Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 1:00PM Charity events kick-off March calendar
The weather may be vacillating wildly between lamb and lion, but the social mood in San Francisco stays steadfastly charitable this month as a variety of events and fundraisers take place around the bay including:
Saturday, March 5
SF Public Works Presents: Mission United, a celebration of all things 'Mission' benefiting San Francisco General Hospital, Root Division, and SF Smiles. Drinks, food, entertainment and Mission-centric trunk show featuring locals Skunkfunk, Five and Diamond, Miranda Caroligne, Unavakin, Isso Shop, Mission Statement,Marie McCarthy, Jenna Schmidt and Ginne Designs. Extra value: $5 cover when you "like" the event of Facebook.
Saurday and Sunday March 5 & 6
Oakland Museum of California's White Elephant Sale is back, with 96,000 square feet of treasures waiting for your discovery. With 17 departments within the sale including sporting goods, books, furniture, art, electronics, vintage clothing, and speciality boutique items this Wild, Wild White Elephant Sale is bound to have something for everyone. Proceeds go to fund on-going programs at the Museum; for more information including details on the free shuttle to the sale from Fruitvale Bart visit the official event page.
Saturday, March 12th
En Vogue, the 17th Annual Art Inspiring Hope Gala
Since it's inception in 1982, The Okizu Foundation, and Camp Okizu have helped thousands of children and their families who have been affected by childhood cancer. A key event in raising funds for the programs and services provided by the foundation and its camp, The 17th Annual Art Inspriring Hope Gala will feature a local designer runway show, silent auction and local celebrity Emcees. Indivual tickets $250, with 10-person table sponsorship available. For more information please visist the official Okizu Foundation web home.
PLANNING AHEAD FOR APRIL:
Tickets are now onsale for Charity Fashion Show at Fort Mason Center April 2nd.
Formerly an on-campus, Stanford-student run event, Charity Fashion Show is now produced by Beyond the Dresses Public Relations, whom have moved the production to San Francisco in order to "revamp the productionto make every seat feel like front row...and to open modeling opportunities and volunteer positions to the entire Bay Area."
Each season Charity Fashion Show selects a beneficiary for the event; this year's choice will be The Princess Project, a non-profit organization that promotes self esteem among young women by providing free prom dresses and accessories for high-school aged girls that could not otherwise afford them.
Director of Public Relations for Charity Fashion Show, and owner of Beyond the Dresses, Thom Scher told SW via e-mail "No exact percentage of ticket sales goes to The Princess Project, but rather all positive revenue from the event. We're partnering with The Princess Project to increase awareness, promote a clothing drive that we will be donating a number of dresses to them directly, and then to make the final monetary donation. Moreover, CFS remains committed to its goals of promoting a diverse conception of beauty on our runway -- and raising awareness for that."
Tickets for Charity Fashion Show are available on a two levels, Priority at $80 which includes "complimentary wine tasting, guaranteed second row seating, a high-end gift bag, and special early entry" and General Admission at $50 which includes "wine tasting, access to the pre-show lounge, open seating in rows 3-6 as well as special offers from a few of our sponsors."
Cynthia Anderson
The designer list for Charity Fashion Show at Fort Mason Center 4/2 has been released, and on it a few surprising non-local names, such as hugely influential designers Richard Chai and Naeem Khan. As of press time there has been no confirmation as to whether or not attendees will be seeing the same pieces that were shown at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, or whether the designers themselves are making the trip to San Francisco, but for anyone who has not had the pleasure of attending these collections in New York, the Charity Fashion Show presentations are sure to be a rare treat.
In addition tot he bold-face names listed on the Charity Fashion Show line-up there are nearly 38 local acts also showing, making the evening a marathon style event, the likes of which the local industry has not seen before.
A limited number of tickets at both the priority ($80) and General ($50) level are still available, however organizers told SW they are moving quickly and interested parties should visit the official event site ASAP to purchase a seat while they can.