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- 06/16/2010 - The Israel Cancer Research Fund Women of Action benefit
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- 06/09/2010 - 2010 Whitney Art Party
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- 06/08/2010 - City Parks Foundation's 25th Anniversary SummerStage Gala
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- 05/29/2010 - Kites for a Cure Family Benefit
- 05/26/2010 - Black Alumni of Pratt 20th Anniversary
- 05/25/2010 - NYU KiDS Springlfing Gala 2010
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- 05/20/2010 - The Pink Agenda Annual Spring Gala
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- 05/20/2010 - The Child Study Center Foundation Benefit
- 05/20/2010 - Oceana's Junior Council Spring Cocktail
- 05/19/2010 - Martha Graham Dance Company 2010 Gala
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- 05/18/2010 - 17th Annual Gridiron Gala
- 05/17/2010 - 2010 Theatre Museum Awards
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- 05/13/2010 - Pratt Institute Fashion Show After Party Honoring Catherine Malandrino
- 05/13/2010 - American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Gala
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- 05/13/2010 - The Carter Burden Center for the Aging’s 2010 Annual Spring Benefit
- 05/12/2010 - The Spring Celebration Event to benefit Solving Kids’ Cancer
- 05/12/2010 - Bal du Printemps Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
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- 05/10/2010 - Lutheran HealthCare's 127th Anniversary Dinner Dance
- 05/10/2010 - Literacy Partners "Evening of Readings" Gala
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- 05/07/2010 - 69th Annual Bal des Berceaux
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- 05/06/2010 - Arts Connection Benefit
- 05/06/2010 - Collective Consciousness Gala
- 05/06/2010 - The 9th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon
- 05/05/2010 - Annual Spirit of the City Awards
- 05/05/2010 - The Salvadori Center Annual Cocktail Benefit
- 05/05/2010 - Central Park Conservancy Hat Luncheon
- 05/05/2010 - PetNet's Cinco de Mayo
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- 05/04/2010 - US Holocaust Memorial Museum New York Tribute Dinner
- 05/03/2010 - 2010 Costume Institute Benefit Evening at Metropolitan Museum Celebrated ‘American Woman’
- 05/03/2010 - 6th Annual Fur Ball
- 05/03/2010 - 2010 Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon
- 05/02/2010 - Legacy 2010 Gala
- 05/01/2010 - Bark in the Park
- 05/01/2010 - The Society of Young Philanthropists’ fundraiser
- 05/01/2010 - New York Junior League Spring House Tour
- 05/01/2010 - The Benjamin School's 26th Annual BASH Gala
- 04/30/2010 - The Art of Elysium Second Annual's Fundraiser “Bright Lights”
- 04/30/2010 - First Focus: Art Chicago Preview
- 04/29/2010 - Southampton Hospital Luncheon
- 04/29/2010 - New York City Ballet Spring Gala 2010
- 04/29/2010 - 5th Annual Poker4Life Tournament
- 04/29/2010 - ACRIA Unframed 2010
- 04/29/2010 - Young New Yorkers for the Fight Against Parkinson’s and the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
- 04/28/2010 - Christie's Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth
- 04/28/2010 - Crohn's & Colitis 17th Annual Women of Distinction Luncheon
- 04/27/2010 - The BCRF Hot Pink Party
- 04/27/2010 - City Opera Luncheon
- 04/26/2010 - Palm Beach Flappers Fundraiser
- 04/26/2010 - 31st Annual Sidewalks of New York Gala
- 04/24/2010 - POSH Benefit High Tea Party
- 04/23/2010 - The Point Suite Pop-Up Show
- 04/23/2010 - Hops & Grapes, Toasts & Tastes with LLS
- 04/22/2010 - YoungArts In the Studio Benefit
- 04/22/2010 - Project Morry's 14th Annual Spring Blast
- 04/22/2010 - Cocktails for a Cure 2010
- 04/22/2010 - The HUV Project Launch
- 04/22/2010 - A Toast to Brighter Futures
- 04/21/2010 - Made in New York Benefit
- 04/21/2010 - Scully&Scully celebrates Fund for Park Avenue
- 04/21/2010 - Twentieth Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon
- 04/21/2010 - HealthCorps’ Garden of Good & Evil Gala
- 04/21/2010 - Kismet for Kidsave
- 04/21/2010 - Watering Seeds Organization Gala
- 04/21/2010 - Images of LOVE benefit
- 04/20/2010 - Point Foundation “Point Honors – New York” Gala
- 04/20/2010 - Friends of the Children Friendraiser
- 04/20/2010 - 2010 ANNUAL CAN-DO AWARDS DINNER
- 04/20/2010 - 2010 Drama League Awards Nominations
- 04/19/2010 - Reach Out and Read of Greater New York celebrated its 11th Anniversary
- 04/19/2010 - BALLET HISPANICO SPRING GALA
