Since its founding in 1983, the People's Medical Society has championed the rights of medical consumers. Founded on the premise that the existing medical and health care system is too expensive, too impersonal and too unwilling to concentrate on preventive medicine and foster an equal partnership basis between consumer and physician, the People's Medical Society is working toward creating an American health care system that is affordable, compassionate and centered around the needs of people. 

Co-op America provides the organizing power and practical economic tools to redirect the American economy toward a sustainable future. They accomplish this through building the Green Business sector, fighting corporate irresponsibility, empowering consumers and investors, and building sustainable communities. Co-op America publishes the National Green Pages and many other useful publications. 

The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to end the devastating effects of MS. The Society and its network of chapters nationwide promote research, educate, advocate on critical issues, and organize a wide range of programs-including support for the newly diagnosed and those living with MS. 

The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is the only national organization that represents physician assistants (PAs) in all specialties and all employment settings. Its membership also includes physician assistant students and supporters of the profession. 

A membership organization with more than 20,000 registered members. The organization selects and trains teams which represent the United States in international competition and also sanctions competitions and manages clinics, seminars and other events. 

Adoption Crossroads is the largest search and support network in the world for Adoptees and Parents who lost children to adoption; a non-profit charitable organization with over 475 Adoption Search and Support Groups world-wide. Adoption Crossroads is dedicated to helping people who have been separated by adoption find each other. 

Dedicated to the education, cessation and prevention of the use of tobacco products. 

Since 1979, U.S. Synchronized Swimming Inc. has been the national governing body for the sport of synchronized swimming in the United States. 

Lifelong AIDS Alliance, a new organization for a new era of AIDS. A true alliance, formed from the merger of Chicken Soup Brigade and the Northwest AIDS Foundation, created by community, joined together to fight for individuals. Lifelong AIDS Alliance is committed to preventing the spread of HIV, and to providing practical support services and advocating for those whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS 

Works to promote human rights and self-determination for Tibetans and to protect their culture and environment. 

Peace Action empowers individuals to work collectively to bring about peace and social justice. Through grassroots organizing, empowering individuals to promote the reversal of the nuclear arms race, the achievement of disarmament, a peacetime economy, and foreign and domestic policies of justice and openness. 

The mission of Cascade AIDS Project is to support men, women and youth with HIV and their families, prevent the spread of HIV in populations at highest risk of infection, and advocate for an effective community response to the epidemic. 

The American Horticultural Society is one of the oldest national gardening organizations in the country. Since 1922, AHS has provided America's gardeners with the highest quality gardening and horticultural education possible. 

Six Rivers Planned Parenthood is one of 129 affiliates of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. As a not-for-profit community based organization, SRPP strives to assure reproductive choice, wanted children, and strong families. SRPP is committed to offering high quality, affordable reproductive health care, sexuality education, and advocacy. 

Parents United is a non-profit organization with chapters throughout the United States and also in Canada, Mexico and Guam. Parents United is dedicated to breaking the family cycle of child sexual abuse, which can be multi-generational. Parents United offers safe group therapy for each family member, led by professionally trained therapists. For child sexual abuse victims, adults who were molested as children, parents of molested children, family members, & offenders. Members are encouraged to receive one-on-one & possibly family therapy as well. Referrals are available from the chapter to other community based resources. 

NRWMAC stands for the Nacimiento Regional Water Management Advisory Committee. It is a non-profit public benefit corporation primarily composed of the property owners from the surrounding lakeside residential communities along with other interested property owners in the vicinity of Lake Nacimiento and many businesses directly affected by economic conditions at the Lake. 

Addresses the root causes of war such as militarism, racism, discrimination, intervention, and disparity in wealth 

Kids Against Pollution is a multinational organization of active youth dedicated to solving and preventing pollution problems through interactive educational projects and events with the goal of protecting children's health and the environment. *At KAP's request, these checks are only available in single-part format, as there is a controversial issue surrounding the health effects of carbonless copy paper. For further information, please contact KAP. 

