Momma Hawk has literally gone to the dogs.

 It all happened one day in June 2003 when absent from work due to a seizure when the doorbell rang.  Wondering who on earth was coming to see her Momma Hawk, struggled to get the door.  To her surprise, was a deputy from Chicago Public Schools who handed her a letter that stated she had been fired from Chicago Public School after 34 years of superior service.  With no further explanation, or understanding, Momma Hawk reviewed the document and retreated in disappointment.  While it has since been proven that there was no credence to the allegations, the lies and character slaying came from her trying to be a blessing to adults who had been rejected in the school system and was in need of a job.  Little did Momma Hawk know that these teachers would rise up and defame her character to get the job that she was in line for as the principal of Paderewski.  Her salary plummeted from 90,000 dollars a year to zero in less than 24 hours.  After years and years of feeding and clothing our westside children, educating them to success, d building their self esteem, this renowned educator found herself kicked to the curb and soon to be forgotten.

Watching the local news one morning, Momma Hawk became aware of pets that were homeless and hungry and in need of love.  She had decided that this would be her new venture in life and so she enlisted in the battle to save our animals.  It was then that Princess Zoray came into her life.  Princess is a miniature pinscher that had been badly abused by a family that had small children. Momma Hawk took her in to foster, and care for until an adopted family could be found.  Months passed and soon years and no one had claimed her.  After having a serious seizure, Momma Hawk's doctor told her that she needed to consider a service animal that would alert her before she went into a full blown seizure.  They showed her all kinds of beautiful animals that could assist, her but Momma Hawk did not want two dogs, and she was not ready to release Princess.  It was at this time that Princess was suggested for training, and became a faithful and loyal seizure alert animal. 

Because of her small size and short hair, Princess showed signs of always being cold.  Due to her lack of income, Momma Hawk could not afford to buy the cute boutique clothing that is featured at local businesses, so she decided to reinvent the wheel.  Using a variety of fabric, she recycled items and created the most unusual outfits that became the conversation starters when she walked her up and down the street. Everyone wanted to know where those cute outfits came from and there began the birth of Princess Paws Couture.  Princess Paws Couture began with just cute outfits for small dogs that weigh under 15 pounds and has now grown to feature some furniture ideas, gourmet biscuits and meals, dogweavables (dog wigs)  nail care, bling bling ear rings, and other cute accessories.  What makes this business so endearing is that it is a personal pooch one stop shop.  Clients call for an appointment and time and attention is spent with that client until everything is decided. Within five days from the placement of that order, the client can happily come back and get their items gift wrapped in a beautiful pink and black packaging.

Due to the economy, there is a price for everyone.  Items can be as low s $20 .00 and can go as high as $1,000 dollars depending on what the client wants.  Momma Hawk specializes in working within the budget of her clients.  One client commented that she had only $30.00 and wanted a really cute - one of a kind coat for her shi zhu.  Momma Hawk showed her the fabrics that fit within her budget, allowed the client to select her trims and style and within five days Matsy was dressed to the nines in her designer coat.

Momma Hawk has found that the loyalty and love from rescue animals, exceed her expectation of what humans have to offer.  After her disappointing ordeal with Chicago Public Schools, Momma Hawk feels that animals are more loyal, more appreciative, more deserving and more worth her time and energy at this venture in her life.  She has no regrets about the hundreds of children that she has been able to empower, love and motivate to be a success in our society.  However, at this point in her life, she has fallen in love with dogs and her mission is to take them from rescue to royalty giving them the best lives ever and making sure that all that they need is provided for.

Momma Hawk's new goal in life is to host a Rescue to Royalty Talk Show for dogs and share with others how to give them the best of everything at an affordable price.

It doesn't matter if you're a dog lover or not, every living species needs love. Dog give unconditional love, and Dr. Momma Hawk specializes in making your pooch, the talk of the town, with one of kind designer dog gear!

News Update:
As seen on Dateline NBC, 
People Magazine 
Essence Magazine!
Also
Mama Hawk Day in City of Chicago, 
by Fomer Mayor Richard Daley
 

Portion of proceeds benefit
Royal Thrift Store for Pooches
and local Rescue Centers!

