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Videos
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Do 1 Thing Animated Short Trailer - Do1Thing to Help Homeless Youth
Pasquale Chieffalo, a graduate student in the Communications, Design & Technology department at Parsons, The New School for Design produces short animated promo for the Do1Thing project. Chieffalo animated the short as well as composed original music for the project. Using Aftereffects software to convey a simple but clear message, Do1Thing to help homeless youth. A NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION www.do1thing.org There are more homeless people today than at any previous time in U.S. history. Right now, more than 1.3 million of them are children. Do1Thing is our call to action to make a difference. We believe that by focusing our efforts on highlighting 1 Cause while asking people to do 1 Thing for that cause, great change will come. More than 30 Pulitzer-prize winning photographers and some of the most recognized names in photography have come together to put a “face” on teenage homelessness while asking you to put a “face” on activism and do 1 thing to help. Why focus on teenage homelessness? Three out of every 10 homeless adults admit to a history in foster and with 25,000+ children “aging out” of the foster care system each year, many will end up experiencing homelessness. The issues surrounding homelessness are gigantic. The solutions offered are endless. But what if everyone did 1 thing on 1 day to help this 1 cause? PROJECT PARTNERS It is the goal of Do1Thing to not only raise awareness for teenage homelessness, but also to promote and support the work of those non profits who have a long history of providing education, health care, job training and temporary housing to them. Through sustainable projects they are moving children from a life on the streets to permanent housing and a future. We are proud to partner with the following organizations. Covenant House International www.covenanthouse.org The largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter and other services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth. Stand Up For Kids www.standupforkids.org Their mission is to help homeless and street kids. They do this, every day, in cities across America through volunteers who go to the streets in order to find, stabilize and otherwise help homeless and street kids improve their lives. All facets of their mission are guided by the mandate that their volunteer’s tell kids they care about them and then, at every point, prove it. Do1Thing is a project of The Heart Gallery of New Jersey, a unique not-for-profit dedicated to raising awareness about foster children available for adoption. Through the volunteer efforts of some of the country's most prestigious photographers, portraits are taken that help capture the individuality and spirit of each foster child who is eligible to be adopted. www.heartgallerynj.org To view more of Pasquale Chieffalo's work, visit his website: http://www.pasqualechieffalo.com/
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Ada and her daughter homeless but hopeful
Ada and her daughter are homeless and being helped by Covenant House in Orlando, Florida. Ada and her family came to America 10 years ago when her family won "el loto," which is literally the lottery. They put their names in a drawing for a visa and were chosen. Video by Pullitzer-prize winning Sports Illustrated photographer Bill Frakes and Laura Heald for the Do 1 Thing project http://do1thing.org
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Pim Van Hemmen, co-founder of Do1Thing.org, talks about how photographers, writers and editors can positively affect the lives of some of the thousands of teenagers who will age out of foster care and become homeless this year. He bases these views on his experience with the Heart Gallery project, which he also co-founded with Najlah Feanny Hicks. A native of the Netherlands, Hemmen spent 10 years covering sports, features and worldwide news events for The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. He then created and ran an all-digital photo department at the newspaper, which won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2001, the newspaper’s first Pulitzer. He is a former New Jersey Press Photographer of the Year and co-editor of three books.
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Do1Thing: Co-founder on the impact of photos
Pim Van Hemmen says photographers have volunteered their time to help with Do1Thing because they are cond=fident their work can help put a dent in the problem of teenage homelessness. A native of the Netherlands, Hemmen spent 10 years covering sports, features and worldwide news events for The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. He then created and ran an all-digital photo department at the newspaper, which won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2001, the newspaper’s first Pulitzer. He is a former New Jersey Press Photographer of the Year and co-editor of three books.
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Articles
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Ten Things You Should Know About Children's Health
July is all about children at Causecast! We'll be looking at education, health, bullying: all the issues facing our future leaders.
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Ten Things You Should Know About Childhood Obesity
As of 2009, 32% of U.S. children and adolescents are overweight or obese. It's time to take a closer look at what we're feeding our children.
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The Top 10 Healthiest Diets In America
If losing weight is at the top of your resolution list, you're not alone. An estimated 80 million Americans go on diets every year, spending more than $30...
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Organic vs Local? Who Cares. Neither is Sustainable.
Future food must also pack a greater amount of calories using fewer resources (water and energy), as well as be affordable.
