"A year ago Mike Gibbons had never done any fund-raising. Now he hopes to change the world" Regan White in "Message in a Button", Charlotte Weekly November 2006. Upon reading that I was at first taken aback -- not exactly the kind of thing you want to lead with especially if your stated goal is to "change the face of fundraising". But as I thought about it IT IS PRECISELY what I want people to know and now I open all of my fundraising seminars with that line. ... http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/michaelgibbons Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:35:11 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/charitywalks Did you know that in the US this year 2008 over ten million people will participate in a walkathon, charity walk fundraiser? In fact over 2.5 million people walk and fundraise in one of 4500 Relay for Life walks, one million do a Heart Walk, & a couple of million people walk multiple days in the Avon Walk and Susan Komen 3 Day Walk for breast cancer. Amazing numbers. Remarkable people. Inspiring stories! So grab a cup of coffee, maybe a glass of wine & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your fundraising and at your event! "Put a Face on your Cause." philanthropy Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:03:11 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/breastcancer3day Welcome to my Susan Komen 3 Day Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Susan Komen 3 Day Walk|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Susan Komen breast cancer organization, the 3 day Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the 3 Day wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on breast cancer! PLEASE SEE MY POLL BELOW 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED SAID THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST 3 DAY WALK --I SAY THAT DESERVES A BIG OLE' HIGH FIVE! philanthropy Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:35:18 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/photobuttons I like to say "It's not just about the button"...it's about helping people personalize their cause & tell their story. Wearing a photo button in support of a friend, or to honor a loved one is simply powerful. Whether you are doing a charity walk like Relay for Life, remembering a loved one, searching for a missing person or looking for a spirited school fundraiser -- these buttons help you tell a story, their story! So please grab a cup of coffee, take a look around -- learn more about me, the passion of my life Buttons of Hope & how a simple little button might just make all the difference! philanthropy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:17:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walktocurediabetes Welcome to my Walk to Cure diabetes lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Walk to Cure|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing JdRF Juvenile diabetes Research Foundation, the Walk to Cure events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the 2008 Walk to Cure wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on breast cancer! philanthropy Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:27:53 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Lancearmstrongfoundation Welcome to my LiveStrong lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 LiveStrong Challenge events and fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Lance Armstrong Foundation, the many Livestrong events, information on what other runners, walkers and cyclists are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt or jersey -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, a survivor WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below "The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) unites people to fight cancer, believing that unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. We take aim at the gap between what is known and what is done to prevent death and suffering due to cancer..." So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one at a 2008 LiveStrong Challenge Event! philanthropy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:28:27 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/heartwalk Welcome to my 2008 Heart Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Heart Walk|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing American Heart Association, the Heart Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the Heart Walk wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] This year over 1,000,000 walkers will participate in more than 600 events across the country, raising funds to save lives from this country's No. 1 and No. 3 killers, heart disease and stroke. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on heart disease! philanthropy Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:55:59 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/avonwalk Welcome to my 2008 Avon Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Avon Walk & fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Avon Foundation, the Avon Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the Heart Walk wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on breast cancer! philanthropy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:19:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/lightthenight I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Light the Night Walk to benefit the leukemia & lymphoma Society. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your Light the Night fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! That's why I'm asking for your help. Please participate in the Light The Night Walk in your community and raise funds for critical cancer research. Your efforts will give hope and help to thousands of patients and their families. Cyhthia Nixon, National Spokesperson Cynthia puts a face on the Light the Night cause So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 Light the Night fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:04:01 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/nike-plus-human-race JOIN.RUN.GIVE.CLICK philanthropy Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:50:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/aidswalk Welcome to my 2008 AIDS Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 AIDS Walk|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing AIDS organizations, the AID Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the AIDS Walks wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on AIDS/HIV! FT. LAUDERDALE APRIL 27 NEW YORK MAY 18 SAN FRANCISCO JULY 20 LOS ANGELES OCTOBER 19 