Researching Causes

If you'd like some ideas as to what you can do to research or promote a cause, a great site to start with is Do Something.org. You will find suggestions and links to many causes at this site such as environmental concerns, health issues, global social issues, and national social issues. This is a great place to start!

Other sites you may want to visit are Youth Activism, Youth Noise , Facing History , Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International

To look up information about various organizations try the following sites:

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)

Susan G. Komen - For the Cure (Breast Cancer)

Multiple Sclerosis Society

American Cancer Society

Locks of Love

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Doctors Without Borders

Red Cross

Salvation Army

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

UNICEF

Oprah's Angel Network

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

CARE

Christopher Reeve Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

North Shore Animal League America

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Natural Resources Defense Council (Environmental Action Organization)

HEIFER International :Ending Hunger, Caring for the Earth

Tiger Woods Foundation

Greenpeace Organization (Environmental Concerns)

United Nations

Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

Save the Children Foundation

Food for the Poor

Amnesty International

Peace Corps

Magazines and Periodicals

We subscribe to many magazine databases. You will find a great deal of information for your research project by using these databases. Just go to our Glen Meadow Website and click on Periodical DatabasesYou will need user ID numbers and passwords to access these sites. Mrs. Palinski will give you a form with all this information. If you have not received this, please ask the library staff for a copy of it.