Write a thank you note to your local fire, police, street department for the extra hours they work to ensure your safety when the weather is at its worse.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Weekly Bible Verse
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another;
as I have loved you,
that you also love one another. John 13:34
Monday, December 24, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Ugly Christmas Sweater FunRaiser to benefit Happiness Bag
Happiness Bag
(the premier provider of services and programs that enhance participation of children and adults with disabilities in the Wabash Valley)
received a check from SPPRAK for $962.05 SPPRAK wants to thank all of those that became part of the SPPRAK family and made this possible.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Weekly Bible Verse
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25
Friday, December 14, 2012
Random Act of Kindness
Bring a cup of coffee or hot chocolate to a person ringing the bell for the Salvation Army
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Weekly Bible Verse
But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Sunday, December 9, 2012
2012 in Review
SPPRAK 2012
We paused for a moment to review and to give thanks
Thank you to EVERY person who contributed this year by volunteering, donating time, giving up family time and the list goes on.
YOU are a special person who understands a random act of kindness!
January
Coffee, Caps and Shades to benefit the Terre Haute Humane Society March
Tornado Drive for Harrisburg, IL
April
Toy Drive for Southern IN tornado Victims
May
Clean up Terre Haute
July
Cancer benefit
4th of July parade
Clean up graffiti day
4th of July parade
Clean up graffiti day
August
Clean up graffiti day
September
Writers Fair
Terre Haute
Downtown Block party participant
Altrusa Chili Cook-Off participant Terre Haute Blues Fest participant Komen Race for the Cure volunteers
October ISU Parade Hot Dogs for Top Dogs to Benefit the TH K-9 Unit Clean up graffiti day
November Orange Friday participant
December Ugly Christmas Sweater Party to benefit Happiness Bag
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Hot Dogs For Top Dogs 2012
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this event a success.
A special thank you to the THPD K-9 Unit for all that they do each and every day.
A special thank you to the THPD K-9 Unit for all that they do each and every day.
Click on the link for the coverage from WTWO.
Hot Dogs For Top Dogs
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Hot Dogs for Top Dogs
This fun filled afternoon for the
entire family will include
K-9 demonstrations
with the Terre Haute Police Depart.
Photo opportunities with the
Terre Haute Police K-9 Unit
face painting, drawings and of course, fun
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Hot Dogs for the Top Dogs
Our next event is "Hot Dogs for the Top Dogs" to benefit the Terre Haute City Police K-9 Unit.
It will be Sunday October 7 between
Noon and 4:00 pm at
Riddell National Bank
2129 S. State Road 46 Terre Haute.
Activities include
THPD K-9 Unit demonstrations,
photo opportunities with the K-9's,
face painting, auction items and many others.
If you are interested in volunteering during this event, send us FB message or email SPPRAK@yahoo.com
Like us on FaceBook
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Terre Haute's Inaugural Writer's Fair
Sponsored by WTHI-TV10 and My FOX10
The theme will be "Downtown in the Haute"
This event will run throughout the month of
September and is open to all writers in the
Wabash Valley
(some age restrictions apply -
see official contest rules in the "files" page)
The entry fee is only $10 per person, per
category, limit one entry per category.
Applicants may conveniently register at any of
the following locations in Terre Haute:
Arts Illiana (23 N. 6th Street)
The Verve (677 Wabash Ave)
Java Haute (3805 Wabash Ave)
Arts Illiana (23 N. 6th Street)
The Verve (677 Wabash Ave)
Java Haute (3805 Wabash Ave)
Click on the link below for more information
and to print the application
Friday, August 24, 2012
SPPRAK at the Terre Haute Downtown Block Party
Don't
miss our booth to hear first hand what all the excitement is about!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Holiday A Week sponsored by SPPRAK
It's National Potato week! Visit Baesler's !
What is your favorite potato recipe?
Friday, August 17, 2012
Random Act of Kindness
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness.
Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Holiday a Week Sponsored by SPPRAK
Ella says "It's National Back to School Week" Visit the display at Baeslers Market,
2900 Poplar Street, Terre Haute
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Holiday A Week
It's National Smores Week!
See the smore display sponsored by SPPRAK at
Baeslers Market. We like our smores with Reeses cups. What's your
favorite way to build a smore?
