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Entries from August 31st, 2008

Bid for Gifts from First-Ever MDA Telethon Auction to Support Jerry’s Kids

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Since 1966, every Labor Day has featured the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy. This year, the telethon starts today and will run through Labor Day as usual. But something brand new this year is the first-ever Telethon Auction. The auction has started already, and it will run until Thursday, September 4, 2008. You can visit [...]

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Fun and Unique Ice Cream Bowls that help a great cause

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Amazon, Children's Charities

Well, now that you have your Cuisinart Soft-Serve Ice Cream Maker from two days ago, it’s time to serve your ice cream in style! This is a set of four small ice-cream bowls. Each bowl is glazed a different color on its outside (one for vanilla, one for chocolate, one for strawberry, and one for [...]

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A Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker in Your Own Home

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Amazon, Breast Cancer

Here’s an ice cream maker that produces delicious soft-serve ice cream. It’s a great way to cool off during the hot summer months. The unit will produce 1.5 quarts in as little as 20 minutes. It’s completely automatic—just add the freshest ingredients you can find, and turn the dial. Just like the soft-serve machines you [...]

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Thanks to the US Olympic Team (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts – Day 16)

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments · US Olympic Shop, USA Olympics

Throughout the Olympics, I’ve been highlighting gifts from the US Olympic Shop. A portion of all gifts purchased through that great site goes directly to helping present and future athletes training for the Olympics. If you visit the site now, you’ll notice that they’re slashing the prices on 2008 Beijing Gifts, so hurry and grab what you [...]

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Team USA Basketball Jerseys (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts – Day 15)

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · US Olympic Shop, USA Olympics

For the last few weeks, we’ve been highlighting great Olympics souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the US Olympic Team. Today is the second-to-last day of the Olympics, and of course, it’s showtime for our USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams. This morning, the Men’s team advanced to the Gold Medal final [...]

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Congratulations to the USA Women’s Soccer Team (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts – Day 14)

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · US Olympic Shop, USA Olympics

For the last few weeks, we’ve been highlighting great Olympics souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the US Olympic Team. Only 3 more days to the Olympics! It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 9 years since Brandi Chastain celebrated the US Women’s soccer team’s victory in the 1999 World Cup [...]

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Hats off to Misty May and Kerri (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts – Day 13)

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments · US Olympic Shop, USA Olympics

For the last few weeks, we’ve been highlighting great Olympics souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the US Olympic Team. For the next 4 days, we’ll highlight one new product each evening from the US Olympic Shop. It’s hard to believe the Olympics are almost over. The Women’s Beach Volleyball competition just ended, [...]

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Olympic Village Team USA Polo Shirts (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts – Day 12)

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments · US Olympic Shop, USA Olympics

For the last few weeks, we’ve been highlighting great Olympics souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the US Olympic Team. For the next 5 days, we’ll highlight one new product each evening from the US Olympic Shop. If you look at pictures of the US athletes in the Olympic Village, you’ll see [...]

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2008 Olympics Shot Glasses (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts – Day 11)

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments · US Olympic Shop, USA Olympics

For the last few weeks, we’ve been highlighting great Olympics souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the US Olympic Team. For the next 6 days, we’ll highlight one new product each evening from the US Olympic Shop. One of the things that impresses me a lot this year is NBC’s coverage of [...]

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Celebrate Olympics Rowing with Crew Socks! (2008 Summer Olympics Gifts – Day 10)

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments · US Olympic Shop, USA Olympics

For the last few weeks, we’ve been highlighting great Olympics souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the US Olympic Team. For the next 7 days, we’ll highlight one new product each evening from the US Olympic Shop. Today’s Olympic Souvenir is this pair of very stylish crew socks with the Beijing 2008 [...]

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