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The 10 Best US Cities to be in for Earth Day
In case you hadn't heard, Earth Day's a-comin'. Which means there will be a slew of fantastic festivals, informational events, green concerts, and more.
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Six Fun Things to do on Earth Day
Haven't planned your super-fun Earth-friendly activities for tomorrow yet? Causecast has plenty of wholesome tips: only two of these ideas involve drinking!
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Michael Vick: What Should Happen Now That He's Free.
Former NFL superstar and newly emerging animal lover Michael Vick was released from prison yesterday. What should he do once he's back on the field?
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Five Things We Learned From the Killing of George Tiller
Certainly not all anti-abortion advocates are violent, but we've nonetheless learned quite a few things since the murder of George Tiller in his Wichita church.
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Ten Things You Should Know About Human Trafficking
Human trafficking. How about we call this for what it is? Slavery. Modern day slavery. Here are ten things you need to know about it.
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Ten Things You Should Know About Factory Farming
Factory farming grew out of both an insatiable desire for meat combined and the industrialization of the agriculture industry. Here's what you need to know.
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Ten Things You Should Know About Burma
Here are 10 things you should know about Burma, a country with 50 million people that has been under military rule since 1962.
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Invisible Children's How It Ends: Watch The Live Stream!
Invisible Children's advocacy assault will be on full display next Monday and Tuesday from Washington, D.C. Watch the Lobby Days unfold live online!
Events
- Do Something Different for your Valentine this year! Location: With your Valentine
- Amnesty International's Global Write-a-thon Location: everywhere
People
- Do1Thing Clifton, NJ
- yolandesukal Lancaster, CA
- Tenna Findal Lystrup, Denmark
- Dan Levy
- Angie Los Angeles, CA
- loveurmindnsoul San Jose, CA
- hyakas1 Kathmandu, BG
- The Heyday Denver, CO
Blog posts
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God's Perfect timeline or No such thing as Genetic Epidemic
There are laws of earth and nature that are just basic to faith, science, and human existence... (In no particular order... OK I deliberately put the last one last) 1. In the beginning God Creat...
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10 random things/facts/habits/goals of yours that bring positive change to our world
As an avid Facebooker... Facebookee...? ... I've noticed that many of my friends have been swept up by the "16 / 25 / 124,543 things about me" note and tag epidemic. Maybe you've noticed this w/ yo...
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Hello Causecast! I'm glad to be on this site and now I am going to make a big blog that I hope will support what everyone here stands for. First off, I want to talk about animals. There are man...
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If your child stopped speaking, wouldn't look you in the eye and completely ignored the world around them, what would you do? In her new book, Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autis...
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Honduras. July 28th, 2008 The following post was written Friday from Honduras where I was visiting 6 new wells funded through our partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue. $500,000 was raised through...
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American Heart Association 5k Heart Walk
Hey everyone. I'm not usually one to ask for money and everything, but this is a really good cause. I'm doing the American Heart Association 5k Heart Walk in Sacramento, CA and would really appreci...
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Looking to be more content? Volunteer or donate to a cause you care about
Last spring the media reported on preliminary study findings which suggest that people who donate a portion of their incomes to causes or people they believe in are happier than those who simply sp...
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De Ja Vu.... Less than six degrees of separation!
This blog post is about Tanner and real Dejavu thing that happened last summer July 17, 2008 Olmsted on Autism: My pediatrician is a Dan! Doc By Dan Olmsted The fact that my pediatric...
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De Ja Vu.... Less than six degrees of separation!
This blog post is about Tanner and real Dejavu thing that happened last summer July 17, 2008 Olmsted on Autism: My pediatrician is a Dan! Doc By Dan Olmsted The fact that my pediatric...
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FEARs of a father...Warning: Please do not read if you have a weak heart or stomach
Personal time. Privacy. Disposable income. Having a child means sacrificing a few things...Having a child with Autism means you live in constant fear, lose your dreams, and are in a constant state ...
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Bait And Switch... The emotions are running high
One example of how heated this topic gets from a lady that calls herself warrior mom. Posted just a few hours ago. This is in response to the bait and switch done by the producers of the doctors sh...
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Code Red Severe Threat to the human Race... You think I exagerate read this with a box of kleenex
The medical establishment will tell you the mercury preservative Thimerosal which 50% mercury is out of the childhood vaccine schedule. It is still in the flu vaccines and is used in the manufactur...
