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Special Olympics wants everyone to feel special. Special Olympics, Inc. offers year-round athletic training and competition in about 30 summer and winter sports for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. More than 3.1 million athletes in about 175 countries take part in the group's programs. Special Olympics believes participation in its activities helps athletes improve physical fitness and motor skills while developing self-confidence. Special Olympics, Inc. support comes mainly from contributions made in response to direct-mail campaigns and from individual and corporate sponsorships and contributions. The late Eunice Kennedy Shriver organized the First International Special Olympic Games in 1968.

The Surfrider Foundation wants to keep the waves clean and the beaches pristine. Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to protecting oceans and beaches in the US and abroad. Surfrider Foundation has more than 40,000 members in the US (many of whom are surfers, swimmers, and other beach enthusiasts) and 60 local chapters located along the East, West, Gulf, Puerto Rican, and Hawaiian coasts. It also has branches in Australia, Brazil, France, Japan, and Spain. The Surfrider Foundation works through educational programs such as "Respect the Beach" to reduce pollution, improve water quality, conserve wetlands, and improve surfing access. Surfrider Foundation was founded in 1984 in Malibu, California.

T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research raises money for nine US laboratories that research cures for diseases, such as leukemia, AIDS, and many cancers. The organization is headquartered in New York with offices in Los Angeles (the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund), Nashville (the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories), Minneapolis, Chicago, and Detroit. The T.J. Martell Foundation raises money by hosting auctions, galas, golf tournaments, and other star-studded events. T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research was created in 1975 by Tony Martell, then an executive at CBS Records, in memory of his son, T.J., who died of leukemia that year.

Technology in the Service of Mankind is the motto of TechnoServe. Founded in 1968, TechnoServe helps local entrepreneurs develop small businesses in poor rural areas in Latin America and Africa. TechnoServe, Inc., which has benefitted millions of people in more than 30 countries, links local business people with Western experts in various disciplines, from such companies as Cargill, Ernst & Young, General Mills, and McKinsey & Company. TechnoServe was established in 1968 by businessman Ed Bullard after a year-long stay in Ghana revealed the need and opportunity for linking developed world business expertise with developing world business endeavor.

The Advertising Council carries out pro bono ad campaigns on behalf of both government and private organizations. Using public service announcements, the not-for-profit organization conducts about 50 campaigns each year aimed at areas such as children's issues, health, community, the environment, and family. The Advertising Council relies on volunteer efforts from advertising firms and receives about $2 billion in donated ad time and space annually. Founded in 1942 as the War Advertising Council, the organization's success in promoting war bonds led President Franklin Roosevelt to ask it to continue applying its efforts to social issues.

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