Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 2 months, 3 weeks ago at 10:46 am. 0 comments
With Tweet Divas 5 already planned and ready to go on May 11th, I am excited to announce our next Tweet Divas event.
In conjunction with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina’s Kids Summer Stock program and to help kick off a month of activities geared toward awareness of this particular need, Tweet Divas is acting Media Sponsor for the premier kick off event – Kids Summer Stock’s Social Media Mixer.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
6:00 to 8:30 pm
Food Bank Warehouse at Raleigh
3808 Tarheel Drive
Raleigh, NC
Let’s all join together, mix and mingle. Bring the family too! There will be opportunities for tours of the facility, to hear from current volunteers, a lemonade stand and photos with Souper Can (for the kids).
The Kids Summer Stock program is extremely important as there are too many children in our community that go hungry during the summer months, children that normally see two hot meals a day during the school year thanks to the free & reduced lunch programs. Once school ends, their needs increase and with our current economic situation in this state as a whole, the need is even greater this year.
Help our children (perhaps even the children in your neighborhood). Plan to attend the Social Media Mixer, blog about it, Tweet it, post on Facebook. Help us bring awareness to this very worthy cause & kick off the summer right!
Registration accepted NOW! Just click: http://socialmediamixer.eventbrite.com/
Tweet Divas get special tickets too! Just select “Triangle Tweet Divas Member Attendee”.
See you June 3rd!
*Don’t forget to register for BOTH Tweet Divas 5 AND the Social Media Mixer !!
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 3 months ago at 4:27 pm. 0 comments
Diane, Maura, Erin, & Kelly (Nov. 09)
Come join the Ladies of the Triangle as we gather together for a night of cocktails and conversation at our 5th Tweet Divas event:
Tuesday, May 11th
7-9pm
Hi5 on Glenwood in Downtown Raleigh
With May being Women’s Healthcare Month AND Mother’s Day being May 9th, our chosen charity this time around is The Helene Foundation, an organization that specializes in providing care for families with mothers undergoing Cancer treatments. The Helene Foundation has two families they are currently working with, both in need of assistance with things like house cleaning, food, child care, tutoring services, etc – basically, anything a mom usually does but can’t as easily because of her treatments. To get an idea of some of their specific needs, see this link: http://www.helenefoundation.com/apps/webstore/.
We will be taking monetary donations at the door. No amount is too small! Bring extra cash or your checkbooks (Checks made out to: The Helene Foundation).
See YOU there!
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 3 months, 3 weeks ago at 3:06 pm. 0 comments
The Divas enjoying “Tweet Divas for Haiti” in February
Mark your calendars! We have two events with two very worthy causes that we will be partnering with during the months of May and June.
To celebrate Women’s Health Care Month, on May 11th we will be supporting Raleigh-based organization, The Helene Foundation.
Perhaps you have a mother, are a mother, or know a mother currently receiving or having received Cancer treatments. You know as a woman, going through something like that is alreay difficult but as the Matriarch of the family, it’s even harder.
Women are the nurturers. They tend to be the primary example of muli-tasking to the highest degree: career-driven, car pooling, grocery shopping, cooks, cleaners, laundry facilitators. Women pretty much know when the toothpaste is running low and it’s time to get a new tube. They know when they’ve seen holes in their children’s underwear (or their own), it’s time to get a new supply. Women think like that all the time. They are the care-givers of the family. Now, imagine being so sick that you can’t help facilitate homework completion or cook that nutritious meal. I may be overdoing it here but I think you get the point.
Our Tweet Divas will be giving back to the Helene Foundation on May 11th as we gather together for networking fun. It’s a very worthy cause & I hope you will plan to join us. More details will follow. For now, mark those calendars!
Donations for the Food Bank at the Second TLWT Event, Nov 09
Then, in June and once again in conjunction with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina we will help kick-off their Kids Summer Stock month as they gear up to stock up for the summer months.
Often times, we forget that a large percentage of our children population who are on free or reduced lunch during the school year don’t get 3 nutritious meals during the summer months because they are no longer in school and it’s more difficult for families to supply, especially in these tough economic times.
I met with Jennifer Newbauer of the Food Bank yesterday and as soon as they nail down a date, we will be one of their media sponsors for the event she is putting together. Working title – “Kids Summer Stock Summer Social”. It will be a LARGE event encompassing other area media sponsors & groups. More details will follow soon as the date is confirmed.
May AND June. Two great opportunities to give back to worthy causes all the while mixing and mingling with those you Tweet with. Can’t get any better than that!
