{Feast for Kids} The Lunchbox Project & The GoodOnYa Bar – Yummm!

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Aug 252010

$10.00

Today, we are promoting one of our favorite lunchbox items, the GoodOnYa Bar. It’s funny because I actually used to work next door to GoodOnYa Cafe in Sorrento Valley and was always a fan of all of their nutritious food. When they came out with their GoodOnYa Bar, I was very excited and not disappointed at all. It’s tasty and good for me? How could it be?

The Lunch Box provides schools with free, tangible tools to transform school lunch from highly processed foods to made-from-scratch meals using nutritious, fresh ingredients. It contains tools for real change including school-tested recipes with nutritionals and training tips, financial modeling guides, budget templates, downloadable, customizable calendars, and training videos.

The Lunch Box Project’s goal is to raise $20,000. Together we can change the way we feed our kids.

If you purchase the GoodOnYa Sample Pack (Click Here to Buy) before September 7, 2010, OpenSky will donate $1.00 to the Lunchbox Project for every sample pack sold. As an added incentive, you can receive free shipping when you enter the code, FREESHIPSAMPLER at checkout.

{Kids} Scrapbook Journals for Young Writers

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May 252010

: Handmade Journal Inside

: Handmade Journal Inside Cover

: Handmade Journal Back Inside Cover

I recently started sponsoring 2 little girls through World Vision Charity. We are encouraged to write letters and send along pictures to these children (sent my first letter the day after I received the info packets) and are allowed to send small items that fit into an envelope just a little bigger than a regular envelope, but there are restrictions – such as no jewelry or items that could be construed as expensive.

While I haven’t received any letters from either of these children yet (mail is a little slow in other countries, plus the whole volcano fiasco slowed my letters down I’m sure), I find myself looking at their pictures every day on my wall and wanting to let them know that there is someone a half a world away who is thinking about them. I feel that while my money is going to their community to help them all thrive (a very important goal indeed), it is the personal touch that sustains people.

I do not keep it to myself that I had a rough childhood, but it was those people in my life who always made me aware that they loved me and that they were there for me whom I think helped me be the strong and happy person I am today. It is for this reason that I want to let these girls know as often as I can that there is someone out there who cares about them, who knows that they can succeed in life and who believes in them.

This week, I thought I would make some little scrapbook journals personalized just for them. In doing so, another lady whom I work with asked me to make one for her little girl who she is sponsoring. This got me to thinking…perhaps all sorts of children would like a little journal to call their own, or even a wedding couple would like to use a hand-made book like this as their wedding guestbook. So, I’ve decided to make some more and post them on our etsy store. In the meantime, check out the ones I made for these 3 little girls. One of the girls, sadly, is not in school so I put the country flag and map as well as the world map in her journal – something to ponder (I loved maps as a child) and I had a friend translate the William Wordsworth quote, “Fill the paper with the breathings of your heart” in to Swahili for her.

Hope you enjoy.

{Feast/Charity} Date or Family Night for New Yorkers – Hungry to Help?

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May 182010

Hungry to Help? Eat out at Uno Chicago Grill on May 20th and Support Safe Horizon

Have a meal at Uno Chicago Grill and help Safe Horizon, too! On May 20th, eat at a sponsoring Uno Chicago Grill restaurant, present a special ticket when your check arrives, and the restaurant will donate up to 20% of the check to our programs helping victims of violence and abuse.

Just print out the Uno “Dough Raiser” ticket (click here to download the PDF) and take it with you when you go to one of three participating Uno Chicago Grill restaurants. When the server brings your check, hand over one of the tickets so the restaurant will know that you want a portion of your bill donated. If you’re taking your meal to go, you can use this special ticket to have a portion of your bill donated as well.

