Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2012

Guard A Heart, Guardian of Heart Awards Pre- Oscar Benefit is THE event of Oscar Week. Around 1,500 guests from around the world come to honor luminaries in Heart Health awareness, prevention, research & philanthropy. The evening culminates with performances by top entertainers and rising stars, a silent auction, raffle and much more.

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London (PRWEB UK) 6 February 2012

Olympic greats Fatima Whitbread MBE and Steve Backley OBE swapped their javelins for fencing sabres to launch David Lloyd Leisure?s Team Family Gold Challenge.

The athletes were joined by British fencing champion (sabre) Alex Crutchett, third highest ranking fencer (sabre) Maiyuran Ratneswaren, top fencer Anna Burnett and four-times Olympic gold medallist and CEO of Right To Play Johann Olav Koss for the fencing bout at the premier health, sports and leisure group?s Raynes Park, London club.

David Lloyd Leisure has joined forces with Gold Challenge, the UK?s only Olympic and Paralympic sport-based charity challenge, to launch a bespoke initiative giving members the chance to try new Olympic sports ? while raising money for the children?s charity Right To Play. David Lloyd Leisure?s partnership with Right To Play, a charity that provides sport and play activities for children in the developing world, goes beyond this initiative as Right To Play is now David Lloyd Leisure?s official charity partner for 2012.

Team Family Gold Challenge will give David Lloyd Leisure members the unique chance to test themselves in five new sports ? fencing, canoeing, judo archery and sailing – with the highest fundraisers having the chance to win a race place on the Olympic track where the world?s top athletes will compete in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Aurora, Colo. (PRWEB) February 23, 2012

Bright Now! Dental is giving back to one local community in Denver, Colo. by providing dental services to underprivileged children as part of their ?Bright Now! Gives Back? initiative in partnership with the Denver Children?s Home (?DCH?). Denver Children’s Home is the first nonprofit in the state and has a long standing history of working with Colorado’s most vulnerable children and families: those that struggle with the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect, exposure to violence and suffer from chronic mental health problems and learning disabilities related to these experiences. This Bright Now! Dental initiative comes following an extremely successful and enlightening journey in which a team composed of dentists and executives from Smile Brands Inc., Bright Now! Dental?s parent company, traveled to Paraguay to offer their dental services to a community in desperate need of attention.

On Sunday, February 26, the Aurora office will welcome approximately 20 children from DCH to receive complimentary dental services. Bright Now! Dental will have seven dentists including one oral surgeon and three hygienists donating their time and expertise including: Craig Mellor DDS, Malgorzata Korosciel DDS, Thomas H. Lim DDS, Vidhyalakshmi Sampath DDS, Schroepfer DDS, Barbara D. Heupel DDS, Eric Blamires DMD, Sharmay Button, Pam D. Ichiyasu, and Katie Gandertaon.

?We?re thankful that we are able to offer this opportunity to kids who may be in desperate need of dental services,? says Craig Mellor DDS, Bright Now Dental?s Colorado Market Dental Director. ?There is so much need out there, and we are looking forward to doing our part right here in our backyard.?

In addition to dental treatments, the office staff has arranged for goody bags filled with Bright Now! Dental items and activities including face painting and a crafts table. Additionally, Starbucks has donated snacks for the children and Bright Now! Dental will bring in nutrition counselors.

?It?s wonderful how Bright Now! Dental has stepped in to donate their Sunday to helping our kids,? said Megan Vogels, treatment leader of community-based programs at the Denver Children’s Home. ?There are children in vital need of dental care whose parents simply can?t afford it.?

The participating Bright Now! Dental office is located at 3551 S. Tower Road Unit C. For additional information about this office, please visit http://www.brightnow.com/locations/dental-office/aurora/bright-now-dental/41150. Bright Now! Dental is affiliated with Smile Brands Inc., the nation?s leading provider of business support services to dental groups in the United States.

About Smile Brands Inc.

