She's the First Soiree: Success!

In case you missed our Newsletter announcement this morning (subscribe here if so!), here’s a report on the smashing success of our first birthday benefit bash, the She’s the First Soiree!

Dear She’s the First Supporters,
On November 1st, we celebrated our first birthday in New York City…

Carrie Spindler of GoodieBox Bakeshop, with singers Cara Salimando and Shontelle. Our shared wish: universal girls’ education!

…Our goal was to sponsor one year of education for a girl at the world-class Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project in India. This includes her fees for school, housing, meals, medical needs, and recreation.
AND WE DID IT!
We also raised enough to equip the She’s the First*{Campus} network with fundraising materials, so they can multiply sponsorships in 2011…we are going to trace this impact on shesthefirst.org throughout the year so you see exactly what your dollars achieve!

Before we show you some photos and videos below, and invite you to raise a hand (adorned with a She’s the First bracelet, of course!)
to help in 2011…allow us to say,
first and foremost, thank you,
from our team and the girls at Shanti Bhavan!

Thank you from Shanti Bhavan
Girls of Shanti Bhavan
In Case You Missed It…
Photos by Kate Lord, Marc Hall, Leah Konen. Videos by Chamber Images & Shanti Bhavan.
We’ll have more pics and a Soiree recap video soon!
DJ Kalkutta
DJ Kalkutta pumped up the party! See Flickr Albums.
JoJo
JoJo gives a happy birthday greeting. Play!
Shanti Bhavan girls
Shanti Bhavan premiered a video featuring their girls’ love of learning and the importance of their education. Play!
bracelet
shesthefirst.org/gifts

Designer Asha Patel flew in from Atlanta to officially launch the She’s the First bracelet with us! Asha designed these ID bracelets exclusively for She’s the First and is donating 20% of proceeds for girls’ sponsorships at Shanti Bhavan and the Kenya Education Fund, inspiring partners of She’s the First. Buy one for yourself – or as holiday gifts!

Raffle winner
Special thanks to our raffle donors & ticket buyers — including Gayle King, editor-at-large at O, the Oprah Magazine, who donated a signed Tory Burch handbag!

Our Volunteer ‘Soiree Squad’:
Ale Foresto | Arianna Davis | Carla Blumenthal | Charreah Jackson | Cynthia Hellen | Devin Tomb | Elyssa Marcus Kaitlin Davis | Leah Konen | Lauren Strupp | Rachael Datello | Rebecca Brown | Steph Guzman | Steph Rushford | Bridget Monroe

Photo & Video:
Kate Lord Photography
Marc Hall Photography
Paul Mac Cracken

Food & Beverage:
Conundrum and Meiomi Wines
GoodieBox Bakeshop
BakedSweets.com
Pop Burger

Sammy Davis
DJ Kalkutta
iNFiN8

Asha Patel Designs & George PR
Jon Lazar, Live Tweets
Designer Jessica Campione
Ajit George & Bradley Broder
Universal Motown

Raffle Donors:

Victoria’s Secret Beauty | Elizabeth and James | Gayle King | Time Stands Still on Broadway | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Sammy Davis Vintage | Nigel Barker | Gillette Venus | CitySlips | POP Beauty | Jessica Chan | Steven Madden | Shana Dressler

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  • Cheryl

    Now that’s what you call a “Party with a Purpose”, and everyone had a great time. Congratulations on your success STF!