philanthropy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:51:54 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/relayforlife Welcome to my Relay for Life lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Relay for Life | fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens. First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Relay for Life organization, the 24 hour walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce my new company Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on your cause rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one. What if all the 3 Day Walkers wore a button with a smiling face!? [More on Buttons of Hope below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 Relay for Life! philanthropy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:09:02 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/custombuttons We will help you make your own custom photo button just like the one here of Janine that inspired it all. Personal Note: I talk a lot about Janine Kelker and her picture seems to be everywhere. Who is Janine? There's a good reason for that -- I did not know Janine but after making hundred of buttons I feel like I know her. I made buttons for Janine's family and friends for a MADD Strides for Change Walk & then a Habitat for Humanity build in her honor. I have become friends with Janine's parents Mary and John. Mary's words inspire me everyday... "Every time I look in the mirror, Janine is looking back at me on my button. My Husband and I do not leave the house without our buttons. As a parent who has lost a child, my greatest fear is that she will be forgotten." Read Janine's Behind the Button story here Uploaded with plasq's Skitch philanthropy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:31:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walkamerica Welcome! Walk America is now March for Babies! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 March for Babies|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing March of Dimes organization, the March for Babies events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a baby or support a Mom, a Family! Imagine if everyone at the March for Babies wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] Right now premature birth touches half a million babies & their families every year!! Every baby deserves someone in their corner -- Sign up today and Walk with us for healthy babies! So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during the inaugural March for Babies. philanthropy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:02:27 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/MSchallengewalk Welcome to my ms Challenge Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 ms Challenge Walk | fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens. First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing National multiple sclerosis Society, the ms Challenge Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce my new company Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on your cause rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one. What if all the Challenge Walkers wore a button with a smiling face of a loved one!? [More on Buttons of Hope below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 ms Challenge Walk! philanthropy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:08:36 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/24hoursofbooty Welcome to my 24 Hours of Booty lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 24 Hours of Booty cycling event| fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens. First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing 24 Hours of Booty organization, information on what other cyclists are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce my new company Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on your cause rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one. What if all 1200 Booty cyclists wore a button with a smiling face in honor of a loved one!? What would that look? feel like? [More on Buttons of Hope below] 24 Hours of Booty is the only 24-hour road cycling charity event in the country. The goal of 24 Hours of Booty is to provide an extraordinary event that is safe, fun, and challenging, while bringing cancer awareness to the community and raising funds for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and local cancer organizations. So grab a cup of Starbucks coffee (official sponsor) & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your Booty fundraising and at the event! philanthropy Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:11:36 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/susangkomen Welcome to my Susan Komen for the Cure lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource about Susan Komen. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Susan Komen breast cancer organization, the walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at a Susan Komen event wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on breast cancer! philanthropy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:14:16 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/raceforthecure Welcome to my Susan Komen Race for the Cure lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Race for the Cure|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Susan Komen breast cancer organization, the 3 day Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the 3 Day wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on breast cancer! philanthropy Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:46:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/outofthedarknesswalk Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Out of the Darkness Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! In 2007 112 walks held in 40 states nationwide, AFSP’s Out of the Darkness Community Walks drew 25,000 participants and raised $2.5 million, before expenses, for suicide prevention. Forty-eight new walks were held to help fund suicide prevention research and educational programs in their local communities. