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State Fair, Celebrities participate in
Clothes Off Our Back charity
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Performers donate
items from State Fair concerts to on-line auction
[AUG. 15, 2005]
Springfield -- Illinois State Fair Manager Amy
Bliefnick today announced a special partnership with the Clothes Off Our Back
Foundation, a non- profit organization that works with celebrities to donate
their attire from award shows, events, premieres, concerts, etc. and auctions
the items to benefit children's' charities.
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"Teaming up with Clothes Off Our Back
is a win-win for everyone," Bliefnick said. "The fans who come to
the fair to see their favorite bands in concert get a chance to bid
on a special item donated by the group and the money raised goes to
a great cause."
Artists who have committed donations in advance
include: Brad Paisley, SHeDAISY, George Thorogood and Fog Hat.
Artists are still able to donate items up until the night of the
concert.
The auction will launch the morning of Monday, Aug. 15 on the
Clothes Off Our Back web site at
www.clothesoffourback.org and will run through
Friday, Aug. 26. Additional items will be added
throughout the auction. The site can also be linked
through the State Fair web site at
www.illinoisstatefair.info. The Clothes Off Our Back web site will
post a picture of the donated item from the concert along with the
description.
"Clothes Off Our Back is proud to auction music
memorabilia from the groups that will be performing at the Illinois
State Fair," said Michel Schneider, executive director, Clothes Off
Our Back Foundation.
"We appreciate the performers from all entertainment communities who
have generously donated the clothes off their back to help our
Foundation raise money for children's' causes."
This year's charity beneficiaries are UNICEF's
emergency relief efforts in Sudan (Darfur) and their
efforts to prevent needless deaths from malaria; Half the Sky (an
organization that works to enrich the lives and enhance the
prospects for babies and
children in China who still wait to be adopted, and
those who will still spend their childhoods in
orphanages) and Cure Autism Now (an autism research foundation).
[Illinois
State Fair news release]
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