Posts Tagged ‘charity’

CLAW July 8th, 2008

CLAW July 8 2008

CLAW will be raising money for SARA (The Sexual Assault Resource Agency) on Tuesday, July 8th, starting at 8PM.  It’s getting so big now that you have to have a poster to rally your supporters.  Be there or be square.

/seriously, this picture is awesome.

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Space Party Leverage…err…Photos

Here are the photos of our wildly successful space party. Final tallies are still being made, but we raised over $1,000.00 for Computers 4 Kids!

We all had a blast and hope you guys did too! Here are some photos — to help remind you just how much fun you really had. Please send us your photos and we will post them as well.

Thanks for making the night such a hit!

Space Party 1

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Rising Prices Hurting Charity Food Giving

The DP has an interesting piece on how soaring food price increases have hurt local charity Robert Ford Haitian Orphanage and School Foundation’s ability to give food to its Haitian orphanage.

The expense of the meals is rising at a staggering rate. A few months ago, roughly $5,000 of the program’s $9,500 monthly costs went to food. Now the monthly food costs have increased to $8,500.

“I don’t want to sound desperate, but we’ve got a big problem,” Ford said.

This problem is not only an issue for local charities, our privileged dining habits, or Haitians, but a problem for the whole world. Unlike rising fuel prices, humans (especially the very poor) can’t switch their eating habits to deal with necessary consumption of basic food groups.

To give you an idea of just how bad these rising prices are across all food groups, take a look at the chart.

Food Price Index

Oils and Fats and Cereals have nearly tripled since 2000. Now, what can be done about this? I don’t have a good answer, but if you have any ideas or solutions, I’d love to hear them. Informational video after the break.

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Official Space Party 2008 Details

Space Party 2008

Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s here! We have all the details for Space Party 2008. Before we begin, we would like to thank everyone who is involved. Thanks to X-Lounge for hosting the event and doing “special things.” Thanks to Charlottesville Sports and Social Club and 106.1 The Corner for being our media partners. Thanks to Music Today for managing our ticket sales. Thanks to Belmont Yo for doing an amazing job with the artwork! And, thank you to all of you loyal readers and voters for getting excited about giving all of our proceeds to your charity of choice. Without your support we couldn’t do this.

This time around, the details are sweeter, we have T-Shirts and will have more fun. Details after the break…

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Final Voting for the Space Charity Party

We had over 2,200 votes in the Choose Your Charity nomination post. That’s amazing! Thank you for visiting our site and voting for your charity. Well, despite the disqualifications, the bickering and the insanity, we have our final contestants:

  • Relay for Life, American Cancer Society (456 Votes)
  • Computers4Kids (430 Votes)
  • Boys & Girls Club (259 Votes)

Congratulations for making it to round #2! The winner of the final voting tally will receive all of the proceeds from the party. Hopefully we can raise more than $2,000 this time because we are partnered with 106.1 The Corner and Charlottesville Sports and Social Club.Now, here is how round two will work:

  • You can vote online and the voting will be available on this post until Midnight before the final party on May 25th. If you buy a ticket (ticket purchase available soon and at the door) and come to the party, you will be allowed to vote again.
  • We will count the votes with the following formula: 1x the online poll votes and 25x the party attendee vote.
  • We will announce the winner at 10:00PM on May 25th.

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Hints of a Space Party: Choose the Charity!

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Do you recall the Alien Space Ship invasion from April 20th? In the name of cVillain, I offered myself to the aliens and have recently returned to earth. While they couldn’t probe me because of my thunder and lightning powers, we did sit down to plan the next party.

I explained that cVillains and 106.1 The Corner had OFFICIALLY raised over $2,100 for the HIV/AIDS Services Group! They decided they wanted to be involved in our next party. While the ideas for an “Illegal Alien” party on Cinco de Maio were quickly shot down due to fears of the Feds and their fallen Area 51 comrades (and some earthly, political correctness issues), we decided we wanted to throw a party in which all aliens were invited.

The details require top secret government clearance, but will soon be released to the public. We are leaking the date of the party: May 25th! Trust us, the party is going to be amazing.

This time, we will let YOU pick the charity and will give all event proceeds to that charity! Initial submissions start now and end on Saturday, May 3rd at Noon. We hope to raise more than $2,100 for the charity of choice.

FOR THE FINALISTS, GO HERE!

Rules…

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Mellow Mushroom Fundraising Event Robbed

Mellow Mushroom Fundriaser

To the joker who stole from the fundraiser at Mellow Mushroom last night:

I HOPE KARMA GETS YOU BIG TIME

NBC 29 Reports that a guy came up to the table where Relay for Life cups were being sold, pushed one of the girls, grabbed an envelope which contained an undisclosed amount of money and fled on foot.

Police said he is a 35 to 50 year old black male… good luck finding someone with that discription.

[via NBC 29]

Update: The Daily Progress reports the amount stolen was $425.

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Party IV: St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl with 106.1 The Corner

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We just got official confirmation that we are having a pub crawl for St. Patty’s Day in honor of HIV/AIDS Services Group. We’ve also partnered with 106.1 The Corner to promote the event. Purchase tickets here, or wait and pay $20 at the door.

All ticket sale proceeds and a % of restaurant sales will go to the HIV/AIDS Services Group.

We’ve also lined up some sexy, green hats that we ask you to wear throughout the event. They will give you special treatment around town during the event!

Event Details:

When: Saturday, March 15th @ 7PM until 1AM.

Where: Starts at Zinc (to pick up hats, wristbands, schedules and drink information) and moves to the other bars listed below. You must show up at Zinc to pick up your stuff!

How Much: $16 Online or $20 at The Door. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY. Please buy now so we can plan accordingly.

Why: Because you get to party with 106.1 The Corner & cVillains, probably the coolest people on earth, and you do it for charity.

How: Go here to buy tickets: http://charlottesvillestpattysday.eventbrite.com/

Extra Info: Listen to 106.1 The Corner at 8:30AM and throughout the day!

What If I Don’t Like The Event: You should still buy tickets anyway, because it’s for a good cause!!!

Participants (schedule still being finalized):

7PM Zinc

8:30PM OXO

9:30PM Mono Loco

10:30PM Zo Ca Lo

11:30PM X-Lounge

TAXI SPONSOR: WAHOOPTIE will give rides for those who need it.

Oh, and as a special gift for loyal readers, anyone who comments and is a registered user by Noon today will be entered into a raffle to win 2 free tickets. We will announce the winner at 1PM. Don’t worry, we will refund your money if you already paid. But, hey it’s for charity, right?

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