August 2011
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Guest Blogger: Anne Bradley
Raise your hand if you have never known anyone that fought cancer.
(I’m not actually hearing crickets right now. Cicadas, but same idea.)
That’s the point. Is there anything more insidious than cancer? We are better at diagnosing it. Better at “managing” it – I’ve heard that we are getting to the place where cancer is considered a chronic illness. I’m not sure I buy that, but in fact, the...
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Day 494: St. Jude Children's Hospital
I was at a Chili’s in Detroit last night and decided to donate $5 to St. Jude Children’s Hospital to create-a-pepper for the kids. Using 4 crayons and some artistic liberty this one is honor of the coming football season… :) Go Bears!
Amount Donated: $5
PS, Only two more days to get your donation matched times TWO for Stand Up To Cancer! Make a contribution at...
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Day 491: Children's Miracle Network :)
It’s been 491 days since I started Living Philanthropic and so many amazing and inspiring things have happened since then. It’s been a while since I featured a daily charity, but this one is a bit kismet, so I thought it warranted a post.
Charitable projects are slipping into my professional life and I am loving it! I was recently cast in a feature film entitled...
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StayClassy: Featured Philanthropist: Carlo Garcia →
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Carlo Garcia is a micro-philanthropist. He has given to more charities in the past year than most people have even heard of. Through his project, Living Philanthropic, he’s experienced first-hand the wide array of fundraising and engagement strategies organizations are using (or not using)…
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Standing Up for My Dad
It’s been really hard for me to write this post. I’ve been pretty emotional this week. My dad has been diagnosed with Lymphoma and we are waiting for a biopsy to find out what stage it is in. He’s a strong willed man and taught me how to swing a hammer and how to measure twice and cut once, for those skills he handed down to me have come in very handy. I do love him very much and...
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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
– George Bernard Shaw
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Carlo Garcia nominated for Volunteer of the Year!
Carlo Garcia and Living Philanthropic have been nominated for Volunteer of the Year at the Classy Awards in San Diego. Winning this award can help move Living Philanthropic closer towards becoming it’s own foundation and we need your help!
Please vote for CARLO GARCIA under the category
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR at
http://classyawards.stayclassy.org/classy-awards/voting
click SUBMIT BALLOT...
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Living Philanthropic going to bat for Stand Up 2...
In addition to our anonymous matching donor (Cypher) for the month of August, who is matching donations made to the Crowdrise team page up to $1k!
Living Philanthropic will be going to bat for Stand Up To Cancer in State Farm and MLB’s online home run derby for charity, each week 40 charities have the opportunity to win a $18K donation from State Farm.
But these organizations and my choice...
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August Featured Charity: Stand Up To Cancer
Living Philanthropic is proud to announce that the featured charity for August 2011 is Stand Up To Cancer. I am also proud to announce that we have an anonymous matching donor for this month who will be matching the first $1,000 in donations made to the Crowdrise Team page!
This is an amazing opportunity to double your impact, turn your $10 contribution into a $20 donation! I could not be...
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July Featured Charity: Wrap-Up
Children’s Health Fund feature on Living Philanthropic has ended, but the Check-In for Checkups program is still going strong. From now until December, you can have your healthy habit check-ins count towards the tally and Clorox will donate .10 for each one you submit. Please check out checkinforcheckups.com and Check-In as often as you want to help raise $100,000 for Children’s Health...
