ProtectingOurChildren
MeetBuilder.com
is committed to protecting children from sexual exploitation and from viewing online material not intended for them and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests.
MeetBuilder.com does not knowingly collect information from individuals under the age of 18 and MeetBuilder.com does not target its websites to individuals under 18. We are building MeetBuilder.com as a community driven by you, our members, with as much privacy as can be offered and to provide you with the communities to come and express yourselves freely. Access to MeetBuilder.com is only intended for users over 18 years of age any users found on MeetBuilder.com under 18 years of age will be deleted and their accounts will be permanently cancelled.
We will do everything possible to keep underage users off of MeetBuilder.com in order to assure you a community where you can freely express yourself as long as it is not harmful, hateful, involves sexual acts with minors, animals or is obscene. We encourage you to use the resources available to you to help keep your children off of adult sites and seeing content which is inappropriate for them. In striving towards these goals we have become members of several Organizations which help represent our commitment to this cause
. We do this as a public service to our members and because we feel an obligation to be responsible parents to our children.
To find our more about the organizations we have joined please click on the one that interest you.
ICRA is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to direct users to the content they want, to trust what they find, and to avoid content they prefer not to see, whether for themselves or their children.
This toolbar is provided as a free public service by WRAAC.org, a non-profit organization. Our goal is to empower parents with greater control over the forms of content their family accesses online. The members of WRAAC.org realized that although many websites are self-labeled with the ICRA label, there has been no major effort to date (government nor corporate) to provide the public with free and effective child filtering tools.
So WRAAC developed the ParentalControl Bar. How does it work you ask? When your child attempts to access a website the toolbar first checks if the site is self-labeled, compares this site label to your parental settings and determines whether to block or allow access. If the site is not self-labeled, then the toolbar scans our extensive list of 3rd-party labels before deciding whether to block or allow.
The toolbar also allows parents to add specific websites to a personal 'always blocked' or 'always allowed' list. Although no system is ever perfect and we cannot guarantee that all unwanted websites will be blocked, parents will be able to more effectively control the types of websites their children access with this tool. WRAAC continues to promote website self-labeling and is constantly 3rd-party labeling the most popular unlabeled sites on the internet, so that this tool remains an effective browser filtering tool.
The AmberWatch Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity (Tax ID No. 34-2020410) dedicated to the prevention of child abduction and molestation. Through its "Be Safe!" Education Program, the Foundation's mission is to (by the end of 2008) educate 25 million elementary-aged children, and their parents, on how to identify potential endangerment scenarios and stay out of the hands of abductors and predators.
Since 1989 CSN has been making America a safer place for children to live. Our mission is to reduce the likelihood of children becoming victims of abuse, abduction, exploitation and injury. We accomplish our mission by developing and implementing educational safety programs on a global basis. CSN acts as a true “network” when it comes to implementation. We have worked with the world’s largest service organizations as well as local, state and federal agencies to accomplish our mission. Over 250 U.S. representatives including the office of the President have endorsed CSN’s efforts in writing.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s® (NCMEC) mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.
NCMEC was established in 1984 as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization to provide services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children.
Lotus Outreach is a secular, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the living conditions of vulnerable children and their communities through education and healthcare. We work in some of the most troubled and poverty-stricken parts of the world to protect children and help them build self-reliant and dignified lives.
Since Megan's law was passed it is required by law for all sexual offenders to register with their local police department. Unfortunately, budgetary restraints make it almost impossible for this vital information to be passed out to each parent in every community. National Alert Registry (NAR) was designed to bring this information directly to you. By conducting a ZIP Code search we will be able to notify you if a sexual offender has moved into your community as well as provide you with a complete profile of the sexual offender.
Charities
The ONE Campaign is an effort by Americans to rally Americans – one by one – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is students and ministers, punk rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life, united to help make poverty history.
The ONE Campaign derives its name from the belief that allocating an additional one percent of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world's poorest countries. We also call for debt cancellation, trade reform and anti–corruption measures in a comprehensive package to help Africa and the poorest nations beat AIDS and extreme poverty.
The goal of ending poverty may seem lofty, but it is within our reach if we take action together as one. You can start now by joining the ONE Campaign and pledging your voice to the fight against extreme poverty and global AIDS.
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors, and entire communities
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the world's largest humanitarian network, with a presence and activities in almost every country.
The Movement incorporates the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the International Federation), as well as National Societies in 178 countries.
UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
We believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress. UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. We believe that we can, together, advance the cause of humanity.
Based in Los Angeles, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the nation’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care. It offers cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay to more than 27,000 people in the United States, Africa, Central America and Asia.
The goal of the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) is to energize and support an effective and sustained response to the HIV pandemic. By helping partners work together at national and international levels, we will broaden the partnership among those shaping the response to AIDS. Crucial to our success will be increased public awareness of past policy commitments and promises on AIDS, including the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. On these promises we will hold our governments accountable.
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is: "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke."
NBCF Mission: The National Breast Cancer Foundation mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and by providing mammograms for those in need.
