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10th Annual Empty Bowls Event
Empty Bowls is an event held annually in Tempe to benefit the Tempe Community Action Agency and United Food Bank to help fight hunger in the Tempe area. On Friday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 you can purchase a handmade bowl to help feed the hungry.
The bowls, made by local high school & elementary students, their teachers and volunteers will be available for a donation of $10 and includes a soup lunch from Whole Foods Market in Tempe.
The Friday, Feb. 25 event will be held at Sixth Street Park and the Saturday, Feb. 26 will be held at the Tempe Library Complex, 3500 S. Rural Rd., between the Tempe Public Library and the Vihel Center. They will be open from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. both days.
Bring your friends on Friday and enjoy
entertainment by Walt Richardson, and Saturday by Randy Olson and Friends.
The Empty Bowls Committee would like to extend a special thanks to our sponsors: The City of Tempe, The City of Tempe Cultural Services Ceramics Program, Marjon Ceramics, Emerson, Laguna Clay Company, Beyond Graphix, Tempe Elementary School District, Tempe Union High School District, Walt Richardson, Randy Olson & Friends, and Whole Foods Market. |
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The Great American
Yard Sale
Mood Swings Salon & Skin Spa have teamed up with Band X Custom T-Shirts to hold the first annual Great American Yard Sale to be held near the Wilson & University area.
Mitchell Park Neighborhood
February 13, 2011
9AM - 5PM
1114 S. Wilson Street
Tempe, AZ 85281 Mood Swings is remodeling to become more environmentally friendly. They will be selling such items as chandeliers, lights, old furniture, cabinets, mirrors, and more. During the sale they will be providing AVEDA value services such as; shoulder/neck /scalp massages, hand massages, finishing touches to make up and AVEDA sensory experiences. Donations will be accepted for services and will also be given to TCAA. Mood Swings will also be raffling off a free cut and style, free 60 Minute Facial Massage, and a free 60 Minute Massage, and a free $10 new Guest Gift Certificate to Mood Swings along with AVEDA sample products.
Brand X will have a station with custom T-Shirts for $5 and a "draw your own T-Shirts station for children for $8. All proceeds from the sale,
massages, and T-Shirts will go to directly to TCAA.
Other community members will be bringing items to sale, TCAA will receive 10% of the proceed from these sales. More details - The Great American Garage Sale. |
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Buffalo Exchange Tokens for Bags Program
Buffalo Exchange, 227 W. University, in Tempe has an ideal way to help the environment and donate to TCAA. In the "Tokens for Bags Program" customers who opt to forego receiving a plastic shopping bag are given three tokens to donate to one of three charities that Buffalo exchange has designated. This program is going on from now until July. Thanks Buffalo Exchange for designating Tempe Community Action Agency as a recipient. We appreciate your creative thinking in allowing shoppers to give to charity and help the environment as well! Shoppers will be taking care of three things in one shopping trip.
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"TEAM TCAA"
FINISHES STRONG!
Thanks TEAM TCAA for your dedication to complete the race, The Mayor's Run"/PF Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona's Marathon and Half Marathon! We appreciate our team members and Coach Brian Steines for making training fun!
"TEAM TCAA" - finishing the full at 26.2 says a lot about you: Charles Hursh, Amanda Pulawski & Judy Ramos. The Half Marathon at 13.1 is still a lot to walk or run: Ed Baker, Robert Cerillo, Fletcher Corbett, Danny Dong, Stephen Dong, Jared Estrada, Kathy Estrada, Beth Fiorenza, Ann-Margret Howard, Grant Purdy, James Kraus, Don May, Lou Silverman, Stephen Sparks, Sam Sumner & Dave Wells. Thanks also for all your fundraising. A special thanks to Charles Hursh who raised almost $2,400.00 for "TEAM TCAA," way to go Charles! Thanks for your generous support, and to all the sponsors; Gold Sponsor; Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Arizona; Silver Sponsor; Tempe Marketplace; Bronze Sponsors; Tempe Gateway, Veolia Transportation, Bob Ramsey-Jenny Norton - PMT Ambulance!
Many thanks to Mayor Hugh Hallman for matching our donations!! And to Kerry Fetherston for the incredible job she did organizing the teams!
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TCAA's Holiday Toy Shoppe A Huge Success
 TCAA's Holiday Toy Shoppe received much media attention thanks to Alyssa Miller & Megan Berg for generously donating their birthday gifts. TCAA has been blessed for many years with the same spirit of giving by our many Holiday Toy Shoppe sponsors. IKEA Tempe is one such company! Thanks IKEA for allowing us to use your space, collecting toy donations, and for all the volunteer hours IKEA employees donate each year to help us set up and maintain our Holiday Toy Shoppe. Thanks also to TruWest employees (pictured above with Jackie Terry from IKEA and Councilman Corey Woods from the City of Tempe) for conducting toy drives and for the many volunteer hours in TCAA's Holiday Toy Shoppe. Thanks to all our sponsors, including the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust! Your generous support allowed us to provide; 3,600 toys, gifts, candy, 250 games, and 1,000 pairs of socks to more than 229 families and 633 children, 300+ Seniors and 47 IHELP clients. Thank you to more than 120 volunteers, who donated more than 450 hours of service.
This year, IKEA gave every employee a bicycle. Many thanks to these IKEA Tempe employees who donated their bikes to TCAA's Holiday Toy Shoppe; Mario Burgess, John Estrada, Kim Hartlep, Kim Marking, Jackie Terry, Rick Wilson and Sylvie Wilson. |
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