Kuisine for Kids is this Sunday!

March 7, 2010
Kuisine for Kids
Embers Wood Grill                    

An exclusive sit-down dinner to benefit the Child Advocacy Center. Featuring a wine auction and brief presentation about the Center. For more information, to sponsor or to buy tickets please click here or call 352-376-9161.

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We grieve for the countless victims of the Haiti earthquake.  Here are a few ways you can help.

You can make an unrestricted donation to the International Response Fund at www.redcross.org or by calling 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767). The public can also help by texting “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross, through an effort backed by the U.S. State Department. Funds will go to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.

Doctors Without Borders has staff treating victims in Haiti.  They report there are no functioning hospitals at this time.  They are asking for donations.

Catholic Relief Services has staff in Haiti and is organizing a massive assistance effort.

Oxfam America is on the ground in Haiti and seeking donations.

Partners in Health is also assisting and seeking donations.

Betsy Harris, the librarian at the Sydney Lanier Center in Gainesville dropped by this morning with a wonderful surprise for us!

Betsy stopped by on her way to work this morning to drop off off two big bags of new jammies for the Storm & Chris Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Jammie Drive!  Thanks Betsy!  Listen to what Betsy and the teachers at the Lanier Center did: 11.20.09.7.Betsy Harris From Sydney Lanier Center Brings Us Jammies

Thanks to our Fantastic Jammie Czars!  It’s the Storm & Chris Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Jammie Drive!

We still need your jammie donations!  We can hardly move in our office because we’re awash in an ocean of sweet little jammies for the neediest citizens in the Heart of Florida!  New jammies are arriving every day, thanks to you!  We heard from Lori White, The Book Lady, in Ocala, who is coming by to deliver her jammie donation!  Thanks also to the First Ladies of Florida Football, Shelley Meyer, Kathy Addazio and all the coaches’ wives, who dropped off over 80 pairs of new pajamas!  We will be picking up a huge box of new jammies from the fabulous kids and staff of Baby Gators next week!  We also heard more from the fabulous folks from the Sunshine Eagles FOE #4518!  The Eagles delivered a GIGANTIC basket of new children’s pajamas to us last week and they just called to tell us they have even more to drop off!  Thanks, Eagles!  We have also had many, many people who ordered new pajamas online from Wal-Mart and Target and had them delivered directly to our Gainesville studio.

There’s still time for YOU to get involved, either as an individual or as a group!  Appoint a Jammie Czar in your office, school or neighborhood and help us wrap the most vulnerable citizens in our area in new, warm, soft pajamas.  These children have never had something so simple and comforting as a new pair of pajamas.  They will go to bed tonight in whatever they have worn today.  We need thousands of pairs of new pajamas for children, from infants to 13 years old, which will be distributed in December in time for the coldest nights of the year.

Because we have received numerous requests to do so, we have extended the drop off deadline for the Storm & Chris Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Jammie Drive  until Monday, November 23rd and all donations of NEW children’s pajamas can be delivered to our Gainesville studios at 3600 NW 43rd Street, Suite B, Gainesville, FL 32606.

If you would like to tell us about your jammie drive or if you need more information, send us an email!

UF Will Light Century Tower Blue for World Diabetes Day

We were joined in the studio this morning by Kathryn Parker and Anastastia Albanese-O’Neill to discuss diabetes awareness, symptoms and research: 11.13.09.5.World Diabetes Day Interview

The warning signs* of diabetes include:

• Frequent urination
• Excessive thirst
• Increased hunger
• Weight loss
• Tiredness
• Lack of interest and concentration
• Vomiting and stomach pain (often mistaken as the flu)
• A tingling sensation or numbness in the hands or feet
• Blurred vision
• Frequent infections
• Slow-healing wounds

*These can be mild or absent in people with type 2 diabetes.

If you show these signs, seek medical attention!

Thanks to our Fantastic Jammie Czars!  It’s the Storm & Chris Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Jammie Drive!

