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NOMOS Glashutte Watches that help Doctors Without Borders

October 4th, 2013 · No Comments · Developing Areas, Doctors Without Borders

This stunning watch is one of two special edition watches released by NOMOS Glashütte to support Doctors Without Borders. The watch comes in two sizes with a diameter of either 33mm or 38mmm, and both watches are limited to a production of only 1,000 watches. NOMOS Glashütte first released a limited edition watch in March […]

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Pink Shopping Bags for $2.99 at Safeway That Helps Breast Cancer Research

September 30th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Breast Cancer

From now until November 3, when you visit a Safeway, Vons, Pavillions, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Dominick’s, or Carrs store, you’ll be able to purchase a reusable shopping bag for $2.99. A full $2.00 of that will go to benefit breast cancer research. You can also purchase $30 of participating products with pink price tags, and […]

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Shop at Kohls for Breast Cancer Awareness 2013

September 25th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Breast Cancer, Kohls

Each year, I take a little extra time as October approaches to talk about pink breast cancer related products. That’s mainly because Breast Cancer Awareness and the pink ribbon campaign is what really spawned the concept of retailers and consumer product manufacturers tying in their products with charities. This accomplishes two things–of course, the portion […]

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Free Appetizer or Crab Bucket at Joe's Crab Shack with Donation

August 29th, 2013 · No Comments · Children's Charities

Joe’s Crab Shack is having a special deal where if you donate $5 to Share Our Strength you’ll get a free appetizer and if you donate $10 you’ll get a free Crab Bucket. You can read details here: http://joescrabshack.com/nkh.php I was actually a little surprised to see there was a Joe’s Crab Shack within 10 […]

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The Artist's Way for Parents: Raising Creative Children

August 10th, 2013 · No Comments · Arts, Children's Charities

The Artist’s Way was a book published in 1992 by Julia Cameron. It became a runaway best-seller, selling over four million copies. The Artist’s Way is basically a twelve-week program that aimed to help artists, both professional artists and hobbyists, to remove blocks that were preventing them from producing their art, whether it be writer’s […]

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Pridebites – High Quality Dog Toys that you can float, toss, play tug-of-war with, and wash!

August 8th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Animal Causes

In a previous post, I’ve already shared with you how my sister’s puppy Clancy loves to destroy dog toys. Now I love Clancy, but it seems that there’s not a toy in the world he won’t eventually destroy. Enter PrideBites. This is a good new dog toy that is eco-friendly, high quality, durable, and vet […]

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Environmentally Friendly Batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, 9V) from PerfPower Go Green

July 10th, 2013 · No Comments · Autism, Conservation

I admit, I still feel a lot of angst when I finish off a Duracell or Energizer battery and throw it in the trash. Even though, supposedly, it’s not as bad to throw them in the trash nowadays as it was before because there are fewer toxic chemicals that can poison wildlife or waterways, it […]

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Help the USO this Independence Day with this great deal from LivingSocial

July 3rd, 2013 · No Comments · USO, Veterans and Military

LivingSocial is back with a great deal that’ll help the USO, and I’ll give you a little secret on how to make the deal even sweeter. Go to LivingSocial and click “Deals”. You’ll see the deals for your local area. On the top of the page, you’ll see a menu that says “all deals”, “restaurants”, […]

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Cold Winter Got You Down? Carry Some of the Beach with You!

March 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · Conservation

 Every so often when I visit the beach on an especially relaxing vacation, I’ll scoop up some shells or some sand and bring it home with me. At the time, my thought is that if I’m ever stressed or need a reminder of more calm times, I’ll look at them and a piece of my […]

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Pork Rinds for the Super Bowl!

January 28th, 2013 · No Comments · Disability

Most of the world knows February 3, 2013 as Super Bowl Sunday (or for those companies that don’t want to pay a licensing fee, “The Big Game Sunday”). Last year, Rudolph Foods, the world’s largest pork rind manufacturer, did something clever. They proclaimed that  Super Bowl Sunday would be “Pork Rind Appreciation Day“. I admit […]

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