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Consider donating items for our live auction, silent auction, and raffle. 100% of proceeds raised support our direct services and programs for homeless women on Skid Row.

 

Auction donors are acknowledged in our Gala program distributed to approximately 400 guests!

 

We are looking for:
- Restaurant gift certificates

- New DVDs

- Sports tickets & memorabilia

- Spa Certificates

- Tickets to local museums, attractions, events, and shows

- Hotel stays nationwide

- Airplane tickets

- Travel packages-

- Luxury items

 

Download our Auction reply form or contact Sharmayne at 213-680-0600 xt108 or SharmayneP@DWCweb.org with questions.

 

 

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Downtown Women's Center
442 S. San Pedro St., 
Los Angeles, CA, 90013
(213) 680-0600
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Our 13th Annual Gala will celebrate the opening of Project Home,
the dramatic expansion of housing and services for more than 2500
homeless women annually.

Monday, September 20, 2010
5:45pm Reception and Silent Auction
7:00pm Dinner, Program and Live Auction

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 90012

Reception: wine, sparkling wine, and silent auction
Program: dinner, live auction, awards, and raffle
Jane Kaczmarek as Mistress of Ceremonies
Dress is Business Attire

Honorees - DWC’s Project Home Partners
Gafcon
Pica+Sullivan Architects
WE O’Neil

Angel Awards
Dr. Paul Gregerson, JWCH Institute, Inc.
Nancy Lewis
Nest Feathers

Ticket Price
$300 per person
$3,000-$30,000 per sponsorship

For information about Sponsorship Opportunities, click to download our Sponsorship Packet, or contact Stephanie Patterson, Director of Development at (phone) 213-680-0600 (fax) 213-680-0844 (email) StephanieP@dwcweb.org.
 

If you can't make our Gala, please consider making a donation to the Downtown Women's Center to help us further our mission to end women's homelessness in Los Angeles.


 

In-Kind Sponsors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13th Annual Gala Committee

Kimberly Clancy, Amgen,
Event Co-Chair

Alison Turner, Lynberg & Watkins LLP,
Event Co-Chair

Shanda Connolly,
Attorney at Law

Kate Hubin,
Lionsgate

Sandra Kimberling,
Community Volunteer

Gloria Teschner,
Community Volunteer

Joy Williams,
Trial Consultant


Gala Sponsors (as of 9/1/10)

Sponsors of Dignity
Gafcon
Pica+Sullivan Architects
WE O’Neil
Carol and Jerry Muchin

Cornerstone Table Hosts & Sponsors
Anthem Blue Cross
Bank of America
Barbara Chasse
Bonnie Sun
Chase
City National Bank
Cooperative of American
Physicians, Inc.
Eleanor and Glenn Padnick
The Gas Company
Gloria and Peter Teschner
Jane Kaczmarek
JWCH Institute, Inc.
Joy Williams
Kayvan Ardalan
Kimberly Clancy
Lauren Frankel
Loraine White
Lynn and Michael Russell
MullinTBG
Dr. Paul Gregerson
Payden & Rygel
The Robert and Ethel Lewis Fund in honor of Nancy Lewis
Shanda Connolly, Shelly Strong &
 
Shelli A. Herman
Sotheby’s
University of Southern California
Windes & McClaughry


 

Gala History and Photo Galleries

 

Honoring a Legacy of Volunteers

12th Annual Gala, September 21, 2009

 

A Tradition of Community

30th Anniversary Gala, September 22, 2008

 

Building Supportive Housing

10th Annual Gala, October 1, 2007

 

Growing Supportive Housing PDF:

Cultivating a Foundation for Housing and Lives

9th Annual Gala, September 25, 2006

 

Powerful Partnerships PDF

8th Annual Gala, September 26, 2005

 

The Heart of Downtown

7th Annual Gala, September 27, 2004

 

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration

6th Annual Gala, September 29, 2003

 

No Place Like Home

5th Annual Gala, October 7, 2002

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