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            <title>Bunco Fundraiser</title>
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&lt;P align=left&gt;Our Bunco fundraiser that was held on June 3rd was a huge success!&amp;nbsp; Everyone had a blast.&amp;nbsp; Many of us had never played before, but by the end of the night we were Bunco experts :).&amp;nbsp; We had so many wonderful donations from various people and businesses&amp;nbsp;that we were able to give away some great doorprizes and have a silent auction.&amp;nbsp; The addition of the silent auction allowed us to raise more money than we would have otherwise.&amp;nbsp; What a blessing! A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated items for the baskets and the silent auction!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt; 
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&lt;DIV style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; align=center&gt;Sample gift baskets and door prizes&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style=&quot;WIDTH: 325px&quot; class=yui-img src=&quot;http://www.okchopelink.org/resources/IMG_0014.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; 
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&lt;DIV style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot; align=center&gt;The money and baskets donations that we took in are already being put to good use.&amp;nbsp; Ryan and I have personally delived two baskets to OU Children's already and a dozen more are being distributed this month and next by the Child Life Staff at OU Children's.&amp;nbsp;We will continue to collect donations for the baskets and distribute them to children and parents in the hospital,&amp;nbsp;as the need arises, for the rest of the year!&lt;/DIV&gt; 
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&lt;DIV style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot; align=left&gt;I also want to thank everyone who help with set up/clean up, decorating, food, flowers, and everyone who came just to have fun and play Bunco.&amp;nbsp; The night was a success because of YOU!&amp;nbsp; It was such a blessing to see so many people gathered to support a cause that the HL staff and members are so passionate about.&amp;nbsp; THANK YOU!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:02:40 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Ramping up for our Bunco night June 3rd!!</title>
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            <description>We&amp;nbsp;couldn't be more pleased at the response we are getting as we prepare for our first Hope Link Bunco Fundraiser on June 3rd.&amp;nbsp; We have been overwhelmed by the generosity people are showing and the outpouring of support.&amp;nbsp; We have already recieved tons of donated items to help fill our care baskets!&amp;nbsp; We are excited to see that groups and businesses are using this as an opportunity to give back to their community and support these precious moms and their children.&amp;nbsp; For those who really want to have a more &quot;hands on&quot; role in the Care Basket Project, donating items for the baskets it a great way to do that.&amp;nbsp; A full list of the items that we need for the baskets can be found on our website.&amp;nbsp; If you would like more information on how you or your group can be involved in the Care Basket Project, please contact Amy at &lt;A href=&quot;mailto:amy@okchopelink.org&quot;&gt;amy@okchopelink.org&lt;/A&gt; or Ryan at &lt;A href=&quot;mailto:ryan@okcohopelink.org&quot;&gt;ryan@okcohopelink.org&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 16:53:34 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Girls Night Out</title>
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            <description>&lt;P&gt;Instead of our usual meeting place,&amp;nbsp;Ryan and I decided to change it up a little in&amp;nbsp;January.&amp;nbsp; We&amp;nbsp;treated the ladies to dinner at Cafe 501 in Edmond.&amp;nbsp; So, in addition to wonderful friends and conversation, we also enjoyed some wonderful food!&amp;nbsp; Our night out coincided with subzero temps in the OKC.&amp;nbsp; This actually worked to our advantage because the restaurant was virtually deserted.&amp;nbsp; We had the&amp;nbsp;place to ourselves and spent nearly two hours visiting and eating.&amp;nbsp; Two of our little ones also joined us for dinner.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;As a late Christmas gift, we gave the ladies one of my favorite reads from last year &quot;When God Weeps&quot; by Joni Erickson Tada.&amp;nbsp; This is&amp;nbsp;a must read for anyone who has experienced tragedy and heartache.&amp;nbsp; We missed all those who couldn't join us.&amp;nbsp;It is so encouraging to spend&amp;nbsp;time with such an amazing group of women and children! &amp;nbsp;Ryan and I are really looking forward to this year and the opportunity to serve and encourage!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Amy&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:25:35 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Hope Link Blog!</title>
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            <description>&lt;P&gt;Hope Link in now blogging!&amp;nbsp; We have been working hard to make some much needed changes&amp;nbsp;in our organization.&amp;nbsp; One of the things we want to focus on is letting everyone know what is going on at Hope Link.&amp;nbsp; It is important to us that you stay connected even if you can't attend the monthly meetings!&amp;nbsp; We know how difficult it can be to get away in your extraordinary circumstances but we still want to encourage you.&amp;nbsp; We also have families in other regions of the state who can't make it to meetings, but would like to participate.&amp;nbsp; Our desire is to create an online community where we can all stay connected and encouraged no matter where we are!&amp;nbsp; You can join us on &lt;A title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-City-OK/OKCHopeLink/197258253614&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/A&gt; too!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Our hope is that no matter where you are in your journey you can come to Hope Link and be encouraged and encourage others!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:13 +0100</pubDate>
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