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Official 3rd Annual Gerald Levert Birthday Block Party July 10-12 The Official 3rd Annual Gerald Levert Birthday Block Party {In Support of Battered & Abused Women} July 13th is just around the corner! If you haven't already started making your plans to attend this year's Gerald Levert Birthday Celebration Weekend it is time to get it in gear! Bring YourselfBring Your Families & Bring Your Friends...4 Everyone Is Invited... As we give honor and pay tribute to one of Cleveland's own! July 10-122009~ RADIO ONE & THE LEVERT FAMILYFRIENDS & FANS will show the City of Cleveland who our favorite suave, smooth TeddyBear really is and will forever continue to be. Also we will be paying a special tribute to Sean Levert. FridayJuly 102009 The Official 3rd Annual Gerald Levert Birthday Block Party {In Support of Battered & Abused Women} Location: Gerald Levert Lane (E 25th Street)Cleveland Ohio 44114 Radio One 2510 Saint Clair Ave NE ClevelandOH 44114 Time: 12noon-3pm Free FoodEntertainment & Fun Kim Johnson of WZAK will be doing a live broadcast during the Block Party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AfterParty-Hosted By Radio One 2020 Martini Lounge & Cafe-In The Flats Gerald Levert Tribute Time: 7-11pm 2020 Center StClevelandOH 44113 (216) 776-0202 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SaturdayJuly 112009 Gerald Levert Celebration Weekend Luncheon & Silent Auction A special event for all the loyal supporters of Gerald and Sean Levert over the years. Only limited space is available for this event. A portion of the ticket price will go to the Levert Foundation an organization started by Eddie and Gerald not long before his death. The mission of the Levert Foundation is to keep the arts in the lives of children. Your attendance & support at this event will help to do just that's please get your tickets ASAP! Time: 1-4pm Location: Residence Inn - Downtown Cleveland Smith Room 527 Prospect Avenue ClevelandOH 44115 (216) 443-9043 To purchase tickets please go to www.foreverlevert.com/activities and purchase your tickets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LeVert II Pre-Release Party Dedication Celebration for Gerald & Sean Levert Club Alchemy-The G-Spot Lounge Time: 9pm-1am 1575 Merwin Ave-In The Flats ClevelandOhio 44113 (216) 574-8958 Admission: $20 price of admission includes: Dedication CD & Lives Performance & Horsedovers A portion of the ticket price will go to the Levert Foundation LEVERT II~~"Whatever you do be DEDICATED!" levertii.ning.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For The Love Of Gerald & Sean Levert From our thoughts to our memoriesFrom our days to our nights. From the east to the westFrom my love and my brother that I write. From the sadness we shed when you both went awayBut in our hearts and minds you Gerald & Sean will forever and always stay. We speak to you both in our dreams but don't say a word. Life means everything even to a little bird. Almost 3 years Gerald1 1/2 year Sean since we last saw youThree long years of deep pain and sorrow. Tearful eyes gazed in sadnessLoosing you both leaves us with a hole of blackness. Shutting out the light that we'll never to seeR.I.P. Gerald & Sean you both mean everything to me! Mi aime jou~{ I Love You} Always FamilyFriends & FansThe World ~Our Irreplaceable You~ www.respectance.com

Help me to create and EPIDEMIC of ACTS of KINDNESS around the world!

Any act of KINDNESS, however small can seem big in the eyes of the receiver.

Being kind is an enjoyable experience. It makes you feel good, and useful, and alive, and it validates you as a human being.Kindness is a very personal thing, it is a "heart to heart" experience. And the more personal and spontaneous your kindness becomes, the greater the positive effect on both you and the receiver of your kindness.

Offering an act of kindness signals that you notice the individual. You are indicating that you are not caught up in your own world to such an extent that you don't see the needs around you. You see people and their unique situations. You see the individual.

Givers of kindness draw others into their circle. "What The World Needs Now" is more people who are prodigals in cordiality and spendthrifts of acts of kindness people who love to share warmth and acceptance. They provide the warmth of fellowship and friendship that is so much needed by those who are fighting against the cold of society's attitudes.

Acts of care and kindness can be simple. It is the simple thing,that is so easy to do and that we most often overlook. Believe it or not but when you "wave" at people, you are helping them to feel noticed and included, and that makes them feel good. And making another person feel good is an act of care and kindness.Making the decision to be a little kinder will bring more pleasure and direction to your life than ever before,acts of kindness helps to promote a sense of meaning and fulfilment in both the giver and receiver.

Little words and acts of kindness, little words and acts of love, makes us all feel special and important! It shows that we truly matter. For tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strengths and resolutions that we offer one another as we live our daily lives. If you start to give of yourself, be it ever so simple a fashion, the world will observe your spirit and show you many needs that you can supply. There are a hundred ways of giving away little margins of time you will never miss, which could be riches to someone.

Treat everyone as if they have a sign around their neck saying, "Please help me to feel good about myself." When we make the choice to care, we set into motion a snowball effect that touches many people, most of whom we will never know about...truly never underestimate the importance of an act of kindness. For a miracle is never lost. It may touch many people you have never met, and produce undreamed of changes in situations of which you are not even aware.

We are all born into families and cultures we didn't choose, given names we didn't pick, instructed in behaviour and values we might not have freely chosen, and too often we end up expected to live lives designed by others. Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. Remember that there could never be enough "I Love You's " said. That Love is a "Way of Living", and not something that you just give. And always remember and never forget that if we cannot do great things, we can do small things with great love.

You'll never change the world by telling people what they should or shouldn't do. Teach by example....be the living proof of the joys of kindness. People's admiration will be such, that they'll fall over themselves to emulate you. You make people happy and you bring happiness to yourself when you do unexpected acts of kindness without fanfare and without thought of reward. I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know is that the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve others through their giving of self.

When I look back at my experience of being confronted with my death and ask myself what, in that hour, were the memories I treasured, I have little difficulty in answering. I cared not at all for my personal success but what I did care about were the thoughts that I had made a few others happier, that I had done a few acts of kindness along the way, and that I had captured the respect, friendships and love of others be it friends or strangers.

Strive to acknowledge something good in everyone you meet - their skills, their qualities, the positive impact they have on the world around them. Let this be your gift to them. What wisdom can we find that is greater than kindness? For everyone appreciates a compliment! Kindness is essentially self-communicative. Those who do not have it, catch it from those who do have it, and it goes on gathering power and spreading itself, until eventually it transforms everyone whom it touches....Our acts of kindness warm the coldness of people's lives!

What are or will be your of Acts of Kindness, as you leave your Legacy behind?

Much Love & Big Hugs
MzGloria