Share the Love… of Philanthropy!

Share the Love… of Philanthropy!

Photos are powerful visions of the good people can do for the world. Each picture tells
a thousand words but in a way text could never express. You can make a difference in
the world through the lens of that one simple photo that when combined with others
paints a canvas of the world of philanthropy.

We invited people to tell a story with a digital photograph of people, a place or

something that speaks more about philanthropy than words ever can. The beauty and
power manifested in so many ways as seen through the lens was more impactful than
we could have fathomed when we launched the contest.

Okay, there was only one champion vote-getter but after you view the photos you, too,
will see that every single one was a winner. This book showcases the finalists in
Vivanista’s share the Love of Philanthropy photo contest honoring Valentines day.
The Human Soul on Fire

I was a prostitute.
Now I am in the first grade.

Top Voted Photo

Awarded a $1,000 Donation!

More than Me Foundation - morethanme.org

 SCOPE New York - scope-ny.org
A Place for Positivity
Philanthropy empowers children. At camp, children empower each other with encouragement & friendship.
SCOPE sends children in need to camp.
 Hearts in Unity

Hearts in Unity in Tanzania heartsinunity.org

Feeding the orphan and at-risk children of Tanzania, Africa. Making a

difference, changing lives, one precious child at at time.
 ThinkCure! - thinkcure.org

The Bison Hug

This photo was taken
in Kampel Village,
Indore, India.

Nature Volunteers
High Five
Dreams For Kids, DC - dreamsforkids.org

A Dreams for Kids participant receives a high five from her volunteer coach after a tennis play
—the spirit of this moment characterizes the Extreme Recess experience of sports as an
empowering and life-changing opportunity for at-risk youth and those with disabilities.
 WGirls, Inc. - wgirls.org

2010 Revlon Run Walk

WGIRLS participating for the second year in a row in the 2010 Revlon Run Walk.
Girls Who Rock

Elizabeth David,
a Kisa Scholar In
Tanzania, attends her
first day of class.

Girls Who Rock

http://www.girlswhorock.org/
 Glide Foundation - glide.org
A Journey of a Homeless Woman
Sharing a personal story about the journey of being a homeless woman.
I Scored!
When given opportunity,
we all have the ability.

Karate Can Do Foundation - karatecando.com

AIDS Policy Project

Alaskan woman living with AIDS

shows why she wants a cure.

Aids Policy Project - aidspolicyproject.org

 Adventure Ashram - adventureashram.org
A Way of Life...
If freedom in exile it is, freedom it shall be.
Be Homeless
Elsewhere

A homeless man
is stopped and
questioned by the police.

Children’s Hospital
Belles of the Ball

Project GLam making young

girls’ wish to attend their
prom come true!

WGirls NYC - WGirls.org

 Bookends - bookends.org

BookEnds Creates Readers and Leaders!

A student leader shares a new book with a student reader.
Caregivers

Assisting with a grocery shopping trip.

Jewish Family and Children's Services Phoenix, AZ

http://www.jfcsarizona.com/
Yoga for Hope City of Hope - cityofhope.org

Participants tuned out the city and into their souls at City of Hope’s first annual Yoga for Hope
in San Francisco’s Union Square; a fundraiser to benefit research, treatment and education
of cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS at City of Hope.
 Creating Confidence.
Passing on a Passion.
Gaining a Friend.

This is a photo of me and a member of

the Eastside Dream Elite cheer squad
for special needs adults that I coached.

Eastside Dream Elite Special Needs Cheer Team

 Designer Jazmin Whitley, Li Cari and MTV’s House of Jazmin
Defining Girl motivated girls to find their inner voice and create their own paths.
Blondes vs. Brunettes: Tackling Alzheimer's Disease
Blondes and Brunettes battle it out on the gridiron to raise money
and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association.
 Emptying Wheelchairs
Christopher Reeve's empty wheelchair
represents what he always fought for -
empty wheelchairs.

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation - christopherreeve.org

Family Celebrate Generations!!!!!
CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties - casa17th.org
Sprinkles Cupcakes Heart

Sprinkles - sprinkles.com
 The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights - ellabake

Joe's Dream
Joe's dream was to help others achieve their dreams. When Joe passed away our organization decided to go
Kenya and build a clean water well for the Masai Community. This is us laying in the whole we dug, proudly to
Girl Up Peppy Rally in DC

Teen girls explain to the audience

the importance of helping girls in
developing countries.

