Like the shopping sites I’ve mentioned before, new Austin-based non-profit Connecther.org is focused on making life better for global women and children. Only Connecther.org provides collective giving and increased visibility to smaller scale 501c3 projects. By aggregating and consolidating hundreds of women and children focused non-profit projects, Connecther provides a platform for a single donor or a donor…
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A Fresh JewelMint Code + BeautyMint $1 Donation
I get unbelievable amounts of compliments on my JewelMint earrings. I literally have NEVER worn these and NOT been complimented on them. These new babies just arrived in the mail and I’m certain they will receive much love too: And so you can get in on the goodness, I have a new discount code for…
[UPDATED] Austin: Fight Other Kinds of Cancers
[UPDATE] Local McDonald’s owner/operators raised over $10,000 to support the Komen Austin Affiliate and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) of Central Texas. A check was presented by McDonald’s Owner/Operator Allen Benton to LLS Board President Gary Thompson and Komen Austin Executive Director Christy Casey-Moore each with a check for $5,250. Forget breast cancer awareness, what about…
Austin: Painting the Four Seasons Pink
The ever-conscious Four Seasons of Austin is offering a number of ways to pamper yourself AND give to breast cancer research for October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A month-long lineup of events and new product offerings benefit the Seton Shivers Cancer Center at Brackenridge—their goal is to raise $10,000 in 2011 (they raised $8,500 last…
Pink Products
It’s officially Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means pink products have taken over the interwebs and stores. When I donated blood, they even wrapped my arm in pink pre-wrap! It’s tough to know what products are just “pinkwashing” you and what products are actually benefitting breast cancer research, patients, or survivors. Of course, you could…
BreatheCure Conference at Rice University
I don’t normally write about things super-far in advance, but you might want to plan to be in Houston for this one. The First Annual BreatheCure Conference comes to Rice University Recreation and Wellness Center October 29. The event supports the illness-to-wellness community with educational classes and lectures for participants of all ages and fitness…
Austin Bakes for Bastrop
I love cookies, and I love what the group Austin Bakes is doing with bake sales to support people close to home and far away (remember Austin Bakes for Japan? It raised almost $12,000). Saturday, October 1st from 10a to 2p, hundreds of bakers, bloggers, businesses, and consumers will unite for Austin Bakes for Bastrop, a…
National Yoga Month
Did you know September is National Yoga Month? Did you know you can get a full week, seven days, of free yoga at tons of studios across the country thanks to National Yoga Month? It’s no secret that I’ve been practicing A LOT of yoga recently. I did a seven-day boot camp in Aspen that…
Austin: Experience Aspen! Er, Um, Copper
The Copper Mountain Ski Patrol is bringing a Snow Day to Austin! Much needed after wildfires, no? Maybe some real snow? A Mobile Snow Day Van will be cruising around Austin all weekend, so look for it: Saturday, Sept. 10 at 1 p.m.: UT Longhorns Tailgate at the Bob Bullock Parking Lot The snow machine…
Austin: World Vision’s Step into Africa, AIDS Exhibit
September 11-18, Bethany United Methodist Church will host an educational AIDS Exhibit called World Vision’s Step into Africa, a multimedia, interactive exhibit that allows visitors to step into the lives of actual children affected by HIV and AIDS in the hardest-hit region of the world: Sub-Saharan Africa, where about 22 million people are infected with HIV (2/3…