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Festival of Tree and Lights Benefits at Browning’s
This Friday night, November 12, 2010, Browning’s will be donating 10% of their total profits from 6PM to 9PM to Kosair’s Children’s Hospital Foundation. On Saturday night, November 13, 2010 from 6PM-9M the MS Center will receive 10% of Browning’s total profits as part of their Holiday Project. Browning’s will have a special “Dickens Menu” [...]
Continue reading...Cones for the Cure at Graeter’s
15. October 2010
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Doing a good deed while eating good ice cream. Double win. During Cones for the Cure, which runs October 14th through October 31st, Graeter’s will offer a gift booklet worth over $15 in savings for every donation of $5 or more to The Cure Starts Now. Donors will also be honored with special ice cream [...]
Continue reading...Ken-Ducky Derby
5. August 2010
I’m old so my memory is probably failing but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this event or the organization that it benefits before. Which is sad when you consider this is the event’s 7th year. And what exactly is the event? It’s a mass dumping of sponsored rubber ducks into the Ohio River. [...]
Continue reading...5% For 15Thousand Farmers at Whole Foods Tomorrow April 24, 2010
23. April 2010
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In addition to all the recycling going on at Whole Foods they are also going to be giving 5% of the days revenue to 15Thousand Farmers. And the 15Thousand Farmers folks will be there in person from 10AM-3PM. We will also have a table to talk about our efforts, have 15Thousand Farmers t-shirts & lawn [...]
Continue reading...Time for Another Book Drive? LFPL Needs Books!
30. March 2010
Ah Facebook. Sometimes you make life painful (Farmville updates, 8 million invitations to events I’m never going to attend, uncomfortable friend requests, etc) but sometimes you make new awesomeness possible. Case in point: New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery “asked her readers to nominate their favorite library to win a free copy of one [...]
Continue reading...Shop and Eat to Benefit Haiti at Westport Village
12. March 2010
The shops and restaurants of Westport Village (which I still contend is in the East End) are dedicating a night of food and shopping for Haiti. Each store and restaurant will be donating a portion of their proceeds from the evening of March 18 to Hope for Haiti. B and I very well may have [...]
Continue reading...Haitian Relief Music Festival at Molly Malone’s St. Matthews
17. February 2010
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Tomorrow night, Thursday February 18, 2010 Molly Malone’s in St. Matthews is hosting a Haitian Relief Music Festival. They’ve got five local bands lined up to perform (Sunday Six, Speed Limit, Local Villains, Ruff Patches and Boltz and Ellison). Cover is $10 with all proceeds (and any additional donations) going to the American Red Cross [...]
Continue reading...Early Warning: Young Survivors Benefit February 26, 2010
15. January 2010
I know and am terribly fond of two kick ass women who fit into the category of “young breast cancer survivors in Louisville.” So I hope like crazy that you either attend the Young Survivors Silent Auction and Benefit on February 26, 2010 or you make a donation online to the Norton Breast Health Program [...]
Continue reading...Domestic Violence Benefit at Prime Lounge Friday January 15, 2010
14. January 2010
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This doesn’t need any editorializing from me. The beginning of 2010 was marked with the brutal death of Kelly Doyle – a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend… a victim of domestic violence. Please join friends and fellow supporters to raise awareness and funding for the Center for Women and Families and for Kelly’s [...]
Continue reading...Donate Hats, Scarves, Gloves and Hats at Heine Brothers
11. December 2009
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Volunteers of America and Heine Brothers have teamed up to make it incredibly simple for you to do a really good deed in our community. Give the gift of warmth this holiday season. Just look for our collection bins at Heine Brothers’ Coffee locations throughout Louisville to donate new scarves, gloves and hats for children [...]
Continue reading...- Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble’s Once in a Blue Moon Venue Change
- Love-A-Thon: Puppet Prom Saturday February 11, 2012
- Jewish Ritual Objects: Religion and Art
- Meet Humana Festival Poster Artist Wayne Brezinka, Thursday February 9, 2012
- Girl Scout Cookie Coffee Drinks? Yes.
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9. November 2010
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