Last year when I started hyping the actual game on my blog (year two recap here, year one recap here), a bunch of you wrote in and said you would have liked to play! Well, ladies, now’s your chance!! YOU can play powderpuff football in Blondes vs. Brunettes, meet new friends, raise money for Alzheimer’s, and have a blast.
Register now by clicking here!
There are two requirements: you must raise $500 (a ticket to the game costs $20) and you must attend 5 practices. GAME DAY is May 14th.
DO IT!!
I don’t care how you do good, but you need to do it. Smiling at people, holding the door for someone, carrying groceries … it’s the little things. But if you are looking for a place to donate money this season, I have two places. Both work primarily with kids.
I got an email from Daily Candy with a picture so compelling I clicked through to the site. On the DEBRA site I saw these two boys’ pictures and they reached out and grabbed me through my computer screen:
They’re precious, precious children who can’t have normal lives because of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare genetic skin disease that causes the skin to be so fragile that the slightest friction can cause severe blistering—inside and outside the body. Severe forms of EB cause patients to live with constant pain and scarring. The worst forms of EB lead to eventual disfigurement, disability and often early death. There is no cure. The only treatment for EB is daily wound care and bandaging.
1 out of every 50,000 live births in the United States affected by EB. With skin as fragile as a butterfly wing, EB patients are dubbed “Butterfly Children.” On the outside physical wounds prevent them from normal daily activities enjoyed by other children. Debra of America is the nonprofit dedicated to research and providing help to patients and their families.
Click here to go to Debra, learn more, or donate.
Summer camp helped shape me as a person and instill in me more self-confidence than I ever imagined. I went for 6 years as a camper and worked for 3 years as a counselor at Camp Olympia in East Texas. It was life-changing.
Think about the inner-city kids who live in NYC in high-rises (“concrete jungle where dreams are made of …”) and have no access to grass, much less the acres of horse and bike trails, lakes, and soccer fields of my youth. Whether it’s a two-week trip to the country to visit a volunteer host family, or a fun-filled and educational stay at one of the fund camps, the Fresh Air programs make for unforgettable memories for those kids – and open a world of new friendships and fresh possibilities. Fresh Air children are boys and girls, 6 to 18 years old, who live in New York City.
What do Fresh Air children enjoy?
Penny for your tweet?
Help Attack! is a new Austin-based company that allows people to pledge a small amount for each Tweet (or soon each status update, check in, blog post–anything online and countable) to their favorite nonproft.
This tweet could be worth $$$. Or at least cents. It doesn’t matter what the content is, you pledge any amount per tweet (say 10 cents to Boys & Girls Club) for a certain amount of time (say December) and you’re donating via the easiest way possible–what you’re already doing.
Online fundraising is the most rapidly growing way for nonprofits to receive funds from individuals. According to Convio, 35-42 percent of online giving occurs in the last two months of the year. Plus, the unique platform encourages repeat monthly giving, catalyzing the shift from year-end gifts to year-long giving.
After just two months since the launch, HelpAttack! has processed nearly $1,500 in donations and are seeing average monthly pledges of about $25.
How are you giving this holiday season?
The 2nd Annual Beat The Heat Happy Hour featuring Limbo Jewelry’s new collection, complimentary make up consulting from Rae Cosmetics, great door prizes, delicious drinks, and cool tunes by DJ Aaron Montez. Cocktails by Balcones Distilling.
Rae Cosmetics is also offering a $10 gift card … Limit one per customer per visit. The “card” must be present at time of purchase, but it came in my email newsletter, so if you’re not a Rae Cosmetics newsletter subscriber, try just mentioning the newsletter. Offer valid on 7/29/2010 from 6-9pm only.
Rae Cosmetics Studio @ 26 Doors Shops / 1206 W. 38th St.
Club Red is a new organization consisting of young professionals who are dedicated to supporting the American Red Cross through fundraising, acts of service, and networking.
Come celebrate the launch of Club Red from 5:30-7:30pm at Gibson. Wear red and show your support! Drink specials and complimentary appetizers!
