celebrity baseball game From: terrific gift bag company 6/1/2006 UPCOMING EVENTS: -------------------------- Reebok Heroes Baseball Celebrity Baseball Game 60 bags/products Benefiting The Mike Modano Foundation, Todd Wagner Foundation and the Little Heroes Baseball Foundation Saturday, June 24, 2006 Two baseball teams, each made up of 10 Celebrity Players and 10 amateurs. Hard-charging, umpires umping, trash-talking, uniform-wearing, managers managing, base-stealing, home run hitting, nine inning, authentic BASEBALL. This ain't no sissy softball game. We're talking 60 mph machine-pitch hardball. Who: Celebrity attendees include cycling legend and 7-time Tour de France champgion Lance Armstrong, several of the Dallas Mavericks players (currently in the NBA Finals) Jerry Stackhouse, Jason Terry and Marquis Daniels and Mavs owner Mark Cuban; Dallas Stars center Mike Modano; NHL star Brett Hull; brothers Geoff Stults (of Wedding Crashers) and George Stults (of Seventh Heaven); NFL great Jason Sehorn (of the New York Giants); movie mogul Todd Wagner, executive producer of the Oscar-nominated films Good Night and Good Luck, and Enron: The Smartest Guy in the Room; actor Carlos Bernard (Toni on Fox's hit show 24); Heisman Trophy winner and Oakland Raider Tim Brown; Amaury Nolasco and Rockmond Dunbar of Fox's Prison Break; actor Josh Hopkins of The Perfect Storm and TV's Pepper Dennis; James Lesure (of NBC's Las Vegas and The Ring Two); Gary Valentine (cousin Danny on the King of Queens); Eric Christian Olsen (of Fox's The Loop and Cellular); and Donnie Nelson, president of basketball operations for the Dallas Mavericks. Jason Lewis will also be joining, with his girlfriend Rosario Dawson (Mimi in Rent) playing batgirl, with Whoopi Goldberg and Finesse Mitchell performing at the pre-game draft dinner. MORE INFO: Call us for pricing and details to find out how you can be a part of it the excitement. More details to come, with details on http://www.heroesbaseball.org/. DEADLINE: Final acceptance deadline is next Thursday, June 15th, but to be in the printed program, all confirmed companies must be approved by this Friday. CONTACT: Calls and emails for this event should be directed to Stephanie Jo Klein at 646-472-5951 or stephanie@kleincreative.com. _____________________________________________ In-kind only events: Kiki Shepard's Celebrity Bowling Challenge Benefiting the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. and the Dorothy H. Shepard Sickle Cell Scholarship Fund PINZ Entertainment Center, Studio City, CA Saturday, July 15th, 2006 Kiki Shepard's Celebrity Bowling Challenge is a celebrity bowling tournament and party designed to raise awareness about Sickle Cell Disease. Hosted by the Showtime at the Apollo co-host, this year it will be in honor of Miss Paizley Jenkins. Paizley has been the poster child for the event since its' inception in 2003. In December 2005, Paizley underwent the painful and dangerous bone marrow transplant surgery to hopefully cure her of this dreadful disease. As of today, Paizley is free and clear of SCD. Expected celebrity attendees include Emmy Award winner Victoria Rowell, Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson, Dawnn Lewis, Strong Medicine's Jenifer Lewis, comedianMichael Colyar, Vanessa Bell-Calloway, Darius McCrary, Obba Babatunde', Jackee' Harry, Glynn Turman, Art Evans, Tony nominee and former actor on Chicago Hope Rocky Carroll, Lil' Zane, Valarie Pettiford, The West Wing (and the new Psych on USA) Dule' Hill, Hattie Winston, Chico Bennyman, Sweet Honey in the Rock, actress Loretta Devine, Kim Whitley, Arjay Smith, Indigo, James Pickens, the Tate Bros.- Larenz, Lamard, & LaRon - and, Law & Order and Rent's Jesse L. Martin. NUMBER: 150 PRODUCTS DEADLINE: PRODUCTS MUST BE APPROVED AND ARRIVE in LOS ANGELES by July 11, 2006. _______________________ Marc Ecko Enterprises Presents the Forth Annual TIKVA Drive for Life Chelsea Piers & Chelsea Brewing Co., New York Wednesday, August, 9th, 2006 The Tikva Drive for Life is a charity golf tournament, held at Chelsea Piers driving range, in New York. This high-energy, high profile event offers society, celebrity invitees and generous donors the chance to win great prizes for golfers and non-golfers alike, all while raising money for the homeless, abandoned and abused children of Odessa, Ukraine. The event is hosted by Marc Ecko, designer and entrepreneur, along with company founders, as a way to give back to the community and help the Tikva Children's Home. Established in 1996, The Tikva Children's Home has had an impact in over 2,000 children's lives. Your in-kind donations can help affects the lives of hundreds of children, as you encourage donors to give from their hearts. Celebrity attendees this year are TBA, but last year included Marc Ecko, Olympic figure skater Oksana Baiul, Survivor's Ethan Zohn, MTV's Eric Nies, L'Oreal spokesmodel Janine Green, and Stacie J. from The Apprentice, among others. All proceeds go to the Tikva Children's Home of Odessa. Ecko hopes to raise more than $1 million this year! NUMBER: 450 PRODUCTS DEADLINES: Products to be delivered no later than August 1, 2006. _______________________ Urban Justice Center Annual "Beer, Blues & BBQ" silent auction/gala New York, NY June 28, 2006 1 product/service package per company Hundreds of young professions representing New York City's leading law firms support the UJC's mission of legal advocacy for individual rights of homeless New Yorkers. The silent auction will help raise much needed funds to acheive UJC's goal of social justice, and will introduce your products and services to 500 prominent and affluent attorneys in one evening. Ideal for travel packages, dining and spa. Please call us for more information and donor form. Deadline to receive donations is June 25, 2006. ____________________________________________ FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE ABOVE EVENTS, PLEASE CALL STEPHANIE JO KLEIN OR AMY OLSEN AT 646-472-5951. Comment on this posting.

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