Andre Muran Blog

Need some incentive to lose weight in 2009? How about losing weight and becoming fit for charity. Syosset, NY, December 29, 2008 –( PR.com )– Debi Silber, MS, RD, WHC “The Mojo Coach™” has found a way to combine the two and moms everywhere Andre Muran

The hotel heiress arrived yesterday morning and wasted little time before hitting the upmarket Wayne Cooper boutique in South Yarra, where she spent $5560 in 40 minutes. Circus in town: Empty purse leaves Paris Hilton a trifle dour Social butterfly Andre Muran

Most exciting event at CES pits 30 Tech Journalists against each other to compete in a frenzy of PC Building to benefit charity. MIAMI, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ — TigerDirect.com and CompUSA, leading retailers of consumer electronics and technology Andre Muran

INTREPID seafarers from the Wycombe area are being invited to take part in a fund-raising voyage in the Mediterranean. The Chiltern Branch of the Tall Ships Youth Trust is organising the trip to raise cash so it can help disadvantaged youngsters try Andre Muran

Amy Winehouse’s ex-boyfriend and former assistant Alex Haines has dished the dirt on the singer’s abusive past, branding her a druggy bulimic. Alex - who reportedly whiled the hours away with Amy when husband Blake Fielder-Civil was in jail - has Andre Muran

THE Salvation Army is pleading for people not to leave unusable goods and rubbish outside its stores, saying the clean-up costs the charity $5.5 million annually. Andre Muran

TigerDirect.com and CompUSA, leading retailers of consumer electronics and technology products, along with AMD and Systemax will once again team up at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show for the 12th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity. Andre Muran

The annual Calabar Christmas carnival in Cross Rivers State took a major leap this year with the introduction of an annual golf tournament tagged the Mary Slessor Charity Golf tournament. Andre Muran

LYNN - Change is in the wind at the 121-year-old Volunteer Yacht Club on the city’s waterfront. Early next month, the club’s first female commodore will take the helm, ushering in a new era for the organization’s 185 members, of which only 10 are women. Andre Muran

Changes to the school district’s volunteer policy are aimed at promoting volunteerism while still protecting students. Andre Muran

HORICON: Friends name volunteer of year - WISC News
At the December meeting, the Friends of Horicon Marsh International Education Center presented the 2008 volunteer of the year award to Robert Weiss of Juneau. Weiss was a founding member of the Friends board, helped to formulate multiple programs and

Fire departments reimbursed for 2005-06 blazes - Mineral Wells Index
Christmas isn’t just for the kids this year as the volunteer fire departments in Palo Pinto County received some unexpected funding from the Texas Forest Service. “I just went to the mail and it was there. It had a little letter with it

Six wounded in Modi’in stabbing attack - Jerusalem Post
The terrorist was shot by Kobi Rosenstein, a Magen David Adom volunteer who came to treat wounded. MDA said the medic’s bravery prevented additional casualties. At 8.05 a.m., MDA’s Ayalon branch received an alert about shooting and stabbing in the

Hospice helpers’ lives enriched by caring for dying - FortWayne.com
The living of the dying and those who love them is the heart of hospice care. Three Fort Wayne women say sitting at the feet of the dying is one of the greatest gifts for the living. Their personal experiences with a loved one’s death led them to

Many schools now require more hours of volunteering - Columbus Dispatch
Taylor Knore, 14, volunteers frequently at Pickerington’s Fairfield Elementary School. She is a freshman at Pickerington North High School. She is reading to first-graders in Amy Jarrell’s classroom. All do-gooding is not created equal. Not for

Mountain Outreach holds Gift Day event - Corbin Times-Tribune
Volunteers from as far away as Georgia and North Carolina joined student, faculty and staff volunteers from University of the Cumberlands for the Mountain Outreach (MO) program’s annual Gift Day on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the organization’s

Family Outreach - Kristv.com
Family Outreach is a non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen families and prevent child abuse by providing free services to families with child related problems - with the objective of strengthening the family unit through the use of

EMS: How long does an emergency rescue crew take to get to your house? - Canton Repository
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, a paramedic can save your life. In the time it takes you to read this story, a paramedic can save your life AND deliver you safely to the hospital. Every movement of an emergency rescue crew is tracked

Changes to the school district’s volunteer policy are aimed at promoting volunteerism while still protecting students. Andre Muran

The China Charity Federation (CCF) on Monday donated 410 million yuan (59.87 million U.S. dollars) to quake-hit Sichuan Province for construction of housing projects, schools, hospitals and other reconstruction projects. CCF President Fan Baojun said at a donation ceremony that the fund would be used to build residence for more than 8,000 quake-affected households, 28 schools, four hospitals, 28 … Andre Muran

New Orleans - Charity Hospital makes America’s list of eleven most endangered places. This, after the state decides not to re-open the building, Maria Vallejo tells why preservationists and business owners think that’s a bad idea. For one, both say the future of a major New Orleans landmark is at stake.  N ot to mention the fact that at least eighteen blocks of a historic neighborhood in … Andre Muran

