Tag: causes
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2008 Krispy Kreme Challenge
1. Start at NCSU Belltower – Run 2 miles.2. Eat a dozen fresh, warm, ooey-gooey Krispy Kreme doughnuts.3. Run 2 miles back to the Belltower.4. Do it all under an hour and survive. Kudos to David Cosgrove for an amazing promotional trailer!! TWW message board topic … check out what students are saying.The official site……
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Vote for Hank!
If there’s one thing we Southerners love, it’s our dogs. This promotion is a great success all around, no matter which pup is chosen! If you’ve read all of my previous posts, you may remember me mentioning the Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue Group before! Yay for CarolinaNewswire sending me the info on this and…
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Target Turns Woe Into Wonder
My dad read this to me yesterday morning when we were opening gifts. It made my day! Target turns woe into wonder News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC) – News B6Kathryn Their, The Charlotte ObserverPublished: December 25, 2007 Jody Schwandt, executive director of the Mooresville Soup Kitchen, got the call at 8:30 a.m. Christmas Eve.…
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Donate ECU Hawaii Bowl Tickets to the Troops!
If I can’t go to Hawaii to see a bowl game (isn’t it sad that ECU was my only hope to go to a bowl game this holiday vacation?), I want to make sure someone gets to enjoy it who truly deserves it!From the ECU Athletics Email List:“This Tuesday is your last opportunity to help…
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Gal to Gal Foundation’s Virtual Walk
This was featured in the Wednesday edition of the Little Black Book Buzz in D.C. I’m an instant fan! Gal to Gal Foundation Virtual Walk So far they have raised $83,955 for Stage-4 breast cancer patients. Absolutely amazing. Here is a brief description of the program from “Betty” in D.C.: “If you aren’t already taking…
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SPCA Fundraiser at Seaboard Station
As some of you may know, Nick and I adopted our first puppy from the SPCA Pet Adoption Center just outside of Garner. Delta has been a wonderful addition to the whole Jeffries (and Jackson!) families ever since. I encourage you all to enjoy this event and stop by the Curtis Dail Pet Adoption Center…
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Energy Neighbor Fund Addresses Year-Round Need
Another tid-bit from the City of Raleigh May/June 2007 Newsletter: “The Energy Neighbor Fund is Progress Energy’s program for providing assistance to customers in need. The fund helps cover home energy bils, whether the homes are all-electric or use gas, coal, oil, wood or kerosene for home heating. In NC, the fund also helps support…
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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…
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Polar Plunge Audio Slideshow & Articles
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!
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More Ways to Pay It Forward
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