Heart Of The Tiger – Pires Donates Prize Money To Assist Madeira Sufferers
COOLANGATTA, Queensland/Australia (Wednesday, March 3, 2010) – On February 20, 2010, tragedy struck the idyllic Portuguese island of Madeira when heavy rains caused flash flooding and landslides, resulting in dozens of deaths with several people still unaccounted for.
Tiago Pires (PRT), 29, current ASP World No. 24 and Portugal’s first-ever competitor at the elite level, has pledged to donate his prize money  … Details
More than a dozen employees of Mike’s Bikes, the largest independent bicycle retailer on the West Coast, loaded a shipping container Monday with more than 450 bicycles bound for Africa as part of an ongoing campaign to bring a permanent sustainable transportation solution to the troubled continent.
This is the third time the San Rafael-based company, which has eight shops in the Bay Area including downtown San Rafael and Sausalito, has collected used bicycles from its customers to send overseas to Ghana, Botswana and Namibia.
The effort is more than a donation – the company also … Details & Pictures
“Â http://www.racingtochangelives.com We only have a few more days till my 1953 Posche 356 is raffled off for the Limbs for Life Charity. We will put 93 people back on their feet. Drawing will be February 27th in Dallas TX. You don’t need to be present to win it. “
This guy is the best 356 car builder in the country. You can hope to find a Vasek Polak treasure or have Rob Emory build you one. Who ever wins this car is going to be one lucky guy!
Surf dog Ricochet’s inspirational video highlighting her journey from birth, to service dog training, to dog surfing, to surfing tandem with quadriplegic surfer, Patrick Ivison, to fundraising for charitable causes. She is currently leading a fundraiser for a six year old boy named Ian who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a horrific car accident that claimed the lives of his parents. If you’d like to help Ricochet help Ian, please go to http://www.SurfDogRicochet.com. To follow her on Facebook… search for “Surf Dog Ricochet” or copy/paste http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Surf-… Thank you for watching, and donating to her charitable cause.Â