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in honor of a loved one during your Out of the Darkness fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:24:10 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/ButtonsofMom What to do for Mother's Day...same old flowers, card, brunch? Why not honor your Mom in a special way this year by wearing a photo button with her smiling face! If you're blessed to have your Mom here to celebrate with -- she might get a kick out of it. And if your Mom has passed then this would be a beautiful way to honor her memory. Someone (OK my wife Rhonda) said "Why don't you turn this into something extraordinary, something great for Moms and women's charities." GREAT IDEA! Simply purchase your buttons and look for your favorite charities when you check out $1 for each button will be donated to charity. Help me make 11,000 buttons to raise $11,000 in honor of the most important person in the world, Mom! people Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:42:21 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/personalbillboards What if there was a way to get 100s even 1000s of photos of a missing child out into the community, overnight? What if those photos were on living, breathing...TALKING people instead of telephone poles? What if those photo buttons broke the ice and started conversations around town? What if just one child was found because of a simple photo button? philanthropy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:04:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/arthritiswalk Welcome to my arthritis Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 arthritis Walk | fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens. First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing arthritis Foundation and Walk organization, the walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce my new company Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on your cause rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one. What if all the arthritis Walkers wore a button with a smiling face!? [More on Buttons of Hope below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 arthritis Walk! philanthropy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:09:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/memorywalk Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $225 million to help those battling alzheimer's disease. The alzheimer's Association, the leading voluntary health organization in alzheimer research, care and support, is dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments and an eventual cure for Alzheimer's and providing support for all those affected by the disease. I hope you will find this lens a unique and useful resource for your Memory Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!   philanthropy Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:38:22 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walkforhope City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases, guided by a compassionate patient-centered philosophy, and supported by a national foundation of humanitarian philanthropy. Make a difference by walking in one of the nine Walk for Hope events planned for 2008. I hope you will find this lens a unique and useful resource for your Walk for Hope experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!   philanthropy Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:17:59 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/buddywalk Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Buddy Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Buddy Walk is an incredible day of celebration with family, friends and people who, like you, want to raise awareness, raise funds, and raise the hope of a better world for all people with Down syndrome. So take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of your Buddy! philanthropy Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:51:09 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walkfordiabetes WELCOME! Step Out to Fight Diabetes, formerly America's Walk for Diabetes, is about changing the face of diabetes in our country—by raising funds to help find a cure and by walking a few miles to bring a greater awareness to this devastating disease. I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Step Out to Fight diabetes experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! While you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your Step Out Walk!   philanthropy Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:46:47 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walknow I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Walk Now to Cure autism experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Autism Speaks is dedicated to increasing awareness of the growing autism epidemic and to raising money to fund scientists who are searching for a cure. It was founded in February 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your Walk Now for autism fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:51:51 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/standup2cancer "Here we stand, on the verge of unlocking the answers that will finally conquer the devastation that is cancer." ...from the Stand Up 2 cancer mission statement Finally a concerted, cooperative, capable effort to conquer cancer once and for all for everyone! I set up this handcrafted lens to help spread the word about the Stand Up 2 cancer initiative. You will find links to the Stand Up 2 cancer website, donation info and other interesting news about the September 5th SU2c event. Consider making a custom photo button at Buttons of Hope to honor and support your own personal cancer story. philanthropy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:10:20 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/bestlyricever What is yours? Maybe it's from a one hit wonder - here are a few to get you started! Add your and vote for the best!    entertainment Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:08:02 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/MakingStrides Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Making Strides Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a noncompetitive fundraising walk to help fight breast cancer and provide hope to people facing the disease. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your Making Strides fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:47:44 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/rideofsilence Welcome to my Ride of Silence lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Ride of Silence experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens. First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Ride of Silence organization, the worldwide event, information on what other towns are doing and unique ways to honor your fellow cyclists. Second, I'd like to introduce my new company Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on this cause ~ a way for you to ride silent and let a picture tell the story by making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a fallen cyclist. What if everyone wore a photo button during the ride ~ how powerful and LOUD would that be!? [More on Buttons of Hope below] The Ride Of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph and remain silent during the ride. There is no brochure, no sponsors, no registration fees and no t-shirt. The ride, which is held during Bike Safety month (May), aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for those who have been killed or injured. