One of our Giraffes, Patch Adams, has a nifty site. The Gesundheit! Institute's Fine and Dandy Home page. Gesundheit is an experiment in holism with a medical focus. Their goal is to build a free 40-bed hospital as part of a complete health care community.

BADvertising is artist and Giraffe Bonnie Vierthaler's home page dedicated to portraying the honest truth about tobacco advertising and the effects of tobacco use.

Giraffe Lois Gibbs, of Love Canal fame, has a website on environmental hazards.

Giraffe Michael Jon Spencer founded the nonprofit Hospital Audiences Inc. in 1969 to provide access to the arts to culturally isolated New Yorkers. HAI service recipients include people with mental and physical disabilities, mentally retarded/developmentally disabled persons, bed-confined/wheelchair-users, visually and hearing-impaired individuals, the homeless, the frail elderly, youth at risk, participants in substance abuse programs, persons with HIV/AIDS and individuals in correctional facilities. Since its inception, HAI has reached an audience totaling more than 11 million at more than 344,300 cultural events.

Kenneth Wooden, recipient of a 1986 Giraffe Award, is creator of the highly-acclaimed Child Lures School Program for prevention of sexual abuse and abduction. The program is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as the National Associations of Elementary and Secondary School Principals.

Giraffe Neal Andre and all the Giraffes in his organization of inner-St. Louis kids, the Earth Defenders, are doing extraordinary environmental work, both in the neighborhood and in the world.

East Maui Animal Refuge, or the "Boo Boo Zoo." East Maui Animal Refuge (EMAR) is a rehabilitation sanctuary run by Giraffes Sylvan and Suzie Schwab for injured and orphaned animals who would otherwise die. EMAR is licensed by both the State and Federal Department of Fish and Wildlife to rehabilitate animals including threatened and endangered species.

Giraffe Dan Bassill created Cabrini Connections, a nonprofit that connects kids with mentors, runs motivation programs, organizes field trips to colleges and businesses, enlists corporations, hosts conferences at which tutor/mentor programs can share information, publishes newsletters and directories, stages mentor recruiting fairs, and runs a library of information on tutoring.

Giraffe Diane Bock's Community Cousins is now on the web. The "cousins" are 134 families (and counting) in California who've answered Bock's call to do something personal about racism. Black, White, Latino, Asian and Middle Eastern, they get together regularly for family outings and mutual support. Bock started the group in the wake of the LA riots in 1992.

Giraffe Will Fitzhugh's Concord Review publishes the history research papers of high school scholars. The Review is a one-man effort to honor good students as highly as our school culture honors young athletes.

There's information (and beautiful graphics) about Giraffe Ian Booth environmental songs at Eco Music, a site by The Center for Environmental Arts and Media.

Giraffe Cheryl Honey's Family Support Network is on line now, inviting you to get involved in their growing network of families who are committed to caring and sharing resources with one another to improve our quality of life.

Giraffe Judith Jenya's Global Children's Organization brings together children who've suffered the horrors of war, community violence, hatred, or intolerance, and with the help of multinational volunteers, develops peace and reconciliation.

Giraffes Millard and Linda Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity to give low-income families a way to build and own their own homes. Chapters across the country give plenty of opportunities for volunteers to pitch in.

Human Services Alliance. (HSA) represents an idea whose time has come: the idea that ordinary human beings, with jobs and families, can do extraordinary things when they work together as a group in service to others. HSA is comprised completely of volunteers-no one is paid, no one is charged. Many who visit HSA describe the services rendered as "better than money can buy." These services include: hands-on care for the terminally ill; care for developmentally disabled children; a dispute resolution (mediation) program; and a counselling/therapy program for people with chronic pain or illness.