In one sentence: I am blown away by the VIA Group‘s pro bono project for the Salvation Army of Northern New England. As you can see from these photos, they were able to use donated ad space, volunteers and local businesses to put the Salvation Army’s message and mission all over Portland, Maine. Learn more [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 13, 2009
5th Street McDonald’s Hiring Friendly People
Just saw this video from a McDonald’s in St. Charles, MO. The restaurant needed more time to complete this man’s order, so they asked him to pull out of the drive-thru. He refused and so it appears that they refused to serve him his food. Ten minutes later he goes into the store to speak [...]
August 7, 2009
Holograms you can touch
In the third grade, my class converted a bathroom into a hologram lab. We spray painted a Donald Duck figurine silver and shot a laser at him and through the magic of science, I now have a piece of glass in a jewelry box under my bed that has a 3D Donald Duck image on [...]
August 3, 2009
Band geekiness
I have a confession to make. I am a band geek. In elementary school it started out easy enough – class plays and concert choir. Then I taught myself to play a little piano. In sixth grade, I signed up for band class. I thought I’d play the clarinet. The procrastinator gene in my family [...]
August 18, 2009
Chocolate, Wine & All That Jazz
For the last six months I have been working with a group of volunteers and staff members from the United Way of Greater St. Louis to help plan an event called Chocolate, Wine & All That Jazz. When I first heard that the United Way needed volunteers for an event that included FOUR of my [...]
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