The Ladybug Project Inc.

The Ladybug Project Around the World!

04/19/2011

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Are you reppin' The Ladybug Project where YOU live? Show us! We are excited to announce that we are starting an online initiative to see how many different places in the world we can see The Ladybug Project represented! With volunteers in seven countries, spanning three continents, it should be exciting to see what places we end up seeing!

To view our "around the world" photo album, check out our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.182043511843535.39316.117042708343616

To add a photograph to our album, or to be featured on this blog, email us at ladybug.project.eg@gmail.com with a short description of where the picture was taken!
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Kim Reuter, Executive Director, in front of the Florida Capitol building in Tallahassee, FL.
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In the words of our Treasurer: the Minnesota Twins a "class act"!

04/15/2011

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Following our successful fundraisers with the Minnesota Twins, our Treasurer published a Letter to the Editor in today's News-Press. Read on!

Twins a class act

Most of the year and especially during spring training all the attention (and the money from Lee County government) is focused on the Boston Red Sox.

But, there's another team in town, the Minnesota Twins, and they are without a doubt a first-class act that deserves much more attention and support from the public as well as our elected officials.

I am the treasurer of a still small start-up charity, The Ladybug Project. We approached the Twins organization in January of 2011 to ask if there was any way they would support our work with communities in Africa, especially in Equatorial Guinea and Madagascar.Within a couple of weeks, Phillip Busch, the assistant to the food and beverage director, promised us a donation of unused merchandise, such as baseball hats and jerseys from the Fort Myers Miracle.

Plus he offered us a chance to work concession stands during spring training games to raise funds for our charity, which we did. Not only did we raise close to $1,000 but we also had a great time meeting and working with some wonderful people.

Our special thanks go to "Gentleman Jim" from concession stand A, who stayed cool even when things got crazy and it seemed like there was no way we could handle all those customers, and, of course to the food and beverage director, Nick Bilski, and his assistant Phillip Busch. The way they help us and other charities really shows what a class act the Minnesota Twins organization is.

PETER REUTER
Fort Myers

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