Visit any one of the following Uno Chicago Grill restaurants to use your ticket:

South Street Seaport in New York City – 89 South Street, New York, NY
86th Street in New York City – 220 East 86th Street (between 3rd and Lexington Avenues), New York, NY
Columbus Avenue in New York City – 432 Columbus Avenue (at 81st Street), New York, NY

A special thanks goes to Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. for their support on helping raise awareness about this event!

Please share this Uno Chicago Grill ticket with anyone who lives in New York City and help raise money to benefit children, adults, and families in need.

{Charities} 1 Million Pillowcases…A Feel Good DIY Project

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May 132010

: 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge – Child’s Pillow Detail

: 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge – Child’s Pillow

: 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge – Adult’s Pillow

I finished my two pillowcases, one for an adult and one for a child, and will be dropping them off at Rosie’s Calico Cupboard next week. I had so much fun finding the fun material for the children’s pillow case and went through all the fabric I already had and found big enough pieces to make the adult pillow case. So if you are short on cash, you can still donate by just looking at what you already have and making it work. The patterns are free and downloadable online; so what better use for your left over material?

The story on how the 1 Million Pillow Case donation started is a good one. A mother was visiting her son in the hospital and noticed he was depressed and missing home, so she thought she would bring a little home to him, something special to lift his spirits. She made a pillowcase from sports material, because he loved sports. At first the nurses said she couldn’t leave it, so she went to the hospital administrator and got permission to leave it for her son. Well, it wasn’t too long before the hospital staff noticed how the boy lit up when people would ask him about his pillow and he could tell them how good he felt having it. When the nurses saw how much better the boy was doing the nurses started asking the mother if she wouldn’t mind making more for the other patients. One thing lead to another and 1 Million Pillowcases was born. Now they are made all over the country and distributed to not only hospitals but senior homes, battered women’s shelters, aids patients, foster homes and many more places where love and warmth is needed.

I am so happy to be donating my 2 pillow cases, they were so easy to make and the web site makes it simple to find a location where you can drop them off. We have two donation locations in the San Diego area. You can click here to view donation locations all over the country. Join in the fun and have a heart warming experience by helping reach the 1 Million Pillow Case goal.

{Charities} Donation of Love – The 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge

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May 032010

There are great giving back projects that are super easy and give back in a big way. “The 1 Million Pillow Case Challenge” is one of them. I am going to contribute to this cause and will share my pillow cases with you when they are completed. If you belong to a sewing group, get them involved too!

American Patchwork & Quilting is challenging you to join their efforts to Make a Pillowcase, Make a Difference. Every pillowcase can make a difference in your community. A pillowcase can provide comfort for a cancer patient, hope for a foster child, encouragement for a battered woman, or beauty for a nursing home resident. Once your pillowcases are complete and donated locally, (“Rosie’s Calico Cupboard” is one of the donation drop off sites), you log onto the American Patchwork & Quilting site to enter how many pillowcases you made. Help reach the goal of ONE MILLION Pillowcases. This site even gives you free download pillow case patterns!

If you plan on participating, we would love to hear your pillowcase plans and send in your pictures to us too!

{Nesting} Free’d by De-Cluttering!

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Mar 262010

So when I got the De-clutter bug this spring after I read my son-in-law’s e-book “A Minimalist Life” byLeo Babauta. It is a great book to motivate you into decluttering your own life. I didn’t feel the need to get rid of everything, but did feel inspired to De-clutter ! So…I put out the word for suggestions on places where I could donate all my “stuff” after I De-cluttered, and I got back some great places I thought I would share with you.

I had a bag of old batteries, all different sizes, that I have been adding to for years hanging in my garage, gone. My next dilemma was all those bags of soaps, shampoos, and lotions brought home from the hotels I stayed at. I was sure I was going to use them or put them out for my guests when they stayed over. NOT! Now I could donate them to my local Woman’s shelter, Faith Mission, or Salvation Army and feel good about it. My son had an old laptop computer he didn’t need any more, we found a place that takes computers for kids who might not have any other way of getting one. Then there were all those stacks of paperback books, and between my son and I, we had a lot!

