TiggerTrigger
a.k.a. HouCuseChickie
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2010
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1. Animal Shelter- I spent nearly 3 years volunteering at the Houston SPCA. I started out in large dog adoptions, added in dog walking and grooming, telethon, special event adoptions, adoptable animal segments on the local news, trainer, and eventually working with the vets in admitting. I’ve done a few one off volunteer stints there with work in more recent years and also volunteered at the Houston Humane Society with DD19 for several months while she was earning NHS points.
2. The Brazarre- I previously shared how a friend used to do an annual art fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society. I shared the cake and gumpaste bra I made but I participated additional years. One year, I made “LibBRArace CandelaBRA.” I created a candelabra with two wine bottles I painted gold, I added cork based scrolled candle holders in each bottle top, adorned it with all kinds of dangling crystals and jewels, and bound them together with a bra I painted gold and hand jeweled with literally thousands of individually glued rhinestones in various shades of purple and iridescent clears and pearlized stones. I think it raised a little over $200.
3. Sorority philanthropy- Literacy was our big one but I always liked when we turned out mansion into a haunted house/safe trick or treating place for underprivileged kids in the area. Most of us just gave out candy but some rooms had fun gross tricks for the kids… like dark rooms where they put their hands in grapes and jello (bowl of eyeballs), rice (maggots), and pasta/spaghetti (guts). It was so much fun and the kids loved it.
2. The Brazarre- I previously shared how a friend used to do an annual art fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society. I shared the cake and gumpaste bra I made but I participated additional years. One year, I made “LibBRArace CandelaBRA.” I created a candelabra with two wine bottles I painted gold, I added cork based scrolled candle holders in each bottle top, adorned it with all kinds of dangling crystals and jewels, and bound them together with a bra I painted gold and hand jeweled with literally thousands of individually glued rhinestones in various shades of purple and iridescent clears and pearlized stones. I think it raised a little over $200.
3. Sorority philanthropy- Literacy was our big one but I always liked when we turned out mansion into a haunted house/safe trick or treating place for underprivileged kids in the area. Most of us just gave out candy but some rooms had fun gross tricks for the kids… like dark rooms where they put their hands in grapes and jello (bowl of eyeballs), rice (maggots), and pasta/spaghetti (guts). It was so much fun and the kids loved it.
