Category: New Nominees

Next in our series of posts about new Charitocracy nominees, we have nominee The Trevor Project. It was recently nominated by super donor elearoos. So welcome The Trevor Project to our charity of the month club! You can find their web site here.

Firstly, for newcomers: the cause with the most votes each month wins the pot. No matter how much or how little you contribute, each donor at Charitocracy gets one vote. This is where charity meets democracy. So share this post and ask your friends to vote! That's how we spread the word and, as a result, grow the monthly pot. Yay!

About nominee The Trevor Project

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13–24.

History & Film

The life-saving, life-affirming work of The Trevor Project springs from the powerful intersection of storytelling on stage and film.

In 1994, producers Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone saw writer/performer James Lecesne bring to life Trevor, a character he created as part of his award-winning one-man show WORD OF MOUTH. Convinced Trevor’s story would make a wonderful short film, Stone and Rajski invited Lecesne to adapt it into a screenplay. Rajski directed the movie and TREVOR went on to win many prestigious awards including the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film.

The Oscar-winning film eventually launched a national movement. When producer Randy Stone secured an airing on HBO with Ellen DeGeneres hosting, director/producer Peggy Rajski discovered there was no real place for young people like Trevor to turn when facing challenges similar to his. She quickly recruited mental health experts and figured out how to build the infrastructure necessary for a nationwide 24-hour crisis line, and writer James Lecesne secured the funds to start it. On the night their funny and moving coming-of-age story premiered on HBO in 1998, these visionary filmmakers launched the Trevor Lifeline, the first national crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.

Since then, hundreds of thousands of young people in crisis have reached out to The Trevor Project’s multiple in-person and online life-saving, life-affirming resources: Trevor Lifeline, TrevorChat, TrevorSpace and Trevor Education Workshops.

So visit The Trevor Project's page on Charitocracy to vote for, like, or discuss this cause! And finally, check out the Academy Award-winning short film that inspired this charity:

Next in our series of posts about new Charitocracy nominees, we have nominee The Magic Yarn Project nominated by donor emily0153. You can find their web site here.

Our Mission

To create magic in the lives of children battling cancer and to inspire volunteerism to help make a difference.

Not so long ago, two moms started a project to make a few dozen princess yarn wigs for young girls battling cancer.

Chemotherapy treatments often leave young scalps too sensitive for traditional wigs. Our yarn wigs are comfy, soft, and warm. Magic yarn wigs are inspired by beloved Disney characters, and invite children back to the world of play and daydreaming. They are beacons of fun, laughter, and play, during scary times.

The Magic Yarn Project has received coverage by over a hundred internet media sources, magazines, and local news stories. The demand for magic wigs grows daily! Every year, roughly 83,000 young girls, ages 2-10, are diagnosed with cancer (5,000 in the US).

Due to the popularity of these wigs, The Magic Yarn Project was born, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Our growing organization is funded solely by donations and we are entirely volunteer based!

Visit the page of nominee The Magic Yarn Project on Charitocracy to vote for, like, or discuss this cause! And check out this 4 minute video, and see for yourself that magic is something You can make:

Next in our series of posts about new Charitocracy nominees, we have nominee Outer Banks SPCA nominated by donor bjstager. You can find their web site here.

Our Mission Statement:

Dare County Animal Services, operated by the Outer Banks SPCA, provides professional and progressive animal welfare assistance to our residents. Our focus is on providing quality care, rescue, reunification, and rehabilitation to all stray, homeless, and abandoned animals in Dare County. We maintain extraordinary standards and achieve exceptional results, making our organization a well respected resource for responsible pet adoption, ownership, education, and retention on the Outer Banks.

The Outer Banks SPCA is an open-admission animal shelter dedicated to caring for all the lost and homeless animals of Dare County. As such, we take in approximately 2,000 dogs and cats each year. We never turn away a Dare County fur resident, whether they be sick, injured, aggressive or behavior challenged. We receive owner give ups, lost, stolen or stray, but we never turn away.

We believe it is not the animal's fault for being at the shelter. We want every healthy, treatable and manageable animal to get a second chance at love. We are dedicated and determined to saving every life we can through responsible animal care practices. We strive to maintain good health and a sound temperament in all our animals. We practice humane education and employ proactive adoption programs to decrease our animals length of stay and optimize space.

Visit the page of nominee Outer Banks SPCA on Charitocracy to vote for, like, or discuss this cause! And check out this video of Bear, their latest pet of the week!