Around Mid-November, Peterson’s will be carrying an exciting new vitamin drink called ‘Activate’.

From activatedrinks website:

After finding that vitamins and other healthy ingredients lose potency sitting in water, we went out and found a way to stop drowning the vitamins in drinks. By storing the active ingredients inside our unique, patented cap, separate from the water, ACTIVATE’s vitamins stay fresh, potent and offer a convenient way to get a healthy dose of the nutrients your body needs.

ACTIVATE’s formulas are designed to help you maintain a healthy, active lifestyle. Using the freshest, highest quality ingredients kept fresh and potent inside our cap, we offer a Core Line of drinks for everyday health maintenance – featuring Vitamin, Immunity, Energy and Antioxidant. We also offer a line of Workout drinks, packed with electrolytes and vitamins, available in four flavors – Grape, Passion Fruit, Lime and Grapefruit.

ACTIVATE drinks contain 0 sugar, 5 calories and are sweetened with Stevia – a remarkable non-caloric herb native to Paraguay that has been used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer for centuries.

This is absolutely fantastic.

From the CreativeCares website:

CREATIVECARES & DAA JOIN FORCES FOR GOOD

Tue – 31 Aug Written by CreativeCares

CreativeCares and Disability Aid Abroad (DAA) will celebrate their partnership and local presence at an art exhibition and charity benefit at City Hall sponsored by City Commissioner Dan Saltzman on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 5:30pm. The show will feature an installation of photos from a recent DAA project at the Mehayo Centre for Disabled Youth in Tanzania, as well as the release of the first CreativeCares Photobook from the trip, called “Changing The Face of Disability”. Both the book and the gallery-size photos will be on sale to benefit the CreativeCares mission.

Several local businesses such as Sol De Uco Winery, Red Bull,  & Carafe Restuarant will providing refreshments & Hors d’oeuvres  for the event.

“I hope this can be a night for people from all walks of life to come together and celebrate for a good cause,” said CreativeCares Founder Burk Jackson. “I think everyone will see how storytelling through photography can profoundly impact someone’s life, and that they will want to get involved.” It was that same realization that led Jackson to team up with DAA Founder John Coghlan in the first place. “After [Coghlan] told me about the [Mehayo Centre] and its challenges, I thought it would be a perfect scenario for CreativeCares to help them tell their story,” said Jackson.

Coghlan and Jackson traveled to Tanzania in June to document the lives of the disabled children living at Mehayo, many of whom have been abandoned at its gates due to social stigma. Jackson spent time deeply involved in the lives of the children, and the images he captured there will be on display in the Portland City Hall atrium from October 21st 29th, beginning with the charity benefit Thursday night.

Jackson founded CreativeCares to help non-profits find and use the skills of philanthropic members of the creative community to further their impact. CreativeCares and DAA will continue to work together for social change in Portland and around the world.

Release of Changing the Face of Disability photobook by Burk Jackson

USnaps photobooth

Wine provided by Sol de Uco

Beer provided by Widmer

Refreshments by Red Bull

Light bites by Carafe Bistro

http://www.disabilityaidabroad.org/

http://www.creativecares.org/

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Okay folks, have we got some great news! Peterson’s is proud to announce another new lineup of quality sodas to our inventory. Searching far and wide along with suggestions from our customers, here are some of the old and new kids on the block that you will now find chilling out in our coolers.

Each name listed below the photos represent a link to more information regarding that brand of soda.

Cock n’ Bull, Faygo, Waialua

Sparky’s, Blenheim, Dublin Dr. Pepper

Bubble-Up, Jackson Hole, Kutztown, Eli’s

JOLT

Green River, Filbert’s, Leninade, Guarana

Looks like Orange, tastes like Grape

Purple Stuff

Are you thirsty yet?