events
gala for good
On May 19 2011, Founder Melissa Kushner and photographer Andrea Tese co-hosted the 2nd Annual gala for good at Industria Superstudio. The gala featured a photography exhibit by Ms. Tese, and silent and live auctions of Tese’s work to raise money for goods for good’s tailoring and capacity building programs.
Bidders in the front row included luminaries from the worlds of fashion, media, politics, finance, real estate, and royalty: Mario and Matilda Cuomo, HRH Princess Tatiana of Greece, Behati Prinsloo, Valerie Boster, Natalie and Sebastian Echavarria, Marissa Sackler, Coralie and Dennis Paul, Eleonore Marchand, Chessy Wilson, Kipton Cronkite, Soraya Darabi, Brad Livingstone Black, David Gruning, Marc Kushner, Lucia Tait, Caroline Owens, Be Inthavong, and Nazy Nazhand.
After the auction, guests continued to enjoy cocktails and the infectious music of DJ Jamie Biden. The amount raised by the event totaled more than $250,000, including generous contributions from goods for good supporters and donations from Merck and IAC.
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fashion’s night out at steven alan
Thank you for joining us for our Fashion’s Night Out event with designer Steven Alan. On September 10, 2010, guests came out to the Steven Alan Tribeca boutique for a Fashion’s Night Out event. Guests enjoyed cocktails by Boyd & Blair Vodka, the music of DJ Megan Offer, and shopped for a good cause - 20% of proceeds from special items went to benefit our programs.
nextgen africa
On June 14, 2010, goods for good hosted the NextGen Africa forum with the Vice President of Malawi, the Honorable Joyce Banda, key NGOs and experts in the field met to discuss the challenges facing Africa’s 50 million orphans. The evening began with a private networking reception for over 35 nonprofit organizations, followed by a public forum, which featured a keynote address from Vice President Banda, and a Q & A discussion panel with Dr. Jane Aaronson of WorldWide Orphans Foundation, Ann Veneman Former Executive Director of UNICEF, Vice President Joyce Banda and moderator Claire Gaudiani.
Thank you to all of those who participated in NextGen Africa. You’re involvement helped make the event such a success.
malawi: images of progress
Malawi: Images of Progress, a photography exhibit and auction by Brian Marcus to benefit goods for good, was a huge success. On February 1, 2010, over 515 guests came out to Chelsea Art Museum to view Brian’s moving images of goods for good’s work in Malawi. With your help, we raised over $50,000 to benefit orphans and vulnerable children in Malawi and Haiti.
In attendance were special guests such as Malawian Ambassador to the United Nations, Steven Matenje, Alex Charriol, Kipton Cronkite, Soraya Darabi, Kate Dillon, Talia Eisenberg, Keren Eldad, Melissa Foss, illustrator Alessandra Olanow, Emma Snowdon-Jones, Raj Tolaram and Annabel Vartanian. Many thanks to everyone who made it out - your generosity will help goods for good continue to make progress out of excess.
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