2008 Dec 4th Champions for Charity® Receptions

During Champions for Charity, over 30 stores hosted festive charity cocktail receptions. Bottega Veneta hosted the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Hirshleifer's sponsored the Children's Medical Fund, Heather on Earth Music Foundation, and the Long Island Council on Alcohol & Drug Dependence, while London Jewelers hosted new charity participants, The Friends of the Sands Point Preserve. DJ Jonesy kept spirits high at the Lacoste reception in support of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County and the Jericho Educational Foundation while guests personalized their polos with complimentary custom monogramming. As the Portledge School Choir sang holiday songs in the Hermès boutique, shoppers watched Claude, an Hermès leather craftsman, make a Kelly handbag. Ralph Lauren anchored the west end of the shopping center with a reception to benefit the Bone Marrow Foundation, while at the east end Gucci countered with a reception in support of the Hugs Fund to benefit Schneider's Children Hospital and the Elija Foundation.