The New York City Tweet Drive was part of Tweet Drive, a global social good campaign that brings together social media communities to collect toys for under-privileged children during the holiday season.

New York’s social media community came out in full force and showed what the holidays are all about – friends, family, drinks, giving back, and more than a few ridiculous Facebook photos.

Thanks to event partners such as HP, Community Managers Meetup, SCVNGR and popchips, New York rocked around the Christmas tree to the tune of over 100 toys collected for Toys for Tots’ Brooklyn chapter! In celebration, there may or may not have been some “Tebowing.”

As the organizer of Tweet Drive, I would just like to say thank you for making this an unforgettable night. While there are many things to do in the city during the holidays, you all chose to spend it with us to give back to a great cause.

Santa Con may have been last Saturday, but for one night at the Roger Smith Hotel, we all got to be our own version of Santa Claus.

This is a guest blog post from Harrison Kratz.

Bio: Harrison Kratz navigates New York City as the Community Manager at MBA@UNC, the new MBA online program from the University of North Carolina. He also sticks to his entrepreneurial roots as the founder of the global social good campaign, Tweet Drive.

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ButYouDon’tLookSick.com was founded by Christine who is a Lupus patient herself. She uses many mediums to spread the message: to help everyone with a chronic illness or invisible disability, in order for them to live their lives to the fullest and not feel isolated and alone. “We believe that our medical circumstances have put us in a unique and understanding position, so that we can help each other through similar difficult times.”

Friends, family and passerby-ers came in droves to support and all were touched by Christine’s warmth and energy. A Portion of all sales for the night were donated to BYDLS by the KTCollection.

It’s one small step towards making a difference. Please take a moment to learn more and help grow awareness for Lupus.

Thank you to BrooklynCupcakes for being our delicious snack sponsor!

See Full Media Coverage at: http://championeyemedia.com/main/show/2011-07-20_Cupcakes-Cocktails_for_Charity

Visit us at www.rspopshop.com

Follow Christine at @bydls

The Roger Smith is a hub for social media in #NYC. People. Art. Food. Wine. For 10% off our best available rooms rate: bit.ly/RSrooms

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Lifestyle +  Charity Magazine and Ms. New York Belleza Latina 2011 for The LC MAG PARTY for Fashion + Charity Event

featuring our current POP UP, the Medittera Collection.

An exquisite line of  24 karat gold handcrafted adornments artistically produced in Istanbul and featuring luxurious stones and dramatic settings inspired by artifacts from the Roman, Ottoman and Byzantine empires.

This EXCLUSIVE event supports Tamika & Friends, Inc. which raises awareness about cervical cancer and its link to
the human papillomavirus through a network of survivors and their friends.

Live Streaming on UStream

Sponsored by: Lionesque Style + RS POP Shop + Open Source Fashion + Her Journey Mag

Drinks Provided by: Mackmyra Swedish Whisky

Filmed By: LC TV Film Crew led by Jon Macapodi
Charming Drinks and Desserts to be provided and enjoyed!

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#PingPong4Japan (please use this hashtag when tweeting)

Come play ping-pong @RSHotel (and do good).

Tonight – Friday

5-9pm

47th and Lexington @TheLabGallery

$10 per game (loser pays winner stays)

Full cash bar

Hosted by @RSHotel and @TheLabGallery

Featuring: Impulse – an installation by Mark Dean Veca (video interview with artist)

Ping-Pong game proceeds go directly to the Japan Society

Donate directly to the Japan Society here

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This collective will be featuring emerging local artists who produce photography, paintings, jewelry, textiles and even unique guitars.  “At RS POP we strongly believe in building a community with the artists and designers that we represent and through charity we all build deeper bonds,” says Gonzalez.  Portions of all the proceeds sold at RS POP Shop will be donated to organizations such as RestoreNY, GEMS-Girls, and Polaris Project, which aid victims of human trafficking.

“Participating artists are asked to create unique works of art utilizing any and all mediums,” says Shana Pederson, President of Life Preservers Inc. “We like ‘Life Preservers’ to be kept in mind during creation or in some manner be represented in the final product either literally or figuratively.”

Life Preservers Inc. was created in the hopes that through increased awareness, the millions of women and children brought into the country for the purpose of human slavery will be able to reclaim their lives and a safe place in society.  The Life Preservers Project gives artists the rare opportunity to create pieces that will both educate through the power of content and concurrently raise funds for these organizations.  ”As artists it’s great to know that we can use our design skills and creativity to give back to the greater good,” says Bonnie Kaye Whitfield, Co- Owner and artist, Kaye Rachelle Designs.

