On July 17, 10 dedicated Sweeties joined Houston Mayor’s Sustainability Director Laura Spanjian, representatives from Houston’s Urban Harvest, GreenHoustonTX and the Buffalo Bayou Partnership in 95 degree heat to lend a hand at the Japhet Creek section of Buffalo Bayou. Read the rest of this entry »
Sweet cleans up Houston’s Japhet Creek
Jul 22Tags: Jen Rainin, Live Sweet Voluntour 2010
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Sweet Catalog 2010-2011
Jul 15
The all-new 2010-2011 Sweet catalog is here! To order your own awesome blossom copy, click here.
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Hawaii: Pack your grass skirts
Jul 15
It’s finally time to start thinking about packing for the Hawaii. Whooo hoooo! Bon voyage day is almost upon us.
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Vegas Sweet Vegas in pictures
Jun 30Our weekend in Vegas was legendary. We broke in DJ Lisa Pittman’s new lesbian nightclub, BootyBar. We took over the pool at the Golden Nugget for a day of sunbathing and debauchery. We also repainted two dorms at a batter women’s shelter as well as donating money and supplies (like 2,000 Luna Bars). Best of all, we made a ton of new friends and memories to last a lifetime (and no one lost a tooth).
Learn more about The Shade Tree, a fabulous shelter for abused women, their children and pets.
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Sweet on “In the Life”
Jun 21
“In the Life” joined us on our maiden voyage in November 2009, capturing hours of footage on our community service projects and interviews. What they ended up with is a fun and moving segment on the heart of Sweet. Click here to watch now.
Watch us on your local KQED station. Find showtimes.
Tags: Jen Rainin, Shannon Wentworth, Suzanne Westenhoefer, video
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New Orleans: Oil spill update
Jun 17
As we all watch the oil pour out in the gulf, many of you have written asking what you can do and how it’s impacting our friends in New Orleans. I asked James, who helped us plan all our activities in New Orleans. He’s going to keep us posted as things develop, but here’s what he said:
Believe it or not, of all of the clients we currently have and had, you are the only one that has asked. And to be honest, I had a feeling if anyone would ask, Sweet would.
It’s a very odd situation because it is coastal right now and the only thing affecting New Orleans itself is the fear — people think New Orleans is covered in oil (like during Katrina when we were allegedly covered in water three years later) so the long-term affects of tourism could be altered. We haven’t experienced any major cancellations yet. I think people are holding out to see what is going to happen, but we’re hoping things will work out.
On the coastal side, it is a completely different story. These are people who for generations, all they’ve done is fish. Fishing is their livelihood, their life and their passion. They have nothing now. The reality is, they may never be able to fish again in their lifetime. The predictions of the devastation to the ecosystem are unknown. For Katrina, the forecast was bleak for the ecosystem, but it actually bounced back pretty quickly. This is sort of a different story. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sweet on “In the Life”
This month, IN THE LIFE features lesbian “touristas” from Sweet, who bring positive visibility and lend a helping hand to local communities in the Caribbean....
Suzanne Westenhoefer, Nashville
Aug. 10
Join Suzanne for her Totally Inappropriate tour for a night of off-the-wall lesbian comedy at Zanies Comedy Club in Nashville....Hike Mt. Tam with Sweet
Aug. 15
Join TEAM SWEET on August 15 on the Hikefor Homeless Youth, a half-day climb up Mt. Tamalpais in support of At The Crossroads....
