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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Wants You to Participate in No Shave November Benefit

Rudy Fernandez — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:14:10 +0000

How would you like to go a month without shaving? The folks at St. Jude Children's Hospital are holding the second annual, "No Shave November" benefit. This all got started as a little wager amongst Warner Music Nashville (WMN) employees who agreed not to shave for a month. The following year, the stakes got bigger and WMN challenged Music Row and Country Radio into a "No Shave November" competition to raise money for St. Jude kids. Now, No Shave November is an annual, month-long event that involves growing facial hair during the month of November to raise awareness of prostate cancer and other male cancer initiatives. Here's how it works.

Former First Lady Laura Bush is Coming to Abilene to Speak at a Benefit Dinner

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:00:15 +0000

Abilene's Global Samaritan Resources (G.S.R.) Benefit Dinner is an annual event that's featured some well known speakers in the past, like former Governor Mike Huckabee, comedian Henry Cho, A.C.U. President Royce Money and this year the G.S.R. is bringing in former First Lady Laura Bush. But before you rush out to buy your tickets, there's a couple things to consider.

New Cranival Ship Has Tie In to St Jude Hospital [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:38:04 +0000

Lindsey Wilkerson a St. Jude patient was just named as the Godmother of the new Carnival ship Magic. Wilkerson was diagnosed with cancer when she was just 10 years old and after three years of treatments at the Memphis Tennessee hospital doctors pronounced her cancer was in remission. Young Lindsey went on to finish high school and college. She became one of the ALSAC (the organization that raises money for St. Jude) fund-raising members in 2004. Today she is a volunteer specialist helping to engage and support St. Jude volunteers across the country. Wilkerson also volunteers as a tour guide at the hospital and is a member of the organization’s Family Advisory Council and she is the president of the St. Jude Woman’s Club. Now add to her list of responsibilities and titles, "Godmother Of The new Fun-ship Magic." Not only did Carnival Cruise lines make her Godmother to the new ship but Carnival gave half a million dollars to St. Jude, and Carnival has pledged to continue raising money with every cruise.

Texas Wildfire Victims Soon To Get Relief [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:07:27 +0000

The Texas wildfires that destroyed at least 1,500 homes and claimed two lives in September did not go unnoticed by Texas country legends Willie Nelson, George Strait and others. The country super-stars raised over $500,000 for the victims of the Texas wildfires at a concert on Monday October 17th 2011. The concert was in Willies hometown of Austin Texas.

West Texas Wildfires Continue To Burn-Up Cash And Property [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:47:17 +0000

West Texas wildfires continue to burn-up everything in it’s path. Many of the volunteer fire departments have run out of money or are about to run out of the funds necessary to continue operating during the out of control wildfires. The fire departments’ ladies auxiliary or other members in the communities are arranging all types [...]