Category: Causes

  • Memorial Day

    What means a weekend at the beach or a few days of grillin’ and chillin’ with friends has a whole new meaning for many of us this year after the loss of my cousin Henry. Here are a few more ways to help support our troops and some articles in the N&O that I thought…

  • Polar Plunge Audio Slideshow & Articles

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    Polar Plunge Audio Slideshow Check out The Technician’s (NCSU’s student newspaper) audio + photo commentary on this past Saturday’s Polar Plunge! Read the the full story to see comments from Pi Phis as well! And finally, the News & Observer’s coverage of the event can be viewed online here!

  • More Ways to Pay It Forward

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    Old clothes, books, housewares, anything? Donate them to the Madagascar Projecthttp://www.shopbeleza.com/the%20container%20project.pdf Donate your old teddy bears and stuffed animals to the Wake County Sheriff’s Dept.!http://www4.ncsu.edu/~lmjeffri/teddy.pdf

  • Let’s Say Thanks!

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    This is also something that I found out about through an email (ok… lots of people have found out apparently it’s the best way to reach me) http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1280.html You can go here and write a quick postcard that will be sent to a troop across the globe somewhere. It takes 30 seconds and could make…

  • Red Fridays

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    I received this in an email from my aunt and felt compelled to share it. I’ll be wearing red every Friday. Just keeping you “in the loop” so you’ll know what’s going on in case this takes off. RED FRIDAYS —– Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing red every Friday. The…

  • Pay It Forward

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    To begin my list of charitable/philanthropic/feel good programs I love to support: Give 2 The Troops(Recognized by the American Red Cross and US Dept. of Defense)“…supporting the physical, moral, and spiritual health of America’s armed forces in combat zones around the world through letters and care packages”http://www.give2thetroops.org/Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.“…NRGRR, Inc., is a…

  • Philanthropic Service to Others

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    If there’s one thing about growing up in the south that continues to keep us humble, it’s that many of us were raised to firmly believe that giving back to others and continually striving to make the world a better place is one of the pillars of a life worth living. In this blog, I…