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Color Bombs are Headed Straight for Missoula – Color Me Rad 5K

Joy Larson — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:55:50 +0000

I am very excited. This weekend my boys and I are doing our first-ever race together. Yes, this saturday you can find all five of us behind a pair of shades at the Color Me Rad 5K right here in Missoula.

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Paralympian Ryan Chalmers to Go Cross-Country in His Wheelchair for Charity

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:21:00 +0000

Watch out, America. Here comes Ryan Chalmers.

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Waiter Who Defended Boy With Down Syndrome Gives All Donations To Charity

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:16:06 +0000

Last month, Michael Garcia made a lot of people smile. The 45-year-old, who is a waiter at Laurenzo’s Restaurant in Houston, Texas, refused to serve a family who insulted Milo Castillo, a five-year-old with Down Syndrome, by suggesting that "special needs children need to be special someplace else."

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Missoula I-HOP Giving Away Free Pancakes For Children's Miracle Network [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:26:34 +0000

Tuesday is National Pancake Day, and the Missoula I-HOP will once again be giving away a short stack of pancakes to everyone who comes in the door.

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Kindly Red Robin Waiter Gives Free Meal to Expectant Mom

Donald Deane — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:03:48 +0000

Christmas may have come and gone, but the spirit of giving is alive and well at Red Robin, where a pregnant woman recently got a free meal and a sweet note on her receipt from the restaurant's manager.

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Missoula's Catch'Em If You Can 5K is Back [EVENT INFO]

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:42:53 +0000

I've been on a running kick lately. In fact, my goal this year is to finally run Bloomsday 2013. As a born and raised Spokane native I'm actually shocked and disappointed in myself for never taking part in this annual tradition. This year, no excuses. And to get myself thoroughly prepared for this challenge, I'm going to attempt to take in as many Missoula-area 5K's as I can between now and then.

Here is the next one. Perhaps you can join me?

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Missoula Chicks n Chaps – Support This Breast Cancer Awareness Group

Joy Larson — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:49:35 +0000

I’ve been to my share of rodeos in my lifetime. Rodeos are a Montana tradition. I have friends who barrel race, ride bulls and calf rope. I admire these people. Participating in rodeo is not easy, but Montanan’s aren’t known for doing things that are easy

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Kindly Cop Wraps $100 in Traffic Ticket

Donald Deane — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:45:57 +0000

When 25-year-old Hayden Carlo was recently pulled over in Plano, Texas, for an expired registration sticker on his car, he naturally got a ticket. But the cop who issued the citation also did something entirely unexpected -- he gave Carlo $100 so he could afford the registration fee.

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James Bond Auction Raises $2.6 Million for Charity

Mike Adams — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:00:56 +0000

James Bond memorabilia auctioned off by Christie’s auction house yielded nearly $3 million last week in a charity event set to commemorate the tail chasing playboy’s 50th anniversary on the silver screen.

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The Rich Fail to Spread the Wealth By Donating Less to Charity Than the Middle Class Does — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:36:17 +0000

In a world where the portrait of philanthropy is often painted using an upper class model to represent an offering of charity to the less fortunate, sometimes we forget that empathy has a way of digging a little deeper into the pockets of blue jeans than it does a three-piece suit.

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Polish Olympian to Sell Bronze Medal to Help Sick Five-Year-Old

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:26:24 +0000

The 2012 Summer Games are over. But the Olympic spirit lives on thanks to Polish windsurfer Zofia Noceti-Klepacka, who will fulfill the promise she made to the family of a five-year-old who suffers from cystic fibrosis by selling her bronze medal.

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Woman Changes Her Name to 161 Words

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:00:21 +0000

A woman from Hartlepool, England is finding that having a 161-word name can be awkward. But the 41-year-old has only her self to blame for any complications stemming from the monster 1,055 letter moniker.

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KYSS-mas Kids Stop By

brooke — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:33 +0000

If there is one thing better than the feeling you get from helping less-fortunate children, it’s the feeling you get when you hear words of gratitude from the children that benefited from your generosity.

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