Belk’s Charity Sale Coming Soon

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Belk is having a charity sale on November 3rd from 6-10 am that just might be worth rolling out of bed to enjoy. It will benefit local charities, schools and nonprofit organizations all over the company’s 16-state marketplace.

Last year, the Belk’s Charity Sale managed to raise more than $5 million for hundreds of nonprofit organizations.

The shopping event is a terrific way to help out those in need, while also benefiting from the many discounts and sales they will have.

The way that the charity event works is that customers can purchase $5 donations and receive a ticket to get into the charity sale. With this ticket, they will be entitled to buy merchandise at discounted prices that range from 20-75% on items in the entire store.

There will be other perks as well for Belk Rewards cardholders, Belk Elite cardholders and others. On the day of the event, the first 100 customers in each of the stores will also get a free Belk gift card – and three people company-wide will get a gift card worth $1000.

Football Star Growing Hair Long for Locks of Love

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Football playes aren’t always rough and tumble. Take 305 pound senior starting guard for the Western Michigan football team, John Deyo. Deyo is growing out his hair right now – not as a fashion statement and not for his own good looks – but to donate to “Locks of Love,” a non-profit that makes wigs for kids who have lost their hair.

Both Deyo’s mom and grandmother have survived breast cancer. As Deyo said, “When my mom was diagnosed and started going through the chemo process, she was losing her hair. Myself and some of my friends, we shaved our heads completely bald too to kind of help support her. Once she was clean and clear, I decided I was going to grow my hair out and donate it, because my mom, she wore a wig for a little bit.”

As Deyo’s mom, Pam, explained, “There’s so many people that can’t afford wigs, or are going through cancer and have other expenses. Losing hair is a big deal to a lot of people, even when it’s something that’s gone temporarily. Johnny has seen that and decided he would like to help.”

Some of Deyo’s teammaters plan to join with him as well. WMU’s Alex Carder, Eric Monette, Justin Currie and Dann O’Neill all plan to donate their hair to ‘Locks of Love’ with him. As Deyo said, “It’s really great to see other guys on the team doing it. I don’t know, it gets me choked up really to think about it.”

George Clooney Helps Aspiring Actor with Cerebral Palsy

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George Clooney is known to have a big heart – and he showed it during the 26th Anniversary Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills on October 20th, 2012. During the event, Clooney met Cody La Scala, a 25 year old actor with cerebral palsy. La Scala is hoping to find work in the industry and he was thrilled to meet such a star.

Clooney went so far as to offer to help La Scala to find work after La Scala told him what an admirer he is of Clooney’s acting. As a source told RadarOnline, “George was so touched. It was so cute. He hugged Cody and introduced him to Stacy (Kiebler). They chatted for a bit and George encouraged him to follow his dream, took down his number and promised to make some calls!”

PUMA’s Project Pink Teams with Aimee Teegarden & Others

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On October 13th, both professional athletes and celebrities came together for a unique soccer match that benefited the PUMA Project Pink initiative. This is PUMA’s breast cancer awareness and fundraising initiative which focuses on women’s soccer and works to empower young women.

Celebrities who came to the match included Jessica Stroup, Matt Lanter, Aimee Teegarden, Josh Bowman, Johnny Westin and many others. Athletes who were present included Amy Rodrigues, Alexi Lalas, Julie Foudy, Matt Reis and Karina LeBlanc, among others.

All of the profits from the ticket sales went to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. In addition, Project Pink contributed another $100,000 from previous programming that they’ve done.

Louis Mariette Climbing Kilimanjaro for Charity

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Now here’s a story for the record books. Some people talk about charity work – some celebrities fork over the cash. But few are willing to sweat and work in such an intense way to help to benefit others.

Louis Mariette, a celebrity fashion designer, has set his sights on Mount Kilimanjaro, pledging to conquer the 5,896 mile mountain for The Children’s Trust. He is vice-president of the organization and has taken on the challenge with eight other trekkers. While not climbing one of the highest mountains in the world, Louis makes headpieces for the likes of Rihanna, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga.

As he said, “I know this will be a challenge, but nothing like the brave children, family, friends and team at the Trust experience every day, so I hope I can do them justice. I know that each step I take on this adventurous mountain will be towards a great cause, especially the more challenging higher segments with steeper parts, snow and altitude.”

The Children’s Trust is a British charity that provides care for severely disabled children. They also have rehabilitation facilities for children with acquired brain injury.

Louis explained a bit more about his goals. As he said,

“Trekking the magnificent mountain will be a dream come true. I am even more excited as I want the flora and fauna of nature to inspire me and on my return to the UK I will specially customize a hat and donate to the Trust to be auctioned. Being born in Malawi, living in Swaziland, Botswana throughout my childhood and going back to Africa to Tanzania will touch my soul and will be an emotional uplifting experience.”