Order Early! Weekly Delivery!
 http://princess-paws-couture.com

email
princesspawscouture@gmail.comprincesspawscouture@gmail.com

Social Media Marketing

• If you are looking for funding to build your business, this is the most important announcement of the year.

Did you know that you can raise money by having friends, family, colleagues, suppliers and vendors invest in your business, completely legally? There is new legislation that allows small and medium size companies to raise funds online. It's called a DPO (Direct Public Offering) as opposed to an IPO (Initial Public Offering). It allows companies to offer shares to family, colleagues, angel investors, suppliers, vendors and customers without the huge hassles of national registration, quarterly filings and reporting, meeting EDGAR and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, NASDAQ or NYSE filings, etc. etc.

The CrowdFunding World Summit is a FREE virtual event, broadcast online from December 3rd through 16th. You can listen from anywhere.

This is the best way to become a CrowdFunding expert or learn how to raise money for your business with CrowdFunding, both here and abroad.  

 

 THE SEC HAS FINALLY RELEASED THE RULES ALLOWING DPOS, and this FREE online summit will show you exactly how to do this. There are over 65 expert speakers from a wide variety of government & private organizations, including:

* Six U.S. Senators
* Daniel Gorfine, the Milken Institute
* Amy Cortese, the New York Times
* Douglas Atkin, Guggenheim Partners
* Barry Sheerman, MP of the UK Parliament
* Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson VC firm
* Moi, Mike Crosson, SocialMediopolis.com
* over 40 additional high level, expert speakers

Check out the lineup here:

http://crowdfundingworldsummit.com/signupnow?orid=225&opid=3 

It's free to attend online for members and friends, thanks to generous sponsorship by Microsoft, Small Business & Entrepreurship Council, OntraPort, America's SBDC, Cutting Edge Capital, Guggenheim, One Spark, Green America, Ethical Markets and many others.  

 

 How to attend:
1: First: Register here: http://crowdfundingworldsummit.com/signupnow?orid=225&opid=3

2: Then: Check your inbox on December 3rd for email instructions to log in to the Summit.

That's all! Feel free to share this event with your friends, colleagues and business partners that might be interested. It is the most important fund-raising conference of the year and it is totally free.

Here's to your success!
Mike Crosson
Moderator & Founder
www.SocialMediopolis.com

 

still missing! www.WheresMyBrother.com

As the holidays approach, we see people we haven't seen in a long time!
While you're looking, see if you recognize this missing baby, who was stolen at birth!

Check out this story and help Mary Shelton and her 100 year old mother find their baby boy!

roma boots changing one child's life at a time.

HLN had the pleasure of meeting the young man behind the vision.
Just look how much of a difference a boot can make in the life of a child.

Where America’s youth go online to avoid Mom and Dad

Guys,

Please read the below article and pass to OTHERS in the community.

Where America’s youth go online to avoid Mom and Dad

Ø Snapchat

If your kids aren’t on Facebook, where are they? Try Snapchat. There’s no need to burn after reading: This app’s files self-destruct. The service is designed for savvy teenagers who don’t want to leave an Internet footprint. Released in September 2011, users can send “Snaps” — photos or videos — that last between 1 and 10 seconds, depending on the limit set by the sender. It already has 100 million users and 350 million snaps sent daily, according to a spokeswoman for the app. Twenty-six percent of 18- to 29-year-olds with cellphones use Snapchat, according to Pew Research Center, compared with 5% of 30- to 49-year-olds and 3% of 50- to 64-year-olds. Parents might want to monitor and check in on their kids’ social media activity from time to time, says Kelli Krafsky, coauthor of the book “Facebook and Your Marriage,” but “Snapchat is impossible to check.”

—By Quentin Fottrell

Ø Pheed

Launched in November 2012, this mobile app allows users to create and share videos, photos and voice tracks, plus make live broadcasts and share posts of 420 characters or less. Pheed reached 1 million users six weeks after launching and, last March, announced that it had 3 million users. It’s on track to double that by the end of the year, according to Steve Goldberg, a company spokesman. Pheed has never advertised or bought users, Goldberg says, “everything is organic and by word of mouth.” Around 84% of its users are ages 18 to 25. “When teenagers started using apps, Facebook was already a standard,” he says. “They never went and searched for their social network; it was sort of handed to them as the only option.”

