St Jude
We chose this charity because September is childhood cancer awareness month.
We are excited to showcase nine incredible charities to choose from when making a purchase! Simply choose a piece of apparel to add to your cart and a select a charity you like, and we will donate $5 to that organization!
We chose this charity because September is childhood cancer awareness month.
Here at Actions Over Words, we support the people of Ukraine in their efforts to protect their homeland! Those fleeing Ukraine are being faced with harsh winter weather conditions. We wanted to do something to help provide hot, nourishing meals to Ukrainians escaping violence.
The Trevor Project focuses on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth. Through a toll-free telephone number, it operates The Trevor Lifeline, a confidential service that offers trained counselors.
The Stepback Foundation is a local Cape May County based charity. We chose this because they do incredible work for our community by providing children with food, clothes, sports equipment, and more!
The Step Back Foundation, based in Wildwood, NJ, provides athletic equipment and other necessities to local student-athletes and families who may be in need of financial assistance. The purpose and mission of the Step Back is to motivate and inspire kids at an early age to be a part of something special (whether that may be a sports team, club, or organization) by building self-love, poise, and confidence.
This organization hits very close to home for our founder Alec Levin. His best friend and grandfather was diagnosed 13 years ago with Parkinson's and continues to fight everyday. Levin vows to help find a cure and has raised over $8,000 for the organization.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation launched in 2000 after Michael’s 1991 Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis at age 29.He was originally diagnosed with young-onset Parkinsons in 1991 and did not disclose his condition until 1998. They focus on Parkinson’s research and therapeutic development. They have funded investigations for early stage therapeutic programs, clinical trials for academic and industry teams, sponsored Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative, and has their own online clinical study called the Fox Insight.
We chose this charity because our friend Jay Smith (who founded The 90 Foundation) was diagnosed with ALS. With your help, we can donate to his $200,000+ a year care and to research to find a cure for ALS!
The 90 Foundations's goal is to bring awareness and innovation to finding a cure for ALS, also know as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. They imagine a world where ALS is a treatable, manageable illness rather than an underfunded, terminal disease that devastates the lives of individuals and their families every 90 minutes.
We chose this organization because we want to help our veterans who helped protect the United States of America. We feel this organization truly makes an impact and saves veteran lives!
K9s For Warriors is a non-profit organization founded by Shari Duval. This organization is dedicated to helping veterans recover from service related Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and/or Military Sexual Trauma (MST). Their goal is to end veteran suicide and help veterans adjust back to a life lived with dignity and independence. They do this by matching service dogs with veterans in need. Most of the dogs are rescued from shelters and are trained to be service dogs - saving both dog and veteran lives!
Addiction is everywhere. It affects everyone in some way or another. We chose this charity because they truly help those struggling from substance abuse and mental illness.
The Release Recovery Foundation is a non-profit that is dedicated to helping all who are ready and willing to seek professional treatment, are able. Substance abuse and mental illness destroy the lives of many people from underserved communities who may not have the resources for treatment. The Release Recovery Foundation attempts to bridge the gap between what people can afford and what they need to transform their lives by offering scholarships."Help someone battling addiction or mental illness get help today!"
We chose this charity because we are located at the beach in Cape May, New Jersey. We have seen first hand the plastic pollution and wanted to help make a difference.
We are proud to have donated over $20,000 to charities around the world! Check out below our past charity donations and how much TOGETHER we were able to make the world a better place to live $5 at a time!
-Family Promise (Oct 2015-Dec 2015): ($1,700)
-St. Baldrick's (Jan 2016 - March 2016): ($450)
-Brendan Borek Foundation (July 2016 - Aug 2016): ($220)
-National Breast Cancer Foundation (Sept 2016 - Oct 2016): ($410)
-NYC Homeless (Nov 2016 - Feb 2017): ($265)
--St. Baldrick's (Feb 2017 - March 2017): ($153)
-Michael J Fox Foundation (May 2019 - Oct 2019): ($7,230)
-Christmas for Kids (Nov 2020 - Dec 2020): ($549.04)
-The Happy People Foundation (March 2021 - October 2021): ($2,560)
-Michael J Fox Foundation (March 2021 - November 2021): ($880)
-K9s for Warriors (June 2021 - November 2021): ($791)
-Release Recovery Foundation (June 2021 - November 2021): ($505)
-St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (June 2021 - November 2021): ($390)
-The Ocean Cleanup (August 2021 - November 2021) ($255)
-The 90 Foundation (September 2021 - November 2021) ($305)
-American Association For Cancer Research (November 2021) ($1,810)
-The Stepback Foundation (December 2021) ($1,155)