Stay tuned!
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 5 months ago at 6:51 pm. 6 comments
Jean Schnaak talks with Helen Little and Melody Brown of Horne UMC
WOW. Where do I start?
Twenty professional women who engage on the social network Twitter, spent some time offline last night connecting & reconnecting with those they Tweet while at the same time raising much needed funds for a very worthy cause.
At only $5 to get in the door (at downtown Raleigh’s Hi5 Restaurant), $5 for menu items, $4 drink specials, and a little extra cash for those extra raffle tickets for a chance at some really terrific prizes, as of this morning, we were able to raise close to $400 for Horne United Methodist Church’s Ryan Epps Orphanage in Haiti.
Raffle items donated by our sponsors
I was overwhelmed by the generosity of our raffle sponsors as the items came in during the planning phase but even more overwhelmed by the generosity of these women in donating to the cause as they purchased their tickets to get in the door, as well as those extra raffle tickets (each lady received 1 free ticket as they signed in).
Helen Little tells her story to the Tweet Divas
I have no doubt that hearing Helen Little’s story about what Horne is doing for the Haitian people, what it was like to be on a bus traveling a dirt road as the Earthquake hit, what her group did after the initial Quake, what they continue to do, and what their plans are going forward, was of inspiration to those gals. BUT, I’ll bet it was more than that – it was listening to the passion this wonderful 79 year-old woman has for the Haitian people. Watching her eyes sparkle as she talked of the children they have helped or her mouth curl into a smile when she’d simply say, “I believe that once the children are educated leading to a leadership that becomes educated, there is hope for Haiti”. It still warms my heart as I type.
The Tweet Divas connecting & reconnecting
A very BIG THANK YOU to all who attended and supported this event!
@marciebarnes
@renewabelle (Jess Commins)
@erinedesign (Erin Conigliaro)
@KellyDuffort
@Ilinap (Ilina Ewen)
@LearnPleasure (Christine & Charlotte)
@jkennedy93 (Janet Kennedy)
@EllenLynch
@DeirdreReid
@Tcaldsimon (Tera Simon)
@KimberlyVC (Kimberly Van Cleve)
@Anj121 (Anjanette)
@Julierosemk (Julie)
@Rachealy (Rachel Healy)
@resume_writer (August Cohen)
@LovingHeartLLC (Jean Schnaak)
@Jennbw (Jennifer B Williams)
@swerves (Christy Meyer)
@CharityJen (Jen Newmeyer)
@bethlavin
and
Crystal Roberts
The money we raised will go a long way.
If you could not attend but are still interested in supporting the efforts in Haiti from a local standpoint, we encourage you to keep the dream of Horne United Methodist Church alive to rebuild their orphanage. Please visit their website – www.hornememorial.org. There you may contribute online through Pay Pal or via USPS (instructions are on the site).
I was asked if there was a list of the Tweet Divas. I’ve begun a list at http://www.twitter.com/tweetdivas/triangletweetdivas based on the current followers to the Twitter Tweet Divas account. If you’re not following us, please do, especially if you’re a Triangle Tweet Diva that has attended previous events. I can then add you to that list as well.
The next Tweet Divas event will be held in April. Stay tuned here for more!
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 5 months ago at 2:42 pm. 1 comment
This is it! Announced three weeks ago, the “Tweet Divas For Haiti” event is tomorrow night. A room full of professional women who connect on Twitter by day will mix & mingle with those they Tweet in the evening while giving back to a very worthy cause – the Horne Memorial United Methodist Church Haiti Relief Efforts on behalf of their very own Ryan Epps Children’s Home, an orphanage destroyed in the January earthquake.
WOW, finally. It’s here!
Beginning at 7pm and running until 9pm, “Tweet Divas For Haiti” will be an inspirational event complete with a raffle with amazing prizes donated by some wonderful local businesses & individuals. In addition, Helen Little, from Horne UMC, will tell us all a little about what it was like to be in Haiti when the Quake hit as well as give us the short story behind the needs of the Orphanage (In other words, why we ARE making a difference!).
A few things to help you plan your night:
- The event officially runs from 7pm-9pm but feel free to stay longer if you so choose!
- As usual, appetizers & drinks are on your own ($5 menu items, $4 drink specials).
- You will receive 1 raffle ticket upon entrance. After that, we’ll be selling tickets at the rate of $1 per ticket, $3 for 5 tickets, $5 for 10 tickets. You MUST be present to win.
- If you reserved tickets to purchase at the door, please remember the ticket charge is $5 PLUS a small service fee of $1.11 (online purchases are an additional $1.26). Please bring EXACT change to make it easier for us. Thank you!
