K.I.D.S. and Fashion Delivers to honor 4 industry leaders at gala event
-- Kids Today, 8/28/2009 8:58:00 AM
NEW YORK – Global charity, Kids in Distressed Situations is partnering with not-for-profit organization Fashion Delivers to honor four fashion industry leaders for outstanding philanthropic commitment. They will be recognized at the annual fund-raising Gala Event on Nov. 4 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel here.
This year’s honorees include:
John Daly, president of Trade Finance C.I.T. Group Inc. who will receive the Fashion Has a Heart Award;
Andrew Hall, president and CEO of Stage Stores who will receive the Retailer Award;
Gary Simmons, president and CEO of Gerber Childrenswear, LLC who will be honored with the K.I.D.S. Lifetime Achievement Award; and
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street, which will receive the Humanitarian Award.
“Under normal circumstances, assistance to families and children challenged by homelessness or natural disasters is astounding, however, add to this the current state of the economy where far greater numbers are in need, and these humanitarians are the heroes of our times,” said Peter Rosenthal, president of Rosenthal & Rosenthal and chairman of K.I.D.S.
Since the devastation of Katrina, Fashion Delivers and K.I.D.S. has provided several million dollars of new product in relief, and daily enhances the quality of life of those less fortunate.
“This could never have been accomplished without the generosity of our fashion community,” said Allan E. Ellinger, chairman of Fashion Delivers Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The yearly sell-out Gala Event will offer tables at $50,000, $25,000, $15,000 and $10,000. There are a limited amount of single tickets available.
Proceeds of the event will be donated to children and families in need through K.I.D.S. and Fashion Delivers. Over $1.3 million was raised from the 2008 gala event for both organizations.
K.I.D.S. is a 24-year-old global charity of leading retailers, manufacturers, and licensors of children’s and youth products committed to helping improve the lives of children and their families who are ill, living in poverty, or are the victims of natural disasters.
Fashion Delivers is a four-year-old not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide products from all parts of the fashion and related industries to victims of natural disasters and those in need. Fashion Delivers and K.I.D.S. work with the network of 1,000 K.I.D.S. local agencies to distribute products quickly and directly to recipients.
For more information about the event and K.I.D.S., visit www.kidsdonations.org. For more information about Fashion Delivers, visit www.fashiondelivers.org.
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