Lisa Jeffries Nobling – Raleigh, NC

Tag: fundraisers

  • Country for Kids Concert on Thursday Night!

    Thursday night… be there! Only $25.00 – proceeds to visit this amazing place: http://www.ncchildrenshospital.org/

    Buy tickets online at http://www.dpacnc.com/default.asp?dpac=19&objId=371.

    Details:

    Country for Kids concert at DPAC to benefit N.C. Children’s Hospital

    Curtis Media Group announced the addition of a charity concert, dubbed ’Country for Kids,” to the ninth annual N.C. Children’s Promise Radiothon/Telethon with proceeds benefiting North Carolina Children’s Hospital.

    Presented by 94.7 WQDR, Country for Kids will feature live performances from four artists, Rodney Atkins, James Otto, Clay Walker and North Carolina’s very own Jason Michael Carroll. The concert event will be the celebratory culminations of a day full of miraculous stories being broadcast live from the N.C. Children’s Hospital lobby on nearly 20 Curtis Media Group radio stations and Time Warner Cable’s News 14 Carolina as part of the N.C. Children’s Promise Radiothon/Telethon, UNC Health Care’s largest fundraising event each year.

    PS: Jason Michael Carroll also has a new five song holiday album out from his very own label – Stray Records. Download it on iTunes today! (I can certainly approve the playing of his holiday music prior to Thanksgiving. ;-))

    PS #2: Jason is the Grand Marshall at this year’s Raleigh Christmas Parade taking place on Saturday. Get excited!

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  • What are You Doing for Lunch or Dinner Today??

    The Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® Community Service Committee needs your help to raise money for our annual Project Angel Tree, where we purchase and donate Christmas presents for hundreds, sometimes thousands of children in Wake County’s foster program. We are proud to partner with BOCCI ITALIAN TRATTORIA & PIZZERIA, MOE’S SOUTHWEST GRILL and TEXAS ROADHOUSE in order to raise funds to support this amazing cause!

    HOW YOU CAN HELP
    Simply visit this link, print the flyer and present it when you dine out at one of the participating restaurants on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7th — that’s TONIGHT! The restaurant will donate 10% of their food sales from October 7th to Project Angel Tree. For more information, click here or contact Priscilla Erwin at priscillae@rrar.com.

    PS – Nick and I are going to Bocci because it’s in Cary next to Swagger Gifts and I love Italian. Let me know if you want to join us!

  • So Many Options this Weekend

    The only problem will be finding time for them all!

    Retail, etc.

    SmartMomma Grand Opening (in their new location!)
    Saturday – 9/25 – 10:00am until 6:00pm
    http://smartmomma.com/Locations-Raleigh-NC-sp-6.html
    First 100 families to arrive are getting a nice free gift, which may or may not include a VERY nice discount from SmartMomma’s neighbors at Fred’s Beds. Just throwing that out there… 😉

    Downtown Designers Market (is back!)
    Saturday – 9/25 – 9:00am until 3:00pm
    http://www.designersdowntownmarket.com/
    Jewelry, crafts, apparel, and other fab vendors in the Ornamentea parking lot!

    The Green Chair Project Fall Furnishings Drive
    Saturday – 9/25 – 9:00am until 1:00pm
    http://blogs.newsobserver.com/greenscene/green-chair-project-holds-fall-furniture-drive
    http://www.thegreenchair.org/
    Got stuff? Donate it to keep it out of landfills – and help those who need it!

    Festivals

    Ray Price Capital City Bike Fest
    Friday and Saturday – 9/24 and 9/25 – 10:00am until 10:00pm
    http://CapitalCityBikeFest.com/
    I don’t personally “ride”, but my family and LOTS of friends do… so I’m always game for going along for partaking in the sights, food, and fun.

    Hillsborough Street Reopening
    Saturday – 9/25 – 1:00pm until 10:00pm
    http://hillsboroughstreet.org/event/
    http://www.technicianonline.com/news/campus-buffer-to-get-proper-reopening-1.2337841
    In true Raleigh fashion, let’s close a street to traffic to celebrate it being re-opened to traffic. (It’s what we do.)

