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Every year, over 15,000 kids are diagnosed with cancer in the USA. The focus of any family affected by cancer should be spending time caring for their sick child. No one should have to worry about making ends meet.

Pinky Swear offers emotional and financial support to the families of children diagnosed with cancer.

Find out how one child’s spontaneous generosity led to an entire movement.

Want to support Pinky Swear? https://pinkyswear.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/pinky-swear-foundation/

Being disabled often comes with the stigma of not being able to do things, and sports is one of the first things most people would think about. 

National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is an organization that aims to dispel that stereotype and make sports more inclusive and accessible for differently-abled individuals. 

Find out how you can help these individuals discover the joy of sports

Want to support NSCD? https://nscd.org/donate-to-nscd/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/national-sports-center-for-the-disabled/ 

It is estimated that more than half of South Sudan’s population has no regular access to clean water or sanitation. Without this fundamental provision, overcoming poverty’s many other hurdles becomes an insurmountable challenge.

Water for South Sudan connects the people of South Sudan to a reliable and sustainable water and sanitation system. 

Find out how you can help catalyze development in the world’s newest nation.

Want to support Water for South Sudan? https://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/ 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/more-than-50-percent-of-south-sudanese-people-cant-get-clean-drinking-water/

The home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley’s megacorporations, California has long been a place where the wealthiest and most successful Americans congregate. But it also has one of the largest wealth disparities of anywhere in the world. 

Western Center on Law & Poverty advocates for Californian families struggling below the poverty line. 

Find out how you can change a family’s outlook and give them hope for the future.

Want to support the Western Center on Law & Poverty? https://wclp.org/ 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/the-power-of-legal-advocacy-for-californias-impoverished-communities/

Even in places like New York, the education and child welfare system is chronically underfunded. As of 2020, many communities still struggle with providing proper care and education for their youths. 

New Yorkers for Children is an organization that fills in the financial gaps of the child welfare system. 

Find out how you can help create better futures for many children.  

Want to support New Yorkers for Children? https://www.newyorkersforchildren.org/ 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/filling-in-the-gaps/ 

Only 21% of US citizens from low-income communities ever graduate from college mostly because they lack proper financing and counseling

PeerForward is an organization that guides these students to higher education and careers with positive peer influence.

Find out how you can help these youths build their future today. 

Want to support PeerForward? https://www.peerforward.orgFind the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/empowering-education-with-positive-peer-influence/

We left the last Ice Age and started rekindling the fires of civilization about ten thousand years ago. Who knows where humanity might be in another ten thousand years.

The Long Now Foundation wants us to think in terms of impact over centuries and millennia as an antidote to pathological short-term solutions.

Find out about the organization building a clock to last until the year 12000.

Want to support The Long Now Foundation? https://longnow.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/where-will-we-be-in-10000-years-the-answer-is-more-important-than-you-think/

The Bay Area of California is home to Silicon Valley’s megacorporations; it has long been a place where the wealthiest and most successful Americans congregate. But it also has one of the largest wealth disparities of anywhere in the world. 

Family Giving Tree donates school equipment and holiday gifts to underprivileged Bay Area Children.

Find out how you can change a family’s outlook and give them hope and comfort for the future.

Want to support Family Giving Tree? https://familygivingtree.org/ 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/how-can-we-uplift-and-delight-impoverished-bay-area-children/ 

When someone is cured of cancer, you might expect their life to go back to normal. But many symptoms can linger for years after treatment ends.

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship is spreading the message that cancer care should be as holistic and accommodating as possible.

Find out how your donation can help NCCS advocate for policies that work for cancer survivors.

Want to support NCCS? https://canceradvocacy.org/

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/how-can-we-help-rehabilitate-cancer-survivors/

Sustainability champions realize that the world’s most pressing issues are tightly interwoven. In order to break them down and tackle each one properly, we must pool our skills and inspire one another.

The Alliance Center unites thought leaders, influencers and changemakers in Colorado to address systemic problems.

Find out about the positive steps you can take to become the change you want to see.

Want to learn more about The Alliance Center? Visit www.thealliancecenter.org 

Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/colorados-alliance-center-is-driving-a-more-sustainable-future/