Friday night, Korean promotional company Soul Lounge hosted an event here in New York City at Club Pacha, to showcase some of the city’s young up-and-coming fashion designers and kick off Fashion Week Fall 2011.
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SLAM doesn’t have much of a “party budget,” but we still get approached by folks wanting us to cosign their events all the time. Most don’t warrant a call back, but occasionally we find a winning match.
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Fashion, food, fundraising, and just plain old fun ruled the night at the “Fashion Rules!” Party hosted by Neiman Marcus Mazza Gallerie and DC Modern Luxury Magazine, as some of the world’s greatest designers and one of the District’s most delicious restaurants offered up their spring collections and delectables — all in support of the United Nations Foundation’s “Nothing But Nets” campaign to combat malaria.
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At first glance, it looks like any other colorful scarf, awash in beautiful pastels with intricate patterns. But a closer looks shows there is more going on than just fashion The scarf is covered with abstract lines of rows of oversize mosquitoes. The use of the insect in the design is intended to raise awareness of – and money for – a campaign to help save thousands of Africans from malaria.
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Vanderbilt senior Joe Duffy didn’t have to look far to find someone who has been impacted by malaria.
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A wide variety of legitimate charitable organizations raise awareness, help those in need and fight for worthy causes. However, the prevalence of charity fraud makes it necessary to use caution before donating your hard-earned money. A common way to protect yourself against scams is to check charity ratings compiled by major watchdog groups. Another benefit of checking ratings is it allows you to compare charities and helps you choose an organization to which you will donate.
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This weekend I’m joining President Clinton, Sean Penn and a host of other speakers at CGI University, which is essentially the student led version of the Clinton Global Initiative.
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Katherine Commale is a 10-year-old fourth grader from Pennsylvania. At the age of five she began raising money to purchase nets for children in Africa to help fight the spread of malaria.
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Monday, April 25 is World Malaria Day. This year, our friends at Nothing But Nets, UN Foundation and the Roll Back Malaria partnership are highlighting the work of individuals around the world who have dedicated themselves to the fight against Malaria.
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Elizabeth McKee Gore works at Ted Turner’s UN Foundation and oversees Global Partnerships there. She told me the cool story about creating Nothing But Nets five years ago. The UN Foundation wanted to help cure the world of malaria. Her bosses charged her to develop a strategy to build a public campaign.
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