Animal Welfare & the Environment
Maumee Valley Save-A-Pet is a no-kill shelter rescuing and rehoming homeless pets. Sspay/neuter and veterinary aid programs serve pets of low-income families. • www.maumeevalleysaveapet.org • (419) 537-9663
Nature’s Nursery provides an educational phone line for people with questions and concerns regarding wildlife, conducts educational programs, and accepts injured and orphaned wild animals for rehabilitation. • www.natures-nursery.org • (419) 877-0060
Scrap4Art promotes conservation, education and art by diverting clean, usable items otherwise destined for the solid-waste stream for re-use by educators, artists, crafters, scout groups and the general public. • www.scrap4arttoledo.org • (419) 720-2978
Toledo Animal Rescue specializes in taking in unwanted, abused or abandoned cats and dogs and pairing them with the perfect families to call their own. • www.toledoanimalrescue.org • (419) 382-1130
Wood County Humane Society services include cruelty investigation, discount spay/neuter program, and education about humane animal treatment. The no-kill shelter provides for abused, injured, and homeless animals until adoption. • www.woodcountyhumanesociety.org • (419) 352-7339
Arts & Education
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Inc. (The Arts Commission) supports, promotes and connects visual, performing and literary artists, arts organizations and businesses. Administers the city of Toledo’s “1% for Art” ordinance. • www.theartscommission.org • (419) 254-2787
Black Swamp Players, founded in 1968, exists to provide opportunities for area residents to experience quality, amateur, live theatre in all its many aspects. • www.blackswampplayers.org • (419) 806-5658
Collingwood Arts Center is a multi-discipline arts facility that nurtures the growth of the arts by providing artists a location to meet, create, perform, and teach. • www.collingwoodartscenter.org • (419) 244-2787
Perrysburg Chorale encourages community appreciation of classical and semi-classical music through local performances, an internship program with young musicians and concerts with local students. • www.perrysburgchorale.com • (419) 874-5572
Toledo Integrated Media Education is committed to bringing positive engagement to local media and providing a venue for underrepresented voices in the community through WAKT 106.1 FM. • www.toledoradio.org • (419) 768-6142
Health & Human Services
Advocating Opportunity provides comprehensive, holistic, trauma-responsive legal and advocacy services to victims of human trafficking. • www.advocatingopportunity.com • (855) 855-1945
Aurora Project, Inc. provides service-enriched housing to homeless women and their children by increasing employability, stabilizing the family, and providing skills to obtain/maintain permanent housing • www.auroraprojectinc.org • (419) 244-3200
Beach House, Inc. dba Leading Families Home has been helping people transition from homelessness to permanent housing since 1921. • www.lfhtoledo.org • (419) 244-2175
Bethany House offers long-term transitional shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children, breaking the cycle of abuse through intensive case management and support. • www.bethanyhousetoledo.org • (419) 727-4948
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Toledo works to empower all individuals with Down Syndrome to achieve their goals and reach their fullest potential by providing support, education and advocacy. • www.dsagt.org • (419) 536-4321
Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. • www.northwestohio.wish.org • (419) 244-9474
MLK Kitchen for the Poor feeds an average of 200 people daily, Monday through Friday. It provides home-delivered meals to seniors daily and gives away clothing donations. • www.kitchenforthepoor.org • (419) 241-2596
Mountain Mentors pairs at-risk teens with mentors who assist on personal goal-setting and development. Regular one-on-one and group meetings culminate in a week-long outdoor adventure experience. • www.toledomountainmentors.org • (419) 481-3606
Operation Clean Duds provides 100% free laundry events for those in need in Northwests Ohio. • www.operationcleanduds.org • (419) 966-2857
Sylvania Area Family Services, Inc. (SAFS) strengthens Sylvania one family at a time. Services include afterschool, summer programs, youth diversion program, food and rent/utility assistance, referral information, and holiday baskets. • www.sylvaniaareafamilyservices.org • (419) 882-8415
Task Force 20 is dedicated to promotingn and funding of physical fitness activities amongst the veteran community to combat symptoms of PTSD and depression. • www.tf20.org • (419) 464-8030
The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio empowers independence and enriches the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired. • www.sightcenternwo.org • (419) 720-3937
Social Justice & Equality
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) provides high-quality legal assistance in civil matters to help eligible low-income individuals and groups in western Ohio achieve self-reliance, equal justice, and economic opportunity. • www.ablelaw.org • (419) 255-0814
League of Women Voters Education Fund (Toledo-Lucas County Chapter) is a non-partisan organization of women and men encouraging informed and active participation of all citizens in government, and influencing public policy through education and advocacy. • www.lwvtoledo.org • (419) 475-4371
Toledo Area Jobs with Justice works in coalition with labor, community, and faith-based organizations to raise awareness on workers’ rights and social justice issues. • www.jwjtoledo.org • (419) 787-5245
