giving

Is giving always a good thing?

March 28, 2011

My kids have been saving money for months. A portion of their allowance goes to long-term savings, a portion goes to giving, and a bunch goes to saving for our upcoming vacation. We do the accounting online, so they rarely touch a dollar bill. For our kids this works, since otherwise the cash ends up [...]

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CarWoo raises money for Breast Cancer

November 1, 2010

While October, aka breast cancer awareness month, may be over, CarWoo isn’t stopping raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research. They created a campaign to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen foundation during the World Series. Tommy and Erik, co-founders of CarWoo, bought a ’78 Camaro and painted a bright pink stripe down [...]

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Give without going broke

May 19, 2010

On Monday night I hosted Dine out for Hunger at Cosi in Exton. We haven’t gotten final results from the sales, but the raffle items brought in $220, that’s more than 1500 meals for hungry Philadelphia area families! The event, and my work on The Childhood Hunger Ends Here campaign has proven to me that [...]

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Help for Haiti totals

February 6, 2010

photo credit: USAID_IMAGES Sorry for the delay in getting these totals up, I’m dealing with a viral infection which has cause some asthma symptoms. I’ve been ordered to rest as much as possible. Not easy with 4 kids, and busy schedules. Here are my total ad sales for January. $9.27 $11.77 $22.90 (from your comments!) [...]

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Help for Haiti Fund: How you can Help

January 15, 2010

photo credit: United Nations Development Programme As a mom, and a rather emotional person I often avoid the news, but finally spent some time reading and listening to the news from Haiti. It is so devastating to hear the stories of death, injuries, homelessness, and destruction. My heart aches for all those that are suffering. In [...]

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Paint it Pink for breast cancer research!

October 24, 2009

As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness month PartSelect is hosting a Paint Your Appliance Pink Sweepstakes to help raise $10,000 for Breast Cancer Research. For each entry they receive they will donate $25 to Breast Cancer Research Foundation up to $10,000! What’s in it for you? Everyone who sends in a photo will be [...]

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the post-holiday donation run

January 13, 2009

I’ve noticed a trend among my friends and family. I saw a slew of Facebook updates, posts on my fav message board, and conversations with people who were cleaning up after the holidays ended. We spent awhile over the last few days integrating all the new toys and things we were given into the house. [...]

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