    Triangle Uncorked
    Saturday – 9/25 – 2:00pm until 6:00pm
    http://www.triangleuncorked.com/
    Wine tasting event benefiting the Frankie Lemmon Foundation and Rotary!

  • What are YOU Doing on Saturday?

    I have two great options for you fellow Raleigh kids!



    1 – Raleigh Wide Open
    Specifically, the 11:00am parade through Downtown… where you can see yours truly (and Nick will very likely get volunteered, too) volunteering with Shop Local Raleigh!

    PS – Go see my buddy Mike for great prizes from Triangle.com, too!



    2 – Second Chance Pet Adoptions‘ Auction for the Animals
    This fun event taking place at 7:00pm features several ways to get in on the fundraising fun!

    • Buy a ticket!
    • Bid on over 150 silent auction items
    • Bid on over 40 chance auction items
    • Bid on over 10 live auction items
    • Purchase raffle tickets for some cool items including:
    • Disney World Park Hopper Passes
    • Sightseeing Plane ride
    • Tickets to Carowinds
    • $100 Bailey’s Fine Jewelry Gift Card
    • Gift Certificate for a Pet Portraits
    • 2 Air Tran Airline Tickets – anywhere in the US
    • Doggie Daycare Gift Certificates
    • Original Engraving from Clark Art
    • NC Symphony and Ballet Tickets
    • Private Dance Lessons
    • Topsail Beach condo – 1 week
    • And, much, much more…

    Individual tickets are only $35.00 and open bar tickets are $125 for two!

    Tickets include a wonderful selection of cold and hot hors d’oeuvres along with a fantastic dessert buffet. A selection of Pepsi products, along with water will be available. Wine and beer will be available on a cash basis.

    Wines for Humanity will be doing wine tasting of select red and white wines during the evening. Wines for Humanity is an in-home wine tasting company dedicated to introducing the public to the joy of fine wines while raising funds for charity. Their wines are sourced from award-winning vineyards from all over the world.

    Purchase your tickets online here!

    See you there!

  • Accessorize with Pi Phi on Tuesday!

    In Raleigh? Ready to do a little shopping for a great cause?

    PERFECT! Come join us 🙂 Renee and I will be there all day with I Heart Retail and mark. and would love to see any of you local readers!

    LOTS of great vendors including Swagger Gifts, Beleza, Undertoad, Sassy Sorority, Cute Buttons Gift & Paper Boutique, Clothes Hound, Carolina Silver Co., and more!

    Some of my local favorites including Sono, The Oxford, and Sauced Pizza have also provided some very DELICIOUS door prizes and I have a few extra tickets if anyone would like one! (You can also buy them online for only $5.00 on Eventbrite!)

    The event is from 2pm until 8pm at The State Club on Centennial Campus. All ticket sales and 10% of vendor sales will be donated to First Book, an organization that provides books to children.

  • Be Good to Yourself

    …and that totally includes chocolate and champagne. 😉

    While posting an event for RaleighNYE.com (which was a smashing success, by the way… big thanks to everyone who visited or passed it along!), I came across a young professionals group that puts on some really cool social events around town to benefit the NC Museum of Art. They go by the name “The Contemporaries“. Clever!

    I took a brief look at their event calendar and they have some cool happenings for 2010. Among these, one coming up in a few weeks that I wanted to share. If I can round up a few girls and a few hours of “me time”, I’ll be there!


    Chocolate + Champagne

    February 4, 2010 | 7–9:30pm
    Cashmere, 414 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh
    Contemporaries: $8 online, $10 at the door
    All others: $12 online, $15 at the door

    Experience chocolate in its finest form—overabundance. The NCMA Contemporaries host this mouth-watering event at Cashmere featuring sweet treats from top Triangle Chocolatiers.

    Ticket price includes complimentary chocolate station items and champagne, plus food and drink specials including $5 martinis.

    For more information or reservations call (919) 664-6754 or buy your ticket now to save!

    Proceeds benefit the NCMA Contemporaries Art Purchase Fund.

    Special Thanks to our Sponsors:
    Cashmere
    The Cupcake Shoppe
    Escazu Artisan Chocolates
    Grape Expectations
    Hereghty Heavenly Delicious
    Hershey’s
    Miel Bon Bons
    Nahualli Trading Co.
    Peche de Chocolat
    Raleigh Chocolate Fountains


    Yummy!

