INDY Give!Guide kicks off this Sunday, November 9th!
We're excited to be a part of the INDY Give!Guide for the second year in a row. Last year, we raised over $2000 from our INDY G!G campaign! In addition, we raised the most revenue in our category from individuals under the age of 36, and won an extra $1000 from Triangle Community Foundation!
INDY Give!Guide helped us reach our end-of-year fundraising goals, and this year we hope to raise even more, of course! We've got incredible incentives to motivate giving (think: holiday gifts that do good, locally): Free 12 oz bag of Counter Culture Coffee with $30 donations and above AND Free Fair Game Beverage Company Tour and Tasting for 2 with $35 donations and above! And that's on top of the free prizes that INDY will give you! See the different prizes at different giving levels and check out the BIG GIVING DAYS too. Huge thanks to our generous business partners in this endeavor, Counter Culture Coffee and Fair Game Beverage Company.
Abundance NC staff are looking forward to participating in the statewide gathering of youth and adult community leaders focused on connecting the dots between social justice issues and climate change at the NC Climate Justice Summit on Nov 21-22!
spiked cider and a mug of chili,
Tami, Jenny, Beth and Charlotte
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Join Abundance NC at the INDY Give!Guide Kick-Off!
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November 9th from 3-8 PM at Person Street Bar, Raleigh -- free & open to public
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INDY Give! Guide is a large promotional campaign that helps fund and promote a select group of local nonprofits by encouraging year-end giving from the 18-35 year olds in the Triangle.
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Drink n' Think: Prohibition & Repeal Day Party
with Gary Philips & Colbey Reid
Dec. 7th, 4-7 PM | $25
The most extraordinary feature of the history of American cocktail consumption is its prohibition. No other western civilization has turned to law to substantiate moral prejudice against alcohol consumption.
This workshop explores what Prohibition reveals about the cultural energies and desires brought into greater relief through repression. That is: Prohibition, a historical episode, actualized a philosophical attitude. Tonight we'll endeavor to understand that attitude by examining its origins and antitheses in a thinking and drinking party that commemorates the Repeal of the Volstead Act on December 5, 1933.
Suggested Dress: Speakeasy style!
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Physicist shares plan to get U.S. off coal, oil
What if we could make energy do our work, without working our undoing? Could we have fuel without fear?
These are the questions world-renowned physicist and sustainability consultant, Amory Lovins, used to open his 2012 TED Talk, "A 40-year plan for energy," based on the ideas he shares in his new book, Reinventing Fire. Built on thirty years of scientific research, Reinventing Fire maps pathways for running a 158%-bigger U.S. economy in 2050, but needing no oil, coal, or nuclear energy to run it.
Lovins will be sharing the research and findings that informed his book, as well as his plan to free us from reliance on fossil fuels and nuclear power, at a free talk this Sunday, November 9th, from 7-9 pm, at Chapel Hill's Varsity Theater.
Free of Charge. Limited Seating.
Sponsored by UNC's Institute for the Environment.
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Coal Ash Stories Film Screening in Pittsboro
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November 10th, 7-8:30PM at Chatham Community Library in the Holmes Room
Join Working Films, Haw River Assembly, Cape Fear River Watch, and Abundance NC for a free community screening event of Coal Ash Stories, followed by discussion with Cape Fear Riverkeeper, Kemp Burdette and Elaine Chiosso of the Haw River Assembly.
Coal Ash Stories includes four short films that illustrate the public health concerns, policy issues, and ways communities are responding. The purpose of the program is to educate residents on the local concerns and draw attention to the toxic impact of coal ash on their nearby communities.
This is a free event, open to the public.
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Hot Potato: Sustainable Ag, Drag & Bingo
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Fullsteam Brewery * Dec 13, 2014 * Bingo at 7pm * Drag performances throughout
A celebration of sustainable agriculture organizations with a night of farm-themed drag bingo.
100% of proceeds will be split evenly among the INDY Give!Guide Campaigns for these three sustainable-ag based non-profits: Abundance NC, Benevolence Farm, and SEEDS!
$10 for 1 bingo card; 3 cards for $20
Doors open at 6 PM
Bingo starts at 7 PM
Fantastic farming-themed drag performances by the House of Coxx.
*Food trucks will be there to feed you including Chai Global Street Food, Kokyu, and more.
INDY Give! Guide is a large promotional campaign that helps fund and promote a select group of local nonprofits by encouraging year-end giving from the 18-35 year olds in the Triangle. Go to give.indyweek.com for more info!
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