Friday, August 3, 2012
SPPRAK Saturday Meeting
The next SPPRAK Saturday meeting will be August 11 9:00 am at Java Haute located at 3805 Wabash Ave. All are welcome !!.
A SPPRAK Idea
When you are shopping and are finished with your shopping cart, you can make someone's job easier by returning
it to where it belongs.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Our Upcoming Events Include
August 25, 2012: Terre Haute Block Party
September 8, 2012: The Wabash Valley Chapter of Altrusa International will host the 30th annual Altrusa Chili Cook-off, Saturday, September 8, 2012. Altrusa is calling all cooks to gather up their friends and co-workers put together a team for bragging rights and some fun-filled competition and SPPRAK will be there! Come out a nd vote for the best chili! Vote for SPPRAK chili!
October 6, 2012: ISU Homecoming Parade with the Terre Haute K-9 Unit.
October 7, 2012: Hotdogs for Top dogs FUNraiser to benefit the Terre Haute K-9 Unit.
For further information about volunteering at any one of these events, send us a comment or email SPPRAK@yahoo.com
September 8, 2012: The Wabash Valley Chapter of Altrusa International will host the 30th annual Altrusa Chili Cook-off, Saturday, September 8, 2012. Altrusa is calling all cooks to gather up their friends and co-workers put together a team for bragging rights and some fun-filled competition and SPPRAK will be there! Come out a nd vote for the best chili! Vote for SPPRAK chili!
October 6, 2012: ISU Homecoming Parade with the Terre Haute K-9 Unit.
October 7, 2012: Hotdogs for Top dogs FUNraiser to benefit the Terre Haute K-9 Unit.
For further information about volunteering at any one of these events, send us a comment or email SPPRAK@yahoo.com
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Holiday A Week Sponsored By SPPRAK
Celebrate "Try Something New Week"
Tell us what you tried this week from Baesler's that you've not had before.
Tell us what you tried this week from Baesler's that you've not had before.
Beasler's Market
2900 Poplar St. Terre Haute, IN
Friday, July 13, 2012
Thank you Triangle Fraternity, Officer Brentlinger and Mayor Bennett
Thank you Triangle Fraternity,
Officer Brentlinger and Mayor Bennett
!!!!
All of you are Special People Performing Random Acts of Kindness
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Our city has many more graffiti/ tag free areas because of the work
you accomplished today !!!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Join SPPRAK in Stopping the Graffiti
To join SPPRAK in removing graffiti in selected areas of Terre Haute, you may email SPPRAK at SPPRAK@yahoo.com
Tribune Star Article -Group hopes to spark in Fight against Graffiti
You may click on the link below to read the full story from June 5, 2012.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
SPPRAK Blog Sunday June 3, 2012
Some exciting news
from the SPPRAK group! We are now an official 501c3 not for profit
corporation! And, we are now accepting donations to help us with our
mission to help others, and your donations are tax deductable! A really
special thanks to the Modesitt Law Firm for their help! In the coming
weeks we will be doing some “fun”-raising for our SPPRAK group. Our
first fundraising mission will be to purchase insurance that is required
for us to have our events. This is approximately $400 per year. We will
use the money for costs associated with our “fun” raising efforts.
Thank you all in advance for your support!
On another
note, we hear every day about how bad our cities look, the tagging, the
litter, etc, etc. It is not hard to point out the problems our city or
any city has. Let’s face it though, changing the problems will not
happen in a single sweep, with someone else doing it, it happens with
small changes, it happens with us.
That being said,
SPPRAK is picking up the baton, or paint brush in this case, this summer
and taking on the anti graffiti fight! This summer, for 6 days, 2 in
June, July and August, we intend to make a difference in Terre Haute, by
painting over graffiti. Our first meeting will be June 4, 2012 at
Illiana Truck Parts at 25th and Locust. Pull into the lot off of Locust.
We will meet from 6 to 6:30. We are looking for leaders, paint will be
provided, but you will need paint brushes when we start. Tomorrow will
be to organize. We have selected sites in town, mostly on 25th St.
