Olie-Aid Recipients have included:
Alpha House
Ann Arbor, MI
Alpha House provides food, shelter and comprehensive services in a caring atmosphere of dignity and safety. Their goal is to support the families in securing and maintaining their own home.
www.alphahouse-ihn.org/
Big Brothers Big Sisters
The Big Brothers Big Sisters mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with adult mentors committed to helping them grow socially, emotionally and academically.
Donors Choose
Simply put, Donors Choose uses the Internet to link people who have only a little to give but big hearts to school teachers who have big needs but tiny budgets. At www.donorschoose.org, individuals and groups can learn about school projects in need of supplies, and have those items sent to the teachers and classrooms that need them.
www.donorschoose.org/
Food Gatherers
Ann Arbor, MI
Food Gatherers exists to alleviate hunger and address its causes in our community by: reducing food waste through the rescue and distribution of perishable and non perishable food; coordinating with other hunger relief providers; educating the public about hunger; and developing new food resources.
http://www.foodgatherers.org/
Femaid
Library in Farah, Afghanistan
FemAid is an unaffiliated, independent, non-profit organization run by a team of women who have worked in humanitarian aid, in particular in war zones.
One of their current undertakings is the establishment of a library for young students in primary and secondary schools and their teachers: because many girls learn to read at a comparatively late age, primary schools often bring together young boys and teenage girls. A special section will be reserved to very young children who are usually cared for by their older sisters or young mothers.
http://www.femaid.org/
Faith in Action
Chelsea, MI
Faith in Action serves as a lifeline for the community's most needy families, providing food, clothing, preschool scholarships and emergency housing. This year Faith in Action kicked off the Adopt-a-Student program, helping over 85 children get a good start for the school year by providing them with backpacks filled with school supplies..
http://www.faithinaction1.org
Girls on the Run
Ann Arbor, MI
The Mission for Girls on the Run is to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
http://www.girlsontherunsemi.org
PARWAZ
The Mission of PARWAZ is to empower the women of Afghanistan economically,socially, and personally to rise from poverty by enabling them to build micro businesses, increase their income and reduce their vulnerability.
http://www.parwaz.org
Playpumps International
Africa
PlayPumps International’s mission is help improve the lives of children and their families by providing easy access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and offering play equipment to millions across Africa. .
www.playpumps.org
The Music for Youth Foundation
Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert
Oliebollen was a sponsor for a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall featuring the music of Joni Mitchell. Artists included Lori Anderson, Suzanne Vega, Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child, the Cowboy Junkies, Jimmy Scott and many others.
The Music for Youth Foundation (MYF) is a non-profit initiative with two primary missions: To identify, fund and lend experience to innovative programs that make quality music education available to young people, AND to create scholarship opportunities for exceptionally talented youth who choose to make music their life's work, thereby helping to sustain the next generation of artists and teachers.
Rebuilding Together/Christmas in April
Washtenaw County
Rebuilding Together's mission is to preserve and revitalize houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, from the elderly and disabled to families with children, live in warmth, safety, and independence.Local chapters coordinate a one-day volunteer event to help homeowners make necessary repairs.
http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/
St. Jude's Hospital
Memphis, TN
St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility anywhere. Discoveries made there have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. All patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family's ability to pay.
www.stjude.org
SEVA Foundation
Seva (say-va) is a Sanskrit word for service. Seva Foundation was formed in 1978 with a mission to alleviate suffering caused by disease and poverty.
Seva currently works to:
* Prevent blindness and restore sight in India, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Tanzania and Guatemala.
* Help indigenous communities in Guatemala and Mexico develop their capacity to meet basic needs and create solutions to poverty and injustice.
* Support Native American projects across the U.S. in the areas of health and wellness, community development, environmental protection and cultural preservation
http://www.seva.org
The Sister Luise Radlmeir Foundation
Sudan
When refugee children from war-torn Sudan began to appear on her doorstep in Nairobi, Sister Luise Radlemeir responded by providing food, shelter and so much more. Over the past two decades she has established dormitories for students, a home for AIDS Orphans and HIV positive children, a clinic, two nursery schools, a primary school and arranged for the further education and training of more than 1,000 Sudanese youth.
Sitara Orphanage
Peshawar, Pakistan
Smile Train
Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are millions of children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. Aren’t allowed to attend school or hold a job. And face very difficult lives filled with shame and isolation, pain and heartache.
The good news is every single child with a cleft can be helped with surgery that costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minute
www.smiletrain.org
STAND a Student Anti-Genocide Coalition
STAND is the fastest-growing student anti-genocide coalition in the world today. STAND, formerly known as "Students Taking Action Now: Darfur," formed in 2004 in response to the atrocities taking place in Darfur . Currently, STAND's campaigns focus primarily on ending the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
www.standnow.org
Vacation From War
Steps toward the Concrete Utopia of a Peaceful World Organizes summer camp seminars bringing children and youth from war zones together to meet others who in their home countries may be regarded as enemies while enjoying a "vacation from war". Works with children from the Bosnia/Serbian and from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
http://www.vacation-from-war.com
Warm the Children
Ann Arbor, MI
Warm the Children, a program operated by the Ann Arbor News, uses reader donations and local volunteers to buy new winter clothing for children in need.
Women for Afghan Women WAW
WAW promotes the agency of local Afghan women through the creation of safe forums where Afghan women can network, develop programs to meet their specific needs, and participate in human rights advocacy in the international sphere.
http://womenforafghanwomen.org/
