Giving Back: In Business For Life
Ambassador Solutions is committed to donating a significant percentage of our profits to worthy causes around the world. We like to think of it as being “In Business For Life”. Currently, our charitable activities are funded through a special Ambassador Missions account. The purpose of Ambassador Missions is:
To give of our time, talents, and treasures so that people around the world may know and experience God’s best for their lives
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As we seek opportunities to fulfill this mission, the following principles guide us:
• Getting involved is just as important as giving money
• Most of our resources should be directed towards organizations that are not widely supported by the general public
• We are partial to organizations that Ambassador teammates and constituents passionately support, provided doing so is in harmony with our giving principles
• In hopes of encouraging a charitable lifestyle, we particularly want to support the children of our teammates and constituents whenever they are passionately involved in charitable activities
• We want to set a good example of corporate stewardship and individual involvement in charitable activities, while encouraging others to do the same
• We will strongly support pro-life organizations and withhold support from any organization that does not respect the sanctity of all human life
• We will give cheerfully with grateful hearts because “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7)
Here are some of the organizations and causes that Ambassador Missions has supported in recent years:
Kingdom Kloset/Agape Families, Inc.
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Kingdom Kloset/Agape Families, Inc. is a Carmel, Indiana based organization that provides not only clothing, but also homes for many foster children in the greater Indianapolis area. In 2006, they were able to clothe 95 kids, and to date for 2007, have clothed over 100!
Area Youth Ministries
www.areayouthministry.org
Area Youth Ministry (AYM) is an interdenominational Christian not-for-profit organization committed to serving inner-city youth in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Campus Crusade for Christ International
www.ccci.org
Campus Crusade for Christ International is a worldwide, interdenominational Christian ministry committed to showing people how they can know and experience God's love and plan for their lives.
Campus Outreach
www.campusoutreach.org
Campus Outreach, founded in 1978 by the Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama, is a network of interdenominational ministries targeting strategic college campuses in the United States and throughout the world.
CBMC www.cbmc.com CBMC is "a movement of men" founded on a set of simple yet profound Core Values. They are the guiding principles that direct our ministry activity. These are the non-negotiables which we consider to be of utmost importance.
- Preeminence of Christ: Intimacy with Christ is paramount, and all that we do must emanate from our life in Christ and His life in ours.
- Life-on-Life Relationships: We value the process of committed one-on-one relationships for evangelism and discipleship.
- Teams: God calls us to work together in teams in order to multiply what He wants to accomplish through us.
- Generational Spiritual Reproduction: The goal of the discipleship process is spiritual reproduction to the 3rd and 4th generations and beyond.
Compassion International
www.compassion.com
Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, physical, economic and social poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.
Founded by Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training. Today, Compassion helps more than 800,000 children in 24 countries.
Crisis Pregnancy Center
www.cicpc.org
The mission Crisis Pregnancy Center is to affirm the value of life by providing a network of care to those experiencing pregnancy-related crisis and by compassionately presenting Biblical truth resulting in changed lives to the glory of God.
Habitat for Humanity
www.habitat.org
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.
New Journey Ministries
www.new-journey.org
New Journey Ministries is a faith-based ministry with the purpose of reaching out to those emotionally scarred and spiritually broken from past abortion experiences. It is their mission to share the healing offered freely by Christ with the intention of restoring truth, love, and forgiveness to all who seek Him. It is their desire to partner with clergy and churches in our communities to provide education and support to bring about wholeness and healing to those hurting from past abortion decisions.
Samaritan’s Purse
www.samaritanspurse.org
The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) gives a clear picture of God's desire for everyone to help those in desperate need wherever we find them. After describing how the Samaritan rescued a hurting man whom others had passed by, Jesus told His hearers, "Go and do likewise." For over 35 years, Samaritan's Purse has done its utmost to follow Christ's command by going to the aid of the world's poor, sick, and suffering.
Samaritan's Purse reaches hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in turn, earns us a hearing for the Gospel, the Good News of eternal life through Jesus Christ. Samaritan’s Purse is well known for their “Operation Christmas Child” ministry, which sends shoeboxes full of toys and other necessities to children around the world. Ambassador Solutions was able to donate 36 boxes to the organization in 2006.
UHC Children’s Foundation
www.uhc.com
The UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation embraces and supports the concept of facilitating access to health-related services that have the potential to significantly enhance either the clinical condition or the quality of life of the child and that are not fully covered by the available commercial health insurance. The Foundation provides financial assistance toward the family's share of the cost of medical services.
Young Life
www.younglife.org
Young Life seeks to carry the message of Jesus Christ into that tumultuous tide and points teenagers toward life as they were created to live it. Since 1941, the dynamic that has characterized Young Life is its commitment to relationships — Young Life leaders meeting kids on their turf in the interest of friendship. As leaders get to know teenagers, they are able to share the love of Jesus Christ through platforms like Young Life club, Campaigners and trips to camp. Whether kids are seeking answers or just acceptance, Young Life is there for them, armed with a desire for fun and the ultimate message of hope.
Youth with a Mission
www.ywam.org
Youth With A Mission is an international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world. Also known as YWAM (pronounced "WYE-wam"), their calling is to know God and to make Him known. Back when they began in 1960, their main focus was to get youth into short-term mission work and to give them opportunities to reach out in Jesus' name. Today, they still focus on youth, and also involve people of almost every age (even many people who choose to spend their "retirement" in active service). Their many ministries fit into three main categories: evangelism, training and mercy ministry. They are currently operating in more than 1000 locations in over 149 countries, with a staff of nearly 16,000.
Grace Community Church
www.gracecc.org
Grace Community Church is located in Noblesville, Indiana, and is a member of the Evangelical Free Church of America and the Willow Creek Association.
Horizon International
www.horizoninternationalinc.com
Horizon International exists to create a world of hope for AIDS orphans. Their objective is to raise up, out of the tragedy of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, a new generation of leaders who follow Jesus Christ "one child at a time."
Indiana Cancer Research Foundation
www.indianacancer.com
Indiana Cancer Centers (CICC) is a community-based, private practice, providing cancer care services to Central Indiana. The physicians and staff at CICC consistently deliver maximum patient care through state-of-the-art cancer treatment, as well as, provide family caregiver convenience. CICC provides an extensive range of treatment options for cancer patients. With four treatment centers throughout Indianapolis and Hancock County, patients gain access to the latest research, choice of treatments and counseling, while minimizing disruptions that affect the quality of everyday life. CICC physicians and staff strive to provide the highest quality physical, mental, and emotional support for the treatment of cancer.
RBC Ministries
www.rbc.org
RBC is committed to teaching the Word of God so as to lead people of all nations to personal faith and maturity in Christ. They try to achieve this goal through every method and medium available. Their audiences are as diverse as their methods. They include pastors, counselors, lay persons, TV and radio stations, prisons, schools, businesses—any organization with resources that can touch families, friends, churches, and client networks. The idea is that every person they reach has the potential to shine—to spread the gospel just as Jesus commanded. RBC publishes the daily devotionals “Our Daily Bread” as well as “Our Utmost for His Highest.”