Life is good® Holds Pumpkin Festivals Across America

GoodBiz113 profilee Life is good® ["Life is good® Festivals Unite Communities, Help Kids Face Unfair Challenges"] is at it again. With the help of generous communities across the country, Life is good Pumpkin Festivals will go even further in 2007 than in a record-setting 2006. In 2006, the good folks of Boston set a new Guinness World Record by carving and lighting 30,128 jack-o'-lanterns at a single festival in Boston, Mass.

Pumpkin Festivals Across America
Thanks to LIG partners at Newland Communities, the Life is good Pumpkin Festival will be celebrated in eight different states from coast to coast this year. Eleven festivals will take place this Saturday, Oct. 20. Bring your pumpkin and best smile to the festival nearest you. Visit the Newland Communities festival website for information on their efforts.

Two more Life is good Pumpkin Festivals will take place the following weekend -- on Saturday, Oct. 27, and Sunday, Oct. 28. Those festivals will be held in Dallas, Tex., and in Hudson, Ohio. Click on the links below for information on all of these fantastic events:

ARIZONA
Goodyear, AZ -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/

CALIFORNIA
Rocklin, CA -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/
San Diego, CA -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/

FLORIDA
Apollo Beach, FL -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/
Tampa, FL -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/

GEORGIA
Flowery Branch, GA -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/

MARYLAND
Clarksburg, MD -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/

OHIO
Hudson, OH -- www.firstandmainhudson.com/Events/index.aspx

TEXAS
Dallas, TX -- http://www.dallaspumpkinfestival.com/
Humble, TX -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/
Katy, TX -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/
Pflugerville, TX -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/

VIRGINIA
Ladysmith, VA -- http://www.newlandpumpkinfestival.com/

Spotlight on HomeAid
HomeAid, a leading national nonprofit provider of housing for today's homeless, is the major beneficiary of Life is good Pumpkin Festivals hosted by Newland Communities this year. HomeAid builds and renovates multi-unit homes for America's temporarily homeless while they rebuild their lives. The organization has provided housing for more than 75,000 individuals around the country.

Festival funds will be provided to HomeAid projects targeting children and families with children. For more information on HomeAid, click here.

Buy a Festival Tee!
Can't make it to a Life is good Pumpkin Festival this year? Add a 2007 Pumpkin Festival Tee to your wardrobe and support kids in need!

Per usual, Life is good will donate 100% of the profit from fundraiser T-shirt sales to children's charities. Short- and long-sleeve Pumpkin Festival Tees -- in fresh, new colors and sizes for the whole family -- can be purchased here.

Photo: The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University [CDIA]
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July 7: Life is good® Takes Fun, Fundraising Fest to Fenway

Those funmeisters at Life is good® are at it again -- this time, at Fenway Park, home of Boston's beloved Red Sox baseball team. Yep, this Saturday, July 7, 2007, the balls, discs [AKA Frisbees], peanuts, watermelon seeds and even a few T-shirts are going to fly.

New Foundation Serves Kids in Need
Since GoodBiz113 profiled Life is good® last December ["Life is good® Festivals Unite Communities, Help Kids Face Unfair Challenges"], the company has formed its Life is good® Kids Foundation, "to improve the physical, emotional and social well-being of children."

Via charitable community fundraising events held near LIG's Boston headquarters and at sites throughout the U.S., plus sales of special LIG products, the foundation supports innovative not-for-profit groups that "help strengthen joy and connection in children's lives." Special emphasis is placed on supporting underserved children and those recovering from the trauma of exposure to violence, poverty, and natural disasters.

Life is good® at Fenway: The Lineup
This Saturday, from 11 a.m to 6 p.m., Fenway Park's stands and concourses will be filled with activities, games, contests, shows and giveaways all day long for the entire family.

Among the day's activities:
* Dunk-a-Yank Tank
* World's Biggest Game of Catch
* Peanut Pitching
* Scavenger Hunts
* Dugout Photos
* Football Fling
* Magic Shows
* Bubble Gum Blowing Contests
* Face Painting
* Spin-to-Win
* Batting Cage
* Seed Spitting
* Soccer Kick
* Arts and Crafts
* Dog Bowling
* Baseball Speed Pitch
* Double Dutch
* Snaggle

Of course, lots of "ballpark food" will be on hand. Plus, family-friendly music will be performed by SteveSongs, American Idol sensation Ayla Brown, the Neil Diamond tribute band Super Diamond, and, finally, the Gin Blossoms.

Tickets for Life is good® at Fenway
Tickets are general admission: adults, $20; and kids [ages 3-12], $10. To order in advance [highly recommended!], go to: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=22406&agency=FENWAY2&pid=6020442.

All proceeds from Saturday's Life is good® at Fenway event benefit the Red Sox Foundation and Project Joy, two not-for-profits that "go to bat" for kids in need throughout Greater Boston.

2007 Watermelon Festival Tees
Can't get to Fenway Park, but still want to spread good vibes and help kids in need? Buy a Watermelon Festival fundraiser tee! When you do, the Life is good® Kids Foundation donates 100% of the profit to children's charities!

The shirts, adorned with a colorful and smile-inducing Watermelon Festival design, are available in men's, women's, boys', girls' and tots' sizes at Life is good®'s online store: http://www.lifeisgood.com/festivals/buy-a-festival-tee.aspx.
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