Chance Encounters

A tri-weekly newsletter publication of Children's Chance 

March 17, 2010

Helping families face pediatric cancer

www.childrenschance.org

 

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Welcome...
to our On-Line Newsletter!
Children's Chance has Gone Green!

Chance Encounters will be sent out via email about every three weeks and is also available on our website.

www.childrenschance.org

In this Edition:

(just click below to view each topic)

 

Vote for Children's Chance!

Family Spotlight

Calendar of Events

Where's Zig the Pig?

Donate - Give Children with Cancer a Chance
CC Connect
A Big Thanks to...

GoodSearch!

 


Vote for Children's Chance!
in honor of St. Patty's Day!

You can help Children's Chance win a $500 donation!

Click Here - to vote for Children's Chance as your favorite charity.
You can vote Daily - vote every day the rest of March to help us win as the March Charity
and get $500 to help kids with cancer!

DayBreak Adult Care Services is celebrating their 10th Anniversary and giving away a $500 donation every month to the charity with the most votes for that month. Help Children's Chance win a $500 donation by just clicking and voting.


Calendar of Events

 

Mark your Calendars!

Join us for the...
6th Annual Cuts for Cancer event
presented by

Sunday, March 21 from 2-5 pm & Monday, March 22 from 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
at both Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology Columbia locations:
 

7474 Garners Ferry Road ~
&
449 St. Andrews Road

Enjoy $5.00 Haircuts & a variety of other services!
All proceeds will be donated to Children's Chance to help kids with cancer!

$5.00 Services Include

Haircuts
Mini-Manicures
Mini-Pedicures
Waxing: Eyebrows, lip, or chin
Bang Trim/Neck Tape
Beard/Mustache Trim


Also, come see our mascot, Zig the Pig at both locations!

Download the Flier

 

A Big Thanks to...

 

Our New Sponsor:

South Carolina Drug Card
Check out their website to download a free prescription drug card
to start getting discounts on your prescriptions at your local pharmacy!


 

 

The Jerry Zucker
Charleston Ride for Hope

for their $5,000 donation from proceeds of their bike ride to help children with cancer in South Carolina and their families. We appreciate your continued support!


Charleston Ride for Hope was able to donate$105,000 to local cancer charities.
Children's Chance Board Chairman, Scott Graves, & member Rick Bell, were on hand to represent our organization
and receive the funds from the ride.

 

Next year’s Date for the Ride Sunday, 10/24/10, and George Hincapie will be back!!! Visit the ride website at http://charlestonrideforhope.com to find out how you can participate, volunteer, or support the ride!

To find out more about the ride, please click here.

To contact Dawson Cherry, Ride Organizer, email here.

 

USC Men's Soccer
Coaches & Team


for hosting the 11th Annual CAPS Soccer Clinic,
raising almost $2,000 for Children's Chance to help kids with cancer


Thank you to Papa John's for being a great lunch sponsor!

Give Children with Cancer a Chance

           
photos courtesy of Stacey Quattlebaum, owner of Natural Wonders Photography and parent of a child lost to cancer,
through the Faces of Hope Program

DONATE NOW to help Kids with Cancer!
please click here to read the Annual Appeal Letter to see why children with cancer need your support today

Kids Kickin' Cancer!

Family Spotlight

 

Click here to read more about Children's Chance families!

 

The pictures below are from November's
Faces of Hope Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Where's

Zig the Pig?

 

Come see Zig at:

 

Tot Trade

Saturday, March 20th

12 pm at Jamil Temple

 

Cuts for Cancer

Sunday, March 21 &

Monday, March 22

at Kenneth Shuler Schools of Cosmetology:

449 St. Andrews Rd.

&

7474 Garners Ferry Rd.

 

Touch a Truck

Saturday, April 17

at Arcadia Self Storage on Decker Blvd. from

10 am - 2 pm

 

 

Ziggybanks in the Community....

Feed a ziggybank at one of these locations or to find out how your business can be a home to Zig, click here!

 

The Gourmet Shop - 5 Pts

 

The Art Shack

 

CiCi's Pizza  
Pelham Drive

 

CiCi's Pizza

St. Andrews Rd.

 

Strobler's on Devine St.

 

Salon M at Richland Fashion Mall


Austral Salon

Forest Drive

 

Barron's on Harden St.

 

Doc's on Shop Rd.

 

HalfMoon Outfitters

Devine St.

 

Rosewood Market

 

Murray's Bar & Grille

Charleston Hwy.

 

Dias Merle Norman

Forest Drive

 

Russell & Jeffcoat

Trenholm Road

 

Jersey Mike's Subs

Broad River Rd.

 

Burlap Fine Papers

Rosewood Dr.

 

Palmetto Thrift Store

St. Andrews Rd.

 

Heights
at Lake Murray

 


 

If you are interested in having
Zig
at your Community Event, email Zig!

 

Now Accepting School Adoptions for 2010!

If your School would like to have Zig the Pig for your Service Learning Project, sign up today!

 

To find out more about Zig the Pig, visit www.zigthepig.org


CC Connect

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Children's Chance
On-Line:


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Kids Kickin Cancer!

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New:

Children's Chance Customized ToolBar!

We have something new & exciting to share with you - it's the new customized Children's Chance toolbar! Add it before the holidays so you can help our charity through your on-line purchases and just by searching the internet! A percentage of your purchases from over 1300 on-line stores will automatically be donated to Children's Chance - at no cost to you! It also has a search feature and we get a penny every time you just search the internet:

 Download it Today!

& Please pass along to your friends - it takes just two minutes to download but can make a lifetime of difference!


To submit a story idea, or content for the newsletter, please email us

Children's Chance ~ 609 Sims Avenue, 2nd Floor ~ Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: (803) 254-5996, Fax: (803) 254-5997
www.childrenschance.org   or   www.zigthepig.org
childrenschance@bellsouth.net

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