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		<title>Earn Your Angel Wings! {Let&#8217;s Eat Cake! Silent Charity Auction}</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jenn s.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s Eat Cake! is a fabulous wedding cake competition &#38; fundraiser event happening next Tuesday, February 17th to benefit St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital.
The producers of the event have worked so hard on this and are currently seeking additional products and service donations for the silenty charity auction. Let&#8217;s help them out!

Do you create a [...]]]></description>
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<p><a title="let's eat cake! fundraiser" href="http://www.letseatcakefundraiser.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Let&#8217;s Eat Cake!</strong></a> is a fabulous wedding cake competition &amp; fundraiser event happening next Tuesday, February 17th to benefit <a title="st. jude children's research hospital" href="http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f2bfab46cb118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD" target="_blank"><strong>St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The producers of the event have worked so hard on this and are <strong>currently seeking additional products and service donations for the silenty charity auction. </strong>Let&#8217;s help them out!<strong><br />
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<p><strong>Do you create a product, run a store/shop, offer a service, or represent a client that might be interested in participating? </strong></p>
<p>Examples: cookware, clothing, stationery, toys, games, handbags, custom gift sets, vacation packages, massage certificates, dinners for 2, dinnerware, wine-of-the-month clubs, etc&#8230; You get the idea! Big or small &#8211; EVERYTHING HELPS &#8211; and <strong>100% of the proceeds will go to St. Jude!<br />
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<p><strong>If you&#8217;re interested in donating to the charity auction, please email <a title="email" href="mailto:melissa@masterpieceweddings.net ">Melissa Margarita-DiStefano</a> </strong>(the event producer)<strong> to work out the details.</strong> (The timeline is urgent since next Monday is a holiday and the event is Tuesday.) Thanks so much for your consideration!</p>
<p><strong>P.S.</strong> If you&#8217;re in the Gainesville, FL area and would like to attend <strong>Let&#8217;s Eat Cake!</strong> (Wedding Cake Design Competition, All You Can Eat Wedding Cake, &amp; Cake Auction) – tickets are <a title="let's eat cake! fundraiser" href="http://www.letseatcakefundraiser.com/" target="_blank">$25 in advance</a> and $35 at the door.</p>
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		<title>Posting Pink!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jenn s.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah from Toast and Tables forwarded an email to me a few weeks ago with the fantastic idea for as many bloggers as possible to post pink on October 1st in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My mother-in-law was suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer about a year ago and just finished her chemo [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bellasconfections.com/" target="blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="/wp-content/uploads/uploaded_images/pink_oct07_1.jpg" border="0" alt="think PINK" /></a>Sarah from <a href="http://www.toastandtables.blogspot.com/" target="blank">Toast and Tables</a> forwarded an email to me a few weeks ago with the fantastic idea for as many bloggers as possible to post pink on October 1st in honor of <span style="font-weight: bold;">National Breast Cancer Awareness Month</span>. My mother-in-law was suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer about a year ago and just finished her chemo and radiation treatments in August, so this is an issue that&#8217;s become even more apparent and important to me this year than ever before. I&#8217;m more than happy to participate in the pink posting movement and highlight some cool products and gift ideas that support the cause!</p>