Smile Brands Inc. is the largest provider of support services to dental groups in the United States. Smile Brands Inc. provides comprehensive business support services so dentists can spend more time caring for their patients and less time on the administrative, marketing and financial aspects of the dental practice. Smile Brands Inc. supports more than 1,100 dentists and hygienists practicing in over 350 Bright Now! Dental, Monarch Dental, and Castle Dental offices in 18 states.

Nearly three quarters of a million people a year take advantage of extended evening and weekend office hours, convenient locations, affordable prices, and flexible payment plans for quality, full-service dental care including general and cosmetic dentistry, and specialty services such as orthodontics at affiliated Smile Brands? offices.

Based in Irvine, Calif., Smile Brands Inc. and its affiliated dental offices combined employ approximately 4,200 people nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.smilebrands.com.

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Banksy has joined forces with famous musicians for a Christmas charity campaign.

The graffiti artist has teamed up with the ‘Cage Against The Machine’ collective, who have record a new version of John Cage’s silent piece 4’33″ in time to reach number one in the Christmas charts.

Cage’s 4’33″ is an experimental work which is the sound of musicians not playing and has been remade by musicians such as The Kooks, Orbital, Heaven 17, Scroobius Pip and Dan Le Sac.

Banksy’s contribution will be to donate blank sheets of paper which will be auctioned off in aid of five charities including Calm a service for young men at risk of suicide, and the British Tinnitus Association.

Other charities set to benefit from the single’s proceeds are Youth Music, Nordoff Robbins music therapy and Sound & Music.

The organisers are hoping to emulate the success of Rage Against the Machine who kept the X Factor winner off the number one sport with the help of supportive social networking campaigns.

Remixes by the likes of Hot Chip and Mr Scruff will be included as B-sides and will actually be audio snapshots of each remix artist’s life fitted into four minutes and 33 seconds.

XFM DJ and organiser Eddy Temple told the BBC that recording the single was an unusual event but the silence created by so many people made the occasion beautiful and peaceful.

He said: “You could hear the odd click of a camera shutter or a creak.

There were people swaying, or putting their lighters up in the air, or headbanging and pretending that they could hear some music and really getting into it.”

Mr Temple-Morris explained that political singer-songwriter Billy Bragg phoned in his performance from his tour bus while Imogen Heap pre-recorded her section of the song earlier in the day.

Aardman Animations have resurrected the children’s character Morph in a short video which sees the plasticine personality spray a Banksy stencil on a wall while hiding his identity with a hooded top.

The video, entitled Morph V Banksy, was created for the ‘graffiti animation’ section of the Encounters Festival in Bristol which took place in November.

Kieran Argo, Animation Programme Manager of Animated Encounters, said: “Bristol has a long tradition of excellent animation production and an equally successful (if more periodic) history of festival exhibition.”

Visitors to Bristol will still be able to see several famous graffiti works by Banksy as the council see the stencils as tourist attractions.

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Sea Cliff, New York (PRWEB) February 01, 2012

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) driver Justin Lofton will climb back into the driver’s seat of his No. 1577 unlimited buggy this weekend in Parker, Arizona for the Best in the Desert (BITD) Racing Association’s 41st running of the BlueWater Parker 425.

The last time he raced his Class 1500 entry in December, he dominated the field after scoring the top qualifying spot and the TransWest Ford Henderson 250 event win. Lofton crossed the finish line with over a 13-minute lead over the rest of the competition.

“I am really excited about running these new General Tire Grabbers on the car and seeing the hook up that they have,” Lofton said. “It’s a fun course and with these new tires, it should be a good weekend for us.”

The Lofton entry will have support from primary co-sponsors General Tire and his NASCAR Truck Series sponsor College Complete (http://www.collegecomplete.com), as well as MasterCraft, Fox Racing Shocks, Fortin Racing Inc., Dougan Racing Engines, and Rusty’s Motor Car Inc.

Jorge Lameda will serve as the navigator during Lofton’s drive through the course, which is a 136-mile loop run three times, with additional miles at the beginning and end of the event.

