Archive for the ‘Invitation’ Category

Supporting Children’s Literacy in 2010

Monday, December 7th, 2009

We’re currently working on 2010 events including The Current Events’ Toast to Literacy Gala Dinner in New York City, hosted by Kristine Johnson, co-anchor of CBS 2 News. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, one out of every five of our nation’s school-age children suffer from reading failures. Improving the literacy rate is an ongoing effort for communities, schools and families across the nation and study after study touts that reading the newspaper contributes to elevated literacy levels.

The Current Events is the national newspaper for kids, a bi-weekly paper that reports on the latest national and world events in an age-appropriate way for students in grades 2-8. The funds raised at this spring event will subsidize subscriptions for children at underprivileged schools. Tickets are $400 and sponsorships start at $1,200 for a pair of tickets and a journal listing up to a $40,000 industry exclusive sponsorship that includes:

• Company logo on mailings, e-invitations, website, all other promotional materials and included on issues of The Current Events newspaper for 2010-2011 school year;
• Prominent mention in pre- and post- public relations, including press releases, media advisories and potential executive interviews and a special section of the The Current Events newspaper about the event;
• Partnership opportunities for promotions to The Current Events 50,000+ subscribers list for the 2010-2011 school year;
• On –site branding (step-and-repeat, signage and a gobo spotlight);
• Inside Front, Inside Back or Back Cover-page ad in the Dinner Program;
• Placement of company products and/or paraphernalia in gift bags;
• Ten (10) VIP passes to the dinner (one table), among other benefits.

For more information or to receive an invitation to the event, contact Ginger Donnan at ginger@gingerdonnanevents.com.

Lighting the Night in Hoboken, NJ

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Over a six-week period in autumn each year, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society holds nine Light the Night Walks all over New Jersey in order to raise awareness and funds for research into the treatment of blood cancers and other types of cancer.

On Saturday, October 10, 2010, Light the Night will take place at Pier A in Hoboken, NJ and Ginger Donnan Events is thrilled to be involved as a member of the BNI Gold Coast team, a business networking group for Hudson County.

Check in begins at 5 p.m., opening ceremonies start at 6 p.m. and are followed by the two mile Walk. Come join us! Sign up here with a donation or just to Walk and meet the members.

If you can contribute, you should know that:
- A donation of $25 provides patients and their loved ones with FREE booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and help them make informed decisions about their treatment options.
- A donation of $50 makes possible a Family Support group with a trained facilitator where comfort can be found and experiences can be shared among patients and family members.
- A donation of $100 helps supply laboratory researchers with supplies and materials critical to carrying out their search for cures.
- A donation of $1,000 makes possible one- on-one conversations with health care specialists who provide patients with information about their disease, treatment options, and helps prepare them with questions for their health care team.

Autism Speaks to Young Professionals at the NYSE

Friday, July 17th, 2009


The organization that started it all for Ginger Donnan Events is having a fundraising event that we actually get to attend, rather than plan! Autism Speaks to Young Professionals is a cocktail party taking place on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. We can’t think of a better way to entice the Generation Y crowd into getting involved in a cause that will severely impact our future (our children!) unless we do something about it.

The event takes place on Thursday, August 6 from 7-10 p.m. It’s being organized by the sassy and savvy Justine Benisch, who we’ve had the pleasure to work with on numerous Autism Speaks events, so it’s pretty much guaranteed to be a fantastic evening. $50 pays for your entrance fee, open bar, hors d’oeuvres, and of course, supports an organization that is changing the future of autism.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://events.autismspeaks.org/youngprofessionals

See you there!

Soldier Ride – Babylon to Beaches

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

In two weeks, the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride will be presented by Macy’s and Ginger is headed to her hometown of Babylon, Long Island, New York to help on the “Babylon to Beaches” portion of the ride. Soldier Ride is a four-day rehabilitative cycling event for wounded veterans and includes:

  • a Hero’s Reception at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale ($50 for dinner provided by Outback, music, beer/wine and prizes)
  • a NYC bike ride starting in Herald Square with Matthew Modine’s “Bicycle for A Day” program
  • the Babylon to Beaches ride with a BBQ at Overlook Beach ($35 to ride, T-shirt and BBQ or just $10 for the BBQ)
  • an additional ride with celebrations in the Hamptons

Taking place just a few weeks after the Fourth of July, this is a great opportunity to thank the soldiers who have fought for the freedoms that day represents.

Visit sr.woundedwarriorproject.org to find out how you can participate – by donating, celebrating and encouraging the athletes along the bike routes!

UN Women for Peace Gala

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

We have to thank our good friend Danielle Yango from Autism Speaks for thinking of us when she heard the UN Women for Peace organization was in a bind. With just 10 days until their event, the group of Ambassadors’ wives remembered that their event planner wouldn’t be able to manage the event on-site because the date had been changed and presented a conflict for her. So for the past week, we’ve been getting up to speed on this effort and organizing the silent auction items, volunteers and run-of-show.

The 2009 UN Women for Peace Gala includes two award presentations by the Secretary General to the UN, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, and his wife, the Patron of the organization, to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan. Proceeds go towards scholarships for woman interested in attending the University of Peace in Costa Rica.

This is the second annual event for this new organization that was born out of the UN Delegation’s Women Club. The committee is enthusiastic; attendance has increased 300% in the last week and silent auction items include a 4 night trip to Iceland, including a designer jacket, custom-made there. For more information or to attend, contact us!