- Don’t forget your business cards either!
It’s going to be a FUN evening. There’s still time to register. Just click this link – http://tweetdivas4haiti.eventbrite.com. Any Triangle-area lady is invited to attend even if they’re not on Twitter. This cause is too important not to include all professional women of the Triangle!
Any questions? Please contact me directly at lisa@lisasullivanpr.com.
We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow evening!
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 5 months, 1 week ago at 3:51 pm. 1 comment
Tweet Divas For Haiti, our fundraiser for the Horne Memorial United Methodist Church Haitian Relief efforts, is just one week away and I would be remiss if I didn’t take the time to thank our sponsors for the raffle that same evening. To:
Mountain Cabin NC (@MountaincabinNC) for donating an April 2010 weekend getaway to one lucky winner and her many guests!
The Loving Heart Collection for donating a signature jewelry piece (note: item shown may not be the exact item donated)
@julierosemk for donating a facial complete with the very best in Mary Kay products.
@learnpleasure, @sienahotel, @avamuseum, @sewicked, and of course, our hosts -
@hi5nc for not only providing the location but also two $25 gift certificates (to be redeemed at a later date)
If your business would like to donate an item to this very worthy cause, please contact me at lisa@lisasullivanpr.com to arrange.
Been thinking about attending this unique ladies-only fundraiser, register here – http://tweetdivas4haiti.eventbrite.com. Even if you’re not on Twitter but are interested in networking with a terrific group of Triangle-area ladies, you are most welcome!
Thanks again to all of our sponsors. We appreciate ya!
See YOU on the 23rd at “Tweet Divas For Haiti”. Don’t miss it!
All images courtesy of Mountain Cabin NC, The Loving Heart Collection, the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield NC, and Lisa Sullivan.
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 5 months, 2 weeks ago at 2:36 pm. 2 comments
The other day I had the chance to sit down for coffee with Helen Little of Horne Memorial United Methodist Church. I wanted to meet her in person and talk to her first-hand about what Tweet Divas is doing on behalf of their Haiti Relief efforts. What I ended up getting was an inspirational message from Helen herself. What was supposed to be one hour quickly turned into two and truth be told, if I could’ve stayed longer, I would’ve been happy to share lunch with Helen to hear more. There is no end to the stories of devastation, the relief efforts, and the spirit of the Haitian people.
There was one story that really stood out for me, though. While we talked of the efforts the team at the Ryan Epps Orphanage are making, Helen told me other stories of her many trips to Hait in the last 40 years. Slightly paraphrased from memory this was the gist of the conversation from the one story that resonated with me:
Helen: I was in a clinic one time and there was this woman, a woman who had nine children. While they live in mud huts, these children were well cared for and very clean. The woman had come to the clinic not because she was sick. She kept touching her arm vigorously. Through the enterpreter on site, she was trying to tell the nurse that she wanted birth control…on her arm. She had heard a rumor that birth control could be a shot in the arm. She wanted a shot. She wanted to stop having babies.
Me: That’s awful. Sad. Why doesn’t she just tell her husband that she doesn’t want to have sex. I mean, not never having it again but during that time of the month?
Helen: Because in their society, it’s considered a sin against your husband if you refuse to. So, they have to and they don’t really understand how not to continue to engage in marital intercourse without getting pregnant. That’s the reality.
Isn’t that sad? Now, add the magnitude of what the Earthquake has done for the families that are alive or for the thousands of children left homeless, without parents, not knowing if their own parents are dead or alive. The Ryan Epps Orphanage provides a safe haven for as many children as they can take in. Right now their numbers are very small but in the future, with our help and the help of our local community, we can assist them in their efforts. That’s why it’s so important to be a part of “Tweet Divas For Haiti”.
Helen told me the children recently received tents to live in. Since the initial Quake, the staff, families, and children have been living in the least protective of conditions. Think bed sheets stringed together as covering over mostly sandy grounds between two walls and a building, about a 20 x 40 foot space. It’ll still take roughly $40k to at least erect a building with four walls and a roof on a concrete slab, which for the rainy season that hits beginning around April, that would be a major blessing for them.
If you haven’t registered for our event – “Tweet Divas For Haiti” – please do so. Go here: http://tweetdivas4haiti.eventbrite.com. If you can’t make it but you would still like to contribute to the event, please contact me directly at lisa@lisasullivanpr.com and I will get the proper information to you.