<p>{<span style="font-style: italic;">Pictured above</span>} Bella&#8217;s Confections &#8211; <a href="http://www.bellasconfections.com/" target="blank">gourmet fudge &#8220;pink october&#8221; tin</a>. <span style="font-style: italic;">$2 from each $12.95 tin goes to the American Breast Cancer Foundation.</span></p>
<p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/uploaded_images/pink_oct07_2.jpg" target="blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="/wp-content/uploads/uploaded_images/pink_oct07_2.jpg" border="0" alt="think PINK" /></a>{<span style="font-style: italic;">Pictured above</span>} <a href="http://www.redenvelope.com/re/gifts/product_display/product_information.jsp?nc=35840&amp;BV_SessionID=@@@@0897321722.1191259400@@@@&amp;BV_EngineID=ccddaddmefffkddcefecefedfgfdfmf.0&amp;refPg=%2fproduct_display%2fgift_results.jsp&amp;bct2=shops&amp;bcp2=1&amp;bcm2=1%24%24-8193&amp;bct5=think+pink&amp;bcp5=4&amp;bcm5=29$$%2Fshops%2Fthink+pink@@30$$-10662@@35$$10662&amp;catOid=-10662&amp;oid=24784637&amp;nc2=1" target="blank">Pink Twist Wine Opener</a><!-- AC added on 6/29/05 for Defect #5311: Value on Landing Pages --><!-- Begin Dynamic Content Block for Value Prop, if applicable --><!-- End Dynamic Content Block for Value Prop, if applicable --> and  <a href="http://www.redenvelope.com/re/gifts/product_display/product_information.jsp?nc=35840&amp;BV_SessionID=@@@@0897321722.1191259400@@@@&amp;BV_EngineID=ccddaddmefffkddcefecefedfgfdfmf.0&amp;refPg=%2fproduct_display%2fgift_results.jsp&amp;bct2=shops&amp;bcp2=1&amp;bcm2=1%24%24-8193&amp;bct5=think+pink&amp;bcp5=4&amp;bcm5=29$$%2Fshops%2Fthink+pink@@30$$-10662@@35$$10662&amp;catOid=-10662&amp;oid=23849356&amp;nc2=1" target="blank">A</a><span class="itemtitle"><a href="http://www.redenvelope.com/re/gifts/product_display/product_information.jsp?nc=35840&amp;BV_SessionID=@@@@0897321722.1191259400@@@@&amp;BV_EngineID=ccddaddmefffkddcefecefedfgfdfmf.0&amp;refPg=%2fproduct_display%2fgift_results.jsp&amp;bct2=shops&amp;bcp2=1&amp;bcm2=1%24%24-8193&amp;bct5=think+pink&amp;bcp5=4&amp;bcm5=29$$%2Fshops%2Fthink+pink@@30$$-10662@@35$$10662&amp;catOid=-10662&amp;oid=23849356&amp;nc2=1" target="blank">maryllis in Bamboo Box</a> </span> from <a href="http://www.redenvelope.com/" target="blank">Red Envelope</a>. <span style="font-style: italic;">10% proceeds from their entire <a href="http://search.redenvelope.com/search/controller_search.jsp?N=10662&amp;Ntt=%2Fshops%2Fthink+pink&amp;viewall=29&amp;giftRes=yes&amp;envSuff=&amp;BV_SessionID=@@@@0897321722.1191259400@@@@&amp;BV_EngineID=ccddaddmefffkddcefecefedfgfdfmf.0&amp;nc2=1" target="blank">ThinkPink</a> collection goes to the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Cancer Research Fund; </span><a href="http://www.elenis.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/Elenis.woa/wa/NavigationAction/displayProduct?name=b%20cancer%20aware" target="blank">Benevolent Bouquet</a> cookies from Elenis.<span style="font-style: italic;"> 50% of the net proceeds from each tin goes to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation; </span>Juicy Couture <a href="http://www.blogger.com/All%20proceeds%20benefit%20the%20Entertainment%20Industry%20Foundation%20Women%27s%20Cancer%20Research%20Fund." target="blank">Key to the Cure t-shirt</a> ($35/each).<span style="font-style: italic;"> 100% of the proceeds benefit the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Cancer Research Fund.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.coach.com/bcrf/" target="blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="/wp-content/uploads/uploaded_images/pink_oct07_3.jpg" border="0" alt="think PINK" /></a>{<span style="font-style: italic;">Pictured above</span>} Cute <a href="http://www.coach.com/bcrf/" target="blank">Breast Cancer Awareness key rings and cell phone charms</a> from Coach. <span style="font-style: italic;">20% of the proceeds benefits the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.</span></p>
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