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Laugh 4 Cash Comedic Event Supports Dinner Program for Homeless
Women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 14, 2003
Marketing Pros hosts Laugh 4 Cash, a comedic event to help
the Dinner Program for Homeless Women
NEW YORK, NY, November 14, 2003 - Laugh for Cash™ is a comedic
event to help Dinner Program for Homeless Women hosted by the New
York based marketing and event planning firm, Marketing Pros. This
is the first annual Laugh 4 Cash™ comedy event. This year’s
beneficiary is Dinner Program for Homeless Women (DPHW), a
non-profit organization providing meals and support services to
homeless and low-income men, women and children. In 2000, DPHW
provided more than 83,000 meals to homeless men and women in the
metro Washington, DC area.
The Laugh 4 Cash™ comedy show will take place on Friday, November
21st and Saturday November 22nd at
Jokes on Us Comedy
Club at 312 Main Street in Laurel, MD. Washington, DC area
students will participate in a collection drive to take place during
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, November 16th to
November 22nd.
“Our goal is to promote awareness among young people to the plight
of the hungry and homeless in America by encouraging them to join in
the fight against hunger by holding area drives and collecting
funds. We hope to raise the awareness level of our future business
leaders and continue to raise funds for the homeless in America by
holding this event on a yearly basis,” said Cassandra Riddick (VP,
Marketing Pros). “The fight doesn’t stop with one event. We have to
keep going in order to make a difference.”
Comedians scheduled to perform are Turae Gordon, Greg Poole and
Timmy Hall. Supporters can purchase tickets and make donations
online at www.laugh4cash.com
or drop off donations at the Jokes on Us Comedy Club on 11/21 and
11/22.
Laugh 4 Cash™ is sponsored by
Sandaleo, SimpleTees™,
NVUS promotions and
Signature Ink.
Sandaleo provided the website design services, SimpleTees™ is
providing the official Laugh 4 Cash™ T-shirt, NVUS promotions is
providing their regional marketing expertise and Signature Ink
provided its graphic design and printing services. For more
information, visit
www.laugh4cash.com and
www.marketingpros.net.
ABOUT MARKETING PROS
Marketing Pros is a marketing solutions firm that can help your
organization maximize opportunities to build brand awareness,
improve customer loyalty and generate revenue for your product or
service. Marketing Pros is the premier choice to develop innovative
strategies to acquire customers, generate brand loyalty, build
strategic marketing plans to support company initiatives and execute
programs that meet revenue goals and company expectations. Marketing
Pros provides comprehensive marketing communication, event staging
and professional biography writing services with additional
capabilities in partnership marketing and fundraising initiatives.
Marketing Pros’ mission is to maximize your company’s marketing
potential while minimizing spend.
ABOUT DINNER PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS WOMEN
For the past 24 years, Dinner Program for Homeless Women has
provided a place of hospitality and support, where any woman and her
children may receive a hot, nutritious and appetizing dinner in a
safe, stable environment and be provided with the support and
opportunity she needs to make her homelessness a transitional,
rather than a permanent time in her life. Current services offered
include our Food Services Employment Training Program and
Computer/Office Skills Workshop, both of which lead to employment
placement assistance. The DPHW currently provides meals and services
to 70-100 women and children per evening and, through a unique
collaboration in which we serve as the fiscal agent for Zacchaeus
Kitchen, 250-300 homeless men and women in the mornings. In 2002,
the DPHW’s Kitchen/Meals Program served 88,765 meals to the hungry
homeless and is on pace to surpass that figure this year.
CONTACT
Marketing Pros
Karen McFarlane
p/f: (866) 809-3392
e/ karen@marketingpros.net
Sandaleo
p/f: 888-615-9538
e/
info@sandaleo.com
www.sandaleo.com
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