In between his off-road racing ventures, Lofton hosted the Second Annual Justin Lofton Charity Golf Tournament. All proceeds from the tournament and auction benefited the Boys and Girls Clubs of Imperial Valley. For the second straight year, Lofton, who is a native of nearby Westmorland, raised over $ 40,000 for his hometown charity. Following the event, he headed east and spent some time with his Eddie Sharp Racing(ESR) No. 6 College Complete Chevrolet Silverado team in North Carolina, prepping for the 2012 NASCAR season. After adding a few local appearances to his schedule and participating in photo shoots, and other pre-season duties, he returned to the west coast to ready for this weekend’s off-road event.

The BlueWater Parker 425 is the first of six BITD off-road events Lofton has scheduled through the 2012 season. Following this weekend’s run, Lofton will shift his focus to his No. 6 College Complete Chevrolet Silverado for the season-opening NCWTS race at Daytona International Speedway on February 24th.

Lofton’s first run in his Class 1500 unlimited buggy will be on Thursday, February 2nd during time trials.

About College Complete

CollegeComplete.com helps the public navigate the ever-changing and highly complex landscape of higher education, connecting students with the institutions whose offerings maximizes the likelihood of success. Partnered with hundreds of educational institutions and across all types of education goals, including traditional college degrees, trade and vocational certifications, and professional licensure, College Complete helps students assess all of the information that exists in the public domain, allowing them to understand and make sense of their educational opportunities. College Complete has an initiative to assist those in the US Armed Forces and their families and is able to assist in identifying schools that will not only provide the educational requirements of the soldier, veteran or family member but will do so in a cost effective manner. Education Advocates are ready to give FREE EDUCATION ADVICE simply by going to their website or calling 877-543-2655.

CollegeComplete.com is the student facing subsidiary of ed ideas, inc. (http://edideas.com).

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Article by Angie Bull

The Gift Aid scheme has proved an invaluable source of income for charities, worth around £1 billion annually to good causes.
Once the processes are in place, it is a straightforward way for charities to increase the value of cash gifts from those who pay tax in the UK by claiming back the basic rate tax paid by the donor. It can increase the value of donations by a quarter – without costing the donor an extra penny.
There are some key things charities should be aware of when considering the scheme.

1. The scheme can be claimed on money given by individuals, sole traders or partnerships who have paid an amount of tax equal to or more than the tax reclaimed on their donations.
2. Gift Aid cannot be reclaimed on donations from a company, made on behalf of someone else, or given in return for a benefit (subject to some exemptions) for either the donor or a person connected to them.
3. Even if you are not registered with the Charity Commission, you may have charitable status with HMRC, for example many very small charities, some schools, Academies and Community Amateur Sports Clubs.
4. The scheme can be claimed retrospectively up to four years after the end of the accounting year to which the claim relates.
5. Accurate records need to be kept, including the amount of each declaration, name and address of each donor, date of donation and a Gift Aid declaration by the donor. An example declaration can be found on the HMRC website.
6. HMRC undertakes compliance visits to charities to check that they hold the correct information.
7. Gift Aid can only be claimed on an individual’s declaration. HMRC will reject claims in the name of ‘Mr and Mrs’ for instance.
8. Gift Aid can also be claimed on sponsored events for a charity. Again, there is an example form on the HMRC website, where instead of having to have a separate declaration for each individual, the sponsor form can be written to include all relevant details. However, HMRC will reject claims where people put ‘c/o their work address’ in the address column.
9. In certain circumstances membership fees, event ticket prices and entrance fees may qualify, in part, although you need to watch the detail of the rules.
10. If volunteers or Trustees are eligible to be paid expenses that they incur in the course of their work with a charity, but choose not to take those expenses, they could claim the expenses and then donate an equivalent amount back under Gift Aid, and the charity will gain the tax benefit.
11. Higher rate tax payers can put the amount of claims on their tax return, and they will receive higher rate tax relief on the donations. So, if all your income is fully taxed at source, they will receive a repayment!
12. The Government has announced a relaxation of the record keeping rules, which is likely to mean that from 2013, charities receiving donations of £10 or less will be able to apply for repayment without the need to obtain declarations – up to a total of £5,000.

