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You Have Now Entered the Not-So-Secret Headquarters of The Non-Toxic Avengers....Welcome! And so it begins...the adventure of a lifetime! After many skillful clicks of the mouse at the ungodly hour of 6am PST, The Non-Toxic Avengers have secured our place in the mighty Mongol Rally 2010! In just 10 short months, we will thunder forth from the UK, headed east in search of excitement, adventure, and some semblance of a road in the deserts of Mongolia. But that's not all... Never content to simply play by the rules, we're upping the ante in this game, making the 10,000 mile trek in a carbon neutral "greasecar" converted to run on pure vegetable oil, with the goal of obtaining 100% of our fuel from Waste Vegetable Oil collected from restaurants and fast food outfits along the way. With the state of our environment a monumental global concern, it is our goal to prove that adventure can be had, and it is possible to make your mark in the world, without leaving a footprint behind. Sounds crazy, you say? All the more reason to do it! We have mountains of preparations ahead of us, and a fortune to raise for some amazing charities, and we plan to keep you all posted every step of the way! So stay tuned for plenty of mischief, mayhem, and madness. We promise, you won't be disappointed!
Sincerely, Non-Toxic AvengersRockin' the Fundraisers!Left at
Posted by Jenna at 10th March 2010 at 20:54
Good news! As it turns out, Communications Officer has a VERY cool boss over at TGI Fridays in Newington, New Hampshire! Not only is she cool with him taking two months off of work to participate in the rally this summer, but she is so supportive of what we're doing, that she has graciously offered to host a fundraising event for us at the restaurant!!
Sooo, come one, come all on Wednesday March 31 to TGI Fridays in Newington, New Hampshire for a special "Classic Rock" themed Non-Toxic Avengers Fundraiser, featuring drink specials on classic rock themed cocktails (A "Grateful Dead", anyone?) and Boston beer, the always-fantastic Fridays menu, and more!! Details are being finalized as I blog and will be updated soon, but we guarantee it will be a very special event!
Also, before I sign off, I want to extend a BIG thank you to Tenley Woodman of the Boston Herald for the wonderful article that appeared on PAGE 2 of today's paper! Here's hoping it helps kick-start our lagging charity donations! We're itching to start donating to the Brad Delp Foundation, but we can't until we meet our requirement for Mercy Corps, so please help us rally the troops to get the rest of the way there and beyond!
Oh, and have I mentioned recently that we love Oilybits.com?? Because we do!! Check out their website!! Log in to leave a comment. A Bittersweet DayLeft at
Posted by Jenna at 9th March 2010 at 19:17
Hopped online today to find that we got a surprise write-up in the Boston Globe, in honor of the third anniversary of the passing of Fearless Leader's father, Brad Delp. The added press has helped brighten an otherwise tough day for us, and we hope that it helps bring in some donations so we can meet our minimum rally requirement ($1700) quickly, allowing us to then get started raising money for the Brad Delp Foundation, in his memory! Remember, no donation is too small to make a BIG difference to us, and to the world!! We love and miss you, Dad!!
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Posted by Jenna at 1st March 2010 at 18:56
Alright so we've now successfully conqured both Radio in New England, and Television in Los Angeles...what do to next? How about the internet?!? Our Facebook site has jumped to 210 fans and counting, we FINALLY bought www.nontoxicavengers.com so you all don't have to type in that silly long URL anymore to find us here (and our new home page is being "pimped" by Tech Commander as we speak), and the link to our segment on CBS2 News Los Angeles is LIVE!! For those of you not in the LA area, check it out HERE !!
Okay, internet pretty well conqured...NOW what??? Print media here we come! Keep your eyes peeled for a very interesting (and fantastically well written) editorial, soon to appear in Our Green Book Magazine....details to follow...
Last, but not least, since we're on such a roll with all the links in this blog (don't say we never gave you plenty of fun stuff to look at while you're bored at work!), let us take a moment to honor our sponsor Oilybits.com for being an amazing company full of amazingly wonderful people! If you want to go biodiesel (or veg oil) they've got everything you need! Check 'em out!!
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Posted by Jenna at 24th February 2010 at 05:19
....The Avengers are controlling transmission! Yes, ladies and gents, it's true...we have taken over the airwaves! Come Sunday night, all of Los Angeles (well, at least all those up til 11pm) will be introduced to the Mongol Rally, and The Non-Toxic Avengers via a segment on the local CBS/KCAL News, immediately following "The Amazing Race". We taped this afternoon, and I think it went pretty well, considering that neither Tech Commander nor Fearless Leader have much experience at giving interviews, and are still building their PR muscles! Got in a good couple mentions of our wonderful sponsor, Oilybits.com, and talked up our charities a pretty good bit as well, so we're hoping the segment will bring forth donations and sponsors galore! Communications Officer (on the East Coast) was sorely missed, but a lovely photo was provided, so he was there with us in spirit if not in person! At any rate, after our story airs, we're told it will be posted online, so we'll be sure to post the link on our press page for those of you not in the neighborhood! Oh, and we also spent the remainder of the afternoon dreaming up new fundraising ideas...have a feeling it won't be long until we reach our rally minimum! We will now return control of your Television set to you...Until next time.... Log in to leave a comment. It's a Boy!!Left at
Posted by Jenna at 11th February 2010 at 23:11
Break out the cigars, everyone, we have a Boy!!! We Avengers are proud to be able to introduce you all to Baldrick, our new little French Fry! Check out our vehicle and gallery pages for photos galore and prepare to be stunned into silence by his sheer awesomeness! We've still got a lot of work to do to turn him into the veg oil burning beast that will be carrying us forth to Mongolia, so be sure to stay tuned to follow his transition!