But, I really hope the attendance is high. This is for a really good cause AND Helen herself will be there to mix & mingle with the Ladies as well as she spend just a few minutes telling her story of what it was like to be there during the Quake, what she felt, saw, & how her heart continues to lie with the Haitian people. Helen is an inspiration. Come listen for yourself.
Thank you.
(Note: all images courtesy of Horne Memorial United Methodist Church. Thank you!)
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 5 months, 3 weeks ago at 8:10 pm. 3 comments
a fundraiser for Haiti relief
Nearly three weeks have passed since that devastating Earthquake hit the poverty stricken country of Haiti killing an estimated 150,000 innocent lives. Amid aftershocks that were still being felt (some strong) last week, the people left behind continue to struggle with such daily activities as the ability to bathe, wash or drink clean water, eat, receive adequate medical attention. Let’s not forget the thousands of children that are now left without parents, some without relatives even. The magnitude of the problems the Haitian people are experiencing are so vast that in some ways it’s hard to comprehend it all.
We, the Triangle Tweet Divas are going to make a difference.
Much effort has been made & achieved through nationally known charities – the Red Cross, UNICEF, the Bush/Clinton Foundation, etc. However, our own locally-tied organizations also need the assistance. That is why the Horne United Methodist Church’s Haitian Disaster Relief effort has been chosen for this fundraiser.
Courtesy of Horne UMC
Prior to the Quake, Horne UMC built and ran an orphanage for abandoned Haitian children and it was a ministry of the heart for them. Many years went into the planning & much money was raised to build, staff, and maintain the orphanage. The Quake destroyed all that. Now, Horne’s mission is to provide medical assistance where the need is most dire. With the help of local Rotarians, community members, and the team from the nonprofit organization, Bahamas Habitat, which is flying supplies & medical personnel to the reegion, Horne UMC continues their efforts despite the loss of their beloved orphanage.
Tweet Divas want to help!
Therefore, for the first time since the inception of Tweet Divas (aka “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet”), we will be charging an admission charge of only $5 with ALL proceeds* going to Horne United Methodist Church’s Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.
A raffle filled with varioius prizes is also in the works, again with the money raised also solely going to the Fund.
Join us on Tuesday, February 23rd from 7-9pm for a night of networking at Hi5 in Downtown Raleigh. Meet the Ladies with which you Tweet, get reaquainted with those you have already met, and give back to this very worthy cause.
To purchase tickets, please click this link – http://tweetdivas4haiti.eventbrite.com
Hope to see YOU on the 23rd!
*Please be advised Eventbrite charges a $1.11 processing fee for tickets purchased online OR at the door.
ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR THE RAFFLE
If you know someone or your company would like to donate an item for the raffle, please have them contact me at lisa@lisasullivanpr.com. Thank you very much!
Posted by Lisa Sullivan, 6 months ago at 1:09 pm. 0 comments
After months of planning, I am excited to announce the NEW location for all things “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet”. 
Thanks to the support of the founders of Tweet Divas.com, Lisa Creech Bledsoe and Diane Aull, “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” and Tweet Divas have now become one.
This is exciting news as I have amazing plans for the Tweet Divas in 2010 starting with a fundraiser for two local organizations involved in the relief efforts in Haiti.
Mark YOUR Calendars!
Our first evening gathering will be held on Tuesday, February 23rd at Hi5 in Raleigh.
More details coming Monday, February 1st so stay tuned!
In the meantime, I want to personally thank Lisa and Diane for all of their support and guidance as this transition is made. They are two wonderful ladies who believe in the power of Women and the power of Twitter. As a matter of fact, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tweetdivas.
See you in the Twittersphere!
Posted by torka, 9 months, 3 weeks ago at 2:51 pm. 0 comments
Looking for a good excuse to nosh on some deep fried Twinkies? Want to meet a whole bunch of your fellow social media afficianados? Love the State Fair as much as we do?
Then come on down to the first (annual?) Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, to be held from 7pm to 9pm on Thursday, October 22 in the Folk Festival Tent at the NC State Fair!
You can sample some of the Fair’s fried delicacies, participate in fun activities, hang out with interesting people, win prizes… and benefit charity at the same time. October 22 is also Hunger Relief Day (benefiting the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina), so if you bring four cans of food, you can get free Fair admission. (Sweet!)
If you plan to attend, you will need to register — attendance is limited to the first 500 who sign up, so don’t dilly-dally or you could miss out. You can find the registration form here.
The event will be co-hosted by the State Fair and by Wayne Sutton, Jeff Cohen, Ryan Boyles and Kipp Bodnar from OurHashtag.
