JOIN US FOR THE TOYS FOR TOTS HOLIDAY PARTY
DECEMBER 14th, 2004

Christmas is a time for joy and goodwill. It's a time for giving and helping those who are less fortunate than ourselves. Don't you think that every child deserves a Christmas? Please bring an unwrapped toy and join us!

• LOCATION: Pane Caldo, 72 E Walton Street, 3rd floor



• DATE: December 14th, 2004



• TIME: 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.



• TICKETS: By Dec. 3rd; $25 w/toy; $40 without



• Dec. 4th & after: $35 w/toy; $50 without



• NOTE: No used or wrapped toys, toy guns or food accepted

Click here to register with a toy: $25
Click here to register without a toy: $40

OR download form to register by Fax and pay at the door

Sponsored by:
Microsoft, RF Technologies, St. John Knits, FedEx Kinkos, KoKoLogo Chocolates and others

Auction Items and Door prizes provided by:
Microsoft, American Girl, St. John Knits, Build a Bear, Chicago Wolves, Randolph Wine Cellar, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Only One, Cotelac French Boutique, Rivers Restaurant, and others

Also appetizers and cash bar - See our listing on Metromix

Please Note: This event is to benefit both Toys for Tots and JAD Outreach, Inc. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to JAD Outreach, Inc. to support its upcoming programs with the exception of the "without a toy" difference in ticket price. All toys and "without a toy" extra ticket price go directly to Toys for Tots.

Be a part of this wonderful experience where everyone will have a chance to continue the good work of the U.S. Marines - an annual tradition for 57 years. All donated toys will go to needy children and proceeds from the event will support JAD Outreach, Inc. programs. Attire is business casual.

The primary objective of JAD Outreach, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization is to provide education for women & girls by assisting them to achieve a better life and reach their potential. To learn more about them, visit JAD Outreach, Inc. or send an email to info@jadoutreach.org.

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Eleni Gianopulos, 38: Eleni's NYC
A Success Story to End the Year

Tis the season to be happy and set out cookies for Santa. If you are Eleni Gianopulos, you begin with a unique twist on an old tradition.

Her gourmet cookies are shaped like baby carriages and Oscar de la Renta gowns, and have been served up at the events of celebrities such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas and Robert DeNiro. Her products are also in the Neiman-Marcus catalog. You might say Eleni Gianopulos has made quite an impression with her New York City cookie company, Eleni's NYC.

When she started the business in 1996 out of her apartment, Gianopulos' first product was an oatmeal cookie she made using her mom's recipe. Originally intending to start a catering company, she soon focused on desserts. And her cookies became so popular with clients, she started selling them to local gourmet grocery stores.

Gianopulos developed more cookie recipes--snickerdoodles, chocolate chip, peanut butter--and then branched out into nifty cut-out cookies, which helped her catch the eye of Martha Stewart Living. The magazine did a story on Gianopulos and her husband that mentioned her rabbit cut-out cookies--and word-of-mouth grew as people started coming to Eleni's for specialty cookie creations. Gianopulos helped the buzz factor early on by donating her products to high-profile events.

It wasn't too long before Gianopulos was hired to create an all-cookie replica of Elton John's house for one client. And for designer and good friend Kate Spade, Gianopulos created Kate Spade handbag-shaped cookies.

It's that kind of ingenuity that's made Eleni's cookies More...

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Empowering Your Destiny

This month's Empowering Question

"What can I fantasize about achieving in my life beyond the ordinary?"

This month's Empowering Affirmation

"I imagine how my successes will make me feel. I enjoy imagining a bright future for myself. My images of success are getting clearer now. I hold the images of success in my mind for long periods. I enjoy taking the steps to make my images come true"

Recommended Reading This Month
Byways of Blessedness

Life is full of beginnings. They are presented every day and every hour to every person. Most beginnings are small, and appear trivial and insignificant, but in reality they are the most important things in life.

Have you yet discovered the vast importance of beginnings? Do you really know what is involved in a beginning? Do you know the number of beginnings you are continuously making, and realize their full import? If not, come with me for a short time, and thoughtfully explore this much ignored byway of blessedness, for blessed it is when wisely resorted to, and much strength and comfort it holds for the understanding mind.

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