- 04/19/2010 - The Collegiate Chorale's 2010 Spring Benefit
- 04/19/2010 - Pre-NFL Draft Spin Charity Event
- 04/17/2010 - UNICEF's Third Annual Message of Hope gala
- 04/17/2010 - Parrish Art Museum’s Spring Fling
- 04/15/2010 - The I Heart Teenok Party
- 04/15/2010 - American Museum of Natural History Museum Dance
- 04/14/2010 - City Harvest’s 16th annual, An Evening of Practical Magic
- 04/13/2010 - Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health Sports Ball
- 04/13/2010 - Tribeca Ball 2010
- 04/12/2010 - The Actors Fund Gala
- 04/09/2010 - Spring for a Cure
- 04/08/2010 - New Yorkers for Children Seventh Annual Spring Dinner Dance
- 04/08/2010 - 11th Annual Valentine Salon "Back To Basics"
- 04/07/2010 - Wild Wine Tasting
- 04/06/2010 - Somaly Mam Foundation Voices of Change Launch Party
- 04/06/2010 - "Connections": Infinite Family
- 04/05/2010 - 2010 Dressed to Kilt
- 04/05/2010 - 2010 Skating with the Stars Gala
- 04/03/2010 - American India Foundation New York Young Professionals Third Annual Benefit
- 04/01/2010 - The 2nd Annual A.E.R Walk With Style
- 04/01/2010 - East Side House Settlement Auto Show Preview
- 03/27/2010 - Children's Alopecia Project 6th Annual Spring Spectacular
- 03/25/2010 - The Cancer Research Institute's Young Philanthropists Council Cocktail Soiree
- 03/24/2010 - CCE Spring Luncheon
- 03/23/2010 - The House of Faith and Fashion Hosts Dexter Phillip
- 03/22/2010 - ABT 2010 Culinary Pas De Deux
- 03/22/2010 - The Grapes of Wrath
- 03/22/2010 - AMIT Young Leadership March Madness 2010
- 03/21/2010 - The House of Faith and Fashion Tea Event
- 03/20/2010 - NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE FOUNDATION HOSTED ITS THIRD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, CURIOUS III
- 03/20/2010 - Unveil Your Pink
- 03/20/2010 - FACE Africa’s 1st Annual Gala
- 03/20/2010 - Chappaqua Rocks Out for Haiti's Kids
- 03/18/2010 - New York City Opera’s Spring Gala and Opera Ball
- 03/18/2010 - DIFFA's Dining by Design
- 03/18/2010 - AIPAD Photography Show New York
- 03/17/2010 - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s New York Next Generation Board Speaker
- 03/16/2010 - New Yorkers For Children and Akris Cocktail Party
- 03/16/2010 - THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION HOSTS 32ND ANNUAL GALA TO BENEFIT NEW YORK’S FINEST
- 03/16/2010 - UJA's Annual REX Event
- 03/16/2010 - Real Estate Executives Benefit
- 03/13/2010 - MIR Charities Lanvin Fashion Show
- 03/13/2010 - Red Cross South County Gala
- 03/12/2010 - Bloomingdale’s Palm Beach Gardens Honors FoundCare Health Center
- 03/11/2010 - The WGirls NYC 2010 Ties and Tiaras
- 03/10/2010 - Oscar Night America Fundraiser
- 03/10/2010 - Evening of Ethical Shopping
- 03/09/2010 - JDRF Benefit: Walk to Cure Diabetes
- 03/09/2010 - The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's 19th Annual Bunny Hop
- 03/08/2010 - Eighth Annual Taste of Greenwich House
- 03/08/2010 - Gay Men's Health Crisis Culinary Fundraiser
- 03/05/2010 - Starlight Children's Foundation 25th Annual Gala
- 03/05/2010 - Saks Fifth Avenue Toasts FoundCare
- 03/05/2010 - Chicago Lights Carnaval 2010
- 03/04/2010 - 2nd Annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Dinner
- 03/02/2010 - American Ballet Theatre’s Junior Council and Quest Magazine
- 03/02/2010 - Hanley Center Foundation's 15th Annual Luncheon
- 03/02/2010 - ADAA 22nd Annual Art Show Gala
- 03/01/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball
- 03/01/2010 - Literacy Partners 26th Annual Evening of Readings Gala Kick-off
- 02/27/2010 - New York Junior League 58th Annual Winter Ball
- 02/27/2010 - 2010 GOTOs Annual Black-tie Gala
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Foster Care Month Inaugural Writer’s Workshop to Benefit the Rowell Foster Care Positive Plan
05/02/2009 - By Crowne Plaza Hotel Los Angeles Harbor
NATIONAL FOSTER CHILDREN SPOKESPERSON VICTORIA KICKS OFF FOSTER CARE MONTH WITH WRITER’S WORKSHOP AND ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT
The Who’s Who in Hollywood Give Back
New York Times Best-selling author, actress, philanthropist, and humanitarian Victoria Rowell kicked off Foster Care Month with an inaugural writer’s workshop for foster children at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Los Angeles Harbor on May 2, 2009 followed by the Admiral’s High Tea at Sea May 3, 2009 on board the beautiful Mariner of Seas cruise ship of Royal Caribbean International docked at the port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California. The event was sponsored by ING Americas and hosted by Royal Caribbean International.
