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Black Tie International:
Philanthropists Bacardi &
Grass Tip Birthday Hats to
Food For The Poor
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Philanthropists Bacardi and Grass Tip Birthday Hats to
Food For The Poor
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"Birthday
Girl"
Kim Bacardi
with Top
Chef Ron
Duprat and
former Heat
player
Tim Hardaway |
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Mari Palacio,
Maria
Carvalho,
April Bolet,
Hello
Campos,
"Birthday
Girl"
Natalie
Grass |
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COCONUT
CREEK, Fla.
(Aug. 27,
2010) –
Kimberly
Bacardi and
Natalie
Grass hosted
their joint
birthday
party
luncheon at
“Dolores But
You Can Call
Me Lolita”
restaurant
on Aug. 25.
The vibrant
pair passed
on receiving
personal
gifts –
asking
friends and
family
instead to
send good
karma and
monetary
donations in
their honor
to the South
Florida-based
nonprofit
Food For The
Poor.
The surprise
chocolate
frosted and
fondant
birthday
cake was
made by
celebrity
Chef Ron
Duprat, from
Season 6 of
Top Chef.
Chocolate
mousse
separated
the
chocolate
and vanilla
cake layers,
and an icing
Haitian flag
design was
the perfect
thank you on
behalf of
those the
birthday
girls are
helping in
Haiti. First
prize for
best hat
went to
lawyer
Natasha
Mayne with
her stunning
purple-plumed
bonnet from
Neiman
Marcus.
Wearing
their most
stylish
hats, guests
listened to
stories from
Bacardi’s
eye-opening
travel
experience
to Haiti
with Food
For The Poor
and a group
from the
Florida
Marlins.
“Horrendous
living
conditions
exist in
Haiti – only
an hour and
a half by
plane from
Miami,” said
Bacardi. “I
plan to
return to
Haiti in the
future with
Food For The
Poor to see
how our
donations
have been
used to
build a
village and
positively
affect
change.”
During
Bacardi’s
journey to
Haiti, she
visited Food
For The
Poor-sponsored
orphanages,
handicapped
homes,
feeding
centers and
villages.
Bacardi’s
goal is to
inspire
others to
realize they
can make a
difference
in Haiti –
one person,
one family
at a time.
“By
traveling to
Haiti, Kim’s
presence
gave those
she met and
hugged
renewed
hope,” said
Angel Aloma,
Food For The
Poor’s
Executive
Director.
“By using
their
birthdays to
do good for
others, Kim
and Natalie
exemplify
the
importance
of cheerful
giving, and
that it is
more
fulfilling
to give than
it is to
receive.”
Birthday
monies will
go toward
the Food For
The Poor and
Florida
Marlins
“Homes For
Haiti”
campaign to
construct
the Good
Karma
Community
Center in
Cap-Haitien,
Haiti. The
center will
provide a
place for a
health
clinic and
vocational
training
classes.
Extra funds
will be used
to fulfill
other needs
within the
community –
housing,
solar power
and animal
husbandry
projects,
for example.
To support
Bacardi and
Grass’s
effort,
please make
checks
payable to
Food For The
Poor and
include the
special
source code
“SC# 70264.”
Donations
can be
mailed to
7824 SW 193
Street,
Miami, FL
33157. All
gifts are
tax-deductible.
Online
donations
can also be
made through
the
charity’s
secure Web
site at
www.foodforthepoor.org/goodkarmagroup.
Food For The
Poor, the
largest
international
relief and
development
organization
in the
nation, does
much more
than feed
millions of
hungry poor
in 17
countries of
the
Caribbean
and Latin
America.
This
interdenominational
Christian
agency
provides
emergency
relief
assistance,
clean water,
medicines,
educational
materials,
homes,
support for
orphans and
the aged,
skills
training and
micro-enterprise
development
assistance,
with more
than 96
percent of
all
donations
going
directly to
programs
that help
the poor.
For more
information,
please visit
www.FoodForThePoor.org.
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