Our Featured Chariteas

Knots-of-Love  was founded in 2007, to provide hand-made chemo caps for people experiencing the effects of chemotherapy and other life- threatening illnesses.  The 1,000 Knots-of-Love volunteers around the world knit or crochet over 3,200 caps each month which are shipped to 247 cancer treatment centers, infusion centers, hospitals and oncology offices in all 50 states, Canada, Ireland and Mexico.  Knots-of-Love has shipped over 38,000 caps since its inception.  To become either a knitting or crocheting volunteer for Knots-of-Love, contact Christine Fabiani Shively at christine@knots-of-love.org

Team Breadhead supports Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure in St Louis Missouri.  All donations from Best Chariteas are provided to Team Breadhead for inclusion in their yearly donation to Race for a Cure

The Mission of The Backstoppers is to ensure stability and quality of life for the families of police officers, firefighters, and publically-funded paramedics and EMTs killed in the line of duty in a 17-county coverage area in Missouri and Illinois by providing financial and emotional support.  In this way, the Backstoppers and our members honor those who give their lives protecting our communities.

The Pujols Foundation will promotes awareness, provides hope and meets tangible needs for families and children primarily in St. Louis who live with Down Syndrome.  It provides extraordinary experiences for children with disabilities and/or life-threatening illnesses.  The organization seeks to improve standard of living and quality of life for impoverished children in the Dominican Republic through education, medical relief and tangible goods.

YMCA Trout Lodge & Camp Lakewood Provides financial assistance to children and families to insure that no one is turned away from the YMCA for inability to pay. Each year the YMCA serves children with cancer, HIV/Aids, diabetes, Chron's Disease and Colitis, visual impairments and mental disabilities. The YMCA partners with inner city schools teaching peaceful conflict resolution and helps survings families of police officers killed in the line of duty rebuild their lives.  Families facing financial difficulties are welcomed to Trout Lodge and Camp Lakewood provides a life changing experience for disadvantaged children.

Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian organization committed to feeding God's starving children hungry in body and spirit.  The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals designed specifically for starving children and FSMC ships the meals to more than 60 countries around the world.  In 2007 FSMC sent 43 million meals around the world thanks to the work of 185,000 volunteers.

Sustainable Environmental Education Helping unite and inspire higher performance through education, outreach, advocacy and the mutual exchange of ideas to better ones life.

Team Fox ( Michael J Fox Foundation ) The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. As the largest nonprofit funder of PD research worldwide, MJFF works to identify and prioritize scientific solutions that hold promise to improve patient's quality of life. Team Fox is the Foundation's community fundraising arm.