Too hot to cook tonight?
Head over to Pizza Hut, 4402 Buffalo Road, from 5 to 8 p.m., and enjoy pizza, pasta, salads, breadsticks and more from the buffet. The restaurant will donate 15% of today’s proceeds, plus all of today’s tips, to Orphan Angels Cat Sanctuary, 5439 West Lake Road.
If you’d like to help out, volunteers are needed to help bus tables and refill beverages. For more information, call 746-0511 or 504-3246.
On Friday, April 26, Make-A-Wish of Greater Pennsylvania and Southern West Virginia awarded Trevin Capela, 6, of Waterford, who has cystic fibrosis, a dream trip to Disney World with his family.
You can help make wishes like Trevin’s come true by donating your airline air miles to Make-A-Wish. And if you donate them by April 30, WWE superstar John Cena will match every mile donated, up to 4.5 million, and United Airlines will match every United MileagePlus award mile donated as well, up to 3 million miles.
Seventy-five percent of the wishes granted by Make-A-Wish, like Trevin’s, require air travel to fulfill them, and the Pennsylvania Make-A-Wish chapter is working to fill more than 525 travel wishes requiring 124 million air miles. Donated air miles are critical to the program.
Frequent fliers with air miles from Delta, US Airways or United can donate their air miles to Make-A-Wish through its Wishes in Flight program. Once donated, the miles never expire.
To donate miles or for more information, call (800) 676-9474 or log on to www.wishgreaterpa.org.
Bon-Ton is hosting a “Stuff the Truck for Goodwill” donation drive outside its Millcreek Mall store on Saturday.
Goodwill is looking for gently used clothing, small appliances and shoes.
For each donation, participants will receive a coupon for 25 percent off any one item at Bon-Ton.
The drive will take place from 12 to 5 p.m.
After Monday’s post on gift collections, I heard from Courtney Dore at Community Resources for Independence about a great donation drive they are doing with Plyler Overhead Door to help victims of Hurricane Sandy during the holiday season.
The “Restore the Shore” toy drive needs unwrapped gifts or gift cards in small denominations. Donations will distributed to families in the cities, municipalities and boroughs that were devastated by the storm.
Donations must be dropped off at Community Resources for Independence, 3410 W. 12th St. in Erie, or Plyler Overhead Door, 8850 Fry Road in McKean, by Dec. 12.
For more information, contact Dore at 838-7222.
Photo courtesy of Courtney Dore
Here’s a Black Friday promotion that won’t have long lines.
The Community Blood Bank will give the first 100 donors on Black Friday a coupon for a free dozen of doughnuts from Krispy Kreme.
“Giving blood is one of the best ways to get in the holiday spirit,” said Dan Desrochers, director of marketing at the blood bank, in a news release. “It’s amazing how giving the best gift this holiday season will put some Christmas cheer in your heart.”
The blood bank, located at 2646 Peach St. in Erie, will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday.
Operation Christmas Child of Northwest Pennsylvania is hosting a special box drop-off event today at the Chick-fil-A in Summit Township.
All box donors will receive a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich and have a chance to meet the Christmas cow during lunch and dinner hours.
Operation Christmas Child sends boxes of toys and monetary donations to children in countries across the world.
Empty shoe boxes should be filled with gifts for a child of a specific age group and gender. More information about how to fill a box can be found on Operation Christmas Child’s website.
If you can’t make it to the event today, you can find a drop-off location near you here.
Photo courtesy of Operation Christmas Child of Northwest Pennsylvania
The Community Blood Bank urges Erie residents to consider donating blood in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The blood bank is part of a national network of blood centers that may be called upon to assist banks in affected areas.
There are two blood drives planned for today. The first is at Sander’s Market on Route 20 in North East from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The mobile blood bank will be at Edinboro University near McComb Fieldhouse from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Donors can also visit the blood bank at 2646 Peach Street in Erie to give blood. It is open Monday through from from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No appointments are necessary.
Students and administrators at Edinboro University are collecting money for the victims of Hurricane Isaac.
The fund drive runs until Sept. 12. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be given to representatives of the Greater Erie Chapter of the American Red Cross at the Edinboro home opener on Sept. 15.
In addition to the fundraiser, Chartwells Dining Services, the Student Government Association and University Services have pledged monetary donations to the fund. A portion of bookstore and campus convenience store sales through Sept. 11 and 12, respectively, will also be donated.
To donate, visit the Frank G. Pogue Student Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or visit www.edinborotickets.com. You can also drop off cash or checks, payable to EUSGA with “Hurricane Isaac” noted on the memo line, at the Community Outreach Center, 237 Pogue Student Center.
If you have any questions, contact 732-1720.
Blood donors at the Community Blood Bank during the month of August will be entered to win a trip for four to Walt Disney World in Orlando.
The trip, valued at $4,000 and including airfare, hotel stay and four Park-hopper tickets, is available to donors at the blood bank, at 2646 Peach St., and on a mobile blood drive.
Dan Desrochers, director of marketing at the Community Blood Bank, said the numbers of donors has dropped as the summer has progressed. This promotion seeks to encourage more donors to come in and help assuage the blood supply.
“We can feel summer slipping away,” said Desrochers. “We just hope we can attract enough donors to get us through the critical weeks building up to Labor Day weekend.”
The blood bank is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No appointments are necessary.
Want to go book-less this summer? Donate blood.
The Community Blood Bank is giving away five Amazon Kindle Fires, an e-reader and computer tablet, and $100 Amazon gift cards.
“Everyone wants one of these amazing gadgets,” said Dan Desrochers, director of marketing at the blood bank, in a news release. “And five generous people will win them just for giving blood.”
While the blood bank has avoided the shortages it normally experiences at this time of year, supplies are falling.
New and veteran donors are encourage to visit the Community Blood Bank’s location at 2646 Peach St. The blood bank is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Photo courtesy PC Mag
