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Vol. 109, No. 16
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Alumni Connections

Alumni nonprofit directory

A listing of nonprofit groups that alumni have created or led

Posted on August 21, 2009

PAW hopes to make this directory as complete as possible. To add an organization to the list, please send an e-mail to paw@princeton.edu.


Organization: Starfish Africa
Purpose: Sponsors school fees for students in Kenya
Founder: Peter Kingston '02 (peterkingston@gmail.com)
Web site: www.starfishafrica.org

Organization: Ashraya Initiative for Children
Purpose: Operates a home for street kids and community outreach project in Pune, India
Co-founder and CFO: Julia Neubauer '07 (julia@ashrayainitiative.org)
Web site: /http://ashrayainitiative.orgdoku.php

Organization: Cruz Blanca Initiative
Purpose: Engage Princeton students in projects that help underprivileged Mexican communities
Founders: Sheila Parmer '01 smparmar2001@yahoo.com and Kush Parmer '02 kmparmar@alumni.princeton.edu
Web site: www.cbinitiative.org

Organization: The Corner Project
Purpose: Educational and economic development in the highlands southwest of Mexico City
Project coordinator: Ellen Calmus *86 (ecalmus@elrincon.org)
Web site: www.elrincon.org

Organization: Hockey Players for Kids
Purpose: Professional hockey players helping children in communities across North America
Co-founders: Dustin Sproat '06 (Dustin.Sproat@hp4k.org), Mike Moore '08 (mkmoore84@gmail.com) , Daryl Marcoux '07 (marcouxdaryl@gmail.com) , Brett Westgarth '07 (brett.westgarth@gmail.com) , Darroll Powe '07 (darrollpowe@gmail.com)
Web site: http://hp4k.org

Organization: National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
Purpose: An organization of journalists, media professionals, educators, and students working to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues, oppose workplace bias, and provide professional development
Co-founder, New York chapter: Alan Flippen '84 (flippen@nytimes.com)
Web site: www.nlgja.org

Organization: BiNet USA
Purpose: A network of groups, projects, and individuals, encouraging dialogue and participation as a way of creating and maintaining a cohesive bisexual community and empowering individuals to feel proud of their bisexuality
Former president; advisory board member: Barry Saiff '83 (magicbarry@aol.com)
Web site: www.binetusa.org

Organization: Straight Talk Foundation
Purpose: Communication for social change, based in Kampala, Uganda
Founder: Catherine Watson '78 (cwatson@straighttalkuganda.org)
Web site: www.straight-talk.or.ug

Organization: Minnesota Chorale
Purpose: Professional symphonic chorus
Executive director: Bob Peskin '78 (bob@mnchorale.org)
Web site: www.mnchorale.org

Organization: Open Doors
Purpose: Runs a group foster home and community center for abandoned children in Romania
Co-founders: Clare Vierbuchen ’05 and Allison Cheung ’05 (acheung05@gmail.com)
Web site: www.opendoorsromania.org

Organization: Hawaii Consortium for Integrative Healthcare
Purpose: To create a collaborative effort among stakeholders in health care within the State of Hawaii for the advancement of wellness and integrative health care
Executive director: Rachael Wong '94 (rwong@hawaiiconsortium.org)
Web site: www.hawaiiconsortium.org

Organization: José Mateo Ballet Theatre
Purpose: To provide innovative programming, artistic excellence, and extensive community outreach. It is the only ballet company in New England to produce an entire repertory by its own resident choreographer
Founder and artistic director: José Mateo '74
Web site: www.ballettheatre.org

Organization: A-Team Tennis + Learning
Purpose:
To use high-quality tennis instruction to teach the game of life to youth who wouldn't ordinarily receive the opportunity
Co-founder:
Kevin Dowdell ’83 (kdowdell@comcast.net)
Web site:
www.a-teamtennis.org

Organization: Beacon Hill Friends House
Purpose: To provide Quaker education and residential community
Board chair: Margaret Benefiel '75 (mbenefiel@executivesoul.com)
Web site: www.bhfh.org

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