Overview: As a token of our appreciation for your ongoing support, please join us for an informal night out in San Francisco’s SOMA district, with entertainment, drinks, and a stellar silent and live auction led by professional auctioneer Alissa Ford.
When: Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Where: Tres Agaves in SOMA San Francisco
Purpose: All proceeds of the event support San Francisco's oldest domestic violence shelter and loudest domestic violence advocate – La Casa de las Madres. La Casa provides expert intervention and prevention services to more than 19,000 community members each year, offering emergency residential shelter and community-based services to women, teens and their children while providing advocacy, counseling, family-based services and referrals. La Casa's Mission Street office houses two 24 hour crisis phone lines, Drop-In Counseling Center, Teen Program, and Community Education and Outreach Program, while off-site La Casa runs the Emergency Shelter, Domestic Violence Response Team, Safe Havens Project, Mary Elizabeth Inn Case Management Program, and Safe Housing Project. All of La Casa’s services are multilingual, free of charge and confidential.
Audience: This year, space is limited to 200 guests. The event draws people from around San Francisco with a mix of young working professionals, members of the media and long-time La Casa supporters.
Price: $40.00: Individual Advance Purchase/$50 at the door – Join us and sponsor immediate, live response to 20 hotline calls, including crisis counseling, safe house access, information and referrals 24/7/365.
Auction Items
Bid to win one of our exciting auction highlights:
- Escape to Paris, for a week in your own luxury apartment.
- Treat yourself to unique weekend destinations in California and beyond.
- Experience the best boutique wines California has to offer.
- Enjoy a night out at some of the Bay area’s top restaurants.
- Indulge in luxurious spa and salon treatments.
More information coming soon on specialty items from our generous sponsors!
Entertainment
Music provided by DJ's djshOOey and DJ Shissla
Live Auction Hostess:
Alissa Ford, Auctioneer/Auction Advisor
When she's not on stage auctioneering, Alissa works as the Director of Josh Hardy Galleries, San Francisco, specializing in California and American Paintings. Alissa has worked as a professional auctioneer and appraiser at Sotheby's in New York and Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles.
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Interested in sponsorship? Please contact Tracy Chinn to learn more.
Event Committee
The 2010 La Casa redHOTparty* Event Committee includes:
- Catherine Abecassis, Committee Co-Chair
- Katharine Berg, La Casa de las Madres Associate Director
- Kathy Black, La Casa de las Madres Executive Director
- Erin Beavers
- Tracy Chinn, Development Associate, La Casa de las Madres
- Lisa Cole, Committee Co-Chair
- Marjorie Gelin Goodwin
- Ellen Goldwasser
- Nathan Hamsik, La Casa de las Madres Board Member
- Liz Stryjewski