Sending your treasured items to a good place, makes it so much easier to part with them. So when we found out we could donate to soldiers, we gave and gave. We could also give our old cell phones to a soldiers’ cause.

Ok, what’s next…Oh yes, my pile of reading and regular glasses in the bedroom drawer – out! And, to a great place I might add. My 8, yes 8, boxes of clothes donated to a wonderful place. I am a crafty person so I should say no more, bags and boxes of craft items donated, including, but not limited to, a bag full of real wine corks that I so diligently had saved for some mystery future use. And then there were the boxes of old greeting cards, new and used, out to someone that can recycle and make use of them.

For things I wanted to keep, I reorganized, got containers and labeled everything. Even all those games and puzzles that have pieces and parts that always go missing, and boxes that are barely holding together, into plastic containers.

Finally, for everything else, I decided to call a big truck and have them hall it all away! WaLa, a De-cluttered house, where I can actually see what I have in my closet to wear, a clutter free craft room (well almost) so I can create fun DIY projects for you and a clutter free home where I can put my feet up on an ottoman that is free of piles of magazines. M-m-m feels so good!

By: YLE’s Crafty Chic, Sharon Tittle

{Charities/Coupling} Eat, Drink, Be Merry Wheat Harvest Benefit

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Mar 242010

I always say, ‘there’s nothing better than a date night that is also a benefit’. North Park is THE place to be seen lately, and being that we live there, we couldn’t agree more.

Enjoy a date night out with your honey at Sea Rocket Bistro and have the proceeds benefit the Wheat Harvest Project. See below for more information.

Hello all,
wheat hARvesT project benefit at the Sea Rocket Bistro
April 11th, 2010 11:30am – 10pm or till everyone is fed

Eat, Drink and be Merry. Thresh winnow and mill some wheat because 20 percent of the proceeds will be contributed to the wheat hARvesT project. Enjoy lunch, dinner or stop by the bar to help support this local project.
Sea Rocket Bistro
3382 30th Street
San Diego, CA 92104
www.searocketbistro.com

About this project:
Who knew that you could grow wheat in the mid-city of San Diego? David Krimmel, a community artist and wishful farmer, is doing just that. A vacant lot in North Park is being transformed into a field of wheat. Straw bales have been cored out and planted with wheat with the proposal that they be placed in the community business district.

What started as David’s desire to truly understand what it would take to grow, hand harvest and process grain for a loaf of bread has evolved into a community event planned for September 11th, when the community will be invited to help in the harvest festivities at the Art Produce Gallery.

To learn more about this project please join David at the Sea Rocket Bistro on April 11th. Locally grown grain and hand milling will be available. All ages are welcome.

Also Visit:
www.wheatharvest.org
www.searocketbistro.com
www.artproducegallery.com

Thank you
David Krimmel
facebook page is here.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/wheat-hARvesT/309911869173

Sip: Limoncello = Benevolence

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Mar 112010

We just received an update from our friends at Ventura Limoncello Company about some upcoming benefits where they will be a participating sponsor. Is there any easier way to help others than by drinking and socializing? I think not. And, to make it even sweeter, top it all off with a signature cocktail created by Ventura Limoncello Company (see our signature cocktail section for some recipes).

Here are the benefits where Ventura Limoncello Company will be pouring its libations:

Ciao Limoncello Famiglia,
Manuela and I will be out and about a lot this month so please find us and say “hi”…

March 11 is Food Fare LA 2010 (benefiting Planned Parenthood) at the Santa Monica Civic Center. www.pplafoodfare.com

March 14 is St. Patty’s Fest (benefiting Children’s Tumor Foundation) at the Taglyan Cultural Center in Hollywood. www.stpattysfest.com

March 20 is the NCL Juniors of Ventura County Spanish Nights (benefiting Pediatric Oncology) at Limoneira in Santa Paula. www.ncljuniorsspanishnights.com

