(Red)Auction Rakes in $42.6 Mil
February 14, 2008
Contemporary art collectors–including Queen Noor, Martha Stewart, Anna Wintour and Russell Simmons–showed their love today by bidding $42,584,300 on 82 works donated by artists to Bono and Damien Hirst’s The (Red) Auction at Sotheby’s.
All $ raised will go to the The Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa.
Five early birds got the $…
November 29, 2007
…if not the house in yesterday’s Dream House Raffle Early Bird drawing (at which a total of $43,500 was awarded).
A $2.1 million CA Dream House will be awarded at the Grand Prize Drawing on February 9, 2008 (as will 349 other prizes ranging in value from $300 - $25,000). All proceeds raised will go to Community Action Marin.
Price of each raffle ticket (the ultimate adult stocking stuffer): $150.
Polly Pocket Philanthropy
October 30, 2007
A Rumer Willis Polly Pocket doll garnered $5500 for the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation at the Dream Halloween Benefit auction in Santa Monica last weekend.
Raffle Prize: $2.1 Million California Dream Home
September 5, 2007
Community Action Marin is raffling off a $2.1 million house in order to fund its mental health, homeless, childcare, food, & HIV/AIDS programs. The 4400 square-foot “dream home” (bay views, chef’s kitchen, library suite, infinity pool, gated entry) is located in San Rafael, CA. Each raffle ticket costs $150. For more information, go to www.camarin.org. For photos of the house, check out www.marinraffle.com/Photos.aspx.
Elton John’s Invite
August 3, 2007
“Forty million people are infected with HIV. Eight thousand die every day. We have both the moral obligation and the power to end this epidemic. Do we have the will? I know I do, and I pledge to remain committed to this cause for the rest of my life. Won’t you join me?”
–Sir Elton John, founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation
Beyond Violet Eyes
July 17, 2007
“It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.”
–Elizabeth Taylor, who started the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) with Dr. Mathilde Krim and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF). Taylor became an AIDS awareness & fundraising force when Rock Hudson, her friend and Giant costar, was dying of AIDS.
“I am not happy that I am sick. I am not happy that I have AIDS. But if that is helping others, I can at least know that my own misfortune has had some positive worth.” –Rock Hudson, who gave amfAR its first major grant (1/4 million dollars) before he died in 1985.
Be a Biker With a Cause in Europe
June 20, 2007
Amsterdam AIDS Ride. July 28th-August 4th. Bike by day. Sleep sweetly in a floating hotel by night.
Italian AIDS Ride. September 8th-15th. Ride through the medieval towns of Central Italy. Devour deliziosi home-cooked Italian meals.
Minimum fundraising requirement for each rider: $1,500. 100% of funds raised will go to beneficiaries. Official beneficiary of these two rides:
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Register to ride or pledge your support at www.rfac.org.