May is National Foster Care Month. Rowell is the spokesperson for Casey Family Services, one of the key agencies spotlighting foster care in May. The Workshop kicked off the event followed by the Admiral’s High Tea at Sea to raise public awareness and funds to benefit the Rowell Foster Care Positive Plan (RFCPP).
The workshop, underwritten by Casey Family Services, included a star-studded array of panelists who worked with approximately 50 foster youth on how to express their feelings, thoughts, and emotions through the written word. Panelists included American Idol’s Rickey Minor, Isaiah Washington, Rolanda Watts, BET’s Charlie Jordan, ABC News’ Stephanie Wash, Myrna Colley-Lee, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Marva Allen. Participants had the opportunity to work one on one with the panelists. “It was an amazing gift,” offers Minor. “One kid wouldn’t even talk at first and now is writing like crazy!” Well received by all, the event was capped off by awards for innovative and expressive writing including the August Wilson Award, Langston Hughes Award, and the Terry McMillan Award. Jordan Brand also provided well-stocked travel bags and certificates for new athletic shoes for exemplary participation in writing.
The following day, the Admiral’s High Tea at Sea event, honoring author Terry McMillan and community leader Mrs. Christine E. Johnson (mother of basketball great Earvin “Magic” Johnson), brought out hundreds of guests and supporters. Each year the high profiled event attracts the Who’s Who in entertainment, business and the political arenas. Guests anxiously awaited the opportunity to participate in the highly-anticipated auction for their chance to bid on the latest in hats by milliners Patricia Underwood and Kokin. In addition, this year, RFCCP added couture fashion designer B Michael to the beautiful affair with several of his celebrated hats and two original designs; an evening cocktail ensemble and an enormously popular exit suit. Celebrities and guests were in bidding wars for the one-of -kind pieces. The auction also featured the work of artist Amailia Amaki. Entertainment was provided by R&B/jazz artist Lalah Hathaway. Actress/comedienne Kim Coles served as celebrity auctioneer and KNBC’s Chris Schauble served as master of ceremonies. Other guests include Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett, supporter and previous recipient of the Agatha Award, Hattie Winston, Cookie Johnson, Anna Marie Horsford, Tonya Lee Williams, Rolonda Watts and Kiki Sheppard.
“I remain awed and humbled by the support of foster children through this event,” says Rowell. “As a former foster child, I know how much it will mean to our children to be able to attend art classes, receive tutoring, and assistance with college.”
The Admiral’s High Tea event was sponsored by ING Americas, and hosted by Royal Caribbean International with additional support from Casey Family Services, UPS, Jordan Brand, KNBC-TV, Federal Express, and Southwest Airlines.
About Victoria Rowell
A versatile actress of theatre, primetime, daytime and feature films, Victoria Rowell is known around the world for her various roles. She has been nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy and awarded 12 NAACP Image Awards. Rowell is also a New York Times best-selling author of “The Women Who Raised Me,” published by William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The memoir received won an NAACP Image Award in the literary category for Outstanding Literary Work/Debut Author.
Since 1998, Rowell has been the national spokesperson for the Annie E. Casey Foundation's direct service arm, Casey Family Services. In 1990, she founded the Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan, which enriches foster children through artistic expression. Rowell has received the first National Arts Award from the National Association of Counties and the United Nations Association Award for her continuous efforts with foster care and adoption. In addition, Rowell has been honored as a National Angel in Adoption by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. Visit www.VictoriaRowell.com.
About the Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan (RFCPP)
RFCPP is an organization that provides structure, support and encouragement for foster youth through a variety of enrichment programs. RFCPP has awarded full scholarships for fine arts, sports and summer camps and offer job placement for emancipated foster youth. Companies that have provided jobs for RFCPP foster youth include E! Entertainment, Paramount Studios and Viacom. The charity is endorsed by United Parcel Service (UPS), the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the United States Conference of Mayors and American for the Arts.
About National Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month (www.caseyfamilyservices.org www.fostercaremonth.org), a time to raise the public’s awareness of the need for more people to make a difference in the lives of the 513,000 children and youth living in foster care in the United States. A partnership of leading child welfare organizations and advocates launched National Foster Care Month and its “Change a Lifetime” campaign to educate individuals and communities and stimulate their involvement in the hundreds of ways they can help meet the needs of those living in foster care. Now is the time to get involved and change the lifetime of a child.
RFCPP’s commitment and efforts to raise funds will continue aggressively throughout the month. To make your tax deductible donation visit www.rowellfosterchildren.org to learn more about Victoria Rowell visit www.VictoriaRowell.com.
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