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Springs Ensemble Theatre

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

MARS SOCIETY INC

The time has come for humanity to journey to the planet Mars. We’re ready. Though Mars is distant, we are far better prepared today to send humans to the Red Planet than we were to travel to the Moon at the commencement of the space age. Given the will, we could have our first crews on Mars within a decade. The reasons for going to Mars are powerful. We must go for the knowledge of Mars. Our robotic probes have revealed that Mars was once a warm and wet planet, suitable for hosting life’s origin. But did it? A search for fossils on the Martian surface or microbes in groundwater below could provide the answer. If found, they would show that the origin of life is not unique to the Earth, and, by implication, reveal a universe that is filled with life and probably intelligence as well. From the point of view learning our true place in the universe, this would be the most important scientific enlightenment since Copernicus. We must go for the knowledge of Earth. As we begin the twenty-first century, we have evidence that we are changing the Earth’s atmosphere and environment in significant ways. It has become a critical matter for us better to understand all aspects of our environment. In this project, comparative planetology is a very powerful tool, a fact already shown by the role Venusian atmospheric studies played in our discovery of the potential threat of global warming by greenhouse gases. Mars, the planet most like Earth, will have even more to teach us about our home world. The knowledge we gain could be key to our survival. We must go for the challenge. Civilizations, like people, thrive on challenge and decay without it. The time is past for human societies to use war as a driving stress for technological progress. As the world moves towards unity, we must join together, not in mutual passivity, but in common enterprise, facing outward to embrace a greater and nobler challenge than that which we previously posed to each other. Pioneering Mars will provide such a challenge. Furthermore, a cooperative international exploration of Mars would serve as an example of how the same joint-action could work on Earth in other ventures. We must go for the youth. The spirit of youth demands adventure. A humans-to-Mars program would challenge young people everywhere to develop their minds to participate in the pioneering of a new world. If a Mars program were to inspire just a single extra percent of today’s youth to scientific educations, the net result would be tens of millions more scientists, engineers, inventors, medical researchers and doctors. These people will make innovations that create new industries, find new medical cures, increase income, and benefit the world in innumerable ways to provide a return that will utterly dwarf the expenditures of the Mars program. We must go for the opportunity. The settling of the Martian New World is an opportunity for a noble experiment in which humanity has another chance to shed old baggage and begin the world anew; carrying forward as much of the best of our heritage as possible and leaving the worst behind. Such chances do not come often, and are not to be disdained lightly. We must go for our humanity. Human beings are more than merely another kind of animal, -we are life’s messenger. Alone of the creatures of the Earth, we have the ability to continue the work of creation by bringing life to Mars, and Mars to life. In doing so, we shall make a profound statement as to the precious worth of the human race and every member of it. We must go for the future. Mars is not just a scientific curiosity; it is a world with a surface area equal to all the continents of Earth combined, possessing all the elements that are needed to support not only life, but technological society. It is a New World, filled with history waiting to be made by a new and youthful branch of human civilization that is waiting to be born. We must go to Mars to make that potential a reality. We must go, not for us, but for a people who are yet to be. We must do it for the Martians. Believing therefore that the exploration and settlement of Mars is one of the greatest human endeavors possible in our time, we have gathered to found this Mars Society, understanding that even the best ideas for human action are never inevitable, but must be planned, advocated, and achieved by hard work. We call upon all other individuals and organizations of like-minded people to join with us in furthering this great enterprise. No nobler cause has ever been. We shall not rest until it succeeds.

Lakewood, Colorado

Zenon Dance Company and School Inc

TO SUSTAIN AN ARTISTICALLY EXCELLENT PROFESSIONAL DANCE SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH QUALITY DANCE INSTRUCTION WITH LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS. ZENON’S DANCE SCHOOL SEEKS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY DANCERS OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE IN A DIVERSE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH PERFORMANCE, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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CACHE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

LOGAN, Utah

ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation

ASK provides social, emotional, financial, educational, and spiritual support to children with cancer and their families who are receiving treatment at Children's Hospital of Virginia (CHoR) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).

Richmond, Virginia

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Down Syndrome Association Minn

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Octavia Project, Inc.

The Octavia Project uses the creative power of science fiction and community to envision new futures and greater possibilities for our world. We foster spaces of imagination and exploration for Brooklyn teens, blending creative writing, art, science, and technology to encourage critical thinking, build confidence, and develop skills in a myriad of subjects.

Brooklyn, New York

Camp Joy (Joy Outdoor Education Center LLC)

Helping people grow and succeed through life-long experience based learning.

Clarksville, Ohio

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Accord

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

MINNEAPOLIS

Eagles Wings Youth Ranch

Eagles' Wings provides a free summer camp, follow-up, and mentoring to at-risk youth ages 9-18. We help children learn to make right choices that will help them to become successful in life.

Mountainair, New Mexico

Fundación Yepez

Continuar con el trabajo que se lleva a cabo desde 1967, siendo una ONG sin fines de lucro dedicada a la protección del medio ambiente, especies en peligro de extinción, y a la reversión del daño al equilibrio ecológico, en la zona norte de Veracruz en el Golfo de México.

INOBTR

INOBTR (I Know Better) is a child safety organization specializing in Internet Safety, Bullying Safety and general practices that help our children make smart choices . We believe in children and want to help them lead productive lives.

Saint Louis, Missouri