United Nations Foundation Girl Up Campaign - girlup.org

 Accomplished

Bringing support and stability to

the future of our community.

Girls On The Run - Baton Rouge Chapter - girlsontherun.org

 Airline Ambassadors International - airlineamb.com

Giving Wings to Love Sharing love, food, water, andhats with orphans in Haiti.
 Givology - givology.org

What $50 Buys

 Helpage India - helpageindia.org

Handicapped Couple Awaits Philanthropy

Ritual for charity linked to Piety
 Happiness
Every Child Deserves to Be Happy!

CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties - casa17th.org

 KEEN - keenfoundation.org

Happiness Letting a child be a child. KEEN provides free recreational activities to children
Is... with special needs, giving them a chance to have fun and be themselves.
 No Limits!
Walk N’ Roll to raise money and celebrate life without limits for people with disabilities.

United Cerebral Palsy -ucp.org

I’m Seven
Youth Homes - youthhomes.org
 In The Eyes of
the Beholder
Evidence that angels
do watch over us.

Associated Black Charities in Maryland - abc-md.org

 Inspiration
My never smoking late mother inspired Lung Cancer Circle of Hope, a
nonprofit committed to creating awareness of lung cancer

Lung Cancer Circle of Hope - lungcancercircleofhope.org

 Investing in Hope

Supporters of Taller San

Jose help walk young lives
out of poverty and into the
workforce. 89% of Taller
San Jose students are still
employed, one year after
graduation.

Taller San Jose Group - tallersanjose.org

Help the Himalayan Children of Nepal
If children are provided with the tools to be
educated and to discover their core
strengths, they will learn to fly, prosper,
and educate/help others.
Kicking for Cancer
Who are you kicking for?

Photo taken at Kicking Cancer Foundation's annual kickball tournament to raise money
for cancer research. Participants signed the banner with names of people they know
who have been affected by cancer.

Kicking Cancer Foundation - phillykickforthecure

 Tuna Akcay
Lock of the Love Cologne, Germany
Love Is in the Air...

Being Human Foundation - beinghumanfoundation.in

Lover Boy
Before Adoption
Here's Loverboy hamming it up
before being taken home at our
pet adoption event.

Celebrity Catwalk - celebritycatwalk.com

Giving Back to
Those in Need

American Idol Season 7 finalist

Luke Menard met with children
currently undergoing cancer
treatment through Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles.

Race for Hope, D.C. (David Cook's Team)

braintumor.org
 CARE - care.org
Credit: 2005 Phil Borges/CARE

Mabia in CARE is helping female farmers across the globe to grow food
Bangladesh locally and support their families.
 Givology - givology.org

The local volunteers touched the wood panel of the Peace Primary School,
Memories remembering when they used to be students within the building.
 Merry Go Round Foundation for Youth - merrygoroundranch.com

Merry Go Round Ranch

Love all around here!
 Children Giving Back to Children
Children delivering $300 in coins and small bills raised through a
fundraiser for Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation for Haiti relief.

Miami Children's Hospital Foundation - mchf.org

 One

One hand can make all the

difference in the world.

The support of a hand, and arm,

helps maybe one other, one
person at a time. But that one
touch may be all it takes.

The Village for Families and Children, Connecticut - villageforchildren.org

United Nations Foundation Girl Up Campaign - girlup.org

Philanthroteens give a High Five!

Giving a High Five and sending a girl in a developing country to school is this easy with Girl Up!
 SCOUTS

The Smallest
One of my nieces’ first days with the scouts.
Scout
Restoring Dignity
Fistula patients in Niamey, Niger,
wait for fistula repair surgery.
EngenderHealth’s Fistula Care
project transforms women’s lives
by increasing access to fistula
prevention and treatment.
Obstetric fistula is a devastating
childbirth injury that afflicts
millions of women and girls
around the world.

EngenderHealth - engenderhealth.org
 Pioneers and Indians

Dedicated to the devoted volunteers.

Reenactors
Neighborhoods Park Council

Every year, NPC organizes Play Day-an event to highlight a playground in

Play Day need, bring people to together and kick off our Playground Initiative
 Pretty in Pink

Providing a girl with the perfect dress so that she is

able to attend her prom.

WGirls, Inc - wgirls.org

 ReSurge - resurge.org
Photo by Darcy Padilla

This little boy completely melted my heart and knowing that he will
ReSurge day is why I am so committed to ReSurge.
 Mihail Kopychko

Street Rescue the pets in Belarus.

