Thank you to everyone who has responded so far. I appreciate you taking time to help me!
We live in such a remote area, the nearest botanical gardens are 3 hours and 5 hours away.
But Daisy is right. I'm looking for something with a national reach. I like the idea of at least one of the charities being related to health research. My mother had cancer three different times over the last 20 years. She beat it twice. The third time it was actually the chemo that caused her death just a few months ago.
But I've known people who's lives have been affected by Parkinson's and by auto-immune diseases as well.
After reading all your responses, I'm leaning toward trying to find charities in three different categories... health-related, food-related (by that I mean some type of organization that helps feed people or helps people feed themselves.) plus a third category I have yet to define.
I think almost everyone is going to know someone or have a family member who has been affected by cancer or Parkinson's. So, one of those for certain.
I've also noticed that Franklin Graham's organization, Samaritan's Purse, seems to appear wherever in the world tragedy strikes. They help communities rebuild after floods, fires, hurricanes, just about any disaster anywhere in the world. That might be my third 'category'.
So I'm really just trying to identify a charity that is 'food' or 'garden' related. There's one organization called Heifer International. I just looked them up. Here's there 'mission statement':
"Heifer International is a global nonprofit working to eradicate poverty and hunger through sustainable, values-based holistic community development. Heifer International distributes animals, along with agricultural and values-based training, to families in need around the world as a means of providing self-sufficiency."
That one might work. Unless someone here knows of something similar that I'm not aware of yet.
I think we're getting close. I sure appreciate all your suggestions!
Randy
