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Thursday, December 9: The Generation Project/Rugby Tour Hits San Francisco

Tuesday, 7 December 2010 02:20 by Eli Savit

 A little can go a long way: These New York City high schoolers now have science education materials thanks to one of our donors at our last San Francisco event

Bay area residents!  Clear your calendars for this Thursday, December 9, because the second annual Generation Project/Rugby Ralph Lauren national tour is making its West Coast stop at the San Francisco Rugby store (2071 Union Street) at 7:00 PM!  This marks the second stop on our tour--and if the first stop in Chicago was any indication, this is an event you won't want to miss.  

Like last year's tour, all events this year will feature an open bar, food, and shopping giveaways from Ralph Lauren.  In addition, this year we'll be featuring live music from hot local acts.  This particular event is especially exciting, as we'll be officially launching to Bay Area  schools.  In addition to our typical open bar, we'll be celebrating our Bay Area launch with a scotch tasting...so rock out your best Ron Burgandy impression and class it up! 

The best part: 100% of your minimum $28 donation at the door will implement an educational opportunity you design for kids growing up in low-income schools.  Pop over to our implemented gifts page and see some of the amazing projects our donors have created for low-income students--make sure to click through for the pictures!

RSVP using our Eventbrite page, and donate online to get on our exclusive VIP list.  Donating online is quick and easy--just sign up for an account if you don't already have one, login if you do, and follow the instructions in our "Design a Gift" application.   All online donors between now and Thursday will be placed on a VIP list, recognized in our event program and on The Generation Project website, and will be given free admission to our San Francisco event.  

See you in the Emerald City!

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The Generation Project's 2010-11 Rugby Tour Kicks off in Chicago!

Tuesday, 19 October 2010 19:26 by Eli Savit

  

The Generation Project's second annual Rugby Ralph Lauren tour kicked off with a bang on Thursday, October 14, at the Rugby store in Chicago. We were greeted by enthusiastic guests who enjoyed an open bar sponsored by Chang, Balblair, and Mekhong, hor d'ouvres and pizza (it's Chicago--what else?), raffled shopping sprees from Ralph Lauren, and a  live performance from local rock sensation Daphne Willis.  In addition, guests at our Chicago event enjoyed shopping incentives from Ralph Lauren and a Chicago-focused video by our amazing videographer, Maicol Chavez.  Guests also heard speeches from Chicago public school teacher Brendan Clarke--whose students have benefitted from multiple donor-designed gifts--as well as Jessica Rauch, co-founder and CEO of The Generation Project.

Most importantly, guests at our Chicago event had the opportunity to design personally meaningful opportunities for students growing up in low-income areas. Donors designed a wide array of creative gifts based around their personal passions, including:

All told, over 100 guests combined to design 74 unique gifts for high-need students, totalling nearly $6,000 in resources for low-income classrooms and schools.

Check out our glamorous crowd below, and more amazing pictures after the jump!  And Bostonians, San Franciscans, and DC-ians: stay tuned for information about The Generation Project's stop at Rugby stores in your city!  (And check out more coverage of the event--and more pics!--over at khojodresses!)

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Thursday: Second Annual Generation Project/Rugby Ralph Lauren Tour Kicks Off In Chicago

Monday, 11 October 2010 22:05 by Eli Savit

 This Chicago girls' soccer team was born of a donor's generosity at our last Chicago Rugby event

Chicago-area people!  Clear your calendars for this Thursday, October 14, because the second annual Generation Project/Rugby Ralph Lauren national tour is kicking off at the Chicago Rugby store (1000 West Armitage) at 7:00 PM!  In the coming months, we'll be visiting Rugby stores in Boston, San Francisco, and Washington D.C., so stay tuned for those events as well. 

Like last year's tour, all events this year will feature an open bar, food, and shopping giveaways from Ralph Lauren.  In addition, this year we'll be featuring live music from hot local acts.  In Chicago, the talented Daphne Willis--a Generation Project donor herself!--will perform.

The best part: 100% of your minimum $28 donation at the door will implement an educational opportunity you design for kids growing up in low-income schools.  At our last Chicago event, for example, one guest dedicated her donation to fund bilingual Spanish education. Another earmarked her gift for math supplies.  One creative donor dedicated her gift to helping kids win at Trivial Pursuit for life.  And one guest used his gift to start a debate team at a low-income high school in Detroit.  Incredibly, one team member won best orator in his very first debate!  

