Holidays For Heroes
Pasadena, CA (ContentDesk) October 6, 2005 -- The Holiday Season is not far away and thousands of America's bravest men and women who are standing watch over our freedom will not be home to share this special time of year with their families and friends. Sadly, there are many other deployed soldiers who have no family to send them a package or even a card.Soldiers' Angels, an all-volunteer non-profit organization that provides support to deployed soldiers and wounded soldiers as well as their families, is hard at work on their annual Holidays For Heroes stocking drive, where stockings stuffed with small but welcomed items are sent to soldiers who are deployed in the Middle East combat areas and hospital units.Cash donations are urgently needed to purchase supplies as well as to help with shipping the stockings to the Middle East. Also needed are Holiday Stockings (homemade with special decorations and messages are wonderful, store bought is also great) as well as the little presents to stuff inside such as:- Individual packets of hot chocolate, cider or hot soup mix&- Candy
(bite sized, individually wrapped, all kinds)- AT&T Phone Cards (asking for this brand because it works in the Middle East area)- Hand held games (playing cards, battery games with batteries, please)- Small puzzle books- Miniature Menorah- Small, signed Holiday cards from you and your families simply addressed to "Soldier" or "Hero." Homemade Cards are Welcome! Be sure to enclose your name and address.This is the perfect project for a church, school, club, business, family or for any group to get involved and to participate!Tax deductible cash donations to Soldiers' Angels, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, can be made by going to the Soldiers' Angels website at www.soldiersangels.org and clicking on the "Donations" button to donate using Paypal or by sending a check to:Soldiers' Angels, 1792 E. Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104Please make checks payable to Soldiers' Angels and make a notation that the check is for the Holiday Spirit For Heroes fund.For drop-off locations or for any other questions, please call (615) 676-0239 and ask for Don MacKay or Judi Burns..
?ROCK DA HOUSE? Rock Concert, Fashion Show, Art Installation L.A. Fashion Week/Los Angeles 2003 Benefiting Covenant House California
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October 13, 2003Los Angeles, CA- On Monday October 27th from 8:00pm-1:00am at Quixote studios in Hollywood, KFPR/Chocolate Challah Prods. will launch its first event "ROCK DA HOUSE", a benefit fashion show and rock concert for Covenant House California. CHC is a non-profit 501(c) (3), multi-service agency, which is an affiliate of Covenant House, INC, with locations in Los Angeles and Oakland. CHC was formed to provide help to runaways, homeless, and at-risk youth by providing an opportunity to get away from a dangerous life on the streets.The purpose of "ROCK DA HOUSE" is to provide an environment where artists mingle, admire, and compliment one another's work in a private setting with the spirited support of sponsors.
Whether it is actors, athletes, musicians, designers, stylists, dancers, painters, writers, photographers, etc.; many artists are sometimes, one another's biggest fans.
Along with this particular goal, KFPR/Chocolate Challah...
?ROCK DA HOUSE? Rock Concert, Fashion Show, Art Installation L.A. Fashion Week/Los Angeles 2003 Benefiting Covenant House California
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Christmas Cookie Decorating 101
Many bakers ask for tips and instructions on decorating cookies. Well that's a tall order because there are as many ways to decorate cookies as there are cookies! Here are a few guidelines for novices and experienced bakers alike to help you generate your own ideas for cooking decorating. DECORATING COOKIES BEFORE BAKINGCookies can be decorated before baking with materials that withstand the heat of baking. Some things that you can place on your cookies before baking are:
- colored sugars or natural sugars such as pearl sugar
- jimmies, non-pareils, silver and gold drag?es, and other sprinkles
- raisins and dried fruits such as cranberries
- nuts
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New, Updated Version of the Raw Food “Bible” Links Diet and Self Improvement
LOS ANGELES (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) March 29, 2006 -- Eight years have passed since the first edition of David Wolfes groundbreaking book The Sunfood Diet Success System, considered by many to be the bible of the raw food movement.
In this fully updated and expanded version, Wolfe offers 36 key lessons on longevity, abundance and life transformation all rooted in popular notion that we are what we eat.
Combining elements from ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, macrobiotics and other practical systems, The Sunfood Diet describes exactly...
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Christmas Cookie Decorating 101
Many bakers ask for tips and instructions on decorating cookies. Well that's a tall order because there are as many ways to decorate cookies as there are cookies! Here are a few guidelines for novices and experienced bakers alike to help you generate your own ideas for cooking decorating. DECORATING COOKIES BEFORE BAKINGCookies can be decorated before baking with materials that withstand the heat of baking. Some things that you can place on your cookies before baking are:
- colored sugars or natural sugars such as pearl sugar
- jimmies, non-pareils, silver and gold drag?es, and other sprinkles
- raisins and dried fruits such as cranberries
- nuts
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Keep Your Dog Safe Over The Holidays
Your dog Is part of the family and deserves to be right in the midst of the holiday festivities with everyone else.
Unfortunately, the holidays pose certain dangers to pets that we as humans may not be aware of.
Here's some things to think about to keep your dog safe this holiday season.
One thing you want to do is be sure that you know what your veterinarian sours are over the holidays and where to go shoot your dog have an emergency.
Hopefully this won't happen, but if you're prepared you can react quickly and minimize the damage to your pet.
When it comes to the holidays, eating is one of the most predominant activities.
Whether it be a big family dinner, a party with drinks and snacks, or Halloween with bowls of candy food is at the forefront of most holiday festivities.
while we all tend to overeat which doesn't pose us too much harm save a few extra pounds, the same type of the overeating can be very hazardous...
Keep Your Dog Safe Over The Holidays
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