GiraffeZone

The site that is for Giraffes by Giraffes

This is the gathering place of human Giraffes with stories about everyday people
that "Stick their necks out" to help themselves, their children and their friends
in the fight for equality and fairness.
Giraffes stand up for themselves and don't allow people to walk over them.
The Giraffe stands out in a crowd. They are the leaders.

This site deals closely on the local, school and home level of life. If we all just pay attention to life around us; How something or someone could be affecting our children and our neighbors' children. Don't turn our backs on the part of the community that we can't see, meaning the one that is a half mile away that is deluged with drugs and criminals, because if it is left alone it will grow like a fungus and infect our area sooner than we could ever imagine.

What You Allow, You Encourage.

Simply stated: If you are not part of the solution you are contributing to the problem. If you allow the drug dealers to conduct their business in your community then you are encouraging them to continue to bring undesirables onto the streets where your children play.

Do something for yourself, your children and your children's friends and stop the problem before it becomes a major issue. It’s easy to band together with the community after a neighbor or someone is directly affected by undesirables taking over your community. It's hard to be the kind of person that gets the people to realize that the path that the neighborhood is going is leading to the destruction of the way of life that we hold so closely; that we are sheltering ourselves, our families from reality by closing the blinds on our windows to not let reality ruin our fairy tale existence's.

These are some useful links to laws and government resources that could help you to make a difference.

New York State Education Department

The State Education Department is responsible for general supervision of all educational institutions in the State.
One could only imagine how useful this site could become.

New York State Education Department EMSC
Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education section of the New York State Education Department

Sachem School District

Sachem School District is the largest suburban school district in the state of New York, with over 14,500 students attending annually.
This is how I keep track of what is happening in my local district.

Sachem Public Library
Virtual References and an Online Card Catalogue. This library webpage has a lot to offer even if you are not a Sachem resident

Town of Brookhaven
This is where I partly keep track of the town laws and news.

A Compendium of Law Resources

Your gateway to the best legal sites on the web.
If you need to research a law, you can most likely find it here.

Let’s start taking care of the world by taking care of our own first:

Friends of Karen

Dedicated to Providing Emotional and Financial Support To Children With Life-Threatening Illnesses.

The mission of Friends of Karen is to provide emotional, financial and advocacy support to children with life-threatening illnesses
and their families. This is right at home with an office in Port Jefferson.

Want to make a donation to a worthy cause for yourself or in a loved one’s name…. this is the place

Child Welfare League of America

The CWLA is the oldest and largest nonprofit organization dealing specifically with America's children and their families.

Fresh Air Fund
The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer
vacations to more than 1.7 million disadvantaged New York City children since 1877

Mustard Seeds & Mountains

Mustard Seeds & Mountains is a Christian relief and development agency, based in
Appalachia, reaching out to those in greatest physical and spiritual need in poor communities.

Girls and Boys Town
Founded by Father Flanagan in 1917, Girls and Boys Town has a long history of offering help, hope and healing to abused, abandoned, neglected, handicapped or otherwise troubled children. In fact, their mission is to change the way America Cares for her at-risk children.

Appalachia Service Project
The Appalachia Service Project is a home repair/home building ministry through which
volunteers and our staff repair and build homes for low income families in rural Central Appalachia.

Worker Ants
An internet portal dedicated exclusively to Charities, Volunteers, and Activist causes.

Some Giraffe links:

Giraffe Country
The territory of real people who stick their necks out for the common good. Home of the non-profit Giraffe heroes project.
This is the next level of what we deal with here. This page is for the Giraffes that we look to for inspiration and ideas on how to deal with our problems which we are encountering at our small community level. The people that you read about at Giraffe Country are the founders of organizations that deal with some of the problems that we face and need to find more information on how to proceed along our chosen path. Very interesting and informing.

Blonde Giraffe
Makers of Key Lime Pie and other goods: They have great T-shirts and mugs too!

Tons of Giraffe Links
Giraffe Lovers, Info, Gifts, and Accessories including toys, figurines, books, jewelry, clothing, sculpture, artwork, furniture, etc.

Animal Information: Giraffe
An Animal Magazine with printable versions of animal descriptions, games, postcards, etc... Fun site for the whole family.

Seasick Giraffe
The best site on the internet devoted to all things Giraffe. Become a Giraffe Club member.