Dear Friends,
What a celebration it was! An extremely successful, beautiful business, DKNY goes above and beyond to support an arts education not-for-profit organization: CITYarts.
This is how it should be between businesses and not-for-profits all the time. This is the formula that not only pays all by satisfaction, but benefits our society, community, and sets an example for our younger generation. It's important and fun to share your success. This way, you spread your generosity and good spirit to be noticed by friends, family, and other businesses.
From the photos, you can see what DKNY did for us, a small not-for-profit. They empowered us by creating beautiful tote bags from our Pieces for Peace art, created by New York City kids.
They also built a beautiful display of wooden cubes which we hope to take with us to exhibit at our Pieces for Peace traveling exhibitions. They designed an attractive "Chari-tee" to sell, with a percentage of the proceeds from each shirt going to five not-for-profits, including CITYarts.
On top of that, they served us and our over 300 guests mini champagne bottles and colorful cookies designed specifically for the event. What a great way to celebrate - DKNY took care of all the preparations
and made a very nice donation to CITYarts from the day's sales.
The celebration continues with the sale of the Pieces for Peace tote bags and DKNY "Chari-tees", in the company of gorgeous, colorful clothes, until August 12. So don't delay - get your special gifts now and celebrate DKNY's 20th Anniversary, while helping CITYarts involve more youth in their quest for peace.
Thank you again, DKNY. You made our summer!
Best,
Tsipi Ben-Haim
Executive & Artistic Director
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Board of Directors
Carrie H. Cohen, Chairperson
Kate Gehring, Secretary
Bernadette Longford,
Treasurer
Helene Saren
Lawrence
Amnon Bar-Tur
Vera Sung
Irene Minkoff
Helene Feldman
Jean Kim
Tsipi Ben-Haim,
Executive & Artistic Director
Board of Advisors
Sam August
Anna Carbonell
Deborah Dugan
Robert Fisher
Alex Gorlin
Katie Hollander
Stephanie Holmquist
Gisela Keller
Charlotta
Kotik
Nina & Daniel
Libeskind
Miranda McClintic
Laura
Miller
Dr. Lewis Peach
Jeanne
Greenberg Rohatyn
Lois
Vaisman
Sandy Gonzalez Wilson
Irwin Shlachter
Staff
Tsipi Ben-Haim,
Executive and Artistic Director
Kim Llerena,
Assistant to the Director
Marc Maffei,
Project Coordinator
Jordan Taler,
Creative Coordinator
Bernadette Ott
Development Consultant
Interns
Jhanelle Latore
Julia Caston
Tori Davis
Kelly Christian
Katherine Bedkowski
Stefanie Koenig
David Schroeter
Shell Tu
Morgan Schuster
Alexandra Israel
Hanna Levin
Wolfgang Walz
Carolina Barci
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Thinking globally and acting locally,
CITYarts' projects build bridges of cultural understanding and give
youth the opportunity to take an active role in shaping their future.
The Young Minds Build Bridges program connects our youth in New York to the international
community, spreading their voices in a quest for peace and raising awareness of global warming.
Our projects give youth a stage to ask, "What
can I do to reduce the speed of global warming?" Our teens are taking
the future into their own hands, getting actively involved in their
communities, and assuming responsibility through the creation of murals
and mosaics with CITYarts.
Since 1968, CITYarts has created 272 projects that have
transformed communities and impacted over 100,000 kids, collaborated
with more than 500 artists, and partnered with over 300,000 volunteers
in the process.
Thank you in advance for your generous support and for
joining CITYarts in celebrating 40 years of "Making a Difference
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