Organizations we support

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Mount Toby Friends' budget has two sections for support of organizations. One section includes support for New England Yearly Meeting, Friends General Conference, Friends World Committee for Consulation, and our Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting. The other section, titled Friends' Concerns, includes support for other organizations, for which a Mount Toby contact person or liaison interprets the organization in a special Meeting for Business and throughout the year. The table below gives some basic information about the organizations in this Friends' Concerns section of the budget. Friends are encouraged to support these organizations personally.
Organization/Project and a brief description	contact information
AFSC national office: The American Friends Service Committee, founded:in 1917, carries out service, development, social justice and peace programs throughout the world. AFSC is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends(Quakers). Committed to the principals of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love, human and divine.	1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, (215) 241-7000, Fax: (215) 241-7275, afsc.org/
AFSC of Western Massachusetts: Quaker based peace and social justice organization that supports local and global efforts focused on peace education and social justice. Western Mass. AFSC seeks to empower communities to confront problems and find lasting solutions that increase peace and build unity. Two primary goals are demilitarization of youth and empowerment of economically oppressed people.	Western MA AFSC (American Friends Service Committee), 140 Pine Street, Florence, MA, 413-584-8975, afsc@crocker.com, westernmassafsc.org/
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP): Mount Toby Friends Meeting sponsors a group of experienced facilitators who conduct workshops on exploring creative alternatives to violence at a nearby prison. In general, two of our outside trainers work with two or three inmate trainers to run a weekend workshop that emphasizes the participants' respect for self and others, communication skills, analysis of potentially violent situations, and finding new ways of dealing with conflict.	George and Ann Levinger, and Claude Tellier, in Mount Toby. (National website: avpusa.org/)
Amherst Interfaith Service Council: Mission Statement : The Interfaith Service Council is open to members of all faith communities in Amherst and the surrounding area. From individual commitment to our various faiths, we acknowledge a shared responsibility to further social harmony, religious harmony, racial justice, economic justice, peaceful resolution of conflict, and improve the overall quality of life in our area . We carry out this responsibility by interfaith cooperation and participation in programs and events that serve spiritual, social, and material needs in our community.	Daniel Grubbs
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Breakfast in Amherst honors the memory of Dr. King and gives scholarships to area high school students who exemplify his values and a citizenship award to an individual. Mt. Toby Meeting honors King and shows its support for the event by buying an ad in the program.	M.L. King, Jr., Committee of Amherst, P.O. Box 3211, Amherst, MA 01004
First Day School Christmas project: Each year the First Day School puts on a fund-raising event (craft sales, for example) and donates the proceeds to an organization or organizations selected by the young people.	First Day School Committee of Mount Toby
The Friends Committee on National Legislation is a non partisan Quaker lobby, which seeks to follow the leadings of the spirit as it speaks for itself and for like-minded Friends. Views in their publications are guided by the Statement of Legislative Policy which is prepared and approved by FCNL 's General Committee, which includes Friends appointed by 26 YMs. They publish Washington Newsletter monthly, and a weekly email message. more..	245 Second Street, NE, Washington DC 20002-57945, fcnl.org
The mission of Quaker Bolivia Link (QBL) is to reduce poverty among the indigenous peoples of Bolivia. It funds, supervises and evaluates community-initiated projects primarily in agriculture, education and health. By empowering rural women, families and communities, QBL promotes the preservation of indigenous cultures and languages. QBL listens to the needs and concerns of marginalized people. It funds projects that address the root causes of their poverty. more..	2925 Cowley Way #C, San Diego, CA 92117, qbl.org/
The Quaker Inner City School Endowment Fund (QICSEF) helps 5 inner-city schools build endowment for long-term financial security. Inner-city children live surrounded by crime, drugs, racial tensions and unemployment - they benefit from the spirit and procedures found in Friends' schools. Graduates of Quaker inner-city schools become positive influences in society. Read description. Read How QICSEF got started. Read Spring 2009 newsletter.	Clerk: Phil Gilbert, 152 Crosslands Drive, Kennett Square, PA 19348, tel: 610-388-6725, qicsef.quaker.org
Right Sharing of World Resources is a program of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) supporting grassroots projects for economic development and offering educational materials for the study of the lives of the poor, the lives of the rich, and the spiritual meaning of both.	Right Sharing of World Resources, 232 College Avenue, Richmond, Indiana 47374-5360, Phone:765.983.1879, Fax:765.983.1875, rswr@earthlink.net, rswr.org/
Woolman Hill is a quaker retreat, conference and education center, offering a range of programs on topics of spiritual reflection amd social renewal.	Woolman Hill Conference Center, 107 Keets Road, Deerfield, MA 01342, woolmanhill.org