Ø PicsArt

This app has lofty goals: Develop a “social art community,” and bring art to children around the world. Created by developer Artavazd Mehrabyan, the free photo-editing app and drawing tool PicsArt was released in November 2011. Since then, it’s exceeded 77 million downloads on mobile devices. Approximately 20% of users are between 13 and 17 years of age, and over 40% are between 18 and 24, according to a spokeswoman for the company. (She declined to comment on the number of active monthly users.) More teenagers, particularly girls, are moving toward niche sites where they can be more creative, says Jeanne Connon, chief marketing officer of FPgirl.com, a marketing firm that analyzes fashion, technology, trends and relationships among young girls.

Ø Tumblr

The microblogging site may still seems like it’s the Little Engine That Could, but now it has the might of Yahoo behind it. Yahoo bought the service in May for $1.1 billion. Started in 2007, it has racked up more than 144 million blogs and over 65 billion posts, according to the company’s website. Tumblr is also blending blogging and social media as users can post photos and videos. Over 60% of teenagers ages 13 to 18 use Tumblr, while 57% of 19- to 25-year-olds use the service, according to a 2013 survey by consumer research company Survata and blogger Garry Tan. Sites like Tumblr are aimed at teenagers, who don’t express a high level of concern about third-party access to their data; just 9% say they are “very” concerned about privacy, according to Pew.

Ø Vine

Twitter launched Vine — a video-sharing app — on iOS in January 2013 and on Android in June 2013. It has already attracted 40 million users, according to a Twitter spokeswoman. Like on the 140-character microblogging site Twitter, on Vine, less is more: Vine videos must be six seconds or less — not exactly in the same league as the director’s cut of “Blade Runner.” Still, visual sites like Instagram and Vine are the new ways teenagers are communicating and sharing, says Kristy Reynolds, professor of marketing at the University of Alabama. Exact figures on Vine’s age profile are difficult to pin down: As with Twitter, people can create a Vine account without providing their age. However, 26% of teenagers rate Twitter as an important social network.

Stay Safe and Alert!!!

Later, Leroy Duncan

Beat Facilitator

25th District Police Department

Speed Networking

PRESENTS   Speed Networking for Chicagoland Professionals  Thursday, November 14'th, 2013 Evanston Public Library 1703 Orrington Avenue Evanston, IL 60201 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm  $25 - Includes Kosher refreshments (non alcoholic)        REGISTER NOW   REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11'TH, 2013       The value of just one connection can lead to numerous opportunities, imagine if you had 10 new and targeted connections...and better yet, you have the opportunity to pre-select the types of people you want to meet!  SEATS ARE LIMITED Don't delay and make your reservation and selections today and start creating new opportunities for you and your business. ADVANTAGES  Pre-select the types of people you want to meet Avoid the awkward feeling of trying to meet new people Increase your opportunities of meeting the right people No need to feel awkward about ending a conversation that has no benefit Take advantage of an effective, efficient and fun business networking program Connect with new business professionals that appreciate networking and sharing knowledge  Watch Speed Networking In Action REGISTER NOW

SPEED NETWORKING MYTHS

Myth:     Speed Networking events are for young professionals only.  Reality:  Facebook was supposed to only be for college kids....right....SpeedNetworking events are showing up at major conferences and corporations such as the American Bar Association, Corporate Compliance, PepsiCo, World Presidents Organization and many others.  The demographics are consistent through all age brackets. Myth:      Speed Networking events are for sales people only. Reality:   Organizations of all types have been turning to speed networking events to engage in peer to peer networking, mentoring, cross selling, team building,  referral sources and many other networking formats.  Fortune 500 companies have also incorporated speed networking events internally to enhance team building and much more. Myth:     You can't build a relationship in 5 minutes. Reality:  We absolutely agree.  Speed Networking events shouldn't set the expectation you are going to meet the person that will do a deal, have the answer, give you a contact on the spot.  Theseevents are meant for initiating new relationship which will need to be fostered over the short and long term to ensure a positive outcome.