This event has passed, but whoa — this awesome community of stache-donners and -lovers and arm wrestling fans helped raise $5,858 for Habitat for Humanity of Durham’s Women Build. Click here for pics of the event. On April 30 from 2-5PM, LUEWWD is partnering again with Bull McCabe’s to bring you LUEWWDstache: Beauty and …
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UPDATE: LUEWWD XIV: Double O LUEWWD was awesome! More than $7,500 was raised and will go towards Partners for Youth Opportunity’s Girls Empowerment Project. Thank you to everyone who attended. The contestants and entourages were incredible. Photos to be posted soon! We are already having a blast planning LUEWWD XIV: Double O LUEWWD with its beneficiary Partners …
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Have you been thinking about ways to meet cool people in within the Durham? Do you secretly wish that Halloween was more than once a year so you can find another reason to dress in costume? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk in Sylvester Stallone’s footsteps in “Over the Top”? …
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Every Sunday following a LUEWWD event, the organizers and other LUEWWD family members gather in the morning to clean up the venue, piece together the night before, and then relive the event highlights over brunch. Needless to say, as we sipped our mimosas and bloody marys at Alivia’s this past Sunday, there were plenty of moments of …
Read More “LUEWWD X Delivered $9,000+ to Durham Connects!”
LUEWWD X: We Deliver! benefiting Durham Connects Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:00 Social Games and Brews opens 7:30 LUEWWD X guests are welcomed 9:00 Main event begins $5 General Admission What’s “on tap” for you at LUEWWD X? We’re so excited to welcome local business Triangle Brewing Co. as our new LUEWWD sponsor. We …
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Have you been thinking about ways to meet cool people in within the Durham? Do you secretly wish that Halloween was more than once a year so you can find another reason to dress in costume? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk in Sylvester Stallone’s footsteps in “Over the Top”? …
Read More “Arm Wrestle at LUEWWD X: We Deliver!”
Us LUEWWD organizers are already missing our former headquarters as we start prepping for LUEWWD X because, as you may or may not have heard, Casbah’s doors closed forever on January 1st. When we hosted our very first event at the James Joyce Irish Pub, it was quite clear that we needed a bigger place …
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Thank you to everyone who attended LUEWWD IX: Nailin’ It! Between pre-event fundraising efforts and on- and-off-stage shenanigans that happened on September 7th, $10,132 was raised toward Habitat for Humanity of Durham’s 2013 Women Build. This total breaks our record for most funds raised at a single event. Champion: Monster Cookie Madame Moneymaker: Reba …
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Thanks again to Habitat for Humanity of Durham for sharing a wonderful story from one of their special build projects. Habitat has been a great partner in getting ready for the upcoming LUEWWD IX: Nailin’ It! charity fundraiser on September 7th. [This article was initially published in The Durham Herald on May 5, 2013.] The …
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Preliminary total of $9,484 raised at LUEWWD IX: Nailin’ It! So close to Habitat’s goal of raising $10,000 toward the 2013 Women Build from this event. Let’s get them to the goal! DONATE BUY TICKETS! VOLUNTEER! DONATE! RSVP! LUEWWD IX: Nailin’ It! is taking place on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Casbah (1007 W Main …
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