2013 Non Profits

	Buffalo Field Campaign The Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) is the only group working in the field, everyday, to stop the slaughter and harassment of Yellowstone’s wild buffalo. Volunteers from around the world defend buffalo on their traditional winter habitat and advocate for their protection. Our daily patrols stand with the buffalo on the ground they choose to be on, and document every move made against them.Volunteers spend all day, from sunrise until sunset, watching and documenting actions taken against the buffalo. We run patrols from cars, skis and snowshoes to protect buffalo outside the park. buffalofieldcampaign.org/
	Camp Traction Camp Traction consists of music fans who choose to experience festivals and shows without the use of drugs or alcohol. Our primary purpose is to provide a safe environment for clean & sober music fans. We are not affiliated with AA, NA, Summer Camp, or any other organized recovery group. We are simply a group of people who share the common bond of enjoying musical events in a clean & sober state. We take no position on drug and/or alcohol use and leave those decisions to the individual. We offer support, strength and hope to those who seek what we share. Our location at Summer Camp will be noted on the festival map.
	Conscious Alliance Conscious Alliance is a Boulder, Colorado based national 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization committed to the redistribution of much-needed food to the impoverished communities of the United States. Operating through ongoing, grassroots food collection and hunger awareness programs throughout the U.S.—mostly by organizing food drives at concerts and sporting events—Conscious Alliance donations directly benefit America’s local food pantries and impoverished Native American reservations. Since their first event in 2002, Conscious Alliance has hosted hundreds of food drives at music festivals including Bonnaroo, Power to the Peaceful, and All Good and for concerts by such artists as Jack Johnson, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Dead, The String Cheese Incident, STS9 and many others. The net result: the redistribution of over 1 million pounds of food – and counting! http://consciousalliance.org
	Environmental Defenders of McHenry County The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County is a citizen organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of the environment. We are committed to building sound ecological relationships between people and the natural world that supports all life. To achieve the aim of environmental preservation and improvement, we provide the community with educational programs and volunteer action on pollution prevention, sustainable land use and energy and natural resource conservation. This year at Summer Camp, we will be educating the public about our freshwater ecosystems and the dangers that exist with resource extraction such as coal mining, oil drilling and natural gas fracking. http://www.mcdef.org
	Happy Hour Heroes (HHH) The Happy Hour Heroes are a group of moe. fans who choose to remain drug and alcohol free. We are a group of friends sharing a common bond and providing support and information to those who seek the comfort and camaraderie of other clean and sober people. We are not affiliated with numerous groups, including: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, moe., and The Wharf Rats.www.happyhourhero.org
	HeadCount HeadCount is a grassroots organization that uses the power of music to register voters and raise political consciousness. Since 2004 we’ve staged voter registration drives at over 2,000 concerts and signed up over 175,000 voters. We reach young people and music fans where they already are – at concerts and online – to inform and empower. Our message is not about what party you support or where you land on an issue. It’s that you must speak to be heard. www.headcount.org
	ONE ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization with 3 million members, dedicated to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. Co-founded by Bono, ONE raises public awareness about the crisis of extreme poverty and its solutions and presses political leaders around the world to support smart and effective policies and programs that are delivering real results, saving lives, helping to put kids in school and improving futures. ONE achieves change through advocacy. At key moments, ONE members mobilize online and in their local communities to influence decisions that affect the world’s poorest people. ONE members come from all political perspectives and walks of life. ONE members take action and use their voice to support effective, proven development programs that deliver real life-saving results in the poorest places on the planet. ONE is not a grant making organization. We’re not asking for your money, we’re asking for your voice. www.one.org
	Peterson Garden Project We take empty lots and make them green, pretty and edible! The Peterson Garden Project is a not-for-profit organization, and we’re looking to inspire everyone we meet to grow their own food and community. If you love the taste of a homegrown tomato, are curious about growing food yourself, and would like to make urban gardening the norm, not the exception — then we’re looking for you! PetersonGarden.org
	OxFam Oxfam America is a global organization working to right the wrongs of poverty, hunger, and injustice. We save lives, develop long-term solutions to poverty, and campaign for social change. As one of 17 members of the international Oxfam confederation, we work with people in more than 90 countries to create lasting solutions.www.oxfamamerica.org
	ReGen StL A St. Louis, MO non-profit organization focusing on projects that rehabilitate city neighborhoods through building restoration and public works projects in emerging districts with an aim towards growth and revitalization. ReGen StL utilizes music, art and film events to generate resources that will be re-invested in these distinctive St. Louis regions. Unique to our approach, our entire event programming will be enabled exclusively by people power. Community pride and enthusiasm will be translated directly in to electricity for each event using bicycle-powered generators driven by event supporters, creating a direct conduit between artist creativity and the collective energy of patrons and neighborhood stakeholders. This relationship produces a reciprocal and regenerative cycle that produces both cultural and tangible benefits for each group. At its core, our mission is to create ongoing and self-sustaining events that promote self-sustaining communities.facebook.com/regenstl/a>
	Rock the Earth Rock the Earth works closely with the music industry and its fans, many of whom are concerned with the fate of our public lands, air and water. We act as advocates to ensure the existence of a sustainable and healthy environment for all. Further, we aim to represent those individuals and communities whose environment or natural surroundings are directly and adversely affected by the actions of others. Rock the Earth, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, national public interest environmental advocacy organization, is committed to protecting and defending America’s natural resources through partnerships with the music industry and the world-wide environmental community. www.RockTheEarth.org
	The Runway to Hope Foundation The Runway to Hope Foundation is an In-School Anti-Bullying program developed to promote the Creation of Peace through Creative Expression and Musical Unification. RHF, Inc. provides FREE Psychological Support through Music Therapy and Heliotherapy, Non-Profit Business Development Education to Students, and After School Clubs to Teach Sustainability and World Conservation. www.HateIsUgly.com
	Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) Students for Sensible Drug Policy is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society. SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive Drug War policies, particularly those that directly harm students and youth. SSDP neither condones nor condemns drug use, rather we respect the right of individuals to make decisions about their own health and well-being. We encourage honest conversation about the realities of the drug war. We promote youth civic engagement as a critical tool in reforming drug policy. SSDP respects the diverse experiences and identities of our constituents. www.ssdp.org
	Sustainable Concepts Green Team Sustainable Concepts Green Team provides recycling and waste management for local community events and mid-west music festivals. Since 2009 we have been working with up and coming music festivals creating awareness about the waste produced at larger events and ways that we can reduce the amount of waste produced, before the event begins. We have been working with many other organization creating a network of like minded programs to create new recycling opportunities for odd waste such as cigarette butts. This year we are bringing our Tobacco Waste Drive to Summer Camp, we are recycling all tobacco waste: empty packs, cello-wrapping, roll your own pouches, butts and the ash! Our goal is to show the amount tobacco waste that is produced at events and ways that we can recycle that otherwise discarded waste. You can bring your own collections of Tobacco waste over to our booth in the Soulshine Tent and learn more about our program. facebook.com/sustainableconceptsGT
	Yodeladies Yodeladies is a women led association of individuals who actively promote a friendly and safe environment for women in the moe. community. At shows, Yodeladies will often provide local information, including important phone numbers, health and safety resources, and various sundries (condoms, tampons, etc.) that might be needed. We welcome the support of anyone who loves moe. and who is committed to creating a positive environment for women in the moe. community. https://www.facebook.com/yodeladies