Beneficiary Profiles

Leve is proud to have supported the following nonprofit organizations. Read about them, follow the links and get involved. We hope you will be inspired to continue supporting one of the many organizations we introduce over the years:

2010, help us beat our past fundraising records to benefit CCA!

Children’s Cancer Association, bringing joy to young hearts

Founded more than a decade ago by a family who has been there, the Children’s Cancer Association brings Joy Rx to seriously ill children and their families in the hospital and at home. Managed by a professional staff and powered by volunteers, CCA brings soothing music in a time of crisis, friendship in a time of loneliness, resources in a time of turmoil and vital support in the midst of life-threatening illness.

For more information about CCA, visit: http://www.joyrx.org/

2009, $33,000+ to benefit GrowingGARDENS

planting seeds for good food, healthy people
GrowingGARDENS digs at the root of hunger in Portland by organizing hundreds of volunteers to build organic, raised bed vegetable gardens in backyards, front yards, side yards and even on balconies. They support low income households for 3 years with seeds, plants, classes, mentors and more. Their Youth Grow after school garden clubs grow the next generation of veggie eaters and growers! Through Learn & Grow workshops and work parties, they teach gardeners all about growing, preparing and preserving healthful food while respecting the health of the environment. http://www.growing-gardens.org/

2008, $31,000+ to benefit Schoolhouse Supplies

Schoolhouse Supplies is an award-winning nonprofit that supports public education in Portland by giving students and teachers free classroom supplies. Their mission, “to serve classrooms in need by operating a volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers, which is stocked with supplies donated by the community,” is based on the belief that every child deserves school supplies and has the right to a quality education. http://www.schoolhousesupplies.org

2007, $25,000 to benefit Friends of the Children, Portland

a revolutionary mentoring program that is transforming the lives of Portland’s most vulnerable children
Friends of the Children provides our community’s most vulnerable children with full-time, paid, professionally trained mentors (called Friends) to ensure that each child has a positive, consistent and supportive adult in his or her life. They begin working with children in Kindergarten and continue to support them for 12 1/2 years, through high school graduation, no matter what. http://www.friendschildren.org/portland/

2006, $18,000+ to benefit YWCA of Greater Portland

eliminating racism, empowering women
The YWCA of Greater Portland is dedicated to changing lives by empowering women and their families to achieve safety, opportunity, and independence. The YWCA provides life-changing social services for women, children and families from all walks - and stages - of life, empowering, guiding and liberating them to attain safety, opportunity and independence through four critical integrated service areas: Domestic Violence Services, Transitional Services, Senior Services and Youth Services. http://www.ywca-pdx.org

2005, $12,000+ to benefit Mercy Corps

be the change
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps is a team of 3700 professionals helping turn crisis into opportunity for millions around the world. By trade, they are engineers, financial analysts, drivers, community organizers, project managers, public health experts, administrators, social entrepreneurs and logisticians. In spirit, they are activists, optimists, innovators and proud partners of the people they serve. http://www.mercycorps.org

2004, $4,000+ to benefit P:ear

creatively mentoring homeless youth
P:ear builds positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth, ages 15 to 24, through education, art and recreation to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthier lives. Each year their programs serve more than 350 homeless and transitional young people. http://www.pearmentor.org