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during the 2008 Ride of Silence. philanthropy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:36:58 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/leukemiaandlymphomateamintraining Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Team in Training experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! If crossing the finish line after running or walking 26.2 miles or 13.1 miles, cycling 100 miles or completing a triathlon while helping cure deadly diseases are things you've always wanted to accomplish, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training(r) will make them happen. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your Team in Training fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:10:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/mojoriding In the PINK (and green)! Middle age men and women (and a couple of hammerhead kids), doctors, lawyers, professionals, Moms and Dads in hot pink & lime green spandex, really! We ride a lot of miles, raise a lot of money and have a lot of FUN!! Based in Charlotte, NC with an kickin' Atlanta GA branch!  breathe....ride....live  ....and watch for MojoRunning coming in 2006!!  For information on joining or starting your own MojoRiding team send me an email igibbs at mac dot com  people Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:52:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/MS150 These fully supported rides not only connect you to more than 100,000 other riders but also to a growing movement to end multiple sclerosis. MS stops people from moving – together, we can make sure it doesn't. I hope you will find this lens a unique and useful resource for your BIKE MS experience. Learn about what other cyclists are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!     So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 MS 150 and at your event! philanthropy Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:48:36 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walkwithus Walk With Us to support the Alliance for lupus Research in their quest to find better treatments and ultimately prevent and cure systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus), a debilitating autoimmune disease. I hope you will find this lens a unique and useful resource for your Walk With Us experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!   philanthropy Sun, 11 May 2008 11:28:55 -0600 http://best.fundraising-idea.ever.com/ Buttons of Hope are custom photo buttons that help people personalize their cause and energize their fundraising. At Buttons of Hope there are no minimums so you can put a face on your fundraising one button at a time. philanthropy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:50:17 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/hope To me Hope is not a passive word. Hope is action -- talk to anyone who has been touched by a loved battling disease and you'll see what I mean! So take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear to honor a loved one or support a friend. MAKEHOPE: make your hope active philanthropy Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:30:01 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walkforPKD Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 pkd Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! If you think polycystic kidney disease is hard to spell just imagine living with it! Yet 600,000 Americans, 12.5 million people worldwide are afflicted with pkd one of the most common, life-threatening genetic diseases -- that's more people than Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and sickle cell anemia combined!! So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 Walk for pkd fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:36:40 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/greatstrides Great Strides to Cure Cystic Fibrosis is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's largest national fund-raising event. Tens of thousands of co-workers, friends and family come together each year as one community for one cause%u2026 The cystic fibrosis cause holds a special place in my heart -- way back in 1983 while I was at NC State our fraternity Lamdba Chi Alpha participated each year in Bounce for Breath -- bouncing a basketball from Chapel Hill to Raleigh NC to raise money. I met a couple of kids with cf and I was powerfully moved. I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Great Strides Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your Great Strides fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:05:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/tourdecure Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Tour de Cure experience. Learn about what other cyclists are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Tour de Cure is a series of fund-raising cycling events held in 40 states nationwide to benefit the American Diabetes Association. So take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 Tour de Cure! Let's kick diabetes BUTT! philanthropy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:37:03 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/asthmawalk Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your asthma Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! The American Lung Association(r), can give you 22 million reasons why we need to "Blow the Whistle on Asthma" and why you should help fight the asthma epidemic and make an impact. More than 22 million Americans currently have asthma. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your asthma Walk fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:08:12 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/stridesforchange The Strides for Change Walk is now Walk Like MADD! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Strides for Change walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!   philanthropy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:46:26 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/susankomenwalkvideoshowcase Susan Komen TV is a part of our Susan Komen Race for the Cure and 3 Day breast cancer information community here @ Squidoo. Enjoy the videos, vote for your favorite or add you own. philanthropy Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:59:10 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/ms150houstontexas Texas does everything big -- not surprising the BP MS 150 is one of the most successful MS 150 bike tours in the country. In 2008 with over ten thousand fellow cyclists to support The Lone Star National multiple sclerosis Society Chapter serving more than 17,000 Texans affected by multiple sclerosis. