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.@makerswomen is giving away red carpet tickets to star-studded premiere of the documentary "MAKERS: Women in America"! aol.it/W9viAG

- AOL PR (@AOLPR) January 15, 2013

A team of 17 AOLers took part in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night walk in New York last week, raising nearly $5,000 to fund research and support for people battling cancer.

During this event, which takes place each fall in more than 200 communities across North America, friends, families and co-workers form fundraising teams to participate in inspirational evening walks. Participants carry illuminated balloons - white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer - to symbolize caring communities bringing light to the dark world of cancer. The team's three-mile walk took place along the East River.

An important part of AOL is about giving back to the community. Find out more about our social responsibility program by following this link.

If you would like to contribute to AOL's New York team effort you may do so on its team page.

New York AOLers 'Light the Night' aol.it/Tx0FHT

- AOL PR (@AOLPR) October 10, 2012

Today, Patch debuted the new version of its site with a friendly new design in five Long Island, NY test towns. Patch's Chief Content Officer Rachel Feddersen shared the news on the Patch blog:

Along with its vibrant, friendly new design, the site has had an overhaul in how it works, enabling users to customize their interface, share and follow stories with their neighbors.

We want Patch to fit in with the everyday life of the community, and all the people, places, and groups that make it thrive. It's a more neighborly hub of common interests and activities - where learning, sharing, and doing things together is easy. Plus, it's just plain fun to use.

Read more about the new design over on the Patch blog, or check out one of these sites for yourself:

• Bellmore, NY
• Garden City, NY
• Levittown, NY
• Long Beach, NY
• Merrick, NY

Where's the one place that journalists, advertisers and hilarious Internet memes gather each Spring? Internet Week New York, of course! This year's conference will be held May 14-21, and in the spirit of the open web, IWNY is putting the power in the hands of the people.

As part of their extensive schedule of programming, IWNY has held 8 panel slots open allowing industry experts to Make The Stage by submitting their own panel ideas in the following areas: Advertising, Entertainment, Fashion & The Arts, Impact, Mobile, Social Media, Start Ups and Technology.

This year, AOL has submitted two panels that are up for voting:

• "Building Social Content & Taking It Places" - A look at how AOL is uniquely positioned to create social content by mixing premium content and conversation with AOL's Senior Vice President and Head of Sales Strategy, Marketing and Partnerships Janet Balis.
• "True Tales From The Interest Graph: Big brand perspectives on how to leverage what people like" – Join AOL's Social Media Director Matthew Knell, along with Katie Richman from ESPN, Katie Morse from Billboard Magazine and Katy Kelley, VP at Cohn and Wolfe, for a panel called focused on how big brands are starting to use the new generation of interest graph sites (such as Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram) to focus their communications on things people like.

Now, we'd love YOUR help to make these panels happen! The panels that receive the most votes will secure spots on the Stage at Internet Week NY.

To vote for "Building Social Content & Taking It Places", click here.

To vote for "True Tales From The Internet Graph", click here.

Please note, you will be required to create a login/password and users are allowed to vote only once.

Learn more about Make the Stage and Internet Week 2012 here, and stay tuned for more news about AOL at Internet Week NY in coming weeks.

Help @AOL "Make the Stage" at Internet Week aol.it/HusycN

- AOL PR (@AOLPR) April 9, 2012