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Recently a fellow blogger here on bako.com posted a George F. Will article which repeats the old saw about Conservatives and their superiority in charitableness. This is not only a recurrent myth, but a wholly strawman one, at that.
Here is what is happening: the data, (as reported in the...
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Just wondering if any of our stalwart bloggers will be out this weekend for cancer prevention & research. This is one of the biggest events in kern County every year...will you be going?
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In my last post I forgot to mention this site. It's a charity to send WW II vets to the WW II memorial in D.C. Check it out!
Honor Flight Network
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The Active 20/30 Club will be guest bartending at Syndicate Lounge. All their tips go towards raising money for the Christmas Experience. Take a break from Holiday shopping and come have a drink with us!
The event is Tuesday (12/2) from 6 pm - 10 pm. There...
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Here's an event post from reporter Courtenay Edelhart:
DoubleTree Hotel on Monday will stage a whimsical Bakersfield Hospitality Olympics to raise money for the Bakersfield Rescue Mission, and the public is invited to watch hotel and restaurant workers duke it out.
The event pits local hotels,...
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Here's some news from reporter Courtenay Edelhart:
Ever wanted to drive a Beamer? For free?
OK, OK, so you won’t be able to take it home, but as part of the BMW Ultimate Drive, you can take a short joy ride in a BMW and help pay for breast cancer research, all without spending a dime....
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Talk about a good cause.
Ginger Boyd is a 32-year-old Bakersfield mother of five children, three of whom are adopted. She's single, having been recently divorced, and she works for a living.
Until this week, Boyd had no car of her own.
So her mother nominated her for the annual Mini-Van for...
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For the first time ever, the Active 20-30 Club of Bakersfield is hosting a " Band Battle" to choose the opening band for Festival of Beers at Stramler Park on April 26th. The winning band will open for local Bakersfield bands Soulajar and Velorio.
This week's contest will be held at...
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For World Water Day, March 22, The United States Fund for The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has initiated the Tap Project, a campaign that asks patrons of participating restaurants to donate as little as $1 as payment for the water they receive for free. $1 will allow UNICEF...
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This past Saturday my wife and I put on our volunteer shoes and walked into the SPCA facility on Gibson Street to help with the low cost spay and neuter event that was being held in conjuction with an open house fund raiser. What an enjoyable experience!
A lot of people locally have no concept...
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On Monday, I was at the Bakersfield Board of Realtors for their REALTORS® Giving Back, Giving Blood blood drive, sponsored by Houchin Blood Bank; and also donating food for the Christmas Can Tree, sponsored by the Golden Empire Gleaners. For those of you who missed it, The Houchin Blood...
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We are having a toy drive in our office for the Jamison Children's Center Foundation. You can drop off donations at McKinzie Nielsen Real Estate at 3400 Calloway Drive, Suite 800, Bakersfield, CA 93312, at the corner of Meacham and Calloway. Call (661) 410-4400 for directions or further...
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Hello everybody...at long last the Road Show Shop is open.
www.cafepress.com/roadshowshop
I am particularly pleased to announce that all proceeds will be donated directly to the San Juan Regional Trauma Center and family hostel.
At the moment we have only a small inventory of Road Show items...
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I saw a human interest story in the paper today and it reminded me of one I read a few years ago in the paper. It made me wonder if the writers or the paper itself has made a policy to look into the stories a little deeper than just writing what someone tells them. The reason I wonder this is...
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I see the IRS is at it again. This time blocking the distribution of funds raised to benefit the families of the firefighters killed fighting the Twin Pines fire in October. The IRS says the United Way, who handled the donati0ons, failed to follow the guidelines that seperate individuals or...
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A recent thread about the ever-popular "War on Christmas" included some remarks that served as a reminder, however tongue-in-cheek, that one might better celebrate the spirit of the season through philanthropy and charity than by continuing to beat the dead horses of...
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