Supporting Tony Hawk’s mission to bring free, quality public skateparks to youth in low-income areas across the U.S., celebrities joined together at the exclusive Green Acres Estate in Beverly Hills for the 6th Annual Tony Hawk Foundation Benefit. Attending the exclusive function were the elite of Hollywood including Tommy Lee, Tom Green, Danny Way, Victoria Beckham, Chris “Big Black” Boykin, Jon Favreau, Mat Hoffman, Chuck Liddell, Terry Kennedy, Fred Durst, Johnny Knoxville, Travis Barker, Erik Estrada, Verne Troyer, Tom DeLonge, Perry Farrell, David Spade, Mark Hoppus, Paul Rodriguez, Jr. The event emcee was Sal Masekela.
One of the tenets of VacationHomesforCharity.org is to assist and educate non-profits and charities to the concept of best practices concerning fundraising. In our relentless pursuit of opportunities for our participating charities, we desire to pass along relevant information from valuable fundraising tips to seminar opportunities Q&A’s with our partner charities and non-profits.
During late October, “The Giving Back Fund” is coordinating a Two-Day Intensive Fundraising Summit for Sports and Entertainment Philanthropy Professionals in Santa Monica, CA. We at VacationHomesforCharity.org wish to pass the information (below) on to those who may be interested in attending including links for registration.
“Huge!!” is the only word out of the usually verbose Michael McFadden, co-founder of VacationHomesforCharity.org (VH4C). Nancy Progar, coordinator of VH4C added in more eloquent prose “To be honest, generating $50,000 from four events over a 5-day period was beyond our forecasts. Even in this period of economic uncertainty, those willing to assist will come to the aid of those in need.”
The four events generating $50,000 include:
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