Proceeds will benefit Project Fukushima!, an international, artist-led initiative meant to raise awareness and support for areas affected by the recent natural and nuclear crises in Japan.
But this tally has yet to be completed, and a final list will not be available until July 2013, well after the benefit project is supposed to have been rolled out in much of the country.
Project by Project Benefit A tasting of samples from some of the city's food shops and food producers, with wines, will be held on Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Metropolitan Pavilion, fourth floor, 123 West 18th Street, to benefit Project by Project, a volunteer organization, and its work with a group called Ecpat-USA, which combats the sexual exploitation of children.
The production began as an entry in the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival co-produced the Texas event to benefit Project Transitions, a nonprofit group that provides hospice care and housing for AIDS victims.
Asian-American Aid A tasting of foods from more than a dozen restaurants to benefit Project by Project, which helps Asian-Americans in need, will be held on Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Skylight, 275 Hudson Street (Dominick Street).
This winter, the New York artist Jacob Hashimoto unveiled an aluminum-tile, tapestrylike sculpture made for the facade of the Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood, while the ubiquitous street artist Shepard Fairey created a huge mural of Lance Armstrong on the side of the Montalbán Theater in Los Angeles to kick off the cyclist's coming Nike-sponsored benefit project with various A-list artists.
Proceeds will benefit projects of the Mystic Rotary Club, which is preparing the food.
Nationally, the Elks raise more than $200 million a year to benefit projects ranging from camps to hospital programs.
Republicans supposedly put an end to special-interest language slipped into bills to benefit projects or employers in their districts when they took control of the House last year.
In 2003, Oprah Winfrey mentioned the non-profit on her show, calling it a "revolutionary charity", and her viewers donated $250k to benefit projects in classrooms around the world.
This coming together of the brightest music stars of the day set the tone for "We Are The World" and many other benefit projects later on.
