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I will be taking part in this great event for a great cause on June 12th.
Read below for more info.

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We invite you to join us for ‘Solstice of Hope’ at Hotel One, Saturday, June 12th, 2010. This is a one of a kind event that fuses photography, fashion, music and raffles to raise funds for disadvantaged Cambodian children. By simply joining us, you will be helping these children get the necessities that they need to go to school and get and an education. You will have a night giving and getting, and who knows, you might just ‘Find the Buddha in You’.

Event Basics :

• Exhibition Promptly Opens
This Exhibition involves five different photographers submitting their work under the following themes: Joy, Hope, Future, Bright and Summer. We are very excited and honored to have been able to get such a high caliber of photographers. To get a sneak a peek of some of our photographers and their work please visit their websites provided below.

Corey Martin : http://www.corephotography.ca/
Henry Westheim :http://www.AsiaPhotoConnection.com/index.php
Kyle Merriman: http://www.brandknewme.com/
Kayt Bronnimann http://www.thegirlonawire.com/
Teresa Yeh: http://www.teresayeh.com/

• Welcoming & lottery giveaway!
This interlude from the photography exhibition will kick off our raffle prizes give aways that will happen throughout the evening. Many businesses, restaurants, and individuals have been more that generous with their donations to help our cause. More details to come.

• Runway Fashion Show
We are very excited to see the looks of three talented clothing designers go down our runway at Hotel One. These original ‘one of a kind’ women’s fashions will be the talk of the town.

Designers

Eva Bardelcik -Palmer: She studied at Canada’s top fashion design school, Ryerson University. Eva moved to London and worked with a variety of designers, including Jean-Pierre Braganza. It was with Braganza that Eva further developed her draping and tailoring pattern making skills. She also assisted with the production of Braganza’s world-class London Fashion Week runway shows.

Eva’s collection for Solstice of Hope is titled Posterior Motives, with detail and focal points shifting to the back of garments.

Kathy Wilson: She has presented two solo fashion shows in Taichung, City Camouflage in 2005 and European Boulevards in 2006. As well, she works as costume/set designer for independent theatre and film productions in Taiwan and Macau; Young Creative Voices (2006-2009), Mufaro’s Daughters (2007), Wo-men Women (2008), Money (2009), 24 Hour Play Festival (2009), The Bear (2009), The Vagina Monologues (2010), C’MON (2010). Cathy will have her first solo art exhibition in October at Stock 20 in Taichung.
chameleon2005@gmail.com;
coming soon- www.chameleon-workshop.com

Katy Cheng: She studied at Canada’s top fashion design school, Ryerson University with Eva. She now resides in Taipei and has her own boutique, Katy’s Got a Loft, which sells her beautiful and original designs and styles.

NAFI: Established in 2009, NAFI has quickly gained recognition as a premier store and online fashion boutique. With a growing customer base in Taiwan and other Asian countries like Japan and Hong Kong, NAFI has become a household name for the fashion forward.

http://www.nafi.com.tw/

We are very excited to have all of these designers and NAFI involved in the fashion show. They have been working hard producing beautiful looks which will be unveiled especially for you!

• 10pm to 2am After Party
We ate thrilled to have DJ Victor Yeh ( Minimal Tech House) and Swank’s DJ Matty D (Electro-Indie Dance) ripping up the dance floor with hot beats. Be sure to have your dancing shoes on for this!

**TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT THE BELOW LOCATIONS. There will only be 200 tickets available for this event, which are for 800NT at:
阿米奇AMICI義式廚房
台中市西屯區精明二街33號
No.33,Jing- Cheng Sec.St.
04-2327-2488

◆Fubar
大業路25-9號(蘇活街);
25-9, DaYe Road (Soho Street)
04-2310-9401

◆Early Bird 晨之鳥餐廳
營業時間7:30~22:00
台中市忠明南路62號(靠近中港路)
No. 62 Chung Ming S. Rd. 04- 23202608

All tickets include:

- Entry into the Solstice of Hope Event and our after party, both being held at Hotel One.
- Entry into the raffle draws,which will be held throughout the night.

ALL of the money earned from ticket sales will go directly to Buddhas Are Us, so they can directly distribute funds to the children they sponsor. Our primary concern is to secure the food costs associated with their schooling, so that the children being sponsored will be able to continue their education. If the child’s family cannot afford to pay for food, they are in danger of being financially forced out of their education. Considering Cambodia is infamous for child prostitution, education proves to be an invaluable opportunity to change family’s lives and their community.

Secondly we are aiming to raise funds to go towards schools supplies and teaching tools to help enhance the learning and teaching environment. Last, we hope to raise enough money to buy cooking stoves, being built in Siem Reap, to the children’s communities.

“More than 90 percent of total household energy used in rural Cambodia comes from wood and charcoal, which will continue to be the primary energy source for many more years, especially for poorer people. Faced with this reality, it is clear that simple and affordable solutions to the problems associated with burning wood and charcoal should be addressed. One obvious solution is the production and wide dissemination of more efficient stoves, which can cut fuel consumption in half.”- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank

We really hope to see you at this event and we want to ensure you that our our Awesome Team has been working very hard to ensure you a night to remember.