Last Thursday everyone at my office went to one of the biggest benefits I have ever seen. The foundation is call Robin Hood and its goal is to stop poverty... "to significantly affect people living in poverty you have to attack its root causes. That’s why Robin Hood focuses on poverty prevention through programs in early childhood, youth, education, jobs and economic security." (from their website). It is an amazing foundation and all money raised goes 100% to the foundation. Last Thursday was their large benefit and it was amazing. There were over 4,500 people and the majority of them were very very wealthy. It started with cocktails and Hors d'œuvre while people wandered around large castles and tents constructed out of famous New York coffee cups. Then they moved us into the dinning area.
(Bethany, Morgan, and Me)(We all match, kind of funny)
Dinner was fun to all sit and chat. After dinner they talked about the foundation and started the auction. Robin Hood raises their money by auctioning off large packages of goodies. (example: one of the packages was a trip to the 2008 Olympics in China and along with that you get to do all sort of fun things and stay in cool places. That went for $2.2 million). It was crazy so see people dropping that much money. It is wonderful because it is all going to a great cause but it is still crazy. Jon Stewart was the MC and there was an actual auctioneer. All in all the foundation raised $72 million last Thursday night. WOW. What an amazing cause. After to finish the evening Aerosmith played for about and hour. They would not be my first choice in bands to see but it was still fun rock out. It was a magical night. So Surreal. It is a blast to spend time with the people I work with outside of the office. Everyone is great and we all have a really fun time together.
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