On Saturday, April 2, nearly 900 people attended the Prospect Park Alliance’s Toast to Tupper Gala in New York City. The Gala was dedicated to the Alliance’s former President Tupper Thomas, and raised almost $1.3 million to help support the care and restoration of landmark Prospect Park.
Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® is the nation’s premier culinary benefit dedicated to making sure no kid grows up hungry. This is San Francisco’s premier tasting event dedicated to ending childhood hunger.
On March 23, 2011, the Darfur Stoves Project held their first fundraiser at the Press Club in San Francisco. With well over 100 people in attendance, guests mingled while enjoying wine and treats, including chocolates generously donated by San Francisco-based chocolate company, TCHO.
What better evening could a donor enjoy than attend a dinner where each course is exquisitely paired with a fabulous wine? Then add a dash of floral decor, the sparkle of a jazz band and a Live Auction of custom-designed scooters and you’ve created a memorable event that guests look forward to each year.
Whether your first event or your fiftieth, you can always learn something new about being the ideal committee member. It’s all about balance: doing too much versus too little, being a leader versus follower, and sticking to your tasks versus going outside the box. Read our tips for committee members and master that balance so that you can put it into practice on your next project.
On February 9, 2011 the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building opened as the headquarters for the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UC San Francisco.
Over 300 high profile young professionals congregated at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco in honor of Friends of Larkin Street Youth Services First Annual Gala. The proceeds from the event went to fund Larkin Street’s 25 different programs serving homeless and at-risk youth in San Francisco.
On January 29, 2011, the San Francisco Symphony held its 11th Annual Chinese New Year Concert and Celebration in Davies Symphony Hall.
Layne Gray sat down with Co-chairs of the Conard House 50th Anniversary Fundraising Gala, Mylea Charvat Walther and Donna Ames-Heldfond to talk about their upcoming event. This first time fundraiser, being held on Februrary 24th in San Francisco, CA has a lot to offer.
Sororities are all grown up: They provide numerous professional, social and leadership opportunities for today’s collegiate women.
