinois dedicated to informing and educating communities about sexual predators in their area and updated laws concerning sexual predators. We promise to protect the rights of children and victims of sexual abuse, as well as assist any individual in the reporting of sexual abuse. WASP is also dedicated to Informing and educating schools and communities about online safety for children, as well as Informing officials of any websites promoting the exploitation of children.

For more information, please visit www.waspchicago.org