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your BP MS 150 Houston to Austin fundraising & bike tour! philanthropy Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:18:49 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/madeleinemccannpersonalbillboards I would like to make 100s maybe 1000s of photo buttons of Madeleine McCann the four year old British girl who was abducted in Portugal three weeks ago. If people wear photo buttons of Madeleine -- they would be like personal billboards -- spreading awareness and sparking conversations that might just help find this little girl! This lens is a little like a needle in a haystack as I do not know the McCanns and its a longshot that someone reading this lens does! But I would like to reach out to the family -- to see if they think this would be a good idea. If anyone reading this knows the McCann family or appropriate media please pass this along! people Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:17:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/inspirationchanneldownsyndromevideoshowcase I have tried to find some of the best, informative, inspiring and beautiful video expressions of some amazing people. philanthropy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:04:26 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/youtube people Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:05:27 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/girlsontherun Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource about one of my favorite non profits Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run is a life-changing, experiential learning programs for girls age eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. So take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support and honor of your GIRL! philanthropy Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:54:39 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/skitch No Meatball Sundae here! SKITCH is the rainbow sprinkles for Squidoo's perfect neopolitan! The easiest, coolest. most fun screen capture, photo edit, line drawing, annotating tool EVER! And it's FREE ...really. Visit SKITCH for details. computers Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:07:15 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/nascarontrackforcharity The NASCAR Foundation Track Walks give fans the unique opportunity to walk a lap around some of the most famous race tracks in NASCAR.  Not only do walkers experience the track from a different perspective and get to enjoy the sights and sounds from the actual racing surface, they are also raising funds for some very worthy causes. I hope you will find this lens a unique and useful resource for your NASCAR Track Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!     philanthropy Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:28:11 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/marchforbabies Welcome! Walk America is now March for Babies! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 March for Babies Walk and fundraising experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Right now premature birth touches half a million babies & their families every year!! Every baby deserves someone in their corner -- Sign up today and Walk with us for healthy babies! So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during the inaugural March for Babies philanthropy Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:59:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/aidslifecyclephotobuttons Welcome to my AIDS LifeCycle lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 AIDS Lifecycle quest | fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens. First, provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center organizations, the AIDS LifeCycle event and information on unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce my new project Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on your cause rather than just scribbling a name on the back of a cycling jersey -- making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one. What if all 2000 AIDS LifeCycle cyclists wore a button with a smiling face in honor of a loved one!? What would that look? feel like? [More on Buttons of Hope below] So grab a cup of coffee or a gals of wine & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during the 2008 AIDS LifeCycle June 1-7. philanthropy Sat, 03 May 2008 18:02:11 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walkwithme You've just taken the first step toward making a difference in the life of someone with a disability! An Easter Seals Walk With Me event is different... and so will you be at the end of it. I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Walk with Me experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!   philanthropy Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:00:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/MSwalk Welcome to my ms Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 ms Walk | fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens. First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing National multiple Sclerosis Society, the ms Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce my new company Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on your cause rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one. What if all the ms Walkers wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one!? [More on Buttons of Hope below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 ms Walk! philanthropy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:22:16 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/kidneywalk Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Kidney Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! 