With aid from our sponsors, myYearbooks donates to the World Food Programme (www.wfp.org). The World Food Programme distributes the rice in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Uganda, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar.

Although a single grain of rice is not a lot, together myYearbook members can feed millions of people around the world and help end world hunger. The actual cost of rice according to the World Food Programme is $16 for 25 kilograms of rice. Forty-eight grains of rice is approximately 1 gram, and WFP distributes 400 grams of rice per person per day.

Excess carbon dioxide in the air is causing storm systems to be more severe, polar ice caps to melt, and will cause more than 1 million animal species to die out in the next 50 years. If we do nothing, rising tides will make hundreds of millions of people homeless and change the nature of life on Earth.

To save our planet, it is important to both reduce your own carbon dioxide emissions, and to offset what you cannot reduce. By donating to CarbonFund.org with help from our sponsors we can offset carbon dioxide making the world a better -- and cooler -- place.

Through our sponsors, myYearbook is able to donate to Conservation International (www.conservationinternational.org) which has protected more than 200 million hectares of land and sea around the world including 143 million acres of tropical forest. Conservation International has made relationships with governments at local, regional, and national levels in order to protect the earth's most valued resources. Protecting one acre prevents more than 100 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere and many species from losing their homes.

It only costs $15 to protect one acre of rainforest. Donate your Lunch Money to protect the rainforest one square foot at a time.

Between 6 and 8 million animals are dropped off at animal shelters every year, but only 25-35% of them will eventually be adopted. This leads animal shelters to put some animals to sleep in order to create more space and save money on food, grooming, and other pet necessities.

The North Shore Animal League is the world's largest no kill animal shelter. Since its start, NSAL has rescued more than 1 million animals and found loving homes for them. By donating to NSAL through myYearbook and our sponsors, you can provide dogs with much needed food and keep them healthy and safe until they are adopted into loving and nurturing homes.

We donate to the organization Action Against Hunger (www.actionagainsthunger.org) with help from our sponsors. Action Against Hunger is an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families around the world. By donating to Action Against Hunger, you can give people in more than 40 countries around the world access to clean safe drinking water.

In 1997, Action Against Hunger installed 160 hand pumps in Uganda that supplied more than 25 liters/day to people that need it. It only costs them $35 to build a hand pump in Cambodia and only $75 to give 52,000 gallons of water to people in Niger.

This year millions of people will die of cancer. Cancer is the second most common cause of death in Western countries, exceeded only by heart disease. In the UK, US, Canada, and Australia, cancer accounts for 1 of every 4 deaths.

With your help and the help of our sponsors, myYearbook is making monetary contributions to Alex's Lemonade Stand. Alex's Lemonade Stand is a charity which raises money for childhood cancer research.

Through our sponsors, myYearbook is able to donate to Books for Africa (www.booksforafrica.org). Books for Africa sends text to different countries around Africa to benefit students from elementary school to grad school. Some of the people and schools that receive these books have never had books before. Since Books For Africa started they have given more than 18 million books to Africa.

It only costs 38 cents to send a book to Africa, and through donating your lunch money, you can end the book famine in Africa.

With help from our sponsors, myYearbook donates to The Global Fund (www.theglobalfund.org). The Global Fund is an organization with an international board consisting of representatives of donor and recipient governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and affected communities. The Global Fund also works with UNAIDS, the World Bank, and the WHO.

Over 5 years, The Global Fund resources can test more than 62 million people for HIV/AIDS, support 1 million orphans, and give 1.8 million people antiretroviral treatments. The international price of a condom is only 3 cents, and by donating your lunch money, you can help prevent HIV/AIDS from spreading.

Save Darfur (www.savedarfur.org) is currently concentrating on the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Save Darfur is devoted to inspiring action and raising awareness in order to stop the genocide in Darfur. Through providing support for the peacekeepers there and the civilians at risk, Save Darfur hopes to put an end to genocide worldwide.

The UN only reimburses nations $1,028 per trooper per month, through your help and the help of our sponsors, we hope to provide even more funds to keep the peace in the nations that need it the most.

myYearbook donates to Beyond Shelter (www.beyondshelter.org). Beyond Shelter is an organization that supplies housing to homeless individuals and helps them improve their self confidence and adjust back to a normal life. Beyond Shelter also helps families find employment and end the cycle of homelessness and poverty by addressing their long term needs.

Beyond Shelter's "Housing First" Program for Homeless Families is widely recognized as a model for ending and preventing family homelessness. With your help, we can help homeless people by giving one blanket at a time.

With help from our sponsors, myYearbook donates to Child Help (www.ChildHelp.org). Child Help helps victims of child abuse and neglect through prevention and treatment. The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD, gives children, parents, and other adults the ability to seek help. Child Help also provides education services for children and adults to raise awareness and supply children with skills to avoid and flee unsafe situations, and supplies residential treatment centers for neglected, abused, and at-risk children.

By using your lunch money, you can help these children find loving, nurturing, and safe homes.

We donate to the United Service Organization (USO.org). For the last 67 years, USO has been committed to delivering morale building, counseling, and recreational services to our troops and their families around the world. Since 2003, USO has supplied 1.3 million service members with care packages containing necessary items such as toiletries and snacks, but also with pre-paid International phone cards for contacting their loved ones back home.

More than 5 million service members visit a USO facility each year. According to the US Department of Defense, sending a USO care package is one of the best ways to send a message of encouragement and to thank our troops.

With help from our sponsors, myYearbook donates to The Dan Marino Foundation for Autism (www.danmarinofoundation.org). The Dan Marino Foundation started when Dan and Claire Marino.s son was diagnosed with autism. From one center in their home state of Florida, the Foundation has grown to include programs such as Childnett.TV, which provides families with information about autism and coping with autism. In 2005, the Foundation began the Marino Autism Research Institute (MARI) to support researchers and help improve clinical service delivery and clinical education at the University of Miami and Vanderbilt University.

The Dan Marino Foundation has raised over $22 million and has benefited hundreds of thousands of children and their families.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International's (jdrf.org) goal is to find the cure for type-1 diabetes. Since the organization was founded in 1970, JDRF has contributed more than $1.3 billion to diabetes research. The organization sponsors many fundraising events such as walks and rides to cure diabetes to both raise awareness of the disease and to raise the funds necessary to finding the cure.

JDRF boasts fellowships in more than 22 countries and 1000 centers worldwide. In addition to supporting Diabetes Research, the organization also works to develop and deliver treatments to people with diabetes to improve their lives. JDRF is dedicated to "moving research from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside" in an effort to grant people with diabetes longer and happier lives.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC.org) is a civil rights organization committed to achieving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality by lobbying elected officials and educating Americans. Founded in 1980 to support congressional candidates that supported LGBTQ equality, this grassroots force now has over 750,000 members and supporters nationwide.

Through advocacy and education HRC aspires to Promote Equality and end discrimination against LGBTQ citizens.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer started in 1991 when Dr. Marisa Weiss realized that there was a sizable gap in breast cancer information for women with cancer. Now under Ms. Jean Sachs, MSS, MLSP, Living Beyond Breast Cancer has expanded its reach to also provide information to women at all stages of diagnosis and recovery as well as information for healthcare providers and caregivers. With a budget of more than $1.8 million per year, Living Beyond Breast Cancer is dedicated to supporting and educating women with breast cancer about the disease and what they can expect through telephone survivor hotlines, online forums, newsletters, conferences, and publications.