The number of charitable organizations in the United States alone
must be in the thousands or tens of thousands, and the great majority
of them are by any reasonable standard "worthwhile" activities.  The
very few listed here are just some that our household finds of 
especial interest or value.

The addresses shown are those for contributions.  If you want further
information about any of them, an enquiry to that address will no
doubt suffice.  Information on most of them can be also found in one 
or another place on the internet.

(Listed alphabetically -- 2/12/97)

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Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
  Post Office Box 110
  New York, NY  10277-1218

  DWB provides international medical relief, usually in crisis areas,
  often at great hardship and personal risk to the field personnel.
  Visit their web site at http://www.dwb.org for more information,
  but in Zaire alone they currently have about 150 persons at work.


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Dogs For The Deaf              
  10175 Wheeler Road
  Central Point, OR  97502-9360

  Analogous to guide dogs, but trained to assist the deaf by 
  recognizing, among other things, audible danger warnings such as 
  sirens and car horns, and the small but vital day-to-day things 
  like telephone rings and doorbells.


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Guide Dogs For The Blind
  Post Office Box 151200
  San Rafael, CA  94915

  Too well known to need description here.  A great way to feel that 
  your money is having a perceptible and enduring effect on someone's 
  life and welfare.


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The Nature Conservancy
  1815 North Lynn Street
  Arlington, VA   22209

  A private alternative to the weak-willed and underfunded public
  programs to preserve for posterity critical parcels of diverse
  wilderness land.  TNC has acquired and protects stretches from a few
  acres to vast ranges all around the world, in the wild and even in
  near-urban areas.  For example, in 1996 TNC brought under protection
  areas totalling over 1/3 the size of the State of Connecticut. 
  "Money" magazine rated them the 7th most efficient charity (Nov. 
  1996 issue).


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Wilderness Scouts Of America, Inc.
  Post Office Box 807
  Blairsville, GA  30514
  (404) 745-2131

  A small band of dedicated persons trying to bring some structure
  and light into the lives of impoverished southern-Appalachian
  children by way of nature awareness and projects.  They are not so 
  well known, but they get a lot of good done for your buck.


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