Who Cares?

Each day, music inspires me to want to make a difference in the world. The groups you see here are all made up of people like you and I, who have dedicated themselves to improving our planet and all it's inhabitants. Please spend some time at their sites and find out ways you too can make a difference.

Big Love,
Michael

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources.	Soles4Souls is a Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people around the world. The shoes are distributed, free of charge, to people in need across the globe. Since 2005, Soles4Souls has given away over 10 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes (currently distributing one pair every 7 seconds). The shoes have been distributed in 125 countries, including Haiti, Kenya, Nepal, and the United States. Soles4Souls is a 501(c)(3) recognized by the IRS and donating parties are eligible for tax advantages.
St. Jude's Ranch for Children is a state placed foster care organization that has been caring for children in Southern Nevada & Texas for over 40 years. Our organization serves all abused, abandoned, and neglected children and families, creating new chances, choices, and new hope in a safe homelike environment. Our vision is to break the vicious cycle of child abuse and provide help and hope to children and families.	Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity.
Rock the Vote’s mission is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country. Rock the Vote uses music, popular culture and new technologies to engage and incite young people to register and vote in every election.	We register voters at concerts and make civic participation part of the live music experience. Our message is simple "Make Your Voice Heard." Artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, The Dead, Phish, John Mayer and Wilco have helped us register over 160,000 voters by welcoming us at their concerts, pointing to our tables from stage and appearing in our public service announcement campaigns.
Founded in 1999 by environmental attorney and activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and several veteran Waterkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance is a global movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol and protect over 100,000 miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.	The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 90 chapters worldwide.
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 at the annual convention of Veterans for Peace (VFP) in Boston to give a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent.	War Child International is a network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child was founded upon a fundamental goal: to advance the cause of peace through investing hope in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war.
Common Ground Relief's mission is to provide short term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the gulf coast region, and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the New Orleans area. Common Ground Relief is a community-initiated volunteer organization offering assistance, mutual aid and support.	Yayasan Bumi Sehat provides health services for pregnant women and children under five for free in the area of Ubud, Bali, Ache, Indonesia and most recently in Port Au Prince Haiti. Having delivered thousands of babies in some of the poorest communities and the work on reduction in maternal and child morbidity and mortality, and, to support the health and wise development of communities is their goal. They provide general health services, emergency care, prenatal, postpartum, birth services and breastfeeding support, in addition to education and environmental programs.
The House of Zezinho is a school, kitchen, community center, crafts workshop, computer center, an organization and community that offers some of the poorest children and families in Sao Paulo, Brazil an educational and social haven to better themselves and create a chance of social upliftment. Over 2000 kid's are on a waiting list per year to join the school and expansion of the facilities is an on-going effort for it's founder, Tia Dag.	Rock the Earth is a not-for-profit, national public interest environmental organization dedicated to protecting and defending America's natural resources through partnerships with the music industry and the worldwide environmental community. We act as advocates to ensure the existence of a sustainable and healthy environment for all and represent those individuals and communities whose environment or natural surroundings are directly and adversely affected by others.