Join us on March 21 at Tuscany Ristorante in Westlake Village for a Ventura Limoncello Pairing Dinner. www.tuscany-restaurant.com

Finally, March 25-28 is the Ventura Film Society Festival 2010. We are proud to be sponsoring the screening of Io Sono L’amore, which is set to be released in the US in April. It stars Tilda Swinton and was directed by Luca Guadagnino. The screening will be on Saturday night, March 27. www.venturafilmsociety.com

We continue to remind everyone to “Think Global and Drink Local”. Your local shops & restaurants deserve everyone’s support. Please enjoy a nice meal out, enjoy a Ventura Limoncello cocktail or finish with Ventura Limoncello.

Ask for it by name, Ventura Limoncello: The perfect finish to your Valentine’s meal. Enjoy Ventura Limoncello Responsibly.
James & Manuela

Fab Charity: The Princess Project – Dress Drive Is On Now

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Mar 112010

About the Princess Project

The Princess Project promotes self-confidence and individual beauty by providing free prom dresses and accessories to high school girls who cannot otherwise afford them. Its effort is made possible through invaluable volunteer, donor and community support.

How the Princess Project Works

Every year, The Princess Project seeks and receives thousands of beautiful new or nearly new dresses and accessories in EXCELLENT condition from individual donors and corporate partners.

Hundreds of volunteers accept and organize these dresses and accessories to run an exciting giveaway event in the early spring for individual high school girls. Groups of ten or more teens who want to attend can make an appointment for a private boutique.

Each year, hundreds of Bay Area girls attend the dress giveaway to find that new prom dress and those perfect accessories to make their high school prom a reality. And it’s all FREE!

Since 2002, The Princess Project has served over 9,000 girls through the dedication of more than 700 volunteers and the generous start-up support of Coro Northern California. In 2005, The Princess Project became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

2009

Expanding to its 4th location in sunny San Diego, The Princess Project served 3,384 in 2009! Every event had an overwhelming turnout of enthusiastic girls and volunteers…all ready to shop for a prom dress! Our organization was the recipient of Google Grants to help increase our girl outreach.

The Princess Project Dress Drive is on and we need your help to make prom a reality for many underpriviledged high school girls. Please join us at Barbarella Restaurant for a fun filled happy-hour 4 to 6 pm. Wine and appetizers will be served. Please bring a nearly new dress or contribution – all contributions are tax deductible.

The Princess Project promotes self-confidence and individual beauty by providing free prom dresses and accessories to high school girls who cannot otherwise afford them. Our effort is made possible through invaluable volunteer, donor and community support.

You can learn more by visiting princessproject.org; www.barbarellarestaurant.com

The Princess Project has expanded to its 4th location! 2009 was San Diego’s first season with The Princess Project.

The San Diego Giveaway dates have been announced! All are by appointment only. Please contact ginese@princessproject.org to make an appointment.

Friday, March 19 (evening only)

Saturday, March 20

Sunday, March 21

Saturday, March 27

2010 Volunteer Sign-ups are open.
If you’d like to volunteer to help in San Diego, review the instructions and sign up here: http://www.mysignup.com/princessprojectsd2010.

Wish Upon A Wedding-Creating Memories for Those Who are Left Behind Because these Couples Do Not Have a Lifetime Together

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Mar 022010

Wish Upon A Wedding was founded in San Francisco, CA, in January of 2010, by a group of wedding and business entrepreneurs and is America’s FIRST nonprofit wedding wish granting organization, producing weddings and civil union ceremonies at destinations across the United States for individuals facing terminal illness, regardless of sexual orientation.

Chapters:

Wish Upon A Wedding is now boasting twenty chapters nationwide, headed by some of the industry’s most renowned leaders with plans to expand to over 40 chapters worldwide.