And this year, you have a chance to double your impact before you even set foot in the door!  Thanks to a generous grant from Chase, all gifts created online in advance of the event will be automatically doubled.  So, let's say you were planning to donate $100 at the door to help sponsor a basketball team.  Instead, you can donate $100 online, and, like magic1, two $100 gifts will be created, in your name, to help sponsor a basketball team!  Or, if you were planning to donate $75 for a complete set of Dr. Seuss books, create that gift online in advance, and two classrooms will benefit from the magic of Seuss.  You get the idea.  

Donating online is quick and easy--just sign up for an account if you don't already have one, login if you do, and follow the instructions in our "Design a Gift" application.   All online donors between now and Thursday will be placed on a VIP list, recognized in our event program and on The Generation Project website, and will be given free admission to our Chicago event.  

Oh, did we mention how incredibly fun these events are?  Check out this picture from last year's Chicago event, and try to find somebody who is not smiling.

 
 
1. Or, if you prefer, "like a very simple computer algorithm."  It all depends on the degree to which you believe in a) the supernatural, or b) computers.

 

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The Generation Project Launch Tour Hits the West Coast!

Friday, 9 October 2009 16:18 by Eli Savit

 

The Generation Project's summer/fall launch tour--sponsored and hosted by Rugby Ralph Lauren--made a stop on the West Coast on September 30th at the Rugby store in San Francisco.  The event was particularly meaningful to all of us here at The Generation Project, as we were pleased to announce our intention to expand our operations to the Bay Area next year!

As had been the case at all of our previous stops, we were greeted by enthusiastic guests who enjoyed an open bar, hor d'ouvres, raffled shopping sprees from Ralph Lauren and--of course--the opportunity to design personally meaningful opportunities for students growing up in low-income areas.  Donors designed a wide array of creative gifts based around their personal passions, including:

  • -$25 for calligraphy pens
  • -$40 for a model R/C car with working gears 
  • -$50 for a copy of Disney's Earth and supplies to make dioramas of the habitats in that film
  • -$75 for a gift entitled "Artsy Fartsy" that aimed to expose students to the arts
  • -$100 for a digital camera for a budding photographer
In San Francisco, we had the privilege of being introduced by pop singer Marie Digby--one of our first donors--who spoke about her experience sponsoring a songwriting contest.  Check out our highlight of Marie's gift here.   

Login to our community section to see the full list of gifts, and check out our photo gallary from the evening after the jump. For DC pictures, see our earlier blog post or head on over to the Rugby blog and check out their gallary; for NYC pictures, check out our blog post here, for Chicago, click here, and for Boston, click here.

Check back soon for a recap and highlights from our entire Rugby-sponsored launch tour, as well as details regarding an upcoming launch event in Southeast Michigan.  More...

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(Long Overdue): The Generation Project Launch Tour Hits Boston!

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 10:36 by Eli Savit

 

Editor's Note: Apologies for this long-overdue post recapping our September 23rd event!  We had some problems getting photographs uploaded from this event and wanted to make sure we adequately highlighted our glamorous and generous Boston guests.  Our San Francisco recap is coming soon.   

The Generation Project's summer/fall launch tour--sponsored and hosted by Rugby Ralph Lauren--resumed on September 23rd with a stop at the Rugby store in Boston.  A young, enthusiastic and fashionable crowd enjoyed an open bar, hor d'ouvres, raffled shopping sprees from Ralph Lauren and--of course--the opportunity to design personally meaningful opportunities for students growing up in low-income areas.  Donors designed a wide array of creative gifts based around their personal passions, including:

  • -$25 for a rotating globe (Editor's note: Out of the 200+ gifts we've had pledged, this is the first globe--and I can't believe nobody had given one yet!  This is possibly the cheapest way of getting a kid into geography... I can remember being wildly entertained for hours on end simply by sitting beside a globe and spinning it). 
  • -$30+ (and a promise of business tutorials) to fund a young artist and help them sell their paintings.  The money will be repaid and reinvested in other young artists.
  • -$50 for a class bake sale
  • -$2000+ for a recurring essay contest with cash prizes that will motivate students to improve their writing.
Login to our community section to see the full list of gifts, and check out our photo gallary from the evening after the jump. For DC pictures, see our earlier blog post or head on over to the Rugby blog and check out their gallary; for NYC pictures, check out our blog post here, and for Chicago pictures, click here.  More...

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