It’s been a little over a year since the world lost Steve Irwin, but his absence is still felt. Steve Irwin passed away on September 4, 2006, but as a way to remember him one year later, the Australia Zoo chose today, November 15, as “Steve Irwin Day”. They chose it not as a day […]
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Crickey, It's a Croc! Gifts that remember the legacy of Steve Irwin.
November 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Australia Zoo, Conservation, Discovery Channel Store
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Russ Shining Stars Penguins and other Friends
November 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Children's Charities, Starlight Starbright
If you read the reviews on this stuffed animal from Russ, you’ll see there are irate people complaining about how it’s not a Webkinz. Okay, so it’s not a Webkinz, it’s a Shining Stars Penguin. But even so, isn’t that little guy staring at you to the left the cutest thing that you’ve ever seen? […]
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Flags of Our Fathers by Keni Thomas
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Special Operations Warriors Foundation
Flags of Our Fathers is a CD released by rock and country star Keni Thomas, and is appropriate to mention on this Veteran’s Day. Keni Thomas is a southern rock and country music singer from Columbus, Georgia who served in the Army in Task Force Ranger, and fought during the “Black Hawk Down” incident in […]
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Rules for Happiness Paperweight to Help Art Students
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Arts, New Urban Arts, Uncommon Goods
Most people who know me know that I smile a lot. I’m not exactly sure why this is, but a lot of it has to do with the way my parents brought me up and just being surrounded by the love of family and the love of God all my life. So imagine my surprise […]
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Bake Me a Wish: Delicious Cakes That Help the Make a Wish Foundation
November 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Bake Me a Wish, Make-A-Wish Foundation
Want a freshly baked cake from a real New York City bakery on your table for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, or to celebrate a birthday or anniversary? You are in for a treat. Literally. Bake Me a Wish is an authentic Manhattan bakery with a difference. 5% of all proceeds from cakes you order from […]
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Red ipod for AIDS research – iPod (Product) RED
November 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · AIDS, Apple, Global Fund
Apple Inc. never ceases to amaze me. I’ve been a very fanatical customer of theirs since I owned an Apple //e in the early 1980’s. I was the proud owner of a Mac SE/30 in the early 1990’s, and a Powerbook in the late 1990’s. I remember when everyone left them for dead, and then […]
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JP Lizzy Designer Diaper Bag that Helps the March of Dimes
November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Birth Defects, March of Dimes
In 1938, the March of Dimes was founded to fight the devastating disease of childhood polio. In 1955, the charity achieved what all charities hope to achieve but few charities do: to make itself unnecessary. When Dr. Jonas Salk introduced the vaccine to polio, largely funded by efforts from the March of Dimes, polio in […]
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Win $1 Million or a Dream Home
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Naperville Rotary Charities
Okay, the title of this blog sounds like something you might read in a spam blog, but it’s actually a very legitimate and very neat idea. Naperville Rotary Charities, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that runs an annual raffle. At $100 each, the tickets are a bit pricey, but the grand prize is $1,000,000 […]
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Beautiful Gerber Daisies: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2007
October 31st, 2007 · No Comments · Breast Cancer, Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Giftback.com
For our final product of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we’ll go to one of my favorite sites on the Web: GiftBack.Com. This is an amazing site full of gifts that give back: you can buy gifts for any occasion, and a full 10% of every gift you purchase will go to help a great cause. […]
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Shower for a Cure: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2007
October 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Breast Cancer, Drugstore.com, Women's Cancer Research Fund
This is a bottle of shampoo, bath, and shower gel available at Drugstore.Com. 100% of profits from this item go to the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, an organization founded by members of the entertainment industry dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer awareness and research.
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