RSVP on Facebook
Gibson, 1109 South Lamar
[UPDATE] Here’s an event recap from the Statesman’s Out and About columnist
This Saturday, the totally awesome and football-field dominant Brunettes have organized a beer pong and washers tournament with free beer and Rudy’s BBQ too! Team registration is $25 for each event (two-[wo]man team) or $40 for both. Don’t have a partner? Donate an extra $5 and we will pair you with a brunette!
You can also enter one event and get a GAME TICKET for just $40 total.
Registration for washers and beer pong begins at 3pm and the tournament kicks off at 4:30pm.
More info here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114622608558390&ref=ts
Saturday, May 8, 3-11pm: Brunettes, Brew & BBQ
… if you sign up, make sure to list me so I get credit – I’m raising $500 and need all the $$$ I can get! 
I know, I know, I just got done telling you how you HAD to go to the Endless Beauty launch party (a crazy success, btw, photos and video here), and now I’m telling you about another event you HAVE to go to … the Blondes vs. Brunettes Fourth & Goal Gala, an inaugural Blondes vs. Brunettes event featuring free food and booze and lots of BRUNETTES (oh, and some blondes too) … think Dos Equis, Z Tequila, Sweet Leaf’s Deep Eddy Vodka, Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, and Tiff’s Treats cookies. Annie Ray photo booth and Shawn Pander and Baker Hotel playing. At just $25, a total steal.
Facebook Event (not a ticket) / Buy tickets here (if you buy, please make sure to mention my name is the last name field, like your first name, your last name / Lyssa)
Friday / 8p-midnight / South 3rd St.
Yo, nonprofits and advocates (like, all of Austin). Does your organization have a film that helps promote its cause? Enter it in the 2010 Lights. Camera. Help. festival–all entries are free. Get in your entries before June 30. To learn more, click http://pitch.pe/52618.
Here are the results from Lights. Camera. Help. last year.
Last year’s festival brought in over 140 submissions of documentaries, PSAs and short films focusing on cause-driven issues. “We really want to foster the growth of this industry and offer a place where people looking to use their talents for good can collaborate,” said David J. Neff, a social media legend in Austin, my buddy, and creator and co-founder of the organization.
The festival will be held July 29-August 1 in Austin, Texas. In July, Lights. Camera. Help. will judge the submissions based on the cinematic quality and the ability to tell the nonprofit’s story, among other factors. The winning films are then awarded the proceeds from the festival’s ticket sales.
I am a sucker for Jack Ingram. Not so much the man himself, but the voice … well, maybe just Lips of an Angel, because I like it when Hinder sang it too (although I never understood how they both released it at the same time, and the two don’t sound very different). ANYWAY, the man is performing in Austin with Patty Griffin and Scott Miller this January! I realize the normal person might be more excited by Patty Griffin …
Grounded in Music’s 3rd annual VIP fundraiser at the Paramount Theatre is January 21, 2010. Grounded in Music is a nonprofit that launched in 2007 whose mission is to change the lives of under-privileged children by exposing them to music as a career, hobby, or alternative to life on the streets. Students are taught a variety of skills in musicianship such as writing lyrics, playing instruments, alongside exploring other areas of the music industry. Proceeds from this fundraiser go to purchasing musical instruments.
The fundraiser will also mark the official launch of the brand new state of the art charitable media and recording studio at the Boys and Girls Club in South Austin. This fully-functional studio is complete with all the latest technology in recording software and will be used to record single artists and full bands. The children can pursue whatever interests them–recording, mixing, mastering, editing–because the studio has it all.
Mentors in the program include well-known artists like Board Member and event headliner Patty Griffin, My Morning Jacket, Vallejo, Broken Teeth, and Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights. Ray Wylie Hubbard and Cory Morrow have financially supported the program.
Prior to the event, there will be a VIP cocktail party at 6pm featuring a performance by Porter Davis and a silent auction. Tickets are just $35 and officially go on sale Saturday, December 12 and can be purchased online. If VIP is your style ($100/ticket), email lindsay@groundedinmusic.org.
For more info on the organization, check out www.groundedinmusic.org
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