Presidents:

Sasha Souza, National President & SF Bay Area President

Kevin Covey, LA/Orange County

Stella Inserra, New York

Ivy Robinson, The Carolinas

Eliana Baucicault, Atlanta

Mary Alice Sublett, Tennessee

Mark Kingsdorf, Philadelphia

Saundra Hadley, Indianapolis

Heather Hamilton Sims, Houston

Shelby Tuck Horton, DC

Elisa Delgardio, Orlando

Ali Phillips, Chicago

Daniela Isabella Ferdico Fagét, Seattle

Forming Additional Chapters:

Other chapters opening soon include Boston, Colorado, Arizona, Portland, Miami, St. Louis, Ohio and Nevada. We are also planning to open to chapters in other areas depending on need including international chapters. If you wish to start a chapter, please fill out the online form for consideration.

Who Is Behind Wish Upon A Wedding?

Many influential people in the industry are beginning to endorse Wish Upon A Wedding & you can find those endorsements on the website. There are also amazing people sitting on the Boards and Advisory Panel throughout the US such as Dana Larue Stiebel “Broke-Ass Bride” {LA Chapter PR Chair}, Leila Khalil {National PR Advisor}, Beth Helmstetter {National Outreach Director} just to name a few. They would love to have you join as well either as a board member or wish granter!

How We Grant Wishes:

To qualify for Wishes, applicants must be unmarried legal citizens of the United States, over the age of 18, who have been diagnosed with less than three years to live. Couples can be granted wishes either in the chapter where they live or in a chapter of their choosing as long as they are able to make the trip.

Couples can simply apply online to request one of three wedding types:

URGENT (Up to 10 guests, in hospital or at bedside);

BOUTIQUE (up to 25 guests, in home town of applicant);

ROMANTIC (Up to 50 guests, at any WUW destination)

How Can You Grant Wishes?

As the organization is building, Wish Granters are needed in all locations. Please apply online today to start helping Wedding Wishes come true. In two weeks, Wish Upon A Wedding will be granting the very first wish. To read more about that wish and the couple please visit the website.

Please use this info on your own blog and during the course of this week…if you have the time and the room on your blog this week.

It will help build a network of very important people in this industry whose main goal is to help these very deserving couples. After all, if you are in the business of creating lifetime memories, we are now asking you to help us create memories for those who are left behind because these couples do not have a lifetime together.

Wish Upon A Wedding Needs Wish Granters

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Feb 172010

Wish Upon a Wedding Launched in January 2010.

America’s only wedding wish granting organization, Wish Upon a Wedding produces weddings & civil union ceremonies at destinations across the United States for individuals facing life-threatening illness.

By celebrating the courage & spirit of these couples, it is Wish Upon A Wedding’s hope that others facing similar situations will find hope, strength, and the promise of eternal love.

Officially launched in January of 2010, Wish Upon a Wedding currently has five chapters to serve Wish Applicants. Beginning February 14, couples residing in or wishing to get married within 300 miles of the following cities are eligible to apply for weddings: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orlando, New York and Chicago. If you reside in another area, they still encourage you to stay connected as New Chapters open regularly.

Wish Upon A Wedding is rallying their team of Wish Granters across the United States! If you would like to be a part of their Wish Granting Team {or know someone who would} please submit a Wish Granter application.

http://wishuponawedding.org/

{Coupling/Charity} Date Night for a Cause: Counterpoint Wine Bar|1/24/09|Donating Profits

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Jan 222010

We found this through San Diego City Beat and felt that it was worth repeating. Turn this night into a date night and you’ll be doing good for others while you do good for yourself:

Lots of folks are doing Haiti benefits. Here’s one that got our attention: Counterpoint, everyone’s favorite new wine bar, is donating profits from an entire day—Sunday, Jan. 24—to the Red Cross. They plan to stay open 12 straight hours, noon to midnight, and will be auctioning off special beers, maybe some bottles of wine, and other goodies. Counterpoint is located at 830 25th St. in Golden Hill.