Please join us March 16th-27th at RS POP Shop with Life Preservers Inc.
RSPOP is located at 501 Lexington Avenue at the Roger Smith Hotel
VIP Reception held March 16th from 6-8pm
For more details contact Melissa Gonzalez at mg@lionesqueproductions.com
For more Life Preservers Inc. details contact Shana Pederson at shana@lifepreserversproject.org
It is going to feel good to give back in March!

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3/12/22 Austin TX, SXSWi – BREAKING NEWS: Charlie Annenberg of the Annenberg foundation pledges $100,000 to Japan rescue efforts. Go to Dog Bless You on facebook, and click like to show your support.

http://www.facebook.com/exploredogs

http://www.explore.org

http://www.twitter.com/rshotel

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Wednesday, November 17th from 6:30-9pm at The Roger Smith Hotel

Light Bites and Wine Tasting compliments of Lily’s Restaurant and VerityWines

RS POP Shop will also be open 11am to 7pm on November 18th & 19th for in store drop offs

Their Wish List Includes:

Drums

Skinny Jeans- Jr size 11

Guitar

Jordan sneakers size 3

Fashion set

Cris Angel Magic kit

Pogo stick

Shoes and a bike

Gloves and Shoes

1390 Starwars

Barbie and Toy Car

Dog and Sneakers

Backpack and Toy Story

Dollhouse and journal

Ninja and Scooter

Crayons and Bookbag

Toy car and Clothes

Cards and a Car

Jewerly and a Coat

Pencils, erasers, bag

Folder, pencils, shoes

Baseball cards

Jacket (xs) and Teddy

Doll and doll clothes

Fushigi Ball

Star Wars Lego

Penguin

Teddy bear

Box of cards

Digital Watch

Superhero Squad

2 Gray Uggs size 6

Earrings

Yo-yo Ball

Skateboard

Karate Kid Movie

Purple Clothes

Hello kitty cosmetic

Pair of boots size

Basketball

CD of Selena

Monoply City

Nerf Football

Trampoline

Winter Coat size 16

Makeup kit

Diary with Lock

Sneakers size 8

Sneakers size 3 1/2

Selena Gomez gloves

American Eagle Giftcards

Basketballs & Footballs

Pandora Northface

Polo shirt size 18

Monopoly

Barbie

A Princess Dress

Jordan Sneakers 6 1/2

Clothes size medium

Clothes size small

Step Up 3D Movie

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Prize4Life is a non-profit organization dedicated to treating and curing ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) using a combination of the incentive prize model and other crowd-sourcing and distributed innovation approaches. The organization currently administers the $1 million ALS Treatment Prize and the $1 million ALS Biomarker Challenge, along with a host of other scientific and clinical resources.

“Prize4Life is thrilled to be hosting this event. Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our sponsors and artists, we have an incredible selection of lots. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go directly to ending ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease through our innovative programs,” said Avi Kremer, co-founder and CEO of Prize4Life, and an ALS patient.

The auction includes work by sculptors Boaz Vaadia, John Bisbee, and Tim Prentice; painters Miriam Cabessa, Natan Elkanovich, Engels, and Carol Anthony; photographers Isack Kousnsky, Nancy Rudolph, Tal Shochat, and Nobel laureate Wally Gilbert, among others. The event will take place at the Roger Smith Hotel, a classy, dynamic venue in midtown Manhattan, home to The Lab gallery for performance and installation, and host of two regular music series.

A pre-auction art showing and cocktail reception was held at Sotheby’s Auction House on Thursday, May 20. Speakers included Jamie Niven, Chairman Sotheby’s North and South America, and Gabriela Shalev, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations.