Rawlinsons is a firm of Chartered Accountants, Business and Tax Advisers providing a complete range of accounting, business, taxation and specialist services to more than 3,000 clients.
The Peterborough-based firm has seven partners, a 60-strong team and 70 years of history. It works with a wide range of charities providing accounting advice and services.
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Rye, NY (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

These events are the premier fundraising events for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in the NY Metropolitan area. To conduct four events at four different locations was a major challenge for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and for its marketing partner, Lead Dog Marketing. Shleppers played a key role in transporting and storing goods for several days leading up to the events, and then Shleppers’ expert movers unloaded tables and chairs for the event, set up tents, and helped to hang signage and banners around the event vicinity. For the events at Rye Playland and Bear Mountain State Park, Shleppers personnel assisted by handing out water and stacking trucks, and set up a Shleppers tent from which they also gave away Frisbees, T-Shirts, umbrellas, and more. The events were a huge success, attracting more than 6,000 participants, sponsors and volunteers. With seven Walk MS events happening throughout the tri-state area that same weekend, Walk MS will raise close to $ 3.0 million to create a world free of multiple sclerosis.

“All of us at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society want to extend our deepest gratitude to the Shleppers team for the exceptional job done with the logistical setup, storage, breakdown and route coordination for the 2011 Walk MS events” comments Barbara Evans, Vice President, Development for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society?s NYC-Southern NY Chapter. “Many thanks to the entire Shleppers team for a job well done, and for helping the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in its mission to create a world free of multiple sclerosis. Their donation of trucks and services truly helps us come closer to achieving this mission.”

“We were privileged and delighted to take part in supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society this year,” comments Shleppers President, Jason Friedland. “This is the second year we have helped and are very happy to be involved with our people and trucks–it’s a truly worthy cause.”

About Shleppers Moving & Storage

Founded in 1978, Shleppers Moving & Storage began moving with one van and one vision–to serve its customers with commitment and integrity. By working in partnership with customers, New York’s top movers have earned a reputation as the city’s number one moving and storage company, offering a wide range of relocation services, including local, long-distance, and international moving, packing, unpacking, and private storage. With dedication, teamwork, and innovation, Shleppers is a NY moving company that puts customers first, creating a moving experience that’s efficient and reliable from the first box to the last. Shleppers is also deeply committed to charity and community involvement, with its donation of trucks and logistical support for The March of Dimes, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, The JCC Maccabi Games, The Catholic Charities of Brooklyn & Queens, UJA Federation, the Community Mayors Foundation, and others. For more information, quotes, supplies, or moving tips, please visit http://www.Shleppers.com.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

The National MS Society is a collective of passionate individuals who want to do something about MS now?to move together toward a world free of multiple sclerosis. MS stops people from moving. The Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. The Society helps each person address the challenges of living with MS through its 50-state network of chapters. The Society helps people affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, and providing programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.

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Los Angeles, Ca (PRWEB) February 20, 2012

During its next week long t-shirt campaign Sevenly will raise funds for Love Without Boundaries, an organization that helps improve the lives of orphaned and impoverished children in China.

?Two in five babies entering the orphanage system in China will die due to a lack of medical treatment,? said Sevenly CEO Dale Partridge. ?Thousands of babies are abandoned and in need of serious medical attention so I?m glad we could partner with Love Without Boundaries to help provide this care.?

Love Without Boundaries began in the year 2003 after a group of adoptive parents came together to help save the life of one tiny boy in China. Following his successful surgery, they realized that people with a pure love for helping children can truly make a difference. The organization touches the lives of thousands of children through many program areas.

