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Comment for the Cure: Breast Cancer Awareness and Tax

20 October 2011

If you read the blog regularly, you probably already know a little bit about my maternal grandmother. If you don’t, let me fill you in… She made the best vegetable soup in the world. She raised eight children, including an invalid son whom she refused to institutionalize even though everyone told her different. She dyed [...]

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Thanks!

16 May 2010

Thanks to all of my readers who donated to Team Joye in the Komen Race for the Cure. Our team raised $1000 for breast cancer awareness and research. $1000! Thanks again for the support, you guys rock!

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Looking for a Year End Donation?

30 December 2009

Psst… Looking for a year end donation? As you may know, I am running the Komen Race for the Cure in 2010 in honor of my grandmother – you can read about our mutual love of coffee here. Our team is Team Joye. You can support us in a few ways: One, you can make [...]

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Comment for the Cure">Comment for the Cure

19 October 2009

It’s October, which means that it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Last year, on the blog, I promised to donate a dollar for every unique comment on my cancer post. This year, I’m doing it again. I saw, on twitter, and elsewhere criticisms of similar campaigns, asking why it’s necessary to ask for comments: why not [...]

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Racing for the Cure

7 May 2009

On Sunday, I’ll be racing for the cure for breast cancer in honor of my grandmother. I would love your support. You can donate any amount here. All deductions are completely tax deductible! And if you’re in Philly, join my team! The more, the merrier!

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Susan Komen for the Cure

21 December 2008

It’s the seventh day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving. To recap, I’ve asked a panel of judges to review a number of deserving charities as suggested by my readers. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). I encourage you to check out the charities voted [...]

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Pink for October">Think Pink for October

7 October 2008

My maternal grandmother may be responsible for my current coffee addiction. She used to let me drink a little bit of coffee – with a lot of milk – as she drank her own coffee (all day long). It was the beginning of a life long love affair, though now I drink it black, the [...]

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