NYS Cares and Shares Coin Drive

Want to see how young people can make a difference by joining forces? Bring quarters for the NYS Cares and Shares Coin Drive. Your vote during the Summit will decide the organization that receives all of the coins collected (see choices below). The final total raised and recipient organization will be announced on Saturday.

Big Brothers Big Sisters, www.bbbsa.org
The oldest and largest youth mentoring organization in the United States, Big Brothers Big Sisters supports mentoring relationships between caring volunteers and vulnerable children.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org
By increasing adoption awareness and supporting model adoption programs, the foundation is dedicated to increasing the adoptions of the more than 150,000 children in the foster care system.

Habitat for Humanity, www.habitat.org
Through the work of volunteers, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter and has built more than 175,000 houses for nearly 900,000 people worldwide.

Heifer International, www.heifer.org
Working with the simple idea of giving poor families a source of food rather than short-term relief, Heifer has given millions of families the gifts of income-producing animals, community development training, and environmentally sound farming.

National Coalition for the Homeless, www.nationalhomeless.org
The coalition works to empower homeless people, whose voices are essential to the public policy debate, by focusing on economic, housing, and health care justice through grassroots organizing, public education, and policy advocacy.

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), www.rmhc.org
The RMHC create, find, and support programs that improve the health and well-being of children and families through a network of family rooms in hospitals, “care mobiles,” and Ronald McDonald Houses worldwide.