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MAN UP. WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES.

Submitted by Juniper James on Thursday, March 14th, 1:06 pm
MAN UP. WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES.

PUT YOURSELF IN HER SHOES.

ARE YOU A MAN? A REAL MAN?

Each year, an ever-increasing number of men, women and their families are joining the award-winning Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a playful opportunity for men to raise awareness in their community about the serious causes, effects and remediations to sexualized violence.

This year, the event is Saturday May 4, and we’ve already got 14 guys on our team.... Read More

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Downtown Beer Bust to Support Local Art

Submitted by Girls on the Grid on Tuesday, March 12th, 9:10 am
Downtown Beer Bust to Support Local Art

By the Editors

Man, we are LOVING the recent amount of amazing events in Sacramento all benefiting a variety of local causes near and dear to our GOTG hearts.

The most current example is the Downtown Beer Bust to benefit Downtown Sacramento Foundation’s (DSF) Downtown Mural Project in The Kay district... Read More

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Sacramento - How Do I Love Thee?

Submitted by Ms Munchie
Monday, March 11th, 2013, 3:15pm
Sacramento - How Do I Love Thee?

Repost from 2010. Seemed appropriate due to recent SacMag article. 

I am a Sacramento transplant and yet I often feel I love Sacramento more than some Sacramento natives.

I have a multi-cultural background and have lived in many places. Right before Sac I had been in college in Portland. There were plenty of Californians there and many of the Southern Californians would say that Sacramento/Stockton and the central valley were 'the armpit of California'. So I didn't have big expectations when I arrived. The reason I came was because I had a free place to live care-taking a condo for close family friends. Then I got married and ended up staying.

Growing up the longest I stayed anywhere was 16 years in Saudi Arabia. So if you asked me, I would have called Saudi 'home'. Now, since Sac is the longest I've lived anywhere, I am proud to call Sacramento my home.

In the 23 years I've been here I've seen the area grow considerably... Read More

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de Vere's Pub Hosts St. Baldrick's Foundation's Childhood Cancer Research, "Battle of the Pubs!"

Submitted by Lisa O'Hara, By Lisa O'Hara, Contributor, Community Blogger
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013, 12:41pm
de Vere's Pub Hosts St. Baldrick's Foundation's Childhood Cancer Research, "Battle of the Pubs!"

  Local Volunteers Shave Their Heads to Support Childhood Cancer Research

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Local St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser event to raise money for life-saving research

SACRAMENTO – MARCH 11, 2013 4-8 p.m. and DAVIS - MARCH 13, 2013 5-8 p.m. It takes a community to cure childhood cancer. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events: where more than 50 shavees will shave their heads in solidarity with kids with cancer and raise money for life-saving children’s cancer research.

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St. Baldrick's Foundation & de Vere's Irish Pub: Volunteers Will Shave Their Heads

Submitted by Lisa O'Hara, By Lisa O'Hara, Contributor, Community Blogger
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013, 3:30pm
St. Baldrick's Foundation & de Vere's Irish Pub: Volunteers Will Shave Their Heads

                          Local Volunteers Shave Their Heads to Support Childhood Cancer Research

Please Join Us! 


Local St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser event to raise money for life-saving research

SACRAMENTO – MARCH 11, 2013 4-8 p.m. and DAVIS - MARCH 13, 2013 5-8 p.m.  It takes a community to cure childhood cancer. The St.

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Kaiser Permanente employees make it a true season of giving throughout the community

Submitted by Chyresse Hill
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013, 8:18am
Kaiser Permanente employees make it a true season of giving throughout the community

The holiday season is one of many times throughout the year when the people of Kaiser Permanente come together to touch the lives of those in the community.

Physicians and staff in the greater Sacramento region helped make it a happy holiday for those in need, giving to dozens of projects from toy and book drives to shoe and food collections. Some physicians even took children on their own shopping sprees.

Kaiser Permanente doctors and several departments were among those who jumped into action to help at the last minute when a local agency was short gifts for some of its clients. A truck loaded with more than 200 presents donated by Kaiser Permanente staff was delivered to families in the Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center (SAEHC).

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Railroad Museum to Commemorate Historic Date in Railroad History

Submitted by T-Rock Communications
Monday, January 7th, 2013, 9:18am
Railroad Museum to Commemorate Historic Date in Railroad History

One hundred and fifty years ago – on January 8, 1863 – California Governor Leland Stanford turned a ceremonial shovelful of earth near the intersection of Front and K Streets in what we today know as Old Sacramento. This marked the starting point for the Central Pacific Railroad, one of two companies that together would construct America’s first transcontinental railroad.  To commemorate the inception of one of the United States’ most significant accomplishments, the California State Railroad Museum will debut a new sign at Front and K Streets on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at 12:30 p.m.

Following the sign unveiling, the nearby California State Railroad Museum will offer an afternoon of special public programs focusing on the First Transcontinental Railroad. Featured speakers include the following: Dr. Richard Orsi, author and professor emeritus of history at California State University, Hayward; Kyle K.

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