A St. Jude Trike-A-Thon event will be the week of April 26 at La Crescent Christian Childcare Center. The Trike-A-Thon will teach children riding-toy safety while raising money for St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital.
A tradition for more than 25 years, Trike-A-Thon is a fun, week long curriculum for daycare centers and pre-schools. Children participate in safety lessons through a series of interactive stories…
{Read more via Houston County News}
The American Red Cross and Cisco (News – Alert) have announced a new initiative ‘Cisco’ Ready’ based on the Red Cross’ “Ready When the Time Comes” training program for corporate personnel. This initiative is claimed to be the largest corporate volunteer program, in which Cisco personal across the world will be trained by the Red Cross in emergency response.
Cisco employees will train for emergency response with more than 20 Red Cross chapters in the US and affiliates throughout the world. Their training includes providing first aid, shelter, food and supply distribution and they will also be coached in spotting volunteer opportunities and those who finish the training program successfully will be eligible for “Fulfilling Our Mission” and “Mass Care” certifications from the Red Cross…
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Last December, we brought you word of Ben Stiller’s charitable spoof (witness above video) of Lance Armstrong’s charitable tour de force — LIVESTRONG. Well, sort of a spoof, I should say. Stiller was 100% serious with his goal: raising funds to build a school in Haiti.
This was before the earthquake struck.
Post quake, Stiller’s campaign had a even greater role to play, and in response, he launched the Haitian School Initiative to set up temporary schools for Haitian children who had been displaced…
{Read more via USA Today}
Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization and Tommy Bahama, a popular upscale lifestyle brand, will be two of the participants in a community-wide day on April 18 at Dodger Stadium to raise awareness about autism spectrum disorders. A portion of the proceeds will support various organizations, including Autism Speaks’ work to increase awareness about the growing autism epidemic, fund innovative autism research and family services and advocate for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. To purchase tickets go to http://www.dodgers.com/autism.
Tickets for this special game against the San Francisco Giants are being offered at every price level so families can attend the game together. Groups of 30 or more can also purchase seats together in any section and there are special luxury suite tickets available where people can meet many Dodger legends…
{Read more via PR Newswire}
The Jonas Brothers are walking around barefoot right now. Are you? Today is One Day Without Shoes, the annual day wherein organizers (and their celebrity pals) challenge everyone to go the day, part of the day or even just a few minutes barefoot, to experience a life without shoes firsthand. It’s to help spread awareness of the impact a simple pair of shoes can bring to a child’s life in the developing world, where practicing basic foot hygiene can prevent both infection and disease due to unsafe roads and contaminated soil (in Ethiopia, for example, it’s said that approximately one million people are suffering from Podoconiosis, a disease caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil).
The initiative comes from TOMS‘ footwear brand founder Blake Mycoskie. His company mandate includes donating one pair of his brand’s simple rubber-soled canvas shoes to a child in a developing nation for every pair of TOMS shoes purchased. And because those TOMS colourful shoes are a star favourite, Mycoskie has managed to get people from Kristin Bell and Ed Begley, Jr. to Hanson and the Jonas Brothers on board with PSAs — and their participation today…
{Read more via The National Post}
The NBA has partnered with international organization Autism Speaks in recognition that April is National Autism Awareness Month.
Throughout the month, the league and its teams will raise fan awareness about autism through a variety of events, including:
• In honor of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers will feature in-arena and on-air broadcast messages and distribute educational materials during their respective nationally broadcast home games on ESPN…
{Read more via NBA News}
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