"The Taste of Media" breast cancer vaccine FUNdraiser...

Wow what an awesome event.
We had 300+ people show up for our “Taste of Media“ event to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer vaccine research, headed by Dr. Brian Czerniecki of the University of Pennsylvania hospital.
He updated us on his progress of his research. It was very promising and we will have an update on www.penniesinaction.org in the near future, (after he has published his findings)...
The event started at 7pm, Dr. Czerniecki spoke at 8:30, then we had a live auction and a silent auction and then the party kept going till the last guest left at 2:30 am.
It was so much fun, so informative and full of hope.
We raised $70 000.00+ last night for the cause and monies are still coming in. If you want to donate to the cause you can do that online at www.penniesinaction.org and click on the donate button.
I was so fortunate to have a wonderful committee of 25 people who were amazing.
Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto 2006 Olympic siver medalists served as the honorary chairpersons, with their coaches Olympic Champions Natalia Linichuk and Gennardiy Kaparosov by their side.
Pictures to follow…

Our skater from ICEWORKS update...

I just got an e-mail from his mom. He is doing much better and after a doctor’s appointment will come by the rink on Tuesday. Hurrah… Thanks for keeping him in your prayer!!!!

Hydro-Blading™ the fun way to learn and understand skating...

Skating is the art of gliding movement and motion.
When you become a competitive swimmer you first are allowed to play and frolic in water as a child, you learn how much fun water can be but also how powerful and destructive it can become. You learn to understand water…
A competitive skier will have played in the snow , thrown snowballs, made snow angels etc. In other words has played in snow , with snow and discovered snow with all it’s joys and dangers. You learn to understand snow...
That is very much missing in skating…
When children come to learn to skate lessons they are immediately taught what to and how to do.
I believe children need to discover the ice first, learn the fun ice can be, but also the dangers involved with ice and learn to understand ice...
Then we can start skating…

Up Date on our young skater...

He is doing much better and there is a gret chance that he will be walking at his graduation next week…
He still has an up hill battle to fully recover, but he shows such strength that he will not become a victim to the circumstance.
Please keep praying so he will fully recover very soon…

Our young skater from IceWorks...

He got out of the hospital ahead of schedule. But it will be a long road ahead to full recovery, according to his Mom. Who is just so glad that he is alive.
Please keep him in your prayers…

Please keep this young man in your prayers...

One of our young skaters at IceWorks was yesterday in a very serious car accident. He is a wonderful young man, talented and very intelligent.
He is in a drug induced coma in the ICU.
Please keep him in your prayers for a speedy recovery...

Shop to Donate...

Do you shop online? Then we have a new free and easy way for you to donate to Pennies in Action™!

We have received a generous donation of a Virtual Shopping Mall, where a portion of every sale comes back to Pennies as a donation. There are over 850 stores partnered with this virtual mall, including such familiar names as Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes, Bath and Body Works, Best Buy, Bloomingdales, GNC, Home Depot, Hotwire, Expedia, Staples,...and the list goes on. Categories range from clothing, to electronics, to travel.

There is also a virtual mall for 'Green' products - Shop To Earth - and the donated portions of each of those sales are even more generous. You will find an extensive list of stores and 'Green' products available. You can enter the Shop To Earth site by clicking on it at the top right of the mall page. With Shop To Earth and the donations from sales, you can save the planet and help us wipe out cancer at the same time!

The amount donated from each sale varies from store to store, and is displayed with each shop's link.

Here's how to donate to the Pennies Fund while you shop:

1. go to our virtual mall website at WWW.SHOPTOEARN.NET/PENNIESINACTION

2. you can shop by category, or by using the drop down menu - select your store, then click in to it

3. shop as you normally would - including using coupons, promo codes, or gift cards

4. the rebate amount will be automatically donated to Pennies in Action™

TWO NOTES ON THE SHOPPING:

1. please close all other open browsers when you are placing your order(s)

2. you must go in to the store's website from our virtual mall page, and complete the sale from there - if you leave the site, we will not get credit for the sale - so if you want to go back to a store later to make a purchase, please remember to go in through www.shoptoearn.net/penniesinaction

Thank you for your support - and happy shopping!