The National Foundation for Transplants' mission is to reach out to help those who seek a new life through transplantation, by providing a program of healthcare and financial support services and patient advocacy for transplant candidates, recipients and their families nationwide. NFT focuses on helping patients overcome financial hurdles in receiving a life-saving transplant, and the follow up treatment and medications essential to their continued health. 

American Truck Historical Society is made up of people who love old trucks and the history of trucking. ATHS collects and preserves the dynamic history of antique trucks and the trucking industry. There are currently more than 22,000 members in the US, Canada, and twenty foreign countries. ATHS holds an annual, national convention and antique truck show which features from 400 to 700+ antique trucks (25 years old or older). 

UNCF's mission is to enhance the quality of education by providing financial assistance to deserving students, raising operating funds for member colleges and universities, and increasing access to technology for students and faculty at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Since its inception in 1944, UNCF has grown to become the nation's oldest and most successful African American education assistance organization 

Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco is a community supported charity providing temporary lodging to families of seriously ill children. Since opening their doors on Valentine's Day 1989, Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco has provided over 51,000 nights of housing to nearly 3,000 families. These families, traveling from various parts of the country and the world, typically come to San Francisco to receive specialized medical care unavailable in their home communities. 

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national professional organization representing more than 63,000 members. As the principal membership organization representing and promoting the profession of physical therapy, the mission of APTA is to further the profession's role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of movement dysfunctions and the enhancement of the physical health and functional abilities of members of the public. 

Mothers Against Violence in America is dedicated to preventing violence by and against children through education, outreach and advocacy. Founded in 1994, MAVIA is a national leader in the field of violence prevention. 

Your checks will increase awareness of the work of the American Museum of Natural History in its efforts to increase understanding and appreciation of the natural world. Your support will go directly to the American Museum of Natural History to help with their work in preserving biological and cultural diversity. Every check order supports important programs, exhibits and research. 

Your checks will increase awareness of the work of the American Museum of Natural History in its efforts to increase understanding and appreciation of the natural world. Your support will go directly to the American Museum of Natural History to help with their work in preserving biological and cultural diversity. Every check order supports important programs, exhibits and research. 

An international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed. 

NORML serves as an informational resource to the national media on marijuana-related stories, lobbies state and federal legislators to permit the medical use of marijuana and to reject recent attempts to treat minor marijuana offenses more harshly, and serves as the umbrella group for a national network of citizen activists committed to ending marijuana prohibition. 

American Hiking Society is the only national organization dedicated to serving hikers and protecting the nation's hiking trails. From the halls of Congress to the backcountry, AHS speaks up for America's hikers and the trails they love. 

Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize winning grassroots activist organization with over one million members world wide. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. section of this international human rights movement. 10% of your purchase goes directly to the US office of Amnesty International. Amnesty International works to free all prisoners of conscience detained anywhere for their beliefs or because of their ethnic origin, sex, color or language -- who have not used or advocated violence, ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners and end extrajudicial executions and disappearances. 

The GLBT Pride/Twin Cities purpose is to educate the community at large about the diversity, issues, and goals of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. They also provide an opportunity for networking and outreach by the many service and community organizations that serve gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people including their families and friends. 

A community of hope proclaiming God's inclusive love; removing barriers to faith; empowering all people to grow in grace toward wholeness. 

Founded in 1995, the Cure Autism Now (CAN) Foundation is an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through research, education and outreach. CAN believes that, with enough determination, money and manpower, science can be hurried so that answers are found sooner rather than later. 

The Gladney Center for adoption, founded more than 100 years ago as one man's mission to find loving homes for orphaned children, stands today as an international leader in adoption services specializing in international and domestic adoptions. The Gladney Center has placed more than 24,000 children in forever homes and assisted more than 36,000 women experiencing crisis pregnancies. Through comprehensive flexible programs for birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted persons, the non-profit Gladney Center is committed to providing unequaled services to all clients. 

