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[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…

Buy This Shirt

$29. http://thisshirt.com/ “this shirt exists to make fashion truly functional.  profits from every shirt we sell will go directly to support a specific project. you can literally wear what you care about and excite other people with the possibilities. our first shirt will raise enough money to build a new schoolhouse in africa.    profits will be donated…

Lights. Camera. Help. Round 2

Yo, nonprofits and advocates (like, all of Austin). Does your organization have a film that helps promote its cause? Enter it in the 2010 Lights. Camera. Help. festival–all entries are free. Get in your entries before June 30. To learn more, click http://pitch.pe/52618. Here are the results from Lights. Camera. Help. last year. Last year’s…

charity:water + Saks

This spring, Saks Fifth Avenue will once again partner with charity: water, a non-profit organization that funds freshwater wells in developing nations for as little as $5,000. Last year, Saks raised over $500,000 for the charity, which aided in the construction of over 100 wells that will serve 37,000 people in Central America, India and…

Blondes v. Brunettes Happy Hour!

The invite for the Blondes v. Brunettes Happy Hour Recruitment Party is up! Click here to RSVP, you’re my guest! The last BvB party at The Ranch was a crazy-good time–packed full of people, free drinks flowing all night. While this Thursday‘s event is a little more tame–happy hour from 6-8pm–and a little more serious–you…

Thursday: Steak or Fashion?

Steak You might say the answer to that question divides along gender lines, but really, it’s a toss-up for me. Houston legend Perry’s Steakhouse and Grille hosts a Grand Opening dinner Thursday night with four courses and wine pairings from the restaurant’s exclusive private label. The restaurant is in the Norwood building where a bank…