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  • Lemonade Days 2010 | Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

    Help Put the Squeeze on Childhood Cancer Stir up some fun as you raise money to help find a cure for pediatric cancer by taking part in our 7th Annual Lemonade Days, on the weekend of June 11, 12, and 13, 2010. Host an Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraising event along with more than 10,000 volunteers…

  • Notable News

    Study Finds Certain Drugs Can Keep Some Forms of Cancer in Remission Longer – NYTimes.com. Using certain anticancer drugs for years at a time can help keep some types of cancer in remission longer, doctors reported Thursday. In another finding, researchers said they had made progress on a long-sought goal — developing a way to…

  • Cancer Support and Giving Back

    Breakaway From Cancer. Always great to find resources that can help get support, information & answers out to the cancer community. Breakaway From Cancer partners with well known non-profits like Livestrong!, Stand Up for Cancer, and one I have never heard of but will look into: Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. You…

  • 27:05 AOL Spring into Summer 5k

    Link to race results

  • Books make a difference – and you can help kids in need

    Read about this over at Melicious’s Blog: The Clothes Make the Girl Not only am I a big proponent of helping and giving back, I also work in the education field – so reading/books=right up my alley. Books Make a Difference. BlogHer and BookRenter are donating 1000 books to kids in need, and all you…

  • Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Lemonade Days – June 11, 12 & 13

    I had the pleasure of meeting Jay and Liz Scott, the parents of an extraordinary little girl – Alex – and hearing their story a few years ago during a Leadership camp I organized for student’s that attend K12, Inc.* schools. After that meeting, we were so inspired , K12, Inc. partnered with them to…

  • Race for the Cure – June 5, Washington D.C.

    Susan G Komen Race for the Cure! On June 5th tens of thousands of people will gather on the National Mall in Washington DC to make a big impact on the global movement to end breast cancer forever. Many of us know of or have family or friends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.…

  • Red Robin Encourages Kids to Give Back

    For Nate’s birthday dinner, he wanted to go to Red Robin. While we were there, I read about something cool they are doing to encourage kids to make a difference. How Do You Make a Difference Poem Contest If you are between 5-10 years old, write a poem about how you make a difference in…

  • National Volunteer Week 2010: April 18 -24

    National Volunteer Week 2010 Celebrating People in Action April 18 – 24, 2010 Join us as we celebrate ordinary people doing extraordinary things to transform their communities! Tell us how you or someone you know has made an impact – share your stories, videos and photos of outstanding volunteers here. Celebrate these change agents and…

  • Giving back

    To me a vital part of living a healthy life is giving back. Giving back does not have to be any huge production either. There are tons of small ways to do it.  For those of you that have volunteered, you know that there is very little in the world more rewarding than helping out…