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Atlanta Pool Party For a Cause! That's What You're Doing on Saturday!

2011-08-12T18:10:00.000-04:00

That is right, my fun (yet mindful) party people! There is a huge happenin' pool party in Buckhead this Saturday (yes, tomorrow!) to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! How can you turn down partying for a cause!?! In fact, I can't say it much better then the organizers:

"Your healthy livers have been called upon to embark on a grand adventure to save lives! That’s right, your ability to enjoy life to the fullest is now being beckoned to participate in a very bold event….A POOL PARTY!!!! But this is not just your average pool party. It is a pool party to save lives."

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and well as patient services. These blood cancers include leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. Myeloma is short for Multiple Myeloma, a rare and incurable cancer that has hit close to home with many of my friends and family and have raised money for another organization to advance research.

So back to the easy, super-rad way you can support this cause while having a bad-ass time! There will be kegs, alcohol, food, tunes, games, and gorgeous people! You get all this for just a $20 donation. And if you bring extra moolah, there will be beer pong and corn hole tourneys and a raffle for a 50/50 split pot!

Here are the dets:
Saturday, August 13, 2011
2:00pm - 7:00pm
The Pool at The Cove, Buckhead
4266 Roswell Rd L4
Atlanta, GA 30342
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Two Events to Go Out on Thursday for a Cause in Atlanta!

2011-07-20T00:44:00.000-04:00

I know, it's been a while! The first half of 2011 has shaped up to be more hectic than expected. Here's hoping the downward slope to 2012 leaves time for me to give you the 411 on some great, easy, and fun ways to be charitable and give back!

So let's start with tomorrow night, Thursday, July 21, 2011! There are two fab social events going on in the Atlanta metro to raise money for some great organizations. Check it out!

Event #1: Cocktails For Kidneys benefiting the National Kidney Foundation's Camp Independence
Atlanta’s premier young professionals organizations, including the Atlanta Jaycees, Young Buck’s, Young Professionals of Dunwoody, and The 400 Club, are joining forces to support Camp Independence by hosting the largest Happy Hour of the year at Aja Restaurant & Bar in Buckhead from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. It's just a mere $10 donation! Did I mention they have several raffles prizes over $500 being given out throughout the evening? That's amazing!

The National Kidney Foundation’s Camp Independence is a six day overnight summer camp program for medically fragile children and adolescents with kidney disease or who have heart, liver, lung, or kidney transplants. It's held at the Camp Twin Lakes facility in Rutledge, GA, and camp attendance is free of charge for all children being treated or residing in Georgia or Alabama. What an awesome easy way to help these children have a week of fun while their special needs are taken care of!

EVENT #2: Tapas for Trisha benefiting the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation's Race for Research
Team Trisha is holding a fundraiser at Red Sky Tapas & Bar in East Cobb/Marietta to raise money for the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation and the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children in the 2011 Race for Research. Stop by from 6:00pm - 9:00pm for an entertaining night with dueling pianos and great food and drinks! Proceeds will be based on food sales, so come hungry! Drink special on Thursday include $4 Pinnacle Vodka Martinis and $5 Three Olives Vodka Martinis. Reservations are highly recommended by calling 770.973.0100.

Team Trisha is in honor of Trisha Rushing Duguay. On May 15, 2010, Trisha and her husband left their wedding for the emergency room not long after saying their vows. Trisha was diagnosed with a brain tumor the day after the wedding and fell into a coma 10 days later. Trisha passed away on September 24, 2010. And what an amazingly easy and fun way to honor her short life and even shorter marriage then by helping others with brain tumors!

If you can't make this event, but still want to help, you can also join Team Trisha for the 5k Run/2k Walk on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Atlantic Station, make a donation, or just check on their fundraising progress here.

Google Chrome for a Cause

2010-12-16T23:45:00.000-05:00

Good ol' Google. Just when you want to hate them for taking over the eWorld, you find that you adore their new browser, Google Chrome. And then yesterday, they put the cherry on top by adding an extension that allows you to raise money for five amazing nonprofits just by searching the internet! I think they added a few gold flakes to this love sundae by making it soooo easy to join the cause!

That's right, download the FREE Google Chrome with Chrome for a Cause browser here (if you already downloaded Chrome, the link will let you download the extension, as long as you are actually using Google Chrome). Once it is installed, with every new tab (where you can type in any website -- and let me tell you, tabs are the best thing ever invented if you want to keep a site open and review other sites!) you contribute to one of five causes! How do you open tabs? By clicking on that "+" (plus) next to the tab at the top left of the browser:

Each tab you open will raise money for charity! BUT HURRY! It's only until Sunday, December 19, 2010!!! That's only 3 days away!

There is also a little icon next to the address bar that tells you how many tabs you have opened:

If you click on that icon, it also allows you easy (social media) ways to share with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Orkut and Google Buzz (of course):

A daily maximum number of tabs you can click for a cause is currently 250 tabs per day. You are also limited to accruing one tab per second towards the daily maximum. At the end of each day, you get to choose which charity to support:

The Nature Conservancy - working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people
charity: water - bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations
Doctors Without Borders - delivering emergency aid in nearly 70 countries to those most in need
Un Techo para mi País - working in 19 countries across the Americas to improve the quality of life of impoverished families through the construction of transitional housing
Room to Read - seeking to transform the lives of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education

Oh and, if you click on that icon next to the address bar again...

... you will see how the amount of tabs you have opened would contribute to each charity in... trees planted through The Nature Conservancy, clean water provided through charity: water, vaccinations provided through Doctors Without Borders, square feet of shelter built through Un Techo para mi País, and books donated through Room to Read.

Google has set a maximum contribution of $1,000,000 associated with the Google Chrome for a Cause extension, but they won't donate that much unless we all click on those Google Chrome tabs!!!

Belk Charity Sale on Saturday Morning May 1, 2010!

2010-04-29T21:48:00.000-04:00

It's a win-win situation! This Saturday, May 1, is a morning of special savings to benefit local charities and schools from 6:00 am - 10:00 am in-stores only! $5 tickets are available at Belk stores. With that donation, you'll get up to 70% off store-wide including many brands that are usually excluded! Plus you get $5 off your first purchase when you present your ticket. And last but not least, 100 Belk gift cards worth $5 to $1000 will be given away at each location! So check out Belk.com for more information and to find your closest Belk department store now!

Idol Gives Back

2010-04-21T21:47:00.001-04:00

I know, everyone hates these "reality" shows or is down-right obsessed with them... but American Idol has really done some amazing good with Idol Gives Back.

My work with Dining For Women and in my very recent reading of Half The Sky has educated me about the perils of women across the earth, and I have been amazed that American Idol is in align with the empowerment of women around the world that I have been working toward!

Idol Gives Back is on right now until 10:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). You can donate with a credit card right now at https://www.idolaid.com/donate.asp or by calling 1-877-IDOLAID.

Blogging For Good

2010-04-21T21:10:00.001-04:00

So, here I am, starting my next blog endeavor. I started out with a "diet" blog back in October of 2008, hosted on my own site, and well... it got annihilated! Probably because I didn't really know enough to be hosting my own blog!

So I wanted to start again, bringing something to the blogosphere that means something to people, that I have recently found to be an amazing force in my life, and that seems to be making huge steps as part of our culture here in the U.S.

I Am Blogging For Good. I am not perfect, and I am not always good, but what I can do is promote the things that I find to be for the greater good. That's what this blog is all about.