No Longer Reserved for Little Girls, Tea Parties Get Cool with a Little Help from Tea Party Angels
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 @ 8:47 PM
Have Fun, Be Hip, Give Back --- New York, NY (March 10, 2010) --- Tea parties are becoming the hot party idea this year thanks to Tea Party Angles, a national fundraising initiative where girls host tea parties to raise money for girls’ education around the world.
And since cool girls don’t want to host a “little girls” tea party, they are creating ways to make their tea party uniquely their own. Rising young actress and Tea Party Angels spokesperson Emerald-Angel Young suggests a dance party element with everyone suggesting a favorite tune, and creating a fun play list to commemorate the event. Other ideas we’ve heard about include making smoothies instead of tea - girls bring a favorite fruit along with their donation, tea parties at a favorite outdoor location and costume-themed tea parties.
Cheryl Back, founder and Chief Executive Angel is so pleased with the ideas she is hearing about. “The freedom of expression and creativity is just wonderful. This combined with our strong message of social responsibility is a recipe for success all around.”
The importance of giving back and cultural awareness at every age is helping to fuel Tea Party Angels’ success. While the parties promote community building and raise money for girls less fortunate, they also happen to be a great way to get friends together.
The Tea Party Angels FUNdraising kit is available on its Web site, and offers a turn-key tea party. 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 friendship bracelet making activity. As a thank you gift, girls will receive a beaded bracelet made from girls in Guatemala. The host girl 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.
Tea Party Angel Emerald-Angel Young Gets Her Wings with Christie Brinkley
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