Works available for online bidding in the Prize4Life live and online auctions include:

• Ruth and Gehrig by Bill Lopa
• Hanna & Shemu’el, 1988 by Boaz Vaadia
• Four Faces Inverse 2/5, 2009 by Wally Gilbert
• You Don’t Know Me, 2009 by Engels
• At the Beach II by Natan Elkanovich
• Gold Landscape, 2009 by Miriam Cabessa
• Window Box, 2002 by Tim Prentice
• Squares by Rachel von Roeschlaub
• Untitled by John Bisbee
• Igor Stravinsky by Barbara Thacher
• Pear by Carol Anthony
• Easter in Rockefeller Center by Nancy Rudolph
• Sad Teddy, 2000 by Nahum Moses
• Sharing a Cheroot. Inle Lake, Myanmar, 2000 by Diane Waller
• The Bridge, 2008 by Marian Heard
• Boy’s Head, 2007 by Itamar Jobani
• Untitled #100, 2002 by Leora Laor
• A celebrity “date” with Professor Alan Dershowitz
• Six bottles of Shoresh 2007 wine

Online Bidding in the “Art, Life, Spring” Auction is open to the global community through June 3.  Go to http://www.charitybuzz.com/Prize4Life to place a bid.

The A.L.S. Gala Auction has been generously sponsored by Bloomberg LLP, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Biogen IDEC, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sotheby’s, and the Roger Smith Hotel.

For more information on the Prize4Life auction, please visit www.Prize4Life.org.

About ALS

Known in the United States as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, ALS is a rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disease that typically takes the life of patients within 2-5 years of diagnosis. It is caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement. It most commonly strikes people between the ages of 40 and 70, and affects men slightly more than women. ALS is the most common motor neuron disease worldwide and as many as 30,000 Americans struggle with it at any given time. There is no known cure for ALS and only one modestly effective FDA-approved treatment for the disease.

About Prize4Life

Prize4Life was founded by a group of Harvard Business School students when one of them, Avi Kremer, was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 29. Prize4Life works to accelerate the discovery of a treatment and a cure for ALS by using powerful incentives to attract new people and ideas, and to leverage existing efforts and expertise in the ALS field. Among other program initiatives, the organization currently administers the ALS Biomarker Prize Challenge, the Avi Kremer ALS Treatment Prize, and an ALS research portal (www.ResearchALS.org).

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Cents of Relief (501c3) was founded by John Raser’s highschool buddy, Anup Patel and his fiance Rina Patel to help provide healthcare to women and children caught up in human trafficking / sex trade. John says “Anup is one of the most brilliant, hard-working, and compassionate people I have ever come to know.”
He credits his fiance, Rina, as being the driving force behind the organization. “She is such a strong, sweet, and dedicated woman.” says Anup. I’m happy to help such unselfish and deserving friends.

If you live in New York City, or will be there March 11, 2010, we would love it if you came out to support this worthy cause. I mean it’s at Jay Z’s 40/40 Club and tickets are only $25 bucks in advance ($30 at the door). Not to mention there is a free vodka hour and free Aveda mini day spa included! Need I say more?!?! I’ll be there with some friends from Orlando and would love to throw back some Cristal with you!

You can buy tickets here

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February 21, 2010 7pm-12am

Roger Smith Hotel | 501 Lexington Ave. New York, NY

16th Floor Solarium Gallery

$20 suggested donation

As Social Media Enthusiasts, The Finderz enjoys doing their “Social Good”. We find what’s interesting in the world and on the internet – which includes finding causes we want to support. After the tragedy in Haiti, we want to gather our resources & spread the word about helping out.

Since the Roger Smith Hotel is so socially connected, we’re honored to partner with them in our endeavor to collect unused or unwanted clothing for Haiti. We’ll be distributing donations to the Red Cross, Yele, and other charitable foundations.

Join us for a night of “social good” with a taste of the arts, drinks, & good company!
————
Dee Nuncio
Social Media Adviser & Writer

Half-to-Help has teamed up with the Roger Smith Hotel, Panman Productions, and Action Against Hunger | ACF-USA to bring you our first Haiti relief art show and concert. The benefit will begin at 7pm. Musicians Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys and Charlene Kaye will be performing. Exhibiting artists include Carl Avidano, Lazarus Nazario, and Shawn Taylor. The artists are donating half of the net proceeds from any art sale to support Haiti earthquake survivors via Action Against Hunger | ACF-USA. $20 suggested donation at the door. 100% of suggested donations will go to Action Against Hunger | ACF-USA for Haiti relief.

Live Video Performance collaboration by FreakCast.

Music:

Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys

Charlene Kaye

Artists:

Carl Avidano

Lazarus Nazario

Sponsors:

Half-to-Help

Action Against Hunger | ACF-USA

Roger Smith Hotel

Live Video:

FreakCast

Panman

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