Category: Causes

  • Update: Beer, BBQ, & Bourbon

    From my earlier post tonight, here’s more info… a link to the official site and a few details about the cause supported by a portion of the proceeds from the event.Official Website AND a portion of the proceeds benefit: I love a great festival with a heart, too!

  • Mega-Post of “Must Do” Events

    Please forgive my brief hiatus last week/end… real estate licensing + more bridesmaid dresses mishaps + Amber’s bridal shower/luau with these girls = sleeping in AND a nap on Sunday. So here’s your new calendar entries, which of course, have been added to my Google calendar for all to share:August…

  • Biggest. Compliment. Ever.

    A million thanks to my just.pure.lovely (Pi Phi reference) Ashton for the classiest call-out in a blog ever!In local-ish news:Clearly these folks don’t know Lisa JeffriesMy $0.02? If the local media focused a little more on the “sparingly available” good news and less on the gangster-wannabes that we’re allowing to…

  • Got Extra School Supplies?

    My sorority didn’t crown me Pi Phi’s “Most Philanthropic” for nothin’! Since there will be plenty of back to school sales beginning soon at all the local office supply shops, I figured it’d be a great chance for anyone who is interested to pick up a few extras (potentially for…

  • If You’re On Your Umpteenth Nextel…

    Paging Brandon Williamson… if you can’t put it on eBay or Craigslist and recoup some of your investment… why not pay it forward? Give those old phones hanging around (you know, in a bag in the back of the closet or the bottom of the desk in the office) a…

  • I Wish They Could ALL Come Home Like This…

    This is super heart-warming… and the neighbor whose sentiments were something of “it’s the least we can do for all he’s done”… SPOT ON. We need more neighbors like her in this world.Hundreds Welcome Home Raleigh SoldierMiss you more and more every day, Henry!

  • Auction for the Animals

    Yay – another opportunity to help our four-legged friends! From dBusinessnews.com:Second Chance Pet Adoptions Announces 8th Annual Auction for the Animals RALEIGH, NC – Second Chance Pet Adoptions is pleased announce the 8th Annual Auction for the Animals. The Auction will take place Saturday, July 19 from 7 to 10…

  • “Recipes for Research” Now Available!

    News from Mrs. Tammy with an update on great (and delicious) way to support Brittany’s Battle:We are thrilled to announce that our cookbook, Recipes for Research, is now available! This exciting cookbook features recipes from some of your favorite NC Celebrities so you don’t want to miss out on this…

  • More NASCAR Love…

    I’m sure my fashion blog readers were shocked when I did a post dedicated to Under Armour & NASCAR… but I mean c’mon… NASCAR’s awesome. The commercials are hilarious, the sport is downright exciting to sit in the stands (or your living room with surround sound) in the midst of,…

  • July is “Firefighter Appreciation Month”

    From the City of Raleigh eNewsgram:Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker will proclaim the month of July as “Firefighter Appreciation Month” at a press conference scheduled for Monday, July 14 at 10:30 a.m. The event will be held at the Firefighter Memorial in Nash Square Park. The conference is hosted by the…