In other news, the wheels are turning once again as we work on planning more fundraisers, both in New England and in Los Angeles, so rest assured we will have a lot more charity money coming in in the near future! In the meantime, big thanks go out to our two newest donors, Terri Lee and WECAM (WE Care About Music)! We appreciate the love and welcome you into the Honorary Avegers club!
So check out the photos of our new sexy beast, keep the donations coming our way, and help us spread the good word about veg power all across the world! Log in to leave a comment. What a Day!!Left at
Posted by Jenna at 1st February 2010 at 23:32
Okay okay....here it is...the announcement you all have been waiting for....it's official...WE HAVE A CAR!! All of Fearless Leader's Ebaying has finally paid off as we took posession this weekend of our new little "French Fry", a white 2001 Citroen Saxo hatchback! Okay so WE didn't technically take posession of it ourselves as we're all still Stateside, but luckily we have a great friend by the name of Peter Vickers who was happy to go and pick it up for us, and transport it all the way from Ipswich to North Wales, which, for those of you who are not familiar with the layout of the UK, is a good 7 hour trip...and we are stoked to announce that he made it the entire way without incident, and reports back to us that the car seems "very robust" (despite a passenger window that won't roll down, and a taped on driver's side mirror, which we think just gives it character)
And now for the real kicker....as we're basking in the glow of a good report from our newly aquired vehicle, we receive an email confirming our very first SPONSOR!! The good people at Oilybits.com have generously agreed to sponsor us via a donation of materials we need to convert our car to run on veg oil, along with some other bonus goodies (solar showers? awesome!) in exchange for some fabulous publicity, so we couldn't wait to get the word out! Veg oil has been used as fuel in diesel engines since way back in 1900, and what was old, is new again! Tired of hiked up gas prices? Do something about it!! It's easier than you think! Let Oilybits.com show you the way!!
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Posted by Jenna at 11th January 2010 at 20:07
Ah, 2010...the year we head East...FAR East...in search of adventure (and vegetable oil!), and the rollercoaster ride has already kicked into full gear! We had a car, thanks to some tireless (no pun intended) Ebaying by our Fearless Leader, but before we had a chance to pop the champagne we had lost it again, NO thanks to one VERY shady Ebay seller!! We secured three new donations over the holidays thanks to new Honorary Avengers Sherry Smith, The Goudreaus, and Ron and Lee Delp...We have been getting some fantastic radio plugs in the great city of Boston, thanks to DJ Brett Richards at 100.7 WZLX, and we are in the planning stages of some more great fundraising events...and yet we are still without much needed sponsorship to help us offset some of our trip's mounting costs! So in short, you win some, you lose some, but we're a tough and determined lot, and in the end, we'll get it done, Avengers' style (translation: by the seat of our pants!) Stay tuned right here for all the highs and lows along the way....
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Posted by Jenna at 21st December 2009 at 23:10
And so our first fundraiser, a holiday house party at "Chez Bogart" in the Hollywood hills, has come and gone and we are now officially 1/4 of the way to our first fundraising goal! Thanks go out to all of our attendees/new Honorary Avengers who made our first effort a resounding success! Good times were had by all, and the check is now on it's way to Mercy Corps!
As the holidays approach, we are gearing up here at Avegers' HQ to celebrate each of our team members' birthdays (Two of us on the 24th and the third on the 29th!) and the coming of the New Year, which we are confident will bring in heaps of charity money (and hopefully a rally car!). Rest assured, the wheels are still fully in motion, and you will be hearing much from us in 2010! Until then.....
Happy Holidays to All!!!! ~The Non-Toxic Avengers
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Posted by Jenna at 14th December 2009 at 02:53
In yet another wonderful turn of events, the Non-Toxic Avengers have just secured a massive and fantastic radio plug courtesy of 100.7 WZLX, Boston's BEST classic rock radio station! We love you Brett, and are so glad to have you in the Honorary Avengers Club!! We also welcome new member Eloy Gomez and send our love to him as well, as we prepare for our first team fundraiser held here in Los Angeles, deep in the Hollywoodland Hills!! We're totally pumped, and it's only gonna get better from here! Keep rockin' everyone!!!
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