  • Any Redneck Women Out There?

    If so, I thought you might like to know that the original “Redneck Woman”, Gretchen Wilson, is performing this Saturday afternoon at City Limits Saloon in Raleigh!

    It’s actually a “Thank you!” and benefit event, put on by the folks at WQDR, City Limits, and Deep South Entertainment.

    WQDR and City Limits Saloon wanted to thank everyone who donated to the QDR Christmas Wish program that has been held on-air for the past few weeks, so to do that, they’re inviting those who donated out to special afternoon concert on December 19th with Gretchen Wilson.

    If you didn’t get a chance to hear about Christmas Wish or to donate, you can purchase tickets at the door for $10.00; however, space will be limited. All proceeds from the door go to benefit the QDR Christmas Wish 🙂

    Doors open at 12pm. No advance tickets are available.
    You can call the boys at City Limits at (919) 829-3939 if you have any other questions!

  • Breakfast with Santa for a Few Great Causes!

    I received a really special email today and can’t pass up the opportunity to share this event with readers.

    Second Annual Charity Breakfast Buffet with Santa
    Saturday December 12, 2009 8-11 am
    Spice Street Restaurant, Chapel Hill (Get directions from Google.)

    This event is organized by the resident physicians at UNC and this year we are supporting 4 charities: Ronald McDonald House, SECU Family House, NC Food Bank, and Toys for Tots.

    Last year we had a great event with over $700, 300 canned goods, and almost 400 toys donated. This year we have a bigger venue, a cheaper price, and an additional charity. Kids can take pictures with Santa (skip the mall lines and prices), make ornaments, and enjoy face painting all while benefiting the community.

    Spice Street will make a donation (to the Ronald McDonald House and SECU Family House) for every buffet purchased and we are asking people to bring canned goods or new toys.

    Adults $10 and kids $5 including tax and gratuity (cash, check and credit cards accepted)!

    Thank you to Dr. Qionna Tinney from UNC Hospital for sharing this with me!

    PS – I was really excited to find out, when checking out the website, that Spice Street is owned by Giorgios Hospitality Group – family company of a good friend of mine! Many thanks to them for serving as host venue for this event. I’m really looking forward to their new Cary venture – Giorgio – coming this month.

    Looks like Nick and I will be having breakfast with Santa 😉

  • Be There!

    I mean, what sounds better for a Monday night?

    SO pumped that I’ll be back from Vegas (leaving Thursday AM out of Charlotte!) in time for this! I haven’t been back to the Brewpub since the first time Nick, Adrianne, Joey, and I tried it just after opening, so this is a great reason for me to return. (And give them a chance to recapture me as a customer. The lackluster service, boring food, and scant beverage selection for the non-beer drinker didn’t do it for me last time.)

    I’m all about a second chance though! (The first few weeks can be awkward for a new establishment with a new staff.)

    Here’s the map, for anyone who may not be familiar with the area that I drive past multiple times a day. I know, I’m a lucky girl.

  • Calling All Local Readers with a Cause or Two

    Here’s a quick PSA, because I like to pay it forward and I know that lots of my local readers have some great causes to share! 🙂

    Last year, the Swagger Gifts Holiday Open House Preview Party raised over $1,500 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, and now your very own favorite cause could be featured this year!

    If you are involved in a worthy organization, cause, or non-profit, please tell my friends at Swagger about it!

    Email Mandy (at) SwaggerGifts (dot) com with the story behind your cause and why you think it would benefit from being featured as this year’s Holiday Open House Preview Party charity!

    Nominations will be accepted until August 1, 2009.
    Swagger will choose and let everyone know in August who has been selected.

    The 2009 Holiday Open House Preview Party (possibly benefiting YOUR favorite charity) will be held on November 5th, 2009.
    The 2009 Holiday Open House will be held on Sunday, November 8th, 2009.

    PS – If you do email a suggestion to Mandy, please drop me a comment or an email to let me know! I’d love to hear that one of my reader’s suggestions was selected and have the chance to support you and your favorite cause at the annual party.

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