Everyone loves a good party! What if you could enjoy drinks and socialize, while also giving NYC children better educational opportunities? These five glamourous, entertaining events will give New-Yorkers the opportunity to do just that! 


LearningSpring Blooms

Hosted at the world-famous, stunning Ritz-Carlton, this luxurious event supports LearningSprings, a school dedicated to advancing the academic, developmental and emotional progress of children on the autism spectrum. Guests will enjoy dinner, awards, a silent auction, raffles, gift bags and testimonies from LSS graduates on how the school has impacted their lives. Longtime news anchor Jim Watkins will emcee while Pulitzer-prize winning music critic Tim Page will be honored, among others.

Date: March 6th, 2012   

Time: 6:30pm- 10:30pm  

Location: The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park. 2 West Street, New York, NY.

Spring Soiree for Minds Matter of NYC

Minds Matter sponsors essential college preparatory services for high-achieving students from low-income families. Help students achieve their dreams and, in addition to feeling warm and fuzzy, you’ll get hors d’oeuvres and a two-hour open bar, not to mention networking with an expected 1,4000 NYC professionals! Spend a little more for heartier food, more hours of drinks and live jazz music.

Date: March 8th, 2012   

Time: 7:30pm- 11:30pm  

Location: Pacha NYC. 618 West 46th Street, New York, NY.

PS 183 Diamonds & Denim Spring Benefit

Public schools in NYC are chronically underfunded. Make a difference by attending this fun benefit to support PS 183! Every cent raised will fund critical programs not covered in the school budget such as classroom libraries and technology, science materials, art and music enrichment programs, and sports at recess. Even if you can’t attend, you can still help by donating funds, items, services, gift certificates, or food and beverages for the event. All donors will be acknowledged at the event and in the monthly PS 183 Times, giving you or your business exposure to over 500 families.

Date: March 10th, 2012   

Time: 8:00pm- 11:00pm  

Location: PS 183. 419 East 66th Street, New York, NY.

Friends of the Children NY Annual Friendraiser

Enjoy an exciting night at the famously exclusive Yale Club, in order to benefit this one-of-kind charity! Friends of the Children assigns at-risk kindergarten students a mentor whom they’ll have until the day they graduate high school. The organization’s mission is to produce confident and productive young adults with aspirations and plans for the future, through educational and mentoring initiative which encourage the delay of parenthood until adulthood, promoting an active attitude of avoiding entry into the juvenile justice system and, of course, insisting on a 100% high school graduation rate.

Date: March 29th, 2012   

Time: 6:