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LASplash.com: Celebrity Gift Suites GBK Oscar Gifting Suite 2007 By Judith Orr
GBK Productions, has been known for its Eco-friendly celebrity gift suites. This year
GBK has gone beyond 'gifting' this award season, raising awareness and over $325,000 in funds for numerous causes in 2007. There are so many vital charities around; and for this event,
GBK has brought together ones that work to significantly help the planet and those of us that reside here. GBK has been integrating gifting suites with philanthropy. They have donated more than Incorporating a philanthropic element to all of its celebrity gift suites, GBK Productions has donated more than $25,000 in cash and $300,000 in products and services to some very worthy charities including:
Global Green www.globalgreen.com ,
So The World May Hear www.sotheworldmayhear.org, John Wayne Cancer Institute www.jwci.org ,
Padres Contra El Cancer (parents against cancer) www.iamhope.org ,
AmberWatch www.amberwatch.com ,
Hollywood Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org and
Educating Young Minds www.educatingyoungminds.org. Celebrities that have recently attended the
GBK Productions suites include 2007 Best Actor Oscar™ and Golden Globe Winner
Forest Whitaker and 2007 Best Actress Oscar Winner
Helen Mirren. Some of the celebrities that stopped by the suites to specifically support
Global Green and take home the eco-friendly swag include Best Actor Nominee
Leonardo DiCaprio; Best Actress Nominee
Adriana Barraza; Best Original Screen Play Winner
Michael Arndt; Actor/Producer/Director Penny Marshall; Entourage's Kevin Dillion; Las Vegas' James Lesure; Heroes' Masi Oka and others.
Gavin Keilly included over 20 eco-friendly products as well as the Green Bliss Eco Spa in his suite celebrating the 2007 Academy Award Nominees in support of what Al Gore. called 'the moral fight against global warming,' Additionally, GBK Productions was a part of
Global Green USA's "Red Carpet/Green Cars" Campaign, providing eco-friendly gift bags for the nominees and attendees chauffeured in green cars to the
79th Annual Academy Awards. 'It was our pleasure to put together these bags in a year that the Oscars really focused on going green,' said GBK Productions President Gavin Keilly. 'It's great to see one of the most watched shows in America using its reach to raise awareness for this important cause.' The gift bag goodies assembled by GBK Productions included: Starbucks Organic Coffee and reusable Mugs www.starbucks.com , Ethos Water www.ethoswater.com , Desert Essence Shampoo Products, Napapijiri clothing www.napapijri.com/index_en.html , Yahoo! T-shirts, Purses from Helen E. Reigle Designs www.her-design.com , a five night stay at El Dorado Spa Resorts www.eldoradosparesorts.com and Azul Hotels;
A years supply of dog treats from Dogswell www.dogswell.com , organic jeans from Delforte Jeans www.delforte.com , green clothes from Aveda www.aveda.com , a years of Tibetan Tea www.tibetantea.com ,
'Get Clean" Green Cleaning Products from Shaklee www.shaklee.com , Caniglia Skin Care products www.drcaniglia.com, EarthlyBody oils and massage candles www.earthlybody.com,
The GBK eco-bags were given to an array of Oscar Nominees and Presenters in addition to many industry executives. Many vendors were set up at the show to meet the celebrities and personally introduce them to their products and services.
Earthly Body had yummy soy candles that you can burn and then use a tiny spoon (included with the candle) to use the warmed oil as a massage oil. Mmm.
Pure Color Jeans are really cool looking and fit just great. They have nice detailing like rhinestone swirls on the back pockets, but they're unique looking and not like ones we've seen before.
Rosa Loves makes non profit tee-shirts. www.rosaloves.com
Isaac Mizrahi makes lovely, sexy shoes as nice as the beautiful clothes he's made for years. www.thefashionhouseinc.com
Royal Guard makes very cool tee-shirts. These tee shirts have a much nicer fit than the standard tee. They have great designs on them and I like the colors. I have a terrific dark red one. www.royalguardclothing.com
Cinzia Designs makes great looking reading glasses and eye accessories. One thing they make that I have and absolutely adore is an assortment of great necklaces to adorn your glasses around your neck. Yes, a cool way to replace that dorkie thing that hangs your open glasses. www.cinziadesigns.com
Barbar makes high end hair products. www.barbar.com Magellan makes quality GPS tracking devices. www.magellan.com Mattel gave out a fantastic new game called 'Scene It'. It's a trivia game that plays on a dvd player and shows up on your TV screen. This has got game. www.mattel.com/ Yoga Pro has designed something called Yoga Toes which is a squishy device that fits between your toes to help you exercise your digits. www.yogapro.com
Spirit Scrolls is a scroll necklace that you wear around your neck with your personal handwritten message inside. www.friendshipscrolls.com
BMC makes
Signorello W
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Signorello Vineyards makes limited quantities of premium varietals that blend classic French winemaking characteristics with California fruit. ezGear has great accessories for your ipod including ezVision Video glasses, cases, ipod alarm clock and speakers, DVD players, etc. www.ezgear.com Does Gadget Universe have gravity defying shoes? They have them. Spy gadgets? Yep they have them too. Check out their fun, grown up toys. www.gadgetuniverse.com
Life Pop makes speakers for your ipods in an assortment of styles and sizes. They even make a little one to put your change in and hang on your key chain. They also make light up plastic bones to hang off your pups collar. www.lifepoptv.com
Glenn Laiken of
Alandales does "Personal Imaging" to help you create your style so you always look your best. www.alandales.com
Bodyography has a full line of cosmetics including 'Veil' foundation primer, luxurious finishing powders, liquid shimmer products, natural finish foundations, every finish powders, skin perfecter concealer, and powder shimmers. www.bodyography.com
Official Game Haven has the world's finest computer arcade and entertainment system. www.officialgamehaven.com Published Mar 19, 2007 © Copyright 2003-2004 by LA Splash.com |
