SM4SC NYC to benefit City Harvest Inc April 3, 2009

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The Cause

Our cause for this event is hunger relief. With
record unemployment in America, and the collapse of the financial
industries that provide much support to NY-based hunger relief
organizations, were proud to announce weve partnered with City Harvest, the world's first and New York's only food rescue organization, to help the hungry of New York City.

Now serving New York City for over 25 years, City Harvest is the worlds first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the citys hungry men, women and children. This year, City Harvest will collect 23 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to more than 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of trucks and bikes as well as volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 260,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal.
It costs City Havest 28 cents to rescue a pound of food. Let's see how many pounds of food we can rescue!
100% of the proceeds from your ticket will go to benefit City Harvest.
The Event
Gathering social media professionals, technologists, friends and
family and otherwise talented people, Social Media for Social Change
was born of the idea that the social media community, these agents of
change can get together for one night, to support one cause.
In our second event in New York City, we hope to gather 200 to 300
guests together for a night of fundraising, network, entertainment and
other fun.
LOCATION: Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
DATE: Friday, April 3, 2009
TIME: 7:00 - 10:00 PM
TICKETS: Online tickets (1 person): $45, Groups of 2 or more ($35 each)
Any unsold tickets may be purchased in person on the night of the event for $50

Heres what you get with your admission:

Open bar from 7-8:30 (no, we really mean it)

Free signature cocktail all night
Live performances from Marissa Lerer and Walt Ribeiro
Awesome awesome auction prizes available for bid, including a private lunch with Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures
Awesome raffle giveaways and prizes
Meet a bunch of people you didnt know before (in real life anyway)
And of course, the good karma of helping a New Yorker in need

The Entertainment
SM4SC NYC guests will be treated to a very special live performance
by Marissa Lerer, a NYC-based singer/songwriter/pop artist. Learn more about Marissa on her website.

Walt Ribeiro
Walt Ribeiro, the Internets Music Teacher, will make his New York City live debut at our event. Learn more about Walt at waltribeiro.net.
Acts and performers are subject to change.
For more information, please visit the SM4SC NYC page.



Organized by Social Media for Social Change
It all started with a single blog post by founder Gradon Tripp in the
middle of 2008, but now Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC) serves
as an example of how social media can bring together people from all
around the world together to change society in a big way. The premise
of SM4SC is simple to take all the connections made through social
media, and put them together to host first-class fundraising events
happen in real life. SM4SCs fundraisers benefit local charities in
cities around the United States.

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Ticket Info:  

• 1 person (save 126 pounds of food), $46.12
• 2 person minimum (save 96 pounds of food each), $35.99

Official Website: http://sm4scnyc-upcoming.eventbrite.com