Georgia Equality, Inc. is the political and educational voice of Georgia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens and their allies. 

amfAR's mission is to prevent HIV infection and the disease and death associated with it and to protect the human rights of all people threatened by the epidemic of HIV/AIDS. 

The Brady Campaign (formerly Handgun Control) works to enact and enforce sensible gun laws, regulations and public policies through grassroots activism, electing public officials who support sensible gun laws and increasing public awareness about gun violence. Go to www.bradycampaign.org for more information. 

The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian and gay political organization, envisions an America where lesbian and gay people are ensured of their basic equal rights -- and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. HRC works to protect Americans from job discrimination based on sexual orientation, include gay people in basic protection under federal laws that are tough on hate crimes, advance sound public policies on AIDS and lesbian health issues, and fight discriminatory legislation promoted by anti-gay extremists. 

Since 1917, Lions have served the world's population to make a difference in the lives of people everywhere. With 1,400,000 members serving in 44,500 clubs in 185 countries, Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization. Lions are recognized worldwide for their service to the blind and visually impaired. 

Since 1917, Lions have served the world's population to make a difference in the lives of people everywhere. With 1,400,000 members serving in 44,500 clubs in 185 countries, Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization. Lions are recognized worldwide for their service to the blind and visually impaired. 

MADD's focus is to look for effective solutions to the drunk driving and underage drinking problems, while supporting those who have already experienced the pain of these senseless crimes. Every check you write will remind people of the importance of driving sober and help increase awareness of the problem of underage drinking. 

MADD's focus is to look for effective solutions to the drunk driving and underage drinking problems, while supporting those who have already experienced the pain of these senseless crimes. Every check you write will remind people of the importance of driving sober and help increase awareness of the problem of underage drinking. 

Founded in 1999, the Million Mom March is a national grassroots, chapter-based organization dedicated to preventing gun death and injury and supporting victims and survivors of gun violence. The Million Mom March focuses on education and advocacy through grassroots activity across the country. On Mother's Day 2000, more than 750,000 people marched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and tens of thousands of others marched in towns across America, to demonstrate their support for sensible gun laws. 

Located in California's spectacular Eastern Sierra, Mono Lake is an oasis in the dry Great Basin and a vital habitat for millions of migratory and nesting birds. For over twenty years the Mono Lake Committee has been working to protect Mono Lake from destruction, to heal the damage done in the Mono Basin, and to educate the public about the natural environment and wise water use. 

The National Children's Cancer Society provides direct financial assistance to children with cancer and their families for both treatment and supplemental expenses when no other sources of funding are available. 

National Parks Conservation Association is America's only private non-profit citizen organization dedicated solely to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System. The task of caring for and protecting our national parks will benefit as a result of this program. Your support will go directly to NPCA to help with their work in protecting our national treasures. Each check will help increase awareness of the NPCA's work in saving our national park resources for future generations. 

National Parks Conservation Association is America's only private non-profit citizen organization dedicated solely to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System. The task of caring for and protecting our national parks will benefit as a result of this program. Your support will go directly to NPCA to help with their work in protecting our national treasures. Each check will help increase awareness of the NPCA's work in saving our national park resources for future generations. 

Optimist International's mission is to foster an optimistic way of life, through a network of optimists, dedicated to the full development of their potential in order to provide ever-expanding service to youth, the community, and their world. 

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. 

Your support will go directly to Greenpeace, to help with the critical issues of protecting our lands, lakes, rivers and seas from toxic waste. Each check increases awareness of the work of Greenpeace in efforts such as safe guarding threatened marine mammals and other endangered species. 

Planned Parenthood Federaton of America is the world's largest and most trusted voluntary reproductive health organization. Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide provide medical services and sexuality education to nearly five million people each year. PPFA also serves millions of individuals in other countries and fosters advocacy for family planning services globally. 

