Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'fundraiser'
September 3, 2008
Texas Girls For A Cure is throwing an 80's themed extravaganza benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Saturday, September 6 at the Caroline Collective. The party starts at 6:00 PM and will feature screenings of The Breakfast Club (8:00 PM) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (10:00 PM). Texas Girls For A Cure was officially formed in January 2008 by two best friends, Erin Nies and Carissa Hernandez, who met while training for endurance events......
Continue Reading "Save Ferris...Save Lives! Film Festival Benefitting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society"July 29, 2008
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company would like you to join them for a happy hour fund raiser. The event takes place at The Last Concert Cafe, 1403 Nance St in the Warehouse District on Wednesday July 30th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. The cover is $6 and includes a chance to win door prizes from Churrascos, Candylicious, Mildred's Umbrella as well as a performance by local pop rock group, The Misfires who according to their myspace......
Continue Reading "Mildred's Umbrella Happy Hour Fund Raiser"April 4, 2008
Young Texans Against Cancer 4th Annual Spring BBQ & Silent Auction Seven years ago, forty-four young individuals in the Houston area banded together with one thing in common: Cancer. Young Texans Against Cancer (YTAC) was established in 2001 by this group of passionate individuals, who some have personally battled cancer while others have witnessed loved ones struggling with illness. Inspired by these struggles, the Founding Members created YTAC to increase cancer awareness among the generation......
Continue Reading "Hate Cancer? Us, too. BBQ It Away."January 11, 2008
The Houston Rollerderby season ended in October, and Houstonist is having "DT's" - a condition in which lack of flat track action causes delusions (in which we actually think we CAN sing), nervous tic's and random verbal outbursts. We're gonna be just fine though, because there's Derbyoke in our immediate future - like tomorrow night! What is this "Derbyoke" of which we speak? Well, given that it's karaoke with, by and for HRD - it's......
Continue Reading "Do You Have What It Takes? Derbyoke 4"