{Explore/Charity} Earn Miles for your Honeymoon by Supporting Haiti Disaster Relief Efforts

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Jan 212010

Earthquake In Haiti

http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/disasterrelief.jsp?cd=100120&gc=ACE&cc=EML&cp=AIR&skw=&tc=&pp=WEL9
American Airlines is once again partnering with the American Red Cross to help the victims affected by the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. The American Red Cross, through an extensive partnership with the Haitian Red Cross, has made available all of the relief supplies from its warehouse in Panama in addition to deploying disaster management specialists already in Haiti.

Make a donation to the American Red Cross and earn AAdvantage® bonus miles.
If you would like to join us in supporting the victims of the earthquake in Haiti by making a donation, American will reward your generosity with an AAdvantage bonus mile offer. Through February 28, 2010, AAdvantage members can earn a one-time award of 250 bonus miles for a minimum $50 donation, or 500 bonus miles for a donation of $100 or more to the American Red Cross.

Make a donation to support the American Red Cross Haiti earthquake relief effort.

To receive your bonus miles, forward your email donation acknowledgment from the American Red Cross to ReliefMiles@aa.com. Please do not to change the subject line, but do provide your AAdvantage number in the email.

Terms & Conditions:

Offer valid on contributions made online at http://american.redcross.org/americanairlines-pub*
Minimum donation of $50 required in order to earn bonus miles
Members can earn a one-time bonus up to 500 miles
Promotion dates are January 14 through February 28, 2010
Donation receipts from the American Red Cross forwarded to ReliefMiles@aa.com. Miles will post to the member’s AAdvantage account approximately 14 days after the receipts are received. Please check your AAdvantage account on aa.com to verify the award.
The name on the donation receipt must match the name on the AAdvantage account.
You must be an AAdvantage member to receive the bonus miles.
Bonus miles do not count toward elite-status qualification.
American Airlines reserves the right to change the AAdvantage program at any time without notice.
American Airlines is not responsible for products or services offered by other participating companies.
For complete details about the AAdvantage program, visit www.aa.com/aadvantage
The American Red Cross name and emblem are used with its permission, which in no way constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, company, opinion or political position.
For more information about the Red Cross, please visit www.redcross.org

*When accessing a partner or information site, a new browser window or tab will open. To return to AA.com, close the browser window or tab.

{Weddings/Charity} I have such wonderfully giving vendors

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Dec 242009

So, my son goes to a wonderful daycare here in San Diego. They are very involved with the community and many children’s lives. Here is an email I was sent on Monday, Dec. 22nd:

I know I posted this around and you have probably seen Brandon on the news. He will be on the news again tomorrow right before chemo.

I have known Brandon since he was 2 years old. He is now 7. Brandon is this kid that has had so much energy and a crazy cool personality.He was diagnosed with cancer in the stem of his brain (look up DIPG). He is on tons of steroids and other meds with crazy side affects.

In a short time Brandon will become paralyzed right before he goes blind as it is with this type of cancer.

There have been other fund raisers for Brandon that have helped Brandon pack a lot into a small amount of time. We are now trying to raise funds as quickly as possible to hire a professional videographer and photographer that is least invasive to this family so that the best memories from this time are captured. We also want to allow a fund that will help many more family members to be able to afford more time from work as most of them are saving time off for the end. We hope they can afford some time now as well.

The other day Brandon was acting out a little and was put in a time out (trying to keep as much normalcy as possible). Then it was thought, Brandon doesn’t have enough time for a time out.

9 months is the average time this diagnoses allows.

If your even thinking about adding Brandon to your gift list, please don’t wait. We would like to do as much as possible as soon as possible. Look up DIGP and then please write any amount ( I mean any amount, I know times are hard for us all… no amount is too small, I really mean that).

Make the check payable to BRANDON SHIVELY BENEFIT FUND and send it to 1787 Pentuckett Ave San Diego, Ca. 92104. We will give any notes wishes prayers and money to the family.

