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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.8.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:34:34 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Causes We Support</title><subtitle>Causes We Support</subtitle><id>http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/causes-we-support/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/causes-we-support/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/causes-we-support/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-01-30T21:08:38Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.8.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>RI Blood Center</title><id>http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/causes-we-support/2007/5/14/ri-blood-center.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/causes-we-support/2007/5/14/ri-blood-center.html"/><author><name>Jen</name></author><published>2007-05-15T01:02:15Z</published><updated>2007-05-15T01:02:15Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 268px; height: 178px" alt="RI%20Blood%20Center%20Logo.jpg" src="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/storage/RI%20Blood%20Center%20Logo.jpg" /></span></p><p><span class="sizeGreater20">Many of you may not know, but Liz is an avid blood donor with the </span><a href="http://www.ribc.org/" target="_blank"><span class="sizeGreater40">Rhode Island Blood Center </span></a><span class="sizeGreater20">in Woonsocket.&nbsp; The nurses&nbsp;got a kick out of Liz when she&nbsp;brought her camera to take photos of them at her last donation and she even&nbsp;had them take a few of her!&nbsp; Check them out below.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span class="sizeGreater20">Donating blood is something that almost anyone can do, and it's something that really makes a difference, one pint at a time!</span></p><p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 268px; height: 178px" alt="Blood%20Center%20nurses.jpg" src="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/storage/Blood%20Center%20nurses.jpg" /></span><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 268px; height: 178px" alt="Blood%20Center%20Liz%20blood%20draw.jpg" src="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/storage/Blood%20Center%20Liz%20blood%20draw.jpg" /></span><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 268px; height: 178px" alt="Blood%20Center%20Holding%20blood.jpg" src="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/storage/Blood%20Center%20Holding%20blood.jpg" /></span>She only holds her blood like this to gross me out!</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>.</title><id>http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/causes-we-support/2006/11/21/780101.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/causes-we-support/2006/11/21/780101.html"/><author><name>Jen</name></author><published>2006-11-21T16:06:37Z</published><updated>2006-11-21T16:06:37Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 135px; height: 360px" alt="Ad Bar for Blog copy.jpg" src="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/storage/Ad%20Bar%20for%20Blog%20copy.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1164125244059" /></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span class="sizeGreater40">FairyTale Productions supports the efforts of The Making memories Foundation, who&nbsp; accepts thousands of new and used wedding gowns every year from private and corporate donors, then sells these beautiful gowns to brides at exceptional&nbsp;savings over retail prices.&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;Granting Wishes &ndash;&nbsp;Touching Lives&rsquo; is not only their slogan at the Making Memories Foundation&hellip;.but it is their way&nbsp;of making a difference in the life of one facing a terminal diagnosis of breast cancer and for their families and loved ones.&nbsp; Dozens of these&nbsp;gown sales events are scheduled annually&nbsp;<br />in major cities all across the country.&nbsp;Other fundraising activities include&nbsp;<br />Diamonds for Dreams and&nbsp;The Pink Envelope Project.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span class="sizeGreater40">Ways you can help include:</span></p><p><span class="sizeGreater40">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Hold a Pink Envelope Bridal Shower</span></p><p><span class="sizeGreater40">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Hold a Pink Envelope Reception</span></p><p><span class="sizeGreater40">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Donate your used wedding dress&nbsp;to&nbsp;</span><span class="sizeGreater40">the&nbsp;&quot;Nationwide Tour of Gowns&quot; sale </span></p><span class="sizeGreater40"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; *You and your wedding party can donate your&nbsp;time at a Making Memories event</p><p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 200px; height: 150px" alt="Ursula-with-Bride-in-Chicag.jpg" src="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/storage/Ursula-with-Bride-in-Chicag.jpg" /></span>You can view more information about this great charity at <a href="http://www.makingmemories.org/"><strong>www.makingmemories.org</strong></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 200px; height: 150px" alt="babc17.jpg" src="http://ftpweddings.squarespace.com/storage/babc17.jpg" /></span></p><p>Making Memories was unable to schedule a bridal gown sale in Boston this year because no venue with a ballroom would donate the space.&nbsp; Do you know&nbsp;of a venue that will donate available space for an event in 2007?&nbsp; If you do contact <a href="mailto:fran@makingmemories.org"><u>fran@makingmemories.org</u></a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 200px; 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