GBK Blends Gifting with Charitable Giving at Their Annual Luxury Gift Lounge Honoring the Nominees and Presenters of the 2013 Emmy® Awards
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 23, 2013 -- GBK, the luxury lifestyle gift lounge and special events company, honored the 2013 Emmy® Award Nominees and Presenters at their annual Gift Lounge which featured a range of great gifts and brands including some great charities: The Creative Coalition, Lambda Legal, GUARDaHEART Foundation and spcaLA. With combined efforts from GBK and the event’s Presenting Sponsor, NEW Tidy Cats® LightWeight 24/7 Performance®, a total of $49,000 was raised for charity.
GBK’s lounge was attended by celebrities from over 10 nominated shows including Host of the Primetime Emmy® Awards, Neil Patrick Harris, Tony Hale (Emmy® winner for best supporting actor in a comedy “Veep”), Ed O’Neill ("Modern Family", winning 2 Primetime Emmy® awards), RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”, Primetime Emmy® Award winner), Lesley Nicol ("Downton Abbey”, Primetime Emmy® Award winner), Nominees Matt LeBlanc (“Episodes”), Harry Hamlin ("Mad Men"), Linda Cardellini ("Mad Men"), Travis Wall ("So You Think You Can Dance"), Chris Noth ("The Good Wife"), Jackson Pace ("Homeland"), Lori Greiner ("Shark Tank"), Mary Murphy ("So You Think You Can Dance"), “Dancing with the Stars” colleauges Karina Smirnoff & Gleb Savchenko and “Veep” stars Matt Walsh, Reid Scott, Sufe Bradshaw, and Timothy Simons.
Other fantastic guests attended, including Alfre Woodard (“Copper”), Dennis Quaid (“Vegas”), Jason Isaacs (“Case Histories”), Joe Morton ("Scandal"), Regina King (“Southland”), Rumer Willis (“Return to Sender”), Camille Grammer ("Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”), Dania Ramirez ("Devious Maids"), John Benjamin Hickey ("The Big C Hereafter”), Jose Pablo Cantillo ("Walking Dead"), Meghan Ory (“Once Upon A Time”), AJ Buckley ("CSI: NY"), Nico Tortorella (“The Following”), Steven Bauer (“Ray Donavan”), Terry O’Quinn (“Falling Skies”), Willie Garson (“White Collar”), Yvette Nicole Brown (“Community”), and many more!
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A highlight of the lounge was watching the celebrities participate in a red carpet “litter toss” hosted by NEW Tidy Cats® LightWeight 24/7 Performance®. For every jug of Tidy Cats LightWeight 24/7 Performance litter tossed, Tidy Cats donated $100 to the spcaLA, with a total donation reaching $10,000. Tidy Cats® LightWeight 24/7 Performance® is a revolutionary new product that solves a pet peeve cat owners have been dealing with for a long time… heavy cat litter. This new product offers the strength and performance you expect from traditional scooping cat litter, but at half the weight; making it easy to carry, pour and store – as each jug is at least 50 percent lighter than traditional scooping litters.
Some of the luxury gifts included jewelry from Helzberg Diamonds who was onsite gifting their exclusive INFINITY X INFINITY jewelry collection inspired by ABC Television’s primetime hit series “Revenge”; flat irons from Barbar Hair Tools; multifunctional scarves from HEADWARE; nail design from imPRESS Press On Manicure by Broadway Nails; stone and pearl jewelry from Sb Collections; a selection of handcrafted gifts from THE ARTISAN GROUP®; gift certificates for infrared sauna sessions from THE SWEAT SHOP LA; luxurious shapewear by TC Intimates; gift cards and hair extensions from Pelo Hair, Los Angeles; premium positioning on http://www.WallOfCare.com and 10 years .ECO trademark artist name licensing from Planet.ECO; online subscriptions for mail-order goody bags for dogs from BarkBox; designer carmel apples from apple-revolution.com; lifetime memberships to daily meal plan and exercise program from No Think Diet; custom hats from Gratitude Couture; and t-shirts from ChildSupport, a cause-driven company all about style with a purpose striving to make a difference in the lives of children living in desperate situations.
Always a great addition to any luxury lounge, the event featured many great destinations including The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, offering Deluxe Overwater Villas with breakfast and discounts at the Miri Miri Spa by Clarins; The St. Regis Aspen Resort, featuring luxury accommodations and complimentary lift ticket; and Palace Resorts and Caribbean Living, gifting an all-inclusive resort stay at Grand Moon Palace at Palace Resorts.
Known for the most delectable and premium selection of edible sweets and treats, GBK featured a range of gourmet sponsors including Sequin Wines; Prima Dolce Company – Bella’s Fruit Compotes; Ike's Love & Sandwiches LLC; Blondie’s Cookies; Cocopotamus Chocolate; Oasis Mediterranean Cuisine; Lovely Candy Co.; Cookie Daddy; and Total Wine & More and Truett Hurst, America’s largest independent retailer of fine wine, spirits, and beer, on site gifting Square, their sustainably farmed fine wine that doesn’t cut corners.
To top off the event, Action Flipbooks was on site helping guests to create their own custom animated video flipbooks to take home. It was truly a fun-filled day of gifting, celebrating and fundraising.
For more information on the event’s charitable organizations:
spcaLA – http://www.spcala.com
Lambda Legal – http://www.lambdalegal.org
The Creative Coalition - http://www.TheCreativeCoalition.org
GUARDaHEART – http://www.guardaheart.org
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ABOUT GBK:
GBK, formerly GBK Productions, is a luxury lifestyle gifting and special events company, specializing in entertainment marketing integration. Formed in 2000 by Gavin Keilly, the company’s Founder and CEO, GBK consists of five divisions: GBK Celebrity Gifting, GBK Special Events, GBK Weddings, GBK Charitable Consulting and GBK Marketing/Public Relations. Widely known in the entertainment industry for bringing that little extra something into the Gifting Lounge environment, GBK offers its clients a full range of marketing services. For more information on Gavin B. Keilly (CEO), Carla Domen (VP) or GBK, please go to gbkproductions.com.
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Nicole Benninga, GBK PR, http://www.gbkproductions.com, +1 323-933-9989, [email protected]
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