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There's Another Program for Using Your Doubloons. Eva Barkoff. The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. March 20, 2008.

After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Kevin Donahoe developed the idea of collecting flooded and unflooded doubloons to benefit this project, as well as other projects. The following articles appeared in the Times-Picayune in 2005 and in the Times-Picayune in 2008 on the "Doubloons for Cancer" Project. An article also appeared in 2009 in Where Y'at Magazine on the 50th Anniversary of the Mardi Gras doubloon created by the Rex Organization. If you have any doubloons to donate, please contact Kevin directly at: Kevindonahoe@aol.com

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It's been about six weeks since the official end of Mardi Gras in Jefferson Parish. And if you have doubloons around the house you have no use for, consider donating them to Metairie resident Kevin Donahoe, who will put them to good use.

Donahoe has maintained an ongoing cancer tribute called "Four-o'clocks Around the World." The aim of the project is to have the four-o'clock flower as a unifying symbol of hope for people battling cancer.

Donahoe began the project in the spring of 1994, after the death of his father, Jim, as a tribute to him. On the web site - www.symbolofhope.com - Donahoe seeks individuals to donate doubloons, which will be recycled on the web site to benefit the project.

The four-o'clock flower seeds are offered free by Donahoe and the project has spanned across America and to more than 100 countries around the world. The donations Donahoe receives go toward mailing costs as well as cancer research. "My dream has always been that the four-o'clock flowers serve as a unified symbol of hope for persons battling all forms of cancer," Donahoe said.

For his project, Donahoe received the Points of Light Foundation award, a national award which honors volunteers for the impact of their work in their communities.

Four-o'clocks are an annual plant in the North and a perennial plant in the South that bloom from spring until the first frost. The four-o'clock flower opens after 4 p.m. in the afternoon, hence the name of the plant.

If you wish to donate doubloons, contact Kevin Donahoe at the web site, Http://www.symbolofhope.com.

Hey mister! Don't throw out doubloons. Souvenirs of past Carnivals can benefit a worthy cause. Doubloons Turn 50 - Ringing through history There's another program for using your doubloons. Text version of this article Text Version of this article Text Version of this article
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