Posts Tagged ‘ Helping Others ’

Recycle Christmas Cards

January 5, 2010
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Recycle Christmas Cards

St Jude’s Ranch is accepting used Christmas, holiday, and general occassion greeting cards through the end of February.  They remake these into new cards for sale as a fund raiser for their program.  You can mail used cards to: St. Jude’s Ranch for Children Recycled Card Program 100 St. Jude’s Street – Boulder City,...
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Huge Used Book Sale

February 2, 2009
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Huge Used Book Sale

The 53rd Annual VNSA Used Book Sale is scheduled for February 14 and 15. This is one of the largest used book sales in the country. It is held at the Arizona State Fairground Exhibit Building located at 1826 W McDowell Rd in Phoenix. They accept donations of books prior to the sale. For...
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Got Citrus?

January 7, 2009
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Got Citrus?

It seems that 2008 was a good year for lemons. I can hear many of you making up jokes already. We had a bumper crop on our dwarf lemon tree. We will of course be making lemonade and perhaps lemon pie. If you are one of the many Valley home owners with too much...
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Free Rice for UN World Food Program and Fun for You!

July 15, 2008
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Free Rice for UN World Food Program and Fun for You!

I read an article, Word Fun Becomes Feeding Frenzy, in the AZ Republic today about http://www.freerice.com/. I had also heard about this site from our daughter who has played it quite a bit. It is pretty simple and probably easy to get addicted too. It was originally created by a father to help his...
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What to do with Old Eye Glasses

July 11, 2008
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What to do with Old Eye Glasses

I discovered recently that Costco’s optical department collects old prescription eye glasses for the Lion’s Club. I just dropped off a bunch there today that we have been accumulating. The Lion’s Club cleans and categorizes the glasses and then has a program for distributing them to needy people in developing countries. You can read...
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