GB Items Related to Tag - fundraising

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    USA Cares / I Care Too

    We have had the largest call up of our servicemen and women since WWII. In central Florida, the Gator Brigade was recently deployed in January 2010. My wife and I support a non-profit charity named USA Cares. This group provides help to returning...

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    Saving Lives, Changing Lives

    Women Playing For T.I.M.E. is more than a fundraising group -- it's an organization that changes lives and saves lives. See for yourself just how special this organization is.


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    Glenn Fenster

    Glenn Fenster took a 7,000-mile bike ride to raise awareness about a disorder afflicting his son.


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    RIP: Bruce Rossmeyer

    Growing Bolder friend Bruce Rossmeyer, the world's largest Harley Davidson dealer was killed Thursday in Wyoming while riding with friends to the 69th Annual Sturgis Rally.


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    Day 40: Forty Days and Forty Nights

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation...

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    The SPCA is Growing Bolder!

    This week I had the pleasure to witness an important event in the lives of animals (and humans) in my community. The SPCA of Central Florida held a groundbreaking for the major expansion of their Seminole County (FL) shelter in Sanford. It took seven...

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    Four-Legged Friends Need Your Help

    It's rough out there for everyone in this economy, including pets. I work at the SPCA of Central...

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    5 Questions With: Lynn Smythe

    She's cycling for a cause, and not only changing the world -- changing her own life for the better! See what Lynn Smythe, aka the Bike Diva, says about heroes, having fun, and staying active.


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    Haiti Touches All

    My parents attend the First Baptist Church in Winter Park, Florida. They've been members there...

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    Day 75: To Preserve for Posterity

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....

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    Surviving and Thriving

    When news anchor Wendy Chioji was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, her struggle was closely followed by thousands. Six years later, Wendy is a relentless fundraiser, inspirational spokesperson and fearless competitor.


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    She Gave The Eternal Gift of Dance

    Cathy Gillaspie's passing came far too soon, but she left a touching and powerful legacy through the students whose lives she guided and the infants whose lives she helped save.


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    Clothes Off Diana's Back Saving Lives

    Just before her death, Princess Diana cleaned out of her closets to raise money for charity. Today, these gorgeous gowns are still saving lives.


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    Mark Twain's Social Contribution Continues

    Mark Twain became known as an agent of change long before he started wearing the white suit (in 1906). He participated in fundraisers for various African American churches, the Tuskeegee Institute, and for the fledgling NAACP. Most notably, perhaps, he...

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    Women Playing For T.I.M.E.

    They reach out to others about breast cancer, and they've also raised millions for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando. Find out what makes this event so unique and see how much fun making a difference can be.


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    The Eternal Gift of Dance

    Cathy Gillaspie's passing came far too soon, but she left a touching and powerful legacy through the students whose lives she guided and the infants whose lives she helped save.


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    Big Name, Big Cause, Big Fun

    Just when you think Women Playing For T.I.M.E. couldn't possibly make their life-saving tournaments any more fun, one of the greatest golfers ever shows up. Don't call her the Tiger Woods of women's golf. He's the Annika Sorenstam of men's golf.


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    Calendars for a Cause

    They're bold, they're beautiful -- and they're breast cancer survivors. Now, these women are glamming it up and saluting the stars of the silver screen. It's art for a good cause, and they think you'll never look at a calendar the same way again.


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    Think Pink Lemonade Stand

    Filled with grief but driven by a desire to honor her mother, Victoria Petrucelly and her best friend turned a lemonade stand into a life lesson for us all.


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    Run for the Children

    One of GB's favorite 5K runs is hosted by Dick Batchelor. Come along for a great event and check out three "legendary" racers who talk some smack about the younger runners.


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    Bob Lee

    When Bob Lee survived colon cancer, he put his pedals to the metal to raise money for the disease.


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    While Tiger Was Sleeping In

    Tiger Woods' home golf course got a pink transformation the morning after he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational. A pink army invaded the exclusive Isleworth Country Club to continue its battle breast cancer.


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    Rowing Down the Road to Recovery

    Many of the top masters rowing teams in the Southeast were competing. So why was one boat filled with complete novices, rowing newbies, and breast cancer survivors?


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    Masters of Disguise

    Everyone from the president of the United States to Borat to some aging superheroes showed up at the 2007 Famous Faces Ball to benefit Shepard's Hope.


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    David Shuey

    To prove that arthritis sufferers need to stay moving to keep moving, David Shuey hopped on his bicycle on his 60th birthday and embarked on a 4,000 mile, 70-day journey across the U.S.


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    Happy Birthday, Arnold Palmer!

    Arnold Palmer, the commoner who became "The King" of golf, is celebrating his 80th birthday. He paused recently to talk to Growing Bolder about his greatest passion -- helping the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.



 

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