Posting by Leah
When: Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 8:00pm
What: Join “RedLight Children’s Red Carpet Cocktail Reception” A Benefit to Fight Child Sexual Exploitation. RedLight Children presents a pre-fashion week benefit whose proceeds will go towards the battle to end the demand for child slavery and exploitation. This red carpet event will feature a one-hour of free signature drinks, a silent auction with unique items and experiences, gift bags, a private wine tasting for our VIP guests, and a chance to party with a purpose. The event will showcase a special collection of one-of-a-kind handmade dolls created by over fifty emerging artists and designers from across the world and donated by project Made to Give, an organization that seeks to comfort children in distress by both providing them with unique dolls created by artists and designers and raising money for charities that benefit children. Confirmed celebrity guests include Mater Cohen, international model featured on Models of the Runway and Project Runway, and Kevin Navayne, actor and Cavalli/Ralph Lauren model.
Where: Tenjune, 26 Little West 12th Street, New York
RSVP: General tickets are $65 in advance; VIP tickets are $125 and include a special VIP section, hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting and a special VIP gift bag. For more information and tickets please visit www.redlightchildren.org All proceeds will benefit RedLight Children, a global human rights nonprofit organization aiming to end the demand for child slavery and exploitation.
About RedLight Children: The Office of Victims of Crime, US Department of Justice estimates that “the number of people trafficked each year range from 600,000 to over 2 million” and “it is estimated that regardless of the overall number fifty percent of those victims are children. In order to fight this growing epidemic, RedLight Children was founded in 2004 as a campaign to raise public awareness about child sexual slavery and exploitation. In 2008, the U.S. Department of State recognized RedLight Children’s efforts by awarding Founder and Filmmaker, Guy Jacobson and Priority Films’ partner, Adi Ezroni with the Global Hero Award for their work. Since its inception in 2004, RLC’s board members have been the keynote speakers at over 1,000 major high-profile events, screenings, panels and conferences in over 120 countries and its work has been featured in over 5,000 major media sources throughout the world, including ABC, Fox, CNN, BBC, Showtime, the NY Times, the Washington Post. Join RedLight Children today to “Expose It. Fight It. End It.”