A charity in East Sussex which is aiming to end the trade in dancing bears in India, has rescued its 500th animal. Andre Muran

Police are looking for some criminals who robbed a local charity and left their office in shambles. Andre Muran

With the deadline for the fire agreement between the City of Port Lavaca and Calhoun County Commissioners’ Court expiring in a week, two volunteer fire chiefs expressed concerns Monday before commissioners’ court. Andre Muran

A growing number of people are beginning to take advantage of charity care at Wisconsin hospitals. Andre Muran

TigerDirect.com and CompUSA, leading retailers of consumer electronics and technology products, along with AMD and Systemax will once again team up at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show for the 12th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity. Andre Muran

RIHANNA is set to perform on President-elect BARACK OBAMA’s inauguration night in aid of a hunger-relief charity. The Umbrella hitmaker will play for the Recording Industry Association of America’s Presidential Inauguration Charity Ball, to benefit Andre Muran

Anonymous donor puts $50,000 in kettles - Mineral Daily News-Tribune
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - An anonymous donor has come through again for the Salvation Army, dropping five cashier’s checks for $10,000 each into kettles at the city’s two Wal-Mart stores. It’s the fifth straight year someone has given $50,000 to the

Bernard Madoff Fantasy Finance League - Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
By the end, the world itself was too small to support the vast Ponzi scheme constructed by Bernard L. Madoff. Initially, he tapped local money pulled in from country clubs and charity dinners, where investors sought him out to casually plead with him

History, dissent cloud Pakistan’s Mumbai reaction - Lexington Herald-Leader
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The black-and-white flag of Jamaat-ud-Dawa still flutters over a relief camp for survivors of an earthquake that hit a remote corner of Pakistan in October. But bearded medics who work with the group had vanished from the

Business of being Santa - Times of India
ROVANIEMI (FINLAND): Shrouded in snow, Rovaniemi —the capital of Lapland, Finland’s northernmost province —looks all ready to celebrate Christmas, just a few days away. Despite the severe cold, it is teeming with reindeer sleighs, hundreds of

Seafood firm does its bit for charity - Irish Examiner
SEAFOOD specialist Shellfish De La Mer of Castletownbere, Co Cork, which had sales of €8.8 million this year has raised more than €20,000 for charities in a series of recent fundraising events. It employs 110 people, a number that can vary at

Greenfield and nine other fire departments are the recipients of funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA awarded $817,744 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program to local fire Andre Muran

WEST LAFAYETTE - The seniors at Heritage Healthcare received a BINGO basket from a department at Purdue University. But this basket comes with a little more than the seniors expected. BINGO time is a huge time for residents at Heritage Healthcare Andre Muran

NEW YORK — A sex offender is responsible for taking away some of the joy of the Postal Service’s Operation Santa program: Volunteers who answer children’s letters to Santa can no longer deliver gifts in person—or even know where they’re Andre Muran

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It’s the fifth consecutive year for the large gift.

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The Picower Foundation, a charity that supports programs ranging from medical research to education, said it was shutting down because of losses from investments with Bernard Madoff.

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Chief executive and founder of Walk the Walk, a charity that funds breast cancer research every year with events such as MoonWalk Edinburgh, a sponsored walk through the city.

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Ask a local credit union and a children’s charity about their lucky number and leaders from both will surely exclaim: “50,000!”

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HUNTINGTON — St. Mary’s Medical Center employees gathered 2,525 hats, scarves and gloves to donate to charity.

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Anthony Kim put himself into position Saturday for the Tiger two-step.

Twelve communities have been selected to receive the 2008 Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year Award. Andre Muran

If the author of The Night Before Christmas thought eight reindeer on the lawn arose such a clatter, he never met this group. Sirens wailing. Horns blaring. Loudspeakers squawking. Volunteers with the Mont Alto Volunteer Fire Department Toy Drive like to make their presence known. Dozens of them scrambled in and out of a caravan of firetrucks and other utility vehicles as they delivered wrapped … Andre Muran

Police have arrested a volunteer with the Miami Valley branch of Toys for Tots on charges she stole $3,700 worth of donated gift cards. Andre Muran

John Taylor of Bellevue, a member of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, was named 2008 Nebraska Fraternalist of the Year by the Nebraska Fraternal Congress at its 85th annual meeting earlier this fall in Ashland. Andre Muran

CALDWELL The Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire at 34 Park Ave. at 2:50 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 15. No one was injured, said Chief Anthony Grenci. Andre Muran

George Gertz, the Marilla Town Supervisor and an assistant chief with the Marilla Volunteer Fire Co., is being treated for first, second and third degree burns. The injuries are reported to be non-life-threatening. Gertz sustained the burns while fighting a house fire at 2437 Eldridge Road, Marilla on Wed., Dec. 17. Andre Muran