Press Room
Appearances & Fund Raising Events
Tues, May 6 - Articles about the partnership between Park Road
Books and Levine Children's Hospital to raise money for the Children's
Fund
are featured in
the following publications:
Bio-Medicine.org,
South
Mississippi Sun-Herald,
Yahoo!,
AOL Money & Finance,
Smartbrief,
Financial Content,
San Francisco Business Times, and
PR Newswire.
Mon, Apr 14
– Happy Guide underwriter, Mike Patton, Mountaineer Construction
Enterprises, LLC and Tony Brown meet with Lloyd Penley in support of his
challenge for CFWNC Summer Time Kids program. Mr. Penley’s
matching contributions have generated over $70,000 to support local
organizations who provide summer camp opportunities to over 2,000
children throughout Western North Carolina.
http://www.cfwnc.org/news/STKneedsyou08.htm
Tues, Apr 1 -
www.HappyGuidetoaShortLife.com was profiled in
Charlotte Living
Magazine. Photo for article was shot at
Summit Coffee
in Davidson, NC
.
Fri, Mar 28 -
Tony Brown presented to the Graduate School of Management at
Clark University located in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.ClarkU.edu Click
here for presentation.
Sat, Mar 8 -HappyGuide supports the Cannon School
www.CannonSchool.org Auction as an event sponsor with HappyGuide
underwriter
www.LobbyGuard.com.
Sat/Sun,Mar 1-2 - HappyGuide Supports Ronald McDonald House - Tony Brown and 10 other
folks teamed up to run in the Texas Independence Relay Race.
http://www.texasindependencerelay.com/ The 200 mile relay race
consisted of 40 legas along the 203.67 mile course from Gonzales and the
first shot for Texas Independence to the final battle at San Jacinto!
The team consisted of mostly PCG employees
www.PublicConsultingGroup.com from the Austin Office with special
guest and Happy Guide artist, David Merck
www.DavidMerckStudio.com.
Wed, Jan 23 -
Tony Brown held a book signing and gave a short presentation to the
North Mecklenburg Rotary Club (
http://www.northmeckrotary.org)
during their weekly luncheon held at the Peninsula Country Club,
Cornelius, NC. Special thanks to Steedman Lyles of Riverbank
Mortgage, Cornelius for the invitation and hospitality. 100% of
the book sales and cash contributions were donated to the important
service of the North Mecklenburg Rotary Club.
Tues, Jan 1 -
Happy Guide author, Tony Brown is featured in the Wolfpacker, an
independent magazine covering NC State Sports (
www.thewolfpacker.com).
Happy Guide's fund-raising program is being utilized by the NC State
Dance Team to generate funds to attend the National Competition this
Spring (
www.ncstatedanceteam.org).
Tues, Dec 25 - Taylor Swift returns to Western North Carolina
for holidays. After extensive travel across the US and Europe,
Happy Guide photographer Taylor Adam Swift (
www.TaylorAdamSwift.com)
visit Asheville, NC. Ms. Phyllis Patton, (
www.phyllispatton.com)
held a private event to celebrate the holidays, Taylor's return and
passing the $50k mark in Happy Guide fund-raising.
Fri, Dec 21 - In support of Community Foundation of Western
North Carolina, Sandra Purcell & Associates (
www.sandrapurcell.com)
distributed Happy Guide postcards to over 500 friends and clients in
Brevard, NC.
Mon, Dec 17 -
Happy Guide makes local gift giving list in Davidson, NC.
http://rabbit.he.net/~davidsn/2007/12/17/ideas-for-buying-locally-this-holiday/#more-1128
Wed, Dec 12 -
Tony Brown and HGSL are featured in a press release on CFNWC's website.
http://www.cfwnc.org/news/BrownBookDonation.htm
Wed, Dec 5 -
Summit Coffee (www.summitcoffee.com)
will kick off a month-long, new
toy drive for Levine Children’s Hospital.
Tony Brown will be on site 7:30pm to 9:30pm to discuss Happy
Guide and sign books. Thanks to
the generosity of Summit Coffee and Happy Guide Underwriter, Julie
Lopez, Realtor with Market Properties (www.mymarketproperties.com)
, 100% of books sales proceeds will be donated to LCH.
For more information see the
flyer or click
on
Davidson, NC community calendar.
Mon, Dec. 3 -
Tony Brown will be at Taylor Books (www.taylorbooks.com)
at 10am for a book discussion and signing.
Proceeds to benefit the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation.
www.komen.org .
For more information:
http://www.taylorbooks.com/calendar/event.nhtml?profile=calendar&UID=10571&date=20071203
Sat, Dec 1 -
www.HappyGuidetoaShortLife.com was included in the Lake Norman Times (
http://www.surfthelake.com/2007/200712_13.html
)
and Charlotte Daily News (www.charlotte.com).
