Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Rare Disease Day- RI Awareness Event Live Feed





Leap Year

Every four years and extra day is added to the month of February, calling those years leap years. The 29th day of February is added as corrective measures due to the fact that the earth does not orbit around the sun in precisely 365 days.  This keeps the keep  the calendar year correctly in line with astronomical or seasonal year. If we did make such adjustment , the calendar would be off 24 whole days over 100 years. 
  
Happy Birthday to all the Leaplings.  There is a 1 in 1,1461 chance of being born on February 29th. In common years, they usually celebrate their birthdays on February 28 or March 1. In some situations, March 1 is used as the birthday in a non-leap year since it is the day following February 28.

This year, February 29th will be recognized as Rare Disease Day. Counties all over the world are calling for more research into conditions that (affect both children and adults) have no known cure. For more information please visit http://www.rarediseaseday.org/.

Here are some more interesting facts about leap years.  

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Alex & Ani

A few years ago my love affair with  Alex & Ani  began. I was vacationing in Newport, RI when I spotted them on a friend's wrist. She had just purchased the single charm bracelets that same day.  She too had fallen in love with them instantly.
The more that I learned about the  Alex & Ani  company the more I became impressed. I not only love their jewelry and how it makes you feel, but also what they represent. 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Create a Valentine

There is still time to share the love this Valentine's Day by sending a Conversation Heart Valentine!

valentines heart with star

For each one sent Macy's will donate $2, up to $250,000, to the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women Movement

macy's valentines
You can select a pre-made heart or you can make your own 



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