 WGirls NYC - wgirls.com

Run Walk WGIRLS pose with Jimmy Fallon at the 2009 Revlon Run Walk
hopeandhealinginc.com

Safe Places - Sharing on Her Level

A Safe Places victim advocate spends time listening attentively and compassionately to a
child. Philanthropy literally means love for people, and love means caring enough to listen
for as long as it takes.
 Sebastian Meets the Jonas Brothers

Sebastian: "I drank all my milk so I could come and when the doctors give me
shots I'm really brave." Joe Jonas: "Bravest guy I’ve met." Make a Wish Foundation - wish.org
She's The First
Through the mentoring she receives from
non-profit Starfish One by One, Mayra
inspired her mother to consider future
family planning.

Starfish One by One - starfishonebyone.org

Starfish One By One

The joy of Paulus and his family in Miwai, Kenya, despite difficult
economic circumstances, was absolutely infectious! Starfish One by One –
starfishonebyone.org
 Josephine Fogg School in Lusaka

Taylor
in Africa
Technology for Mali, Africa & the Developing World

Our mission at EOS is to bring appropriate technology to the developing

world, and to bring smiles to faces like these in Mali, Africa. EOS International - eosintl.com
 Friendship Ambassadors Foundation: Ecuador Service Trip - faf.org

The Joy of Cultural Exchange!

A shared day of smiles, energy, and culture.
 The Power of Their Ideas and Our Support
With water, all life is made possible. The people of Cambodia express their thanks to GO for
bringing them lasting change in their lives.
Groundwork Opportunities - groundworkopportunities.org
The Real Elves!
Wrapping presents for
500 children at Harlem
Hospital for our Hope for
the Holidays event.

WGirls NYC - wgirls.org

United Nations Foundation Girl Up Campaign - girlup.org
Creating Art.

Volunteer Working with

Public School Kids

Learning Leaders - learningleaders.org

 Outreach Africa - outreach.org

Water Filtration System Built for Magugu, Tanzania

Women gathering water in Magugu, Tanzania.
 Take It To Heart
The Alpha Phi Executive Office staff supports its philanthropy, Women’s Heart Health, by
going red for National Wear Red Day!
The Alpha Phi Foundation
Philoptochos
“Friend to the poor”

Philoptochos.org
 We are the World

Nancy at tent camp

during concert for kids.

Airline Ambassadors International - airlineamb.org

 Kindness

Cuddling cousins bonding.

Cancer Research UK.

Photo by Ben Gore – Flickr.com/photos/bengore
 Alternatives Incorporated
alternativesinc.org

What If You Were Beyond holding signs along a busy road on a blistery winter day to
solicit donations for local homeless shelters, these teens slept outside
Homeless? in boxes to bring about awareness; talk about a day in another’s shoes.
 Morning Glory Ranch - morninggloryranch.org

Take My A moment of love during the Morning Glory Ranch’s Annual fundraiser.
Hand... Volunteers & the Children they help join hands in a dance of joy and life.
 Whereas the votes were tallied to determine a quantitative champion, all the finalists are
winners. Thousands of people came to the contest page on the Vivanista site and learned
about organizations they may never have been introduced to otherwise.  The beauty in each
photo speaks far louder than words ever could about what that organization stands for.  They
all demonstrated the power of giving back.    
 
The impact was so profound that we do not want to lose the momentum.  The montage of all
the photos paints a mosaic of the world of philanthropy and we would like your help.  Please
spread the word to friends, co-workers, family, fellow volunteers and colleagues so we can
build the largest repository of how people are doing good around the world.   
 
We have uploaded the photos to the share the love of philanthropy photo album on Flickr
and invite you to join the group, engage in discussion, add more photos and continue
sharing the love.
 
Won't you join us in helping expand the stories through photos of
how people are making a difference in the world?

http://www.flickr.com/groups/love-of-philanthropy/pool/
 I was blown away by the support and popularity all
the photos received. Though I know the Reeve
Foundation didn't win it was still an overall great
feeling knowing all the types of philanthropy that
came together.

Janelle LoBello
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

 
Tales from the You helped us create quite a buzz of awareness in
our networks, and we received message after
Photo Contest: message of encouragement and support.

Sue Werner
Director, Hearts in Unity

 
The photos are absolutely stunning. What a beautiful
contest. I voted for 4 because it was so hard to
choose a favorite!!!

Jean Larette
Vivanista Member
 Living Well. Doing Good.

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