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Earth Day: Community Gardens

April 16, 2012January 31, 2023 Josephine ButlerBlog, In Our Community, SustainabilityBriar Chapel, community garden benefits, Earth Day

We can’t stop talking about our client, Briar Chapel! In addition to announcing the winners of the Best Buddy Contest, we’re looking forward to the community’s Earth Day celebration, which will be held this Saturday, April 21 from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Stay tuned as we reshare posts from the Briar Chapel Blog with more information about the upcoming festivities.

Did you catch our recent blog, Harvesting Community, where our Briar Chapel Best Buddy contestant Emmo Pike shared a video (see below) about the Green Thumb Committee? These individuals are dedicated to keeping things up and running in our community garden, the Briar Patch. Like so many others across the country, the residents at Briar Chapel are reaping the benefits of a community garden, and just in time: it’s almost Earth Day!

In honor of our favorite holiday, we’d like to share a few reasons why community gardens are so great for the environment, community and folks just like you! Here’s an excellent list from the American Community Gardening Association:

Improves the quality of life for people in the garden
Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
Stimulates social interaction
Encourages self-reliance
Beautifies neighborhoods
Produces nutritious food
Reduces family food budgets
Conserves resources
Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy and education
Reduces crime
Preserves green space
Creates income opportunities and economic development
Reduces city heat from streets and parking lots
Provides opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections

Feeling inspired? Be sure to check out the Briar Patch this weekend during our Earth Day celebration. Members of the Green Thumb Committee will be at a booth in Briar Commons to answer any of your questions, including Emmo, who is one of the founding members of our garden. She recently professed her love for Briar Chapel on her blog, greenchathamliving.blogspot.com, and we’re sure she’d love to share even more reasons why she loves Briar Chapel with you.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Free Advice Friday: Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

February 3, 2012January 31, 2023 Josephine ButlerBlog, Free Advice, In Our CommunityDurham, Escazu, Holly Aiken, local Valentine's Day gift ideas, Raleigh, Stitch, Tyler's Taproom2 Comments

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, our intern Ashely Hurteau encourages you to shop local!

As Cupid prepares his arrows, it is time to think about the perfect gift for that special someone. With Valentine’s Day less than two weeks away, allow me to share our favorite (and local) gift ideas. Whether it’s for him or her, these gifts are guaranteed to leave your significant other love-struck.

Procrastination on Valentine’s Day always means one thing: a quick trip to Rite Aid. This year, plan ahead and stop by Escazu, one of our favorite local chocolate shops. From bean to delicacy, the chocolatiers at Escazu are passionate about making their melt-in-your-mouth chocolates with “care, attention and love.” A gift made with love exudes love, and that makes for a magical February 14th.

Does your leading lady long for a new purse, clutch or wallet? Don’t just make the right decision – make the best decision and support local designers. In our opinon, you can never have too many bags by Holly Aiken, a local Raleigh designer whose pieces are anything but ordinary. Your Valentine will carry your love not only in her heart, but also on her arm with a fabulous tote!

Become the envy of all your man’s friends by giving him the ultimate gift – a gift certificate to Tyler’s Taproom. With over 80 craft and specialty beers, Tyler’s Taproom is a man’s sanctuary. A simple gift card goes a long way because everyone knows, the way to a man’s heart if through his stomach!

Now it’s your turn. What local gifts are a must-have for you this Valentine’s Day season?

Whaddaya Think About That?

December 14, 2011January 31, 2023 Josephine ButlerBlog, Clairemont Client News, In Our CommunityABC 11, Cary Citizen, Cary Magazine, Independent Weekly, media coverage, NBC 17, News & Observer, Ninth Annual Gingerbread Benefit, Triangle Family Services, Winston Salem Journal

Screen Shot 2011-12-13 at 5.28.52 PM — Coverage by the News & Observer

In lieu of our usual Q&A session, we’d like to dedicate this Whaddaya Think Wednesday to Triangle Family Services’ 9th Annual Gingerbread Benefit. As huge proponents of this wonderful organization that helps more than 7,000 individuals and families in the Triangle each year, we were honored to create a media strategy for the benefit, the agency’s premier fundraising event.

Believe it or not, we began planning our media strategy for this year’s Gingerbread Benefit at last year’s Gingerbread Benefit! After successfully landing coverage with the News & Observer, Triangle Business Journal, Cary Citizen, Garner Citizen, ABC 11 and several local online news sources (and winning an Award of Excellence during the North Carolina Public Relations Society InSpire Awards, as well as a Gold and Best in Division award from the Raleigh Public Relations Society Sir Walter Raleigh Awards), we set even higher goals for 2012.

Through carefully crafted messaging and diligent pitching efforts, all of the hard work paid off! TFS received some really critical coverage before the big Dec. 1 event, making it the most successful Gingerbread Benefit to date! So whaddaya think about that?

Check out some of the coverage by visiting any of the links below:

Articles

The 8^th Annual Gingerbread Benefit
Leslie Huffman, Cary Citizen
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Gingerbread Benefit
Cary Magazine
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Gingerbread Benefit
Zack Smith, Independent Weekly
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Gingerbread Gala on tap for Triangle Family Services
Carol Tanzer Miller, The News & Observer, Mouthful
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Gingerbread Houses Raise $90,000 in Cary
Lindsey Chester, Cary Citizen
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Videos

Screen Shot 2011-12-14 at 10.20.10 AM — Coverage by ABC 11

Preparations begin for Triangle Family Services Gingerbread Benefit
ABC 11
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Triangle Family Services
ABC 11, Heart of the Carolinas Perspectives
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Triangle Family Services Gingerbread Benefit
NBC 17
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Triangle Family Services Gingerbread Benefit
Winston Salem Journal
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Gingerbread House Sneak Preview

November 30, 2011January 31, 2023 Dana PhelpsBlog, In Our CommunityABC 11, Gingerbread Benefit, Simply Cakes, TFS, Triangle Family Services, Umstead

Thanks to Simply Cakes for your kind (and fabulous) gingerbread house donation to Triangle Family Services. Can’t wait to see it live tomorrow at the Gingerbread Benefit!

More Gingerbread Love

November 30, 2011January 31, 2023 Dana PhelpsBlog, In Our CommunityAlice Lutz, Gingerbread Benefit, My Carolina Today, NBC 17, Second Empire, Sharon Delaney, Triangle Family Service, Umstead

Watch this at WNCN

Thanks to NBC 17 for the Gingerbread Benefit preview on My Carolina Today! Still need tickets for tomorrow night? Get them here, and we’ll see you there!