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Best Buddies
Springer Publishing Company is pleased to recognize the efforts of Best Buddies, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Best Buddies has chapters in all 50 of the United States and in 50 countries worldwide. Click here to learn more about Best Buddies.
Heartsong
Heartsong is nationally recognized for its program that utilizes the powerful tools of music therapy and art therapy enabling children with special needs to express themselves, regardless of their verbal and motoric capacity. This is accomplished by using music and art in its many forms and styles to nurture a child's emotional, physical, sensory and cognitive development. Each child is assessed individually and placed in a music and/or art therapy group where they enjoy ensemble playing and group interaction. Volunteers work with the children and are an integral part of the Heartsong program. Beneficial outcomes include increased self-esteem and self-confidence, development of social skills, enhanced communication skills, increased attention span, and enhanced motor skills. Click here to learn more about Heartsong.
HINARI
HINARI Programme set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. More than 7,500 information resources (in 30 different languages) are now available to health institutions in 105 countries, areas and territories benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improve world health. Click here to learn more about HINARI.
Special Olympics
Springer Publishing Company is also pleased to recognize the efforts of Special Olympics, an international organization dedicated to providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics, athletes and the community. Click here to learn more about Special Olympics.
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation (SDRF) is a family foundation based in New York City that began operation in 1995. Their three main areas of activity are: Arts and Culture, Health and Human Services, and Civil Liberty and Social Justice. SDRF's mission is to support innovative efforts to make social organizations and institutions more effective and more responsive to a broad range of human needs. SDRF interests include, but are not limited to: public health and sanitation; education; support for new media; preservation of traditional and local artisans and their economies; AIDS and its effects on society's institutions; and at-risk children and families.

 

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