Housing Works’ 5th Annual Design on a Dime Benefit Tonight, May 7th

Join Housing Works tonight for their 5th Annual Design on a Dime, the biggest interior design fundraiser of the year! Sponsored by Sears and Kmart and cochaired by Parker Posey and James Huniford, Design on a Dime features 50 room “vignettes” decorated by well-known interior designers, including Jaclyn Smith, Ty Pennington, Charlotte Moss, James Huniford, Sharon Simonaire, Nathan Egan, Ernest de la Torre, David Cafiero and menswear designer John Bartlett.

Brand new and repurposed furniture, housewares, linens and accessories are all being sold at 60% to 80% off! In addition, bid on photography from today’s top fashion and fine art photographers in the silent photography auction, featuring over forty photographs from such notables as Cig Harvey, Neal Slavin and Andrew Hetherington.

VIP shopping gala features entertainment, hors d’ oeuvres and expected celebs such as Jaclyn Smith, Ty Pennington; Alex McCord, Simon van Kempen and Ramona Singer of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New York”; Heather Graham, Bradley Cooper, Happy Shipley (philanthropist/activist), Richie Rich, Robert Verdi, and Rod Keenan..

Event details:
WHAT: Housing Works Fifth-Annual Design on a Dime
WHEN: Opening night VIP shopping and party, May 7 from 6 to 9pm; sale continues May 8 and 9, 10am to 6pm
WHERE: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street betw. 6th and 7th Aves
TICKETS: Opening night VIP event tickets start at $150. Purchase tickets at www.housingworks.org/dime. Event is FREE May 8 and May 9
BENEFITS: Housing Works’ lifesaving services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS

More about Design on a Dime

Created by Design on a Dime cochair James Huniford, of Huniford Design Studio, Design on a Dime has raised $2 million for Housing Works, Inc., New York’s largest AIDS service organization. Last year alone Design on a Dime raised $650,000 for Housing Works.

Design on a Dime will help provide funding for projects such as Housing Works’ recently opened congregate living facility, Stand Up Harlem House. Housing Works renovated three classic Harlem brownstones to create the residence, which now provides 16 apartments to homeless and low-income individuals and families affected by HIV and AIDS.

Posted on May 7, 2009 at 6:11 pm

OUR MISSION Housing Works is a healing community of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Our mission is to end the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain our efforts.

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