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By Julianne, March 21, 2011, Charity & Community, News
Japan was hit with the one of the largest earthquakes every recorded which caused a tsunami to slam into the country's eastern coast. This disaster left thousands dead and many more missing.
Over the course of Bounce Energy's short history, we've contributed to many causes to help build awareness of diseases and funding for charitable organizations. In the past, we've donated to the American Heart Association, Toys for Tots, the Texas Food Ban [...]
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By energy_linguist, January 11, 2011, Charity & Community
This Valentine's Day is truly about getting to the heart of it all ... quite literally actually.
At Bounce Energy, we're teaming up with the fine folks over at the American Heart Association to raise money in support of its mission to getting Americans healthy.
Joining the cause for cardiovascular health is simple:
We're giving $1 for each new Facebook fan and $1 for each new Twitter follower of the American Heart Association, now throug [...]
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Charity & Community, Energy Efficiency, Green, Save Money»
By Eliza, December 16, 2010, Charity & Community, Energy Efficiency, Green, Save Money
This year don’t forget to include the planet on your Holiday gift list. Since this is one name that most of us fail to remember, below are some ideas for perfect gifts to give to planet Earth.
Buy a living tree- With artificial tree sales rising, it is important to consider the planet and what’s best for it. Instead of the artificial tree, buy the real thing and participate in treecycling this year. Besides it’s also a natural air fresh [...]
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Charity & Community, Special Offers»
By Eliza, December 8, 2010, Charity & Community, Special Offers
From December 6th through the 21st, Bounce Energy will be giving special gifts to customers who sign up with a fixed rate plan of 6 months* or longer. These are Bounce Energy’s 12 Days of Christmas Specials.
Today's gift is the gift of giving. On behalf of customers who sign up for a fixed rate plan of 6 months or longer, Bounce Energy will be donating a toy item to Toys for Tots for every sign up. Bounce Energy wants every child to h [...]
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By Julianne, November 30, 2010, Charity & Community, News
For children, the holidays means a time for gifts! When I was little, I looked forward to waking up Christmas morning and opening presents. I spent the rest of Christmas day playing with the toys I received. Unfortunately, some families are not able to afford new toys for their children on Christmas. Toys for Tots is an organization that collects and distributes toys for charity.
Toys for Tots act like Santa's helpers. They start collecting to [...]
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By Julianne, November 4, 2010, Charity & Community
Bounce Energy is helping feed the hungry this Thanksgiving season. We know how important it is to have a warm meal during Thanksgiving so we will be donating to Texas Food Bank Network. The Network is made up of 19 member Food Banks that serve all of Texas through 3600 agencies. The Texas Food Bank Network member organizations provide emergency food for an estimated 2,064,300 different people annually in Texas.
To help donate, all you have to [...]
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Charity & Community, Green»
By Julianne, October 15, 2010, Charity & Community, Green
Bounce Energy will once again be helping Bayou Buddies and Redbuds at their Annual Planting on the Parkway event happening this weekend. The event will be happening at Tapley Tributary near downtown, off Allen Parkway. Participants of the event will be treated to food from FreeBirds and cold beverages from St. Arnold's Brewery. This is guaranteed to be a fun event that will also help improve the habitat quality within the Houston bayous.
It is [...]
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By Julianne, October 11, 2010, Charity & Community, News
Last month, Bounce Energy donated $2500 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas. The Make-A-Wish Foundation was among the number of charities nominated in Bounce Energy's "Nominate Your Charity" campaign. We asked our Facebook fans and followers which charity we should donate to. After a month of voting, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas received the most number of votes. The Nominate Your Charity campaign was among the list of c [...]
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By Brooke, October 5, 2010, Charity & Community
It's that time again for the "27th Annual National Night Out (NNO)." This is a great reason to get outside, enjoy the nice change in weather and spend some time with your neighbors. For those of you who don't know your neighbors, this could be a good excuse to get to know them. So get ready for tonight's National Night Out!
Note: The rest of the nation celebrated this event on Tuesday, August 3.
A brief background on the event, NNO was es [...]
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Charity & Community»
By Brooke, October 1, 2010, Charity & Community
On Saturday, October 2, 2010, Bounce Energy will be participating in the 20th Annual Komen Houston Race for the Cure. With over 30,000 participants, including 1,600 breast cancer survivors and 1,200 volunteers, it is always an inspiring and moving event. Funds raised from this event support breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs for the community.
So join Bounce Energy and the thousands of Houstonians in this great cause [...]
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By Julianne, September 30, 2010, Charity & Community, News
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. The chance that breast cancer will be responsible for a woman's death is about 1 in 35 (about 3%). Death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1990, with larger decreases in women younger than 50. These decreases are believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness, as well as improved treatment. - American Cancer So [...]
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Charity & Community, News»
By Julianne, September 17, 2010, Charity & Community, News
Every month, Bounce Energy has given back to the community by supporting local charities. Bounce Energy has generously made contributions to a number of different charities to help in relief efforts to aid in hunger and natural disasters, raising money for cancer and AIDS research, providing school supplies for impoverish children, and many more. From August 17th till September 15th, we asked our friends on Facebook which charity should we donate [...]
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