Here’s a fantastic new shopping site that you should definitely check out. It’s called PatchworkRoad.Com, and it just launched yesterday. There are certainly a lot of marketplaces out there that donate a portion of proceeds to charity. But right away this one feels very different. Instead of dumping you into a huge morass of affiliate [...]
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Patchwork Road’s Meaningful Marketplace – Unique Gifts That Help Charity
September 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Children's Charities, Developing Areas, Domestic Violence, Education, Poverty, Veterans and Military
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Free Autumn Apple Chicken Salad for Teachers on September 20
September 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Education
Here’s something pretty cool that Cosi does every year around this time. They’re offering a free salad to teachers of kids from pre-school age to 12th grade. The deal starts at 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 20 and continues until closing at Cosi restaurants that are participating (and if they’re not, shame on them!). There’s [...]
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Thoughts on the Last Flight of the Space Shuttle – Does It Have to End Here?
July 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Education
I remember in 1981 I was in sixth grade, and all the sixth graders gathered together in the school library to watch the launch of Columbia. The names John Young and Robert Crippen were seared into our brains. I was too young to have seen the Apollo missions to the moon, and of course things [...]
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Good Quality Baking and Kitchen Supplies
June 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Amazon, Children's Charities, Education
If you’re a cook in need of good quality basic kitchen supplies, check out the HIC Brands that Cook Essentials line of cookware and kitchen accessories. These are highly rated kitchen supplies that meet the specifications of professionals. They’re safer than the cheap supplies you buy in discount stores (for example, their silicone bakeware is [...]
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Free Salad for Teachers at Cosi Today
May 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Education
Here’s a nice little thing that Cosi is doing for teacher’s today on Teacher’s Appreciation Day. They’re giving away free Apple Crunch Salads. If there’s a teacher in your life, tell them to mosey on down to their local Cosi. But hurry–the salads are only being given away May 3, 2011 after 5:00 PM!
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Authentic replica of John Lennon’s Guitar
November 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon, Education
This vintage cherry Epiphone EJ-160E Acoustic-Electric Guitar is a faithful reproduction of John’s famous J160E guitar, originally produced by Gibson. Its Advanced Jumbo acoustic design has a great balanced tone and which will improve with age and play. As with the original, you can play it acoustically or as an electric guitar with a unique EJ-160E Mini-Humbucker. [...]
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Double your Donation to DonorsChoose with Groupon
May 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Education
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard about a new site called Groupon. This is a site where every day in big cities around the country they post a new deal for 50% off a restaurant, attraction, or service. A certain number of people need to accept the deal to “tip” it, and [...]
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Golf Balls that Help Charity
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Education, Uncategorized
For today only, the site Midnightbox.com is selling a box of used golf balls. The cost is $24.95 for a box of golf balls, all assorted well-known brand names. And as with all used golf balls, because they’re usually lost by bad golfers like me, chances are they’ve only been hit once or twice before [...]
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Jones New York “In the Classroom” Tee
April 21st, 2009 · 11 Comments · Education, Macys
UPDATE FOR 2011: The 2011 In the Classroom Tee is out and can be purchased directly from the Jones New York Web site. It looks even more stunning than previous years’ versions, with a stunning red design by Sarah Singh. As always, 100% of proceeds will go to help New York city classrooms. This WILL [...]
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Support a worthy cause with everyday purchases: Your Childrens’ College Fund!
April 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Education
We highlight a lot of worthy causes on this blog, but here’s one that you’ll definitely be able to get behind if you have a family, because the beneficiary is–you! If you haven’t heard of it. Upromise is a completely FREE program where through every day spending, both online purchases and offline purchases such as [...]
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