Everyone is welcome, however, because of insurance we cannot use anyone
under the age of 18. Do not be discouraged by this, we would like to
start an anti tagging revolution and you can take your youth group, or
other organization and pick your part of town to make a difference in.
Show up tomorrow and find out what we will be doing, we will give out
all you need to know. The commitment is small, one hour 6 times this
summer, Monday nights from 6-7. Pretty easy!
Our anti
tagging effort is part of a bigger SPPRAK project, our organization is
also working on bringing some murals to our downtown area. We have some
preliminary sites in the works, so watch for updates. This is something
that other cities have done, and would be such a great project for Terre
Haute. Watch here, our facebook page, and twitter for what is going on
with SPPRAK. @spprak is our twitter, please follow us, and our email is
spprak@yahoo.com. Your ideas are welcome. We are also committed to our
purpose of local people helping local businesses and charities, so if
you have a charity you would like us to help, please contact us at our
yahoo account!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Winners of the Coffee, Caps & Shades SPPRAK event at Java Haute
Congratulations to the winners!
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| 1st Place |
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| 2nd Place |
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| 3rd Place |
Monday, March 5, 2012
SPPRAK team heads to Harrisburg, IL
A Letter of Thanks from SPPRAK
SPPRAK (Special People Performing Random Acts of Kindness) would like to express our gratitude for the overwhelming response to our request for donations to assist the people of Harrisburg, IL that have been effected by the E4 tornado February 29. We anticipated an SUV full of donations and because of the generosity of our community we filled a cargo van (donated by GLong Auto in Brazil,IN) and a 3/4 ton pick up filled with ONE ton of water donated by Terre Haute Regional Hospital. What is more amazing to us is that it was done in a 24 hour period.
Certainly our local news media, Terre Haute Tribune-Star; WTHI; WTWO played a major role in this accomplishment. Without their coverage, the awareness of our project would not have reached as many in our community. VNA/Hospice of the Wabash Valley played a major role as well by allowing us to use their facility as the community collection site.
The people that we spoke to in Harrisburg all were overwhelmed that people from Terre Haute would care for them enough to send the donations, thoughts and prayers. The coordinator on site for Operation Blessings said it best, " I always know we are in the Midwest by the show of hands of those who are out of town coming in to help" The majority were people like us, coming in to lend a hand because we can.
Again, thank you to all of you contributed in anyway be it through donations, thoughts and prayers. All of you are Special People Performing Random Acts of Kindness.
SPPRAK
SPPRAK (Special People Performing Random Acts of Kindness) would like to express our gratitude for the overwhelming response to our request for donations to assist the people of Harrisburg, IL that have been effected by the E4 tornado February 29. We anticipated an SUV full of donations and because of the generosity of our community we filled a cargo van (donated by GLong Auto in Brazil,IN) and a 3/4 ton pick up filled with ONE ton of water donated by Terre Haute Regional Hospital. What is more amazing to us is that it was done in a 24 hour period.
Certainly our local news media, Terre Haute Tribune-Star; WTHI; WTWO played a major role in this accomplishment. Without their coverage, the awareness of our project would not have reached as many in our community. VNA/Hospice of the Wabash Valley played a major role as well by allowing us to use their facility as the community collection site.
The people that we spoke to in Harrisburg all were overwhelmed that people from Terre Haute would care for them enough to send the donations, thoughts and prayers. The coordinator on site for Operation Blessings said it best, " I always know we are in the Midwest by the show of hands of those who are out of town coming in to help" The majority were people like us, coming in to lend a hand because we can.
Again, thank you to all of you contributed in anyway be it through donations, thoughts and prayers. All of you are Special People Performing Random Acts of Kindness.
SPPRAK
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| SPPRAK and team on their way to Harrisburg, IL to deliver collected items from the Terre Haute Community to tornado victims. |
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| Unloading items in Harrisburg |
Sunday, February 26, 2012
2012 Coffee, Caps & Shades SPPRAK event
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| Having fun before the event started |
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| Beautiful view from the inside of Java Haute |
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| All of the awesome participants |
Voting begins today (Feb 26), through March 10th. Go to Java Haute and place your vote ($1 per vote) for your favorite Coffee, Caps & Shades photo. Vote as many times as you want, all proceeds benefit the Terre Haute Humane Shelter.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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