The Caring Institute sponsors a number of programs designed to inspire, encourage, recognize, and reward acts of caring. The National Caring Awards program is designed to honor the contributions of great humanitarians. The Hall of Fame for Caring Americans located at the Frederick Douglass Museum on Capitol Hill is a living memorial to extraordinary role models. The Dream Makers program fulfills the last wish of pediatric hospice patients whose last wish is to visit the Walt Disney Resorts. The Art of Caring photography contest and poster contests foster creative expression in elementary school children.
National Caring Awards
Every year the Institute presents these awards in tribute to the ten most caring men and women, and five most caring young people, in America. Those who are selected reflect the best of the best. Adult recipients are identified through a process that involves our nation's leaders in the arenas of education, business, politics, the arts, and the media. The young people, who receive college scholarship monies, are selected from thousands of nominations. Anyone can nominate caring young adults on the Institute’s website. Awardees personal stories are featured in “Caring Magazine”, honored at a series of events in Washington D.C., and inducted into the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans.
Youth Educational Programs
Educational scholarship monies are awarded to the recipients of the National Caring Awards for young adults to help them with their goals of making a positive difference in society. Tours of the FDM museum and Hall of Fame for Caring Americans are conducted for school children of all ages. Children are inspired to emulate these great humanitarians whose stories and photos are on exhibit in the galleries. The message they come away with is that one person can truly make a difference.
Dreams 4 Kids Program for Terminally Ill Children
The Caring Institute qualifies and transports terminally
ill children and their families to Give Kids the World
Village in Florida for a 6 day cost free vacation. These
children, whose last wish is to visit Disney World, are
identified and referred by members of the National Association
for Homecare & Hospice. Families are given an opportunity
to experience quality time together in a resort setting.
Many times the memory of a child's laughter can help
a grieving family to heal.
Internships
The institute provides work experiences for public-service-minded youth. They are given an opportunity to work on value driven public policy and explore their career objectives in an atmosphere where a passionate concern for others is encouraged.
 Art of Caring Programs
Two specific programs encourage the American public
toshare visions of caring through art. Students in every
school in the country are invited to take part in our
annual poster contest. Children focus on who and what
they care about, as they express themselves in art form.
The photography contest encourages people of all ages
to express what "caring" means to them. Their
powerful images provide a window into the soul of our
society. The work of all Art of Caring finalists, as
well as other selected entries, are exhibited at the
Frederick Douglass Museum and Hall of Fame for Caring
Americans on Capitol Hill.
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