Being a wedding planner and designer, I was in the unique position to have many wonderful vendor contacts, so I contacted two of my favorites: Tim Otto of Tim Otto Photography and Marc Lehman of Ashley Video Productions. These two wonderfully, giving vendors have offered to help this family obtain some very wonderful memories of their time together. The details are still being worked out, but I do hope to post any updates that may come about. Thank you, thank you to our wonderful vendors, Tim and Marc. I hope that any of you out there who are looking for a photographer or videographer, give these two a little love back;)

{Coupling/Charities} Charity Benefit, Fruit of the Soul

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Sep 162009

Fruit of the Soul is September 19th, 2009 6:30pm

www.fruitofthesoul.org

A benefit to support the preservation of:
music, art, & sustainable education in San Diego
30+ Restaurants, art show, live music, silent auction, drinks & dancing!!!

@ the Specialty Produce Warehouse
1929 Hancock St. Suite 150,
San Diego, CA 92110

Click to enlarge poster image
FOTS 2009 Poster

VIP All Access:

Early entry @ 6pm – be the first to interact with some of San Diego’s top chefs & drink all night $75

General Admission:

Doors open @ 6:30pm, two beer/wine/cocktail tickets $55

Late Show:

After 9pm, two beer/wine/cocktail tickets $25

Mission:

Fruit of the Soul is an annual fundraiser to support the preservation
of music, art & sustainable education in San Diego. We believe that
music, art & nutrition ARE the fruit of our souls & the preservation
of such in our educational system is necessary for our youth’s left & right brain creativity & growth.

At Fruit of the Soul we seek out local organizations working for causes we believe in, as well as those in need of community support. We also enjoy a good party! Join the two and you have an amazing event with passion for the cause and movers & shakers for the party!

About the Beneficiaries:

Monarch School:

“Did you know that the average age of a homeless person in San Diego is NINE YEARS OLD? Today, THERE ARE MORE THAN 2,200 HOMELESS CHILDREN in San Diego and more than 300,000 nationwide. Together, we can change that. It’s a tough reality that not all kids are given the same opportunities.

Monarch School works closely with the community and the San Diego County Office of Education to change that. The school provides an accredited education to homeless and at-risk kids while caring for basic needs such as healthcare, food, clothing and personal hygiene. Your help can make a difference.” – monarchschools.org The Monarch School is a 501 3(c) non-profit organization (Tax ID # 33-0871354).

A Reason To Survive (ARTS):

A Reason To Survive (ARTS) organization is dedicated to healing, inspiring and empowering children facing life challenges by providing innovative arts-based programs, education and opportunities.

The ARTS Programs include ARTS Expression Sessions, Community Outreach Programs, Community Art Projects, Van-Go Transportation Program, The ARTS Gallery, Youth Job & Internship Opportunities, and ARTS Scholarships. –AReasonToSurvive.org
A Reason To Survive, 33-096-3135).

Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center:

Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center is located in National City. The gardens will be a destination for children from the surrounding urban community to explore the connections between plants and history, science, art, literature, math, and nutrition. Crop plants will be grown in a manner that would allow children and community members to actively engage in the production of organic fruit and vegetables. Harvested produce will then be used during nutrition classes, cooking demonstrations, and workshops which will be held on a covered patio area and outdoor kitchen (capacity 40) adjacent to the garden. http://www.icfdn.org/initiatives/crossborder/index.php
Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center are a 501 3© non-profit organization (Tax ID # 95-2586060).

{Charities} National Day of Remembrance – Post Your Good Deed

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Sep 102009

Friday is the eighth anniversary of 9/11. Please take a moment now to post your personal plan to perform a good deed, volunteer or engage in another charitable activity in observance of the first federally recognized September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. Help create a wonderful legacy that honors the victims and those who rose to service in response to the attacks on America.
http://911dayofservice.org/

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