- By Dan Veaner
- Around Town
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The Lansing Community Council announced Wednesday that two fundraising efforts to benefit Lansing's historic North Log Cabin and the Myers Park Playground have started out more successfully than anticipated. Community Council President Ed LaVigne says that the 'Bucks for Bricks' campaign at the Lansing Tops Market raised two and a half times the dollars the effort had set as a goal. And a mailing campaign to benefit the cabin has already raised a quarter of its $10,000 goal."Tops' goal was only $2,000," LaVigne says. "But they pushed forward to $3,000, to $4,000, and finally to $5,000. In ten days the log letter cabin campaign reached $2,300. We are one quarter of the way to our goal for the cabin."
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In remote villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan—villages from which terrorist organizations recruit the impoverished, illiterate and uneducated—a penny can buy a pencil and transform a child’s life through learning. Here in the United States, that same penny can teach American students valuable lessons in philanthropic action. Linking these disparate realties is Pennies for Peace, a program of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), the nonprofit organization started by Greg Mortenson, author of the New York Times best seller “Three Cups of Tea.”
Hey there my name is Denby. I am a two-year-old black domestic medium hair/mix. I'm a handsome guy who needs a home with caring people to take good care of me. So come and visit me at the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you.
New York Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker visited Moore Tree Farm Monday to pick out a Christmas tree for the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets office lobby in Albany. Hooker visited the Lansing farm and cut down his own tree to encourage New Yorkers to buy real, locally grown Christmas trees.
Hey there my name is Teflon. I am a one-year-old female cat. I'm a beautiful girl who needs a caring family to take good care of me. So come and visit me at the SPCA to se if I'm the right cat for you.
The highly popular Gingerbread House Competition is making a return to downtown Ithaca this year, with an opportunity for members of the public to enter the competition and/or vote for their favorite gingerbread houses! Entries will be displayed in downtown Ithaca storefront windows from December 5, 2009 to December 25, 2009, and prizes will be awarded to the winners.