Celebrities Support National Fundraising Initiative for Mothers and Daughters
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 @ 7:31 PM
TEA PARTY ANGELS TAKE FLIGHT! - New York, NY (January 20, 2010) - Tea Party Angels, a national fundraising initiative for girls’ education around the world, was launched late last year with a tea party, of course, with the support of Honorary Angel Christie Brinkley and her daughter Sailor.
An impressive guest list of mothers and daughters came out to support the launch including rising young actress Emerald-Angel Young and WCBS2 New York anchor Kristine Johnson and her daughter Ava.
Tea Party Angels is one woman's story of how to change the world one tea party at a time. Cheryl Beck, Founder and Chief Executive Angel, had the inspiration for Tea Party Angels after reading the bestselling books Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood. Both men she found doing extraordinary things to help educate girls around the world. Passionate about their mission that only through education can we achieve peace and prosperity, she too wanted to make a difference.
Beck came up with the simple idea of using tea parties as fundraisers and enlisted support from both men's non-profits, Mortenson's The Central Asia Institute and Wood's Room to Read. In turn, each will be the beneficiary of Tea Party Angels fundraising along with other organizations such as Orphaned Starfish, Miracles in Action and Camfed. Imagine mothers and daughters hosting tea parties across the country to raise money for girls around the world in need of education and at the same time teaching girls here social responsibility.
Emerald-Angel Young has become the cause's biggest cheerleader and is proud to serve as a spokesperson. She explains, “I believe in giving back, that is the only way we Angels can make a difference. So let’s join forces and change the world one day and tea party at a time. Remember no amount is ever too small once it comes from the heart. Angels, lets earn our halos.”
Christie Brinkley, Sailor and Emerald-Angel Young star in the inspirational videos supporting the cause, and both of the young ladies are encouraging their friends to get involved by hosting tea parties.
Tea Party Angels offers a turn-key FUNdraising tea party kit that is available on its Web site. Monies are raised by the girls attending the tea party; each girl invited will be asked by her mother to do some sort of chore that will earn her money to donate at the tea party, giving her a sense of empowerment. During the Tea Party, each girl will have a turn to tell what she did to earn her donation. Tea parties will also include the showing of a brief educational video, and a custom "tea-shirt" making activity. As a thank you gift, girls will receive a beaded bracelet made from girls in Guatemala. Hosts will decide which nonprofit to support from the list of qualified organizations on the Tea Party Angels Web site, or can simply choose the Tea Party Angels Fund which supports all of the organizations equally.
Tea Party Angels is fiscally sponsored by MADRE, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
###
PRESS CONTACT:
Sharon Schoenberg / Click to Email
212.319.0662 / 917.699.2988