From the category archives:

Spread Your Warmth

And the winner is…

September 8, 2010

…to close to call. The polls closed last night amidst a flurry of voting activity. Some good, some not so good and some really, really bad. We have spent the better part of the day today sorting out the situation with the organizations involved.

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The Emmaus Center Homeless Shelter

August 29, 2010

Our final nominee for the August edition of Sweatshirt Blanket’s Spread Your Warmth program in the Emmaus Center, a homeless shelter in Ellsworth, Maine. The Emmaus Center exists to provide a safe and comfortable environment for homeless men, women and families in need of temporary shelter who are willing to work towards ending their homelessness.

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SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments

August 28, 2010

Today we have the penultimate nominee for the August edition of Sweatshirt Blanket’s Spread Your Warmth campaign. SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environment aims to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s approach to solving the problem of domestic violence through education, training, and awareness programs.

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The Kitchen cares with dignity and compassion

August 24, 2010

Our next nominee for the August edition of Sweatshirt Blanket’s Spread Your Warmth campaign is Springfield, Missouri’s own The Kitchen. This organization was founded on Palm Sunday in 1983 by Sister Lorraine as a soup kitchen and served their first meal at St. Agnes Grade School Cafeteria.

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Big Fluffy Dog Rescue

August 23, 2010

As we enter the last week of the month we have four more nominees on tap for the August edition of the Spread Your Warmth campaign. Today’s nominee, Big Fluffy Dog Rescue, is an organization dedicated to helping giant breed mixed breed dogs in need.

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The Cloth Diaper Foundation

August 19, 2010

Today we have the seventh nominee for the August edition of the Spread Your Warmth campaign, the Cloth Diaper Foundation. This non profit organization is dedicated to helping qualifying families all over the United States get a jump start on cloth diapering.

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St. Jude’s Childrens Hospital

August 17, 2010

The next nominee in the August edition of Spread Your Warmth is a very familiar name, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers. Its mission is to find cures for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

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Spina Bifida Association of Northwest Ohio

August 13, 2010

Today we have the fifth nominee for the August edition of Sweatshirt Blanket’s Spread Your Warmth campaign, the Spina Bifida Association of Northwest Ohio. The SBA of Northwest Ohio was founded in 1975 by a group of parents looking to find support from one another.

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Crusade for Children

August 12, 2010

Our next nominee for the August edition of the Spread Your Warmth campaign is the Crusade for Children. They were established in 1954 by WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky to help raise money for agencies, schools and hospitals to better the lives of special needs children.