Thurs, Nov 29 - Mom's Book Club
Discussion and signing (by invitation only)
Wed, Nov. 28 -
All Souls Counseling (http://www.allsoulscounseling.com/)
of Asheville, NC kicked off a 50 book “Happy Guide” fund raising
campaign at the monthly board meeting.
Thanks to the generosity of Mountaineer Construction $10 of each
books sold will be donated to the All Souls counseling efforts.
CEO and General Contractor, Mike Patton offers, “Ms. Bechtoldt is
one of the nicest ladies in the world.
If All Souls can generate a little extra money selling books,
then that’s great and we are happy to help.
Just like the book says, All Souls is changing the world - one
little good deed at a time!"
Tues, Nov. 20 -
Phyllis Patton, Realtor (www.phyllispatton.com)
recommends Happy Guide in
Asheville
area mailing to support Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.
Click here for postcard information.
Thurs, Nov. 15 -
Happy Guide is now available at two fine
independent book stores: Main Street Books, Davidson,
NC and Taylor Books, Charleston, WV.
Thurs, Nov. 15 - The Wadsworth Group’s
www.wadsworthgroup.net
Charlotte-area clients received a request in The Exit Planning Review
bi-monthly newsletter to purchase Happy Guide in support of the several
fund-raising efforts coordinated through the Community Foundation.
The Wadsworth Group is a Bronze-Level Happy Guide Underwriter.
Wed, Nov. 14 -
Through the artistic generosity of the
Jewelsmith,
www.Jewelsmith.com,
the
Happy Guide Books and Gifts Program raised
over $5,089 for the
North Carolina State University Computer
Science Department's 40th Anniversary Scholarship Endowment,
www.csc.ncsu.edu. Funds were
raised via the online auction of the Evolution Set Ring and basketball
tickets, Happy Guide book sales, NC State CSC Alumni and donations. Go
Pack!
Mon, Oct 29 – Biltmore Lake Community
hosted Tony Brown at the Biltmore Lake Club (www.biltmorelake.com)
for a Happy Guide book discussion and signing (www.HappyGuidetoaShortLife.com)
to benefit the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
www.cfwnc.org. Special thanks to
Asheville-area friends and event sponsors: Coldwell Banker
(Phyllis Patton, Realtor)
www.PhyllisPatton.com ,
www.LeonardsAutoMart.com (Veronica & Leonard Crook), Mountaineer
Construction Company (Mike Patton) and
www.PublicConsultingGroup.com
(Rick Purcell). Over $1,000 was raised
in book and gift sales, private contributions, and corporate support.
Thurs, Oct 18 – Pecan Gove
Literary Society (PGLS),
Austin,
TX
(link to Pecan Grove story) hosted Tony Brown at Austin Java (www.austinjava.com)
for a Happy Guide book discussion and signing (www.HappyGuidetoaShortLife.com)
to benefit the New Orleans Recovery School District’s School
Uniform Project.
Public invited. Special
thanks to Texas friends and event
sponsors: Deloitte&Touche
(Chip Blagg) www.Deloitte.com ,
HMS (Chris Frey) www.HMSY.com , and
PCG (Marc Staubley)
www.PublicConsultingGroup.com.
Thurs, Oct. 11 -
David Merck (www.DavidMerckStudios.com),
Happy Guide friend and local Davidson, NC artist donated a significant portion of his Happy Guide
Sculpture commission ($1,100) to the Moe’s Victims Memorial Fund in Charlotte, NC.
(link to Moe’s story).
Check out Happy Guide Sculpture on
www.YouTube.com.
Wed, Oct 10 – Tony Brown will present Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Dupont Chevy a copy of Happy Guide at The Jeff Gordon Foundation.
Corporate sponsor and Happy Guide friend, LobbyGuard.com contributed
over $3,000 to the Marrow Foundation as part of this event.
www.JeffGordonFoundation.com
Mon, Oct 8 – Happy Guide author, Tony Brown will speak to student
members of the Presbyterian College Business Club.
www.presby.edu Click
here for
presentation.
Fri, Oct 5 -
Happy Guide release was announced in PCG’s TAKE NOTE e-newsletter that
is sent to all employees and Featured Business Partners across the
nation. Stephen Skinner, PCG Marketing Director, offered, “Kudos
to our own Tony Brown for authoring his first book,
A Happy Guide To A Short Life – A
Response To Ms. Quindlen’s Fine Book. Tony is donating all
(author’s) proceeds from book purchases to various charities that will
be designated by book buyers.” Click here for Take Note.
Mon, Oct 1 - NC State University's Computer Science
Department Alumni members received request to participate in the Happy
Guide fund raising program.
Wed. Sept. 26 -
Happy Guide book release was announced at the
2007 National TPL/COB Conference
which was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, New Orleans, LA. Corporate
sponsor and Happy Guide friend, Public Consulting Group (PCG) will match
$5 for every book purchased by a conference attendee. Proceeds will
benefit the New Orleans Public Schools.
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