Posted in Animal Advocacy, Conservation, Deals Around Town, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, tagged back to school, Bill Belleville, Cat Protection Society, central florida authors, central Florida books, central florida cat protection society, central florida homeschool books, children's books, homeschool curriculum, Judge Hitt, Maya Books, Maya Bookstore, record albums, Sanford books, Sanford homeschool, Sanford used books, unique books, used books, used bookstore, used records, Yvette Comeau on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Has your child waited until the last minute to start looking for books on his summer reading list? Are you looking for books to fill out your homeschool curriculum for the beginning of the school year? Have you been looking for a favorite book, a book long out of print, or an old record [...]
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Posted in Action Alerts, Deals Around Town, Fun Stuff for Kids, Local "Green" Events, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, tagged recycle, charity, books, reduce, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, University Unitarian Univesalist Society, alliance, reread, reuse on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is a volunteer opportunity AND a thrifty bargain opportunity for the “green bookworms and recycling fans!” that I have a finger in somewhat… a “Green Elephant Benefit Booksale” so we can reduce, recycle and reread!
WHO IS DOING IT?
The oldest community service group based out of First Unitarian is called “The Alliance.” Members are people [...]
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Posted in Consignment Shops, Deals Around Town, Local "Green" Events, Organizations/Activism, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, tagged FLorida School of Holistic Living, thrift store, sale, bargain, rummage sale, first unitarian, alliance, volunteer on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Florida School of Holistic Living is holding a rummage sale as a fundraiser. The flier went across my desk a little while ago and then I got distracted amassing things to donate both from myself personally, and then from The Alliance Continuuing Bazaar thrift shop over at First Unitarian.
My foyer looks nuts, and my car [...]
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UPDATE: Check out my review of Chefs’ Night: Modern German Vegetarian: a Review of Chefs’ Night Out at the Willow Tree Cafe
For those of you who haven’t been to Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe in Downtown Sanford, you are missing quite an experience! Although it is sometimes a challenge for me to find vegetarian options on [...]
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Posted in Animal Advocacy, Deals Around Town, Food and Nutrition, Health Food Stores, Health and Safety, Natural Pet Care, Natural Products, Uncategorized, tagged Ark Naturals, Boston Terrier Rescue of FL, Candy's Cats, cat food delivery, Cavalier Rescue USA, central Florida home delivery service, Central Florida Pug Rescue, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul, Coastal Poodle Rescue, Compassionate Canines, Diamond Pet Foods, dog food delivery, Eagle Pack, Evanger’s, Gold Coast Greyhounds, Golden Retriever Rescue of Mid FL, Greyhound Pets of America, Greyhound Ranch, healthy pet food, Holistic Select, Innova, Lab Retriever Rescue of Florida, Lucky Star Cavalier Rescue, Merrick, Natural Balance, Nutro, Old Mother Hubbard, Orijen, Orlando natural pet food, Orlando Pet Pantry, Orlando Pug Rescue & Adoption, Orlando whole foods pet diets, pet food delivery, Pet Pantry, pet supply delivery, Premium Edge, Prism, Pug Rescue of Florida, Snack 21, Solid Gold, SPCA of Central Florida, The Honest Kitchen, The Pet Pantry, Wellness, Wysong, Zukes on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s welcome relief for skyrocketing gas prices - a home delivery service that brings high quality pet supplies right to your door! The Pet Pantry has been in business for the past 4 years making home deliveries to 6 central Florida counties. Locally owned and operated by sister-in-laws Ginny Blurton and Inga Mueller, The Pet [...]
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Posted in Deals Around Town, Fun Stuff for Kids, Lessons and Classes for Kids, Local "Green" Events, Spirituality, Vegan/Vegetarian Options, tagged kids, vegan, activities, children, eco-friendly, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, homeschooling, green team, Cat Rigby, Abbie Potter, Children's Religious Education, day camp, summer camp, homeschoolers on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Ever the “green events” party girl, I finished 5k racing and sock hopping and now I’m off to teach summer camp kiddies with a vegan and homeschooler friendly eco-twist!
Anyone is welcome to come aboard for summer camp, UU style!
It’s non-profit and camp registration costs basically go to put on the “eco theme “ [...]
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Posted in Deals Around Town, Fun Stuff for Kids, Local "Green" Events, tagged festival, art, music, local, FUCO, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, entertainment, concert, bands, recreation, green team on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the perks to my job as chair of the “Green Team” is that I get to do really fun stuff once in a while. And I’m event coordinating these days for a music/arts fest type shindig over at the church.
It’s a non-profit community service project to help promote local artists / performers / [...]
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Posted in Deals Around Town, Fun Stuff for Kids, Lessons and Classes for Kids, Study Groups and Classes, tagged art, artsfest, crafts, festival, museum, theatre on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I really look forward to this time a year when I know that the ArtsFest is coming! My family and I have been attending ArtsFest for 5 or 6 years now! What is ArtsFest, you ask? Well, let me tell you!
ArtsFest is a festival that kicks-off the fundraising campaign for the United Arts. It is [...]
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This Saturday, Dec 1st Dandelion Communitea Cafe will be hosting their annual Holiday Artisan Market. This event will feature local and eco-friendly vendors as well as live music. It seems like a nice way for our community to get some holiday shopping done while supporting our local artisans and merchants. Among them 10,000 Villages, Vegetarians of Central Florida, [...]
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Start a new holiday tradition by thinking globally, shopping locally at the Ten Thousand Villages International Gift Festival! An international alternative gift festival featuring unique arts and crafts hand crafted by artisans from around the world.
Ten Thousand Villages is a founding member of the International Fair Trade Association. Money raised at the festival, online, and [...]
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