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The organisation has continued to expand its reach, celebrating its 15 millionth cataract operation in 2020 [11] and working with drug manufacturer The Mectizan Donation Program to fight river blindness. [12] CBM's commitment to the rights and welfare of persons with disabilities is increasingly recognised on the international stage.
The auto, truck, boat and real estate donation program began in 1983. Rawhide initially hoped to receive one vehicle a week, but was averaging 20 vehicles a week 6 months later. [ 26 ] By 1986 donations were estimated at 3,500 vehicle and real estate donations a year. [ 27 ]
A large portion of program costs are funded through boat donations. SALTS arranges a third-party appraisal for the value of the tax receipt issued, and handles moorage, transportation and broker's fees. [12] A major campaign is underway for the capital cost of a new 116' Pilot Schooner. [13]
Lighthouse Guild is an American charitable organization, based in New York City, devoted to vision rehabilitation and advocacy for the blind. Its mission statement is "To overcome vision impairment for people of all ages through worldwide leadership in rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy."
Kars4Kids is a Jewish [4] nonprofit car donation organization based in Lakewood, New Jersey in the United States. Kars4Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that states that its mission is "to fund educational, developmental, and recreational programs for low-income youth" [5] through programs largely facilitated by its sister charity Oorah, which focuses on Jewish children and families. [6]
Founded in 1902 under the direction of Josephine Rowan as the Reading Room for the Blind in the San Francisco Public Library's basement, the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired has grown out of a series of nonprofit mergers throughout its century-long existence into an organization that provides a wide range of services for the visually challenged in the Bay Area.
BVA's newest program, Operation Peer Support (OPS) establishes connections between newly blinded veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with veterans who went through a similar transition following World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. These older blinded vets know the many challenges facing newly blinded service ...
SourceAmerica is one of two U.S. central nonprofits designated in the Javits–Wagner–O'Day Act to support nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program. Both central nonprofits work to provide employment opportunities for people who are blind or have other significant disabilities by providing them opportunities to produce goods and services under federal contracts.