Since its inception, NBCF has played a vital role in helping tens of thousands of women through educational programs and free mammograms. Because of the generous donations of both individuals and corporations, we have developed strong partnerships with medical facilities, associations and corporations across the country. We are grateful for their continued efforts in reaching out to save lives every day.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
Each year, MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical professionals depart on more than 4,700 aid assignments. They work alongside more than 25,800 locally hired staff to provide medical care.
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. We carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.
Social Responsibility
The Free Speech Coalition was founded in 1991 as a result of numerous government attacks against producers and retailers of adult products.
We envision a national association that helps limit the legal risks of being an adult business, promotes the acceptance of the industry in America's business community, and supports greater public tolerance for freedom of sexual speech.
Responsible Parenting
We encourage parents of children to be proactive in controlling what their children see online. In an effort to empower parents with the tools they need to limit what their children can see online we suggest you examine all tools available to you. The Parental Control Bar is one of these tools and is available to you at no cost from the WRAAC.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Habitat has built more than 225,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1 million people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.
Greenpeace proves every day that ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things. It was a group of thoughtful, committed citizens that came together in 1971 to create Greenpeace. A handful of determined activists leased a small fishing vessel, called the Phyllis Cormack, and set sail from Vancouver for Amchitka Island in Alaska. Their mission was to protest U.S. nuclear testing off the coast of Alaska with a brave act of defiance: to place themselves in harm’s way. Despite being intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, these daring activists sailed into history by bringing worldwide attention to the dangers of nuclear testing. That was more than 30 years ago, and in that time, Greenpeace has indeed changed the world, and we continue to make the world a better place. Our committed activists and supporters have come together to ban commercial whaling, convince the world’s leaders to stop nuclear testing, protect Antarctica, and so much more. Today, we have grown from a small group of dedicated activists to an international organization with offices in more than 30 countries. But our spirit and our mission remain the same. Our fight to save the planet has grown more serious – the threat of global warming, destruction of ancient forests, deterioration of our oceans, and the threat of a nuclear disaster loom large. Greenpeace is actively working to address these and other threats.
World Peace One ™ is a massive, worldwide peace declaration punctuated by a 24-hour "live" convergence media broadcast featuring an unprecedented lineup of world-class performers from every corner of the world. United to bring attention to cultures around the globe, "World Peace One™" ignites a common vision to bring an end to war during our lifetime. This worldwide media event will reach a potential global audience of 3.5 billion via television, radio and the Internet.World Peace One ™ will showcase international musicians, dancers, drummers, acrobats, child choruses, film stars, political and religious leaders, Nobel Prize winners, artists, best-selling authors, and diplomats. Live, pre-produced, and interactive segments which will empower and re-educate the people of the world to make a difference.
Helpful links Sexual Health
The CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.sexualityandu.ca is committed to providing you credible and up-to-date information and education on sexual health. This web site is made possible with the guidance and collaboration of a team of distinguished Canadian medical organizations, and is administered by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.
The OWH was established in 1991 within the US Department of Health and Human Services. OWH coordinates the efforts of all the HHS agencies and office involved in women's health. OWH works to improve the health and well-being of women and girls in the United States through: (1) its innovative programs, (2) educating health professionals, and (3) motivating behavior change in consumers through the dissemination of health information.
The National Nurses Advisory Council for Liver Wellness & Viral Hepatitis (NNAC) was created to improve hepatitis related health outcomes by initiating collaborative programs on three fronts: (1) To promote education and prevention; (2) To improve the quality of care given to patients; (3) To serve as advocates for patients, researchers, and medical professionals.
By pursuing innovative programs and initiatives, the NNAC will help medical professionals and their patients overcome the obstacles to positive treatment outcomes. The NNAC will also help promote healthy lifestyle behaviors to the public on the community level.
Since 1914, the American Social Health Association (ASHA) has been dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families, and communities, with a focus on preventing sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs/STIs) and their harmful consequences.STDs/STIs affect people of all ages, backgrounds, and from all walks of life - in the U.S. alone there are approximately 19 million new cases each year, about half of which occur among youth ages 15-24 years.
To promote the health and quality of life of women through an understanding of menopause.
Security / Privacy
At the National Domestic Violence Hotline… We believe that every caller deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. We believe that every family deserves to live in a world free from violence. We believe that safe homes and safe families are the foundation of a safe society. Until the violence stops, the hotline will continue to answer…One Call at a Time. Help is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 140 languages through interpreter services. If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.
National Do Not Call Registry
The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. Most telemarketers should not call your number once it has been on the registry for 31 days. If they do, you can file a complaint at this Website. You can register your home or mobile phone for free. Your registration will be effective for five years.
Crisis Management
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a 501(c)(3) organization, has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives in 2007 -- each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. We are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration programs and critical policy work. And we are expanding our assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention. With a suicide attempt estimated to occur every minute of every day in the United States and 30,000 lives lost each year, the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater, nor our work more urgent.
The goals and specific features of a TBTN rally are just as varied as its vast array of supporters. Throughout its history, Take Back the Night has inspired both women and men to confront a myriad of social ills, including rape, sexual violence, domestic violence, violence against children, and violence against women. The unifying theme throughout these diverse topics is the assertion that all human beings have the right to be free from violence, the right to be heard, and the right to reclaim those rights if they are violated.