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Art and Celebrity Worlds Come Together to Fight Pediatric AIDS

Monday, September 22, 2008 General News
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NEW YORK, Sept. 22 Artists and celebritieshelped create an HIV-free generation at the 15th annual Kids for Kids FamilyCarnival, held September 20 in New York City in support of the ElizabethGlaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The weekend kicked off with an exclusive artauction at Sotheby's, featuring works by Cecily Brown, George Condo, TomFriedman, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, and Richard Prince. The next day,child artists unleashed their creativity, while celebrities from the worlds offilm, television, fashion, sports and music such as Leighton Meester, KellyRutherford, Tyson Beckford, Helena Christensen, Nigel Barker, and FoundationAmbassador Gloria Reuben joined the fun at carnival booths. Together, the twoevents raised $3.5 million for the fight against pediatric AIDS.
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Kids and families were dazzled with many activities and surprisesincluding:

-- The Disney Reading Room where carnival attendees were read to bycelebrities and special guests Sleeping Beauty and Peter Pan
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-- The Sony Cierge PlayStation Zone

-- Making an appearance straight from Fashion Week was the Ruby SlipperCollection - on site in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Wizard ofOz

-- The Alternative Design a Tee, Plant a Tree booth

-- Walk-around Tamagotchi characters from Bandai

-- Child guests chose toys - generously donated by Mattel - to donate tothe Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

-- Rock climbing, face painting and many others including booths from SkipHop, Fisher Price, the New York Knicks and Loews Hotels

In addition to the carnival games, guests were treated to a host offabulous food at the KIDS FOR KIDS "Restaurant Row" courtesy of New York'sfinest restaurants including: BondSt, Dos Caminos, Fred's at Barney's NewYork, L'Atelier de Joel, Mercer Kitchen and many others.

"It's the generous support and longtime commitment of our sponsors andindividuals that makes our work possible," said Pamela W. Barnes, presidentand CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. "Their generositywill speed our progress as we continue moving toward an HIV-free generation."

The Kids for Kids Celebrity Carnival is generously chaired by longtimesupporters Alexandra and Steven Cohen, and co-chaired by John Mack, CEO andChairman of the Board of Morgan Stanley. Additional co-chairs include Sheriand Larry Babbio, Megan and Larry Foley, Jay G. Goldman, Michael Gould, DonnaKaran, Anne Keating, Christy and John Mack, Stewart Rahr, and Lizzie and JonTisch. Activity sponsorship was provided by Disney and Sony.

About the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is a worldwide leader inthe fight against pediatric AIDS. Its innovative research programs,collaborative training initiatives, advocacy efforts, and rapidly expandinginternational prevention and treatment programs are bringing dramatic changesto the lives of children worldwide.

For video and photos - please visit: http://www.dogmatic.com/MNR/EGPAF

SOURCE Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
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