Always one of the year’s most glamorous and well- attended downtown charity events, the Willow Awards Gala has been featured in national and New York publications including: Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The New York Times, the New York Observer, VIBE, Bust, Time Out New York, Paper, OK!, Patrick McMullan, The Daily News and New York Newsday.
The Lower East Side Girls Club is delighted to announce that the 2008 Willow Awards Gala and Benefit Bash will take place on Tuesday, October 28th. This year’s gala will be hosted by actress Rosario Dawson (Seven Pounds, Rent, Alexander, Shattered Glass) with music by Moby, and will feature great food, exclusive luxury silent auction items, and a special auction of unique commissioned work created by celebrated artists Kiki Smith, Robert Gober, Tom Otterness, and Donald Baechler. This year’s event is also very special as it celebrates the groundbreaking of a brand new facility, NYC’s first and only Girls Club building.
Founded in 1996, the Lower Eastside Girls Club is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to providing a place where economically disadvantaged girls and young women ages 8-23 can grow, learn, have fun, and develop confidence in themselves and their ability to make a difference in the world. By delivering strong and innovative arts, athletic, cultural, life skills and career-oriented programming, we provide girls with the vision to plan—and the tools to build—their future.
In previous years, Susan Sarandon, Katie Holmes, Claire Danes, Zac Posen, Chloe Sevigny, Iman, Richie Rich & Traver Rains of Heatherette, Amanda Lepore, Drea de Matteo, Patricia Field, Patrick McMullan, Charlotte Ronson, Mark Ronson, Rashida Jones, Tara Subkoff, and Amy Sacco attended the event. This year’s crop of celebs includes Rosario Dawson, Moby, Artists Kiki Smith, Robert Gober, Tom Otterness, and Donald Baechler; The Scissor Sisters, Actress Piper Perabo, Socialite Jennifer Marsico and many more.
Tickets start at $250, tables start at $2000. The event will take place at Jing Fong, 20 Elizabeth Street, NYC. Click here for more information.
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