Posted on 03/29/2011 by Patti Shea | Home & Family blogger | Comments
VolunteeringDear Mom & Dad: As your youngest child, you know that I’m not used to apologizing. I think it’s in the genes of each baby of the family. But I digress …
Posted on 03/25/2011 by Patti Shea | Home & Family blogger | Comments
Volunteering | Your LifeNon-race fans and race fans alike peeked with great interest inside the AARP Drive to End Hunger No. 24 car today at a food drive in Fontana, Calif, site of Sunday’s Auto Club 400.
Posted on 02/23/2011 by Jen Martin | Volunteering | Comments
VolunteeringWho’s your driver? That was the question I asked race fans the most this past weekend in Daytona. Although I could usually tell from the t-shirt, hat or satchel they carried, it was a fun way to spark conversation and you could tell that they were proud to be a fan of this driver or that driver. Me? After this weekend, well I’m a Jeff Gordon fan. Although Jeff’s Daytona hopes were thwarted by a crash, the race still went …
Posted on 02/19/2011 by Jen Martin | Volunteering | Comments
VolunteeringLast week Beth was in Daytona and now it’s my turn. And like Beth, before this weekend, football was the only sport that had my heart racing, no pun intended. I’m here for what a co-worker called the Superbowl of NASCAR – the Daytona 500. It’s the biggest race of the year and here I stand with the equivalent of a learner’s permit. My first day here, I met a few fans at the Winn-Dixie “Winner’s Circle Event” in Altamonte …
Posted on 02/18/2011 by Tina Johnson-Marcel | The Takeaway | Comments
News Roundups | VolunteeringFor professional race car drivers, it’s simple: Finish fast and finish first. For NASCAR champ Jeff Gordon, it’s no different, except this Sunday he’ll have one more goal: wiping out hunger. Keep reading …
Posted on 02/17/2011 by Jen Martin | Volunteering | Comments
Volunteering As race fans everywhere prepare for this weekend’s Daytona 500, Drive to End Hunger kicked off the race season Thursday morning with a major donation to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Working with Feeding America and Winn-Dixie, DTEH presented the food bank with $10,000 to help feed hungry seniors in central Florida. Additional donations are being collected at the “Winn-Dixie Winner’s Circle,” a food drive at central Florida Winn-Dixie stores that continues through Sunday.
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps people 50 and older improve the quality of their lives.
