Archive for September, 2011

Suede Supper Club invites the Medical Community to Happy Hour

Suede Supper Club invites you to join us at Happy Hour Wednesday June 29th from 5-8pm 816 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, Mt Pleasant SC 29464 Crisis Ministries and HUG (Helping the Underprivileged Grow) will be on site to discuss the new Health Center project for Charleston’s Homeless. A portion of sales for the evening will be [...]

Ldc Cycling Enthusiasts Set Off On 265 Mile Cross Channel Cycling Challenge Led By Mark Beaumont

Twelve cyclists supported by LDC this afternoon set off on their epic ‘Arch to Arc’ biking challenge, cycling from London to Paris in just 24 hours in a bid to raise money for Maggie’s Centres, who provide help and support for cancer sufferers across the UK. The cyclists include employees from LDC, the leading mid-market [...]

Fourth Annual Mentoring-in-Motion at Brownstone June 18th

Portland, CT – Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park is hosting the 4th Annual Mentoring-in-Motion Event June 18th, kicking off summer and benefitting all of the states authorized one on one mentoring programs. Zip lining, cliff jumping, wakeboarding, kayaking. — What better way to start summer and help out the local community. First Ever “Mascot Off” [...]

Top Jazz Artist Rick DellaRatta to Perform in Manhattan

New York, NY – After historic concerts in Africa (http://www.jazzforpeace.org/africaevent.htm) and Brazil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCP4p2ppCk), Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace perform for Global Peace Partners. New York, NY – On Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 7:30PM singer / Pianist / Composer Rick DellaRatta, considered by many to be one of the finest Jazz Artists performing today, [...]

Racecourse Charity Raffle Raises £720 for Marie Curie Cancer Care

Newton Abbot Racecourse have donated £720, the proceeds from their Ladies’ Day Charity auction, to Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Devon Nursing Appeal. The charity’s local nursing appeal aims to raise £1 million this year to ensure that terminally ill people across Devon can continue to access its nursing service free of charge, allowing patients to [...]

Social Mobile Commonly Shared Words

“Where are you?” is one of the most commonly texted phrases. “Sleepy” on the other hand seems to be one of the most common ‘shake to share’ words among people updating their statuses through the Color Connect app. “Sleepy” appeared 2x more than “hungry”, “sick”, and “working” combined. So if you start seeing more sleepy [...]

SLAMDiabetes Wiffle Ball Tourney to Benefit JDRF, DRI, Joslin and Barton Diabetes Centers

•Saturday, June 25th at 9am  Little Fenway in Essex, VT will host SLAMDiabetes’ inaugural event. 9am first pitch and 12noon opening ceremonies A unique 1/4th scale replica of Boston’s Fenway Park, Little Fenway has become THE go-to place for several major charity fund-raising tournaments.  To date, over $1.2 million has been raised there, $350,000 by [...]

Davis & Wilkerson Attorneys Chip in to Protect Texas Peace Officers Memorial

Cory McDonald , the lead attorney of the long-term care and retirement housing practice group at Davis & Wilkerson, P.C., (www.dwlaw.com) recently helped the staff of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards & Education (www.tcleose.state.tx.us ) establish the Friends of the Texas Peace Officers Memorial, a Texas Non-Profit Corporation. TCLEOSE is responsible for [...]

Leightons Hearing Care care about Deafness Research UK

Following last month’s Deaf Awareness Week (2-8 May), the country’s leading medical research charity Deafness Research UK has received a much appreciated donation of £870 from Leightons HearingCare. Leightons HearingCare generously agreed to donate £3 to the charity for every hearing aid sold or hearing assessment undertaken throughout the month of May. The money donated [...]

U.S. Based Non-Profit Charity Donates Books and Educational Supplies to Primary School in St. Lucia

On May 30, 2011, representatives from the International Alliance for Child Literacy (IACL), a U.S.-based non-profit charity, visited Fond St. Jacques Primary School in Saint Lucia to conduct a site visit.  The IACL (www.theiacl.org) donated 3,300 children’s books and 1,350 pounds of education materials to four organizations in Saint Lucia, including Fond St. Jacques Primary [...]