Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Barrow County toddler remains hospitalized after a tree limb fell and struck him in the head.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Barrow County residents are invited to dine out at Casey's in downtown Winder today, as 100 percent of sales will benefit Tripp Halstead. Casey's will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Several local businesses, including Dairy Queen and Zaxby's in Winder, have donated a portion of a day's sales to Tripp, who remains hospitalized after being seriously injured Monday, Oct. 29, at Cribs to Crayons Daycare in Winder when a tree limb weighing several hundred pounds fell and struck him in the head. Casey's is the first restaurant to donate 100 percent of sales to the Halstead family. Follow updates on Tripp's condition on this Facebook page. Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
How do you do you do your shopping for Christmas gifts?
Every year there is an increased drive to get shoppers into stores. Black Friday now gets an early start on Thanksgiving Thursday, Buy Local campaigns push Small Business Saturday shopping and technology and social media sites encourage Cyber Monday logins. The message is clear - shop early and shop often. So what is your shopping style for the holidays? Will you be shopping off your Thanksgiving meal on Thursday or Friday, supporting the small businesses in your area on Saturday or is the computer your preferred shopping mall on Cyber Monday? There are, of course, the traditional procrastinators too. Are you one of those shoppers found at the local drug store just before closing time on Christmas Eve? Let us know how you expect to get …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Find out where you can eat and support Tripp, who remains hospitalized after a tree limb fell and struck him in the head.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Barrow County residents are invited to dine out at Casey's in downtown Winder on Tuesday, Nov. 20, as 100 percent of that day's sales will benefit Tripp Halstead. Several local businesses, including Dairy Queen and Zaxby's in Winder, have donated a portion of a day's sales to Tripp, who remains hospitalized after being seriously injured Monday, Oct. 29, at Cribs to Crayons Daycare in Winder when a tree limb weighing several hundred pounds fell and struck him in the head. But Casey's is the first restaurant that has announced its plans to donate 100 percent of sales to the Halstead family. Casey's will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Follow updates on Tripp's condition on this Facebook page. Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow …
Kristina M Bennett
9:48 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I think it has been completely tasteless that you have promoted today's charity event by Casey's repeatedly and have failed to mention that Locos and Arby's will both be going a charity event today; in fact, I know that Casey announced his after one of these other businesses and to me, that was also tasteless. We should be spreading these events out, especially with the holidays coming so that … more ›