Archive for May, 2011
30
May
Posted by Favorite Things For A CAUSE in Celebrations, Holidays. Tagged: Armed Forces, Decoration Day, Fallen Soldiers, Honoring Military Personnel, May Holiday, Memorial Day, Military Holiday, National Holiday Act of 1971, National Moment of Remembrance, President Clinton, United States of America. 1 Comment
Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who died while serving our country in the military. Memorial Day, officially proclaimed by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic on May 5, 1868 was initially observed on May 30, 1868. During this observance, flowers were [...]
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22
May
Posted by Favorite Things For A CAUSE in Environmental Awareness, Ordinary People/Extraordinary Things. Tagged: Community Recycling, Cyrus Garringer, Environmental Awareness, Grace Garringer, Recycling, Santa Rosa Beach Recycling, South Walton County Recycling, South Walton Recycling, South Walton Sister and Brother Business, SoWal Recycles. Leave a Comment
We stumbled upon this wonderful story about two siblings deciding to do something about the insufficiency of recycling in their community. What many adults probably think of as a waste of time, this sister and brother team decided to take the time to do something about the waste. Cyrus and Grace Garringer of Santa Rosa [...]
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15
May
Posted by Favorite Things For A CAUSE in Community Outreach, Environmental Awareness. Tagged: Electronics Pollution, Electronics Recycling, Electronics Recycling Directory, Environment, Environmental Pollution, Landfills, Polluted Landfills, Recycling, Toxic Waste. 1 Comment
As part of our Clean Up Your ACT! initiative, we will continue to bring you news and updates to discover ways that would improve our residential, commercial, educational, environmental and industrial communities. Recycling is a major concern for us. All too often, we waste many valuable things we reject by tossing them in the trash [...]
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12
May
Posted by Favorite Things For A CAUSE in Community Outreach, Environmental Awareness. Tagged: Community, Community Awareness, Community Pride, Ecology, Environmental Awareness, Favorite Things for a CAUSE, Francene Marie Morris, Kym Gordon Moore, Project Clean Up Your ACT!. Leave a Comment
It’s finally here!!! The eBooklet many of you have requested since we announced its arrival last month. Project Clean Up Your ACT! is available for you to download FREE! That’s right FREE! Out of great concern regarding the deteriorating state in many of our communities, we wanted to create an informational plan of action to [...]
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8
May
Posted by Favorite Things For A CAUSE in Holidays. Tagged: Celebrating Fathers Serving As Mothers, Celebrating Mothers, Celebrating Women, Happy Mother's Day, Honoring Mothers, Maternal instincts, Mother's Day, Washington Irving. Leave a Comment
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate [...]
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5
May
Posted by Favorite Things For A CAUSE in Celebrations, Holidays. Tagged: Cinco de Mayo, Fifth of May, Franco-Mexican War, May 5, Mexican Culture, Mexican Festival, Mexican Heritage, Mexican Holiday. Leave a Comment
Each year on the fifth of May, we celebrate Cinco de Mayo. So what is Cinco de Mayo all about? This festive celebration of Mexican culture and heritage commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France in 1862, during the Franco-Mexican War at the Battle of Puebla. This war occurred from 1861-1867. Traditional celebrations of Cinco [...]
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