Celebrities Donate Ferragamo Handbags to Benefit Globalgiving's Italy Earthquake Relief and Recovery Fund
Salvatore Ferragamo, the renowned Italian luxury house, announces its support of L'Aquila, Italy's efforts to rebuild after the earthquake earlier this year. In addition to an evening fund-raiser in Beverly Hills, CA on June 2nd, hosted by Debi Mazar, Adrian Grenier and Ferragamo menswear designer Massimiliano Giornetti, an international online auction, comprised of celebrity owned and autographed Ferragamo handbags, will launch at 7 p.m. PST on June 2nd. Supporters may log on to ebay.com/globalgivingitalyearthquake to bid on these special handbags until 7 p.m. PST on June 12th.
New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 3, 2009 -- Salvatore Ferragamo, the renowned Italian luxury house, announces its support of L'Aquila, Italy's efforts to rebuild after the earthquake earlier this year. In addition to an evening fund-raiser in Beverly Hills, CA on June 2nd, hosted by Debi Mazar, Adrian Grenier and Ferragamo menswear designer Massimiliano Giornetti, an international online auction, comprised of celebrity owned and autographed Ferragamo handbags, will launch at 7 p.m. PST on June 2. Supporters may log on to ebay.com/globalgiving-italyearthquake to bid on these special handbags until 7 p.m. PST on June 12th.
Madonna's donated Ferragamo handbag
Celebrities such as Madonna, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore, Hilary Swank, Eva Longoria, Dita von Teese, Lucy Liu, Marisa Tomei, and Lily Tomlin have generously autographed and donated their Ferragamo handbags to be auctioned online. Artist Kenny Scharf hand painted Ferragamo's canvas tote for Debi Mazar, which will also be auctioned online. Handwritten notes from the celebrities, addressed to the lucky winners, accompany all handbags. 100% of the proceeds from the online auction will be donated to GlobalGiving's Italy Earthquake Recovery and Relief Fund, as well as the proceeds from the evening's in-store auction, comprised of luxury excursions to Italy to visit the Florentine headquarters and fashion shows in Milan.
GlobalGiving, the leading Internet-based network for peer-to-peer philanthropy, has a mission to sustain a high-powered marketplace for good, connecting donors directly to the causes they care most about. Since its launch in 2002, GlobalGiving has helped thousands of donors give more than $18 million to approximately 1,000 projects.
Ferragamo USA, Inc. is a fully owned subsidiary of Ferragamo Italia, the Italian fashion company founded in 1927 by Salvatore Ferragamo and still owned by the Ferragamo family. A leader in Italian fashion, Ferragamo is sold in the U.S. at fine specialty and department stores as well as its own retail stores.
For additional information or to request a high-resolution image please contact Trisha.Gregory (at) us.ferragamo (dot) com.
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Trisha Gregory
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