26 Million people have chronic kidney disease and another 20 million are at risk. The NKF's Kidney Walk presents an occasion for family and friends to join with the general public to celebrate LIFE and support the Kidney Foundation's mission. So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 Kidney Walk fundraising and at your event! philanthropy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:53:27 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/aidswalkhouston "I always participate in the AIDS Walk because my daddy's first partner died of AIDS and I want to do what I can to eliminate that pain for someone else." ~ Buster Beloved Dog of Tom Fricke I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Houston aids Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! So grab a cup of coffee or a glass of vino & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 3 DAY fundraising and at your event! PUT A FACE ON YOUR CAUSE philanthropy Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:05:41 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/payitforward Pay It Forward is a book written by Catherine Ryan Hyde, but it's also an idea. It's an action plan within a work of fiction. But does it have to be fiction? We're hoping not. In fact, since the book was released in January of 2000, a real-life social movement has emerged, not just in the U.S. but worldwide. What began as a work of fiction has already become much more. philanthropy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:48:54 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walktodfeetals Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your Walk to D'FEET als experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Association’s signature fundraising event, the Walk to Defeat ALS®, is where individuals and teams walk more than three miles to support their local chapters during the spring and fall. So take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your 2008 Walk to D'Feet als! philanthropy Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:49:47 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/justcureit In 1969 Before computers and the internet...We put a man on the moon and returned him safely to earth. I will repeat that we PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND RETURNED HIM SAFELY TO EARTH. If...sorry WHEN we commit to this fight we can cure cancer. The greatest generation has WWII, the genrations before built and then kept this country together.  What will be our legacy? What IF we could cure cancer? what if that was OUR generation's gift to our children...to the world!  I propose that the BOOMERS and the Xs and the Ys join forces across the boundaries of politics, race and age to Just Cure it! Are you with me?   philanthropy Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:08:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/buttonsofhope-memoryof Buttons of Hope has teamed up with MemoryOf.com to offer custom photo buttons to remember loved ones!Michael Gibbons, Founder of Buttons of Hope says,"At first buttons seem pretty simple after all buttons have been around forever. But it's the way these little buttons help people express their emotions, their honor & pride for a family member or friend ~ sometimes even a stranger. Some people wear their button everyday others on occasion like to commemorate a birthday. Either way Buttons of Hope are a simply powerful way to remember. I am so excited about working with MemoryOf.com the leader in online memorials & bereavement services." The founders of Memory-of.com originally envisioned an online photo gallery but"It's become a lifeline for a lot of families." as Memory-of.com chief executive Henry Chamberlain says. "I think Buttons of Hope fits well with this vision." says Michael in reply. PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHOOSE MEMORYOF AS YOUR DONATION ORGANIZATION [WHEN YOU CHECK OUT & BUTTONS OF HOPE] TO HELP CONTINUE THEIR IMPORTANT MISSION. THANK YOU. philanthropy Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:39:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Y-ME-Run-Walk-Empower Welcome to my Y-ME Walk | Run | Empower site! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Y-ME Mother's Day Walk|Run fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens, well three actually! First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Y-ME breast cancer organization, the Y-ME Mother's day events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce my new company Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to put a face on your cause rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- making it easy to create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one. What if all 40,000 Y-ME participants wore a button with a smiling face this Mother's Day!? [More on Buttons of Hope below] Oh and third, what the heck is a Squidoo? Well it's a great place to share your passion -- you might even want to set up your own Squidoo lens about Y-ME! So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and a compliment to the fantastic Y-ME website! philanthropy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:48:55 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/walklikemadd The Strides for Change Walk is now Walk Like MADD! Welcome to my 2008 Walk Like MADD lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Walk Like MADD|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Mother's Against drunk driving organization, the new Walk Like MADD events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the Walk Like MADD wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below] So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on the scourge of drunk driving! philanthropy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:57:33 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/FriendsOfButtonsOfHope "Do you know what most people want? They want you to care." Another Seth Godin gem. These words are pinned above my desk (see) I think these words sum up what Buttons of Hope is all about. Sometimes people want you never to forget and other times they need to you care right now. Either way, they just want you care. So please take a few minutes to read what people are saying about these little buttons, they are making a BIG difference! Click on the buttons to read the stories Behind the Button. NOTE: I make every effort to post these comments respectfully and with permission. If there is any question or if you wish to have your comment removed please Contact Me Now Some comments may be edited for clarity and brevity. philanthropy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:49:09 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/jinglebellwalk-run people Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:31:17 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/charity Welcome! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for charitable organizations and causes. Learn about what other people are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! So take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one --out a face on your fundraising! philanthropy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:06:05 -0600