Ribbons are a universal symbol for providing awareness and showing support for an important cause. With the Ribbons of Support - Gold check and accessories, you can express your support for a cause you care about. You can customize your checks with a special message printed over the signature line. 

Founded in 1985, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a non-profit organization supported by nearly 5,000 physicians and 100,000 laypersons. PCRM promotes preventive medicine through innovative programs, encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research, and advocates broader access to medical services. 

Ribbons are a universal symbol for providing awareness and showing support for an important cause. With the Ribbons of Support - Red check and accessories, you can express your support for a cause you care about. You can customize your checks with a special message printed over the signature line. 

Ribbons are a universal symbol for providing awareness and showing support for an important cause. With the Ribbons of Support - Purple check and accessories, you can express your support for a cause you care about. You can customize your checks with a special message printed over the signature line. 

Nobody can guarantee a child's future. But in a nation as rich and resourceful as ours, we can give all children a fair chance in life. Stand For Children Action Fund is organizing a powerful citizen voice to get our nation's priorities right, to give all children the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. Now you can carry checks that help our children grow up safe, healthy, educated and honest. America's future is our children. Say it with your checks, and give back to Stand for Children Action Fund with every order. 

Tamils Health Organization (THO) is a network of individuals supporting the development of the health care services in the North & East of Sri Lanka. THO aims to improve the health of the people of the in the North & East of Sri Lanka by: assessing health needs; Highlighting the state of health; Harnessing the expertise of the Expatriate Tamil Community; and raising funds & channel resources to meet the identified needs. 

UPA promotes the growth and development of the sport of Ultimate. UPA oversees education, competition, and rules. 

Represent your proud North American Gardening Club affiliation with checks, address labels and a checkbook cover featuring the official NAGC logo. 

Represent your proud Cooking Club of America affiliation with checks, address labels and a checkbook cover featuring the official Cooking Club of America logo. 

Honor the commitment to character, citizenship, and conservation, values which are at the heart of this great American organization and the inspiration for these checks and accessories. 

Represent your proud Cooking Club of America affiliation with checks and accessories featuring the official Cooking Club of America Life Member logo. 

Represent your proud North American Gardening Club affiliation with checks and accessories featuring the official North American Gardening Club Life Member logo. 

Project AWARE Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and the dive industry's leading nonprofit environmental organization. We work in partnership with divers and water enthusiasts across the globe conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy & action. We organize environmental activities like International Cleanup Day and Dive for Earth Day. We inspire conservation through public awareness & education campaigns such as AWARE Kids, Protect the Sharks, Protect the Living Reef and Coral Health Monitoring. The Foundation’s Grant Program provides funding for environmental projects like species research & volunteer-supported community activism with direct contributions from our supporters. Your support will go directly to Project AWARE Foundation and each check you write helps protect the aquatic environment. 

World T.E.A.M. Sports brings individuals with and without disabilities together to undertake unique athletic events throughout the world to encourage, promote, and develop opportunities in sports for all people. Team oriented athletic events coupled with medical and educational outreach programs stimulate the power of learning through participation. 

The American Ferret Association is a non-profit organization that promotes the domestic ferret as a companion animal and helps protect against anti-ferret legislation, mistreatment, unsound breeding practices and overpopulation, needless scientific research, and any practice deemed to lower the health standards or survivability of the animal. They also provide constant and up-to-date information about vets, research data, rescue shelters and other information of interest to ferret owners. 

Established in 1978, The Black Filmmaker Foundation is a non-profit organization that develops and administers programs that assist emerging filmmakers and builds audiences for their work. For more than two decades the BFF has played a pivotal role in the emergence of the contemporary black film movement. BFF curates the annual Acapulco Black Film Festival and hosts the annual BFF Summit, a gathering of the most successful producers and senior executives of color in the motion picture and television industries. 

Be Prepared! Support your favorite Cub Scout with officially-licensed Cub Scouts checks and accessories.