Please keep those new pajamas rolling in!  We are awash in an ocean of sweet little jammies for the neediest citizens in the Heart of Florida!  New jammies are arriving every day, thanks to you!  We just received a box of new children’s jammies from the wonderful people at Target Copy on University Avenue in Gainesville!  At Target Copy they wore their jammies to work every day and got their customers involved in the jammie drive!  Yesterday they delivered all the jammies to our Gainesville studios.  We also heard from the fabulous folks from the Sunshine Eagles FOE #4518!  The Eagles delivered a GIGANTIC basket of new children’s pajamas and they aren’t finished yet!  They tell us their jammie drive is still going strong – they just ran out of room for all the jammies they’ve collected so far!  Thanks, Eagles!  And read the wonderful email we just received from Ms. Hatch’s fabulous second grade class at Chiefland Elementary:

I am a second grade teacher at Chiefland Elementary School. My class has begun their Warm Fuzzy Jammie Drive at our school. The students presented the project information on our school morning show today to ask everyone in our school to help us collect donations of new pajamas. They also have decorated special boxes for our office and school that people can drop off their donations. In addition, they made posters advertising the event and placed them around our school. They are all very excited to be able to participate in this project to help other children. My students have been learning about wants and needs, providing to aid to people in need, and graphing with data for math. So, they will be graphing our results as we progress through the week collecting pajamas. We hope we are able to collect a large number of pajamas to deliver to your station.

Ms. Hatch’s Second Grade Class

Chiefland Elementary School

THANKS, kids!  And there’s still PLENTY of time for YOU to get involved, either as an individual or as a group!  Appoint a Jammie Czar in your office, school or neighborhood and help us wrap the most vulnerable citizens in our area in new, warm, soft pajamas.  These children have never had something so simple and comforting as a new pair of pajamas.  They will go to bed tonight in whatever they have worn today.  We need thousands of pairs of new pajamas for children, from infants to 13 years old, which will be distributed in December in time for the coldest nights of the year.

The Storm & Chris Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Jammie Drive will continue until November 21st and all donations of NEW children’s pajamas can be delivered to our Gainesville studios at 3600 NW 43rd Street, Suite B, Gainesville, FL 32606.

If you would like to tell us about your jammie drive or if you need more information, send us an email!

Keep those jammies rolling in!  Thanks to our newest Jammie Czars!

The Heart of Florida is so generous!  New jammies are arriving every day, thanks to you!  Here are some of our newest Jammie Czars!  Thanks to the Healthy Learning Academy in Gainesville, Target Copy on University Avenue in Gainesville and the Center for Independent Living in Gainesville, Ocala and Lecanto!  They have all let us know they are doing jammie drives!

Appoint a Jammie Czar in your office, school or neighborhood and help us wrap the most vulnerable citizens in our area in new, warm, soft pajamas.  These children have never had something so simple and comforting as a new pair of pajamas.  They will go to bed tonight in whatever they have worn today.  We need thousands of pairs of new pajamas for children, from infants to 13 years old, which will be distributed in December in time for the coldest nights of the year.

The Storm & Chris Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Jammie Drive will continue until November 21st and all donations of NEW children’s pajamas can be delivered to our Gainesville studios at 3600 NW 43rd Street, Suite B, Gainesville, FL 32606.

Listen to our latest update: 11.05.09.1.Jammie Drive Update

If you would like to tell us about your jammie drive or if you need more information, send us an email!

Help support the rescue work of the Haile’s Angels Pet Rescue!

Sunday, November 15, 2009; Runners/Walkers leave at 8 AM!  Click here for all the information!

We love our Jammie Czars!

The Heart of Florida is so generous!  New jammies are arriving every day, thanks to you!  Here are some of our newest Jammie Czars!  Thanks to Gateway Bank in Ocala, Sandi Davies from Travel by Sandi, Attractions Spa & Tan ($10.00 off every service for anyone who brings in a new pair of pajamas to their location at 4509 NW 23rd Ave Suite 5), Cottage Grove at Gainesville where all residents who donate a new pair of jammies are entered into a drawing for a $100.00 gift certificate, Myrrhanda Jones, Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen, Ocala Community Care, Inc., Anjelica Gomez, a student at North Marion High School and member of the Kitty Hawk Air Society and Sarah R. in Ocala!  They have all let us know they are doing jammie drives.

Appoint a Jammie Czar in your office, school or neighborhood and help us wrap the most vulnerable citizens in our area in new, warm, soft pajamas.  These children have never had something so simple and comforting as a new pair of pajamas.  They will go to bed tonight in whatever they have worn today.  We need thousands of pairs of new pajamas for children, from infants to 13 years old, which will be distributed in December in time for the coldest nights of the year.

The Storm & Chris Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Jammie Drive will continue until November 21st and all donations of NEW children’s pajamas can be delivered to our Gainesville studios at 3600 NW 43rd Street, Suite B, Gainesville, FL 32606.

Listen to the neat way Gateway Bank in Ocala raised money for new jammies! 10.30.09.5.Jammie Drive Update Gateway Bank

If you would like to tell us about your jammie drive or if you need more information, send us an email!