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For those interested in donating blood, dominoes, fire trucks, or Shriners, especially in the Austin area, read on. You can donate blood and see all the rest on September 6th. A Day of Caring & Sharing - Save a Life Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 Ben Hur Shrine Center 7811 Rockwood Dr , Austin 512-480-0812 Activities Presented by: The Ben Hur Shriners The Blood Center of Central Texas Texas Fire Marshal’s Fire Safety House Austin Fire Department Fire Truck The Ben Hur Shrine Clowns Benefitting: - Shriners’ Hospitals for Children Burn Hospital in Galveston, TX - Austin Children and Adults as they learn Fire Safety Skills Please read or post: Join the Ben Hur Shriners, The Blood Center and the Texas Fire Marshal, Saturday, September 6. 2008 at the Ben Hur Shrine Center located at 7811 Rockwood Drive, Austin for a Day of Caring and Sharing – Save a Life. From 10-2 PM The Blood Center will be in the ...

Just Get Me to the Pancakes! The Question : Can social networking and bookmark networking sites be used to associate donors and volunteers with charity events in the real world? The experiment : A blog post about the event will be written and connected to the various bookmarking and social networking sites. The hypothesis : Site users from the area near the event who want to get involved and involve others will see the post and vote for it. As the post receives more votes, it will become more visible and more area users will hear about the event. This positive feedback mechanism will help more people turn out for the event. The Measurement : The post will contain printable event badges for each social networking site it is associated with. People that donate can print the badges and add them to their donation. A tally will be kept of the donations from each site. So, here goes! The event : On February 12th in Austin, TX, IHOP and the Shriners will be teaming up to raise money fo...