LWB has developed ?Healing Homes? in multiple villages in China to give aid to these vulnerable children. By providing life altering surgeries and care, these orphaned babies have the chance to survive and be adopted into a loving family.

?I hope we see a lot of support for the campaign this week,? added Partridge. ?LWB is a great organization that really focuses their efforts to make sure that every dollar donated to the organization is spent wisely. For every $ 22 shirt purchased this week Sevenly will donate seven dollars and that will be used to help an abandoned baby in China become adopted.?

Sevenly, which was founded in June 2011, has already donated over $ 240,000 to some of the world?s greatest causes and the organization hopes to raise $ 5,600 for orphaned babies in China this week.

About Sevenly

Sevenly is a co-profit company founded in June 2011 to raise capital and awareness for the world?s greatest causes. Each week Sevenly partners with one qualified nonprofit to sell a shirt specifically designed for that week?s campaign, with seven dollars from each shirt sale going to the charity. Run by CEO Dale Partridge, the company?s goal is to provide support to charities through increased awareness, funding and following. To learn more about Sevenly visit http://www.Sevenly.org.

About Love Without Boundaries

Love Without Boundaries Foundation is a worldwide group of volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned and impoverished children in China. The organization provides humanitarian aid in five key areas ? Education, Foster Care, Healing Homes, Medical and Orphanage Assistance ? enabling children to receive families through adoption or to become self-sustaining members of their communities. For more information, visit http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.org.

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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) February 15, 2012

Dollar Loan Center announces its Back-to-School Scholarship Program, offering high school and college students the chance to win a $ 500 scholarship for educational expenses at an accredited college or private career school anywhere in the United States.

?In nearly any profession, writing and grammar skills are of great importance,? said Chuck Brennan, president/founder and CEO of Dollar Loan Center. ?That is especially true in the financial industry. With our Back-to-School Scholarship Program, Dollar Loan Center is providing a chance to further assist in educating our communities.? Brennan, who founded Dollar Loan Center in 1998, is also co-author of the book Saving Money: It?s in Your Best Interest.

Students can apply for the scholarship on Dollar Loan Center?s Facebook page or website by February 28, 2012. The application includes a short essay on ?How technology has affected my personal finances.? Essays will be judged on grammar, creativity and relevancy. Five finalists will be chosen and the scholarship recipient will be announced on March 5, 2012.

?The Dollar Loan Center Back-to-School Scholarship Program is one more spectacular way we are extending opportunities to those who are truly committed to their education and pursuing it,? said Brennan. ?Our young people are the leaders of tomorrow and it is up to us to help them make their dreams come true!?

Details and rules for the Dollar Loan Center Back-to-School Scholarship Program can be found on the company?s Facebook page and website.

Brennan owns and operates 50 Dollar Loan Center locations throughout Southern Nevada, South Dakota, and Utah. The philanthropic stores maintain a continuous stream of generous giving by supporting a collection of established charities. The company and its employees give to dozens of organizations including Las Vegas? favorite charity, Opportunity Village, and Alice and Sheryl Cooper?s Solid Rock Foundation, among many others.

Brennan himself is one of Nevada?s most recognized philanthropists, giving more than $ 200,000 annually to charities across the country. In 2011 alone, Brennan supported Opportunity Village in several campaigns, the 15 Foundation, Henderson Little League, Olive Crest, and dozens of other deserving organizations.

Dollar Loan Center is also the largest provider of short term credit services in South Dakota and Clark County (Las Vegas) Nevada. In 2007, Entrepreneur Magazine listed the company among its ?Hot 500? Fastest Growing Businesses and Entrepreneurs.? For more information, visit http://www.dontbebroke.com.

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Alsip, IL (PRWEB) February 17, 2012

Who: Ron Celmer, Food & Beverage Director, invites the public to attend this special event and purchase a delicious and nutritious specialty lunch item. Funds raised will help promote proper nutrition in schools.

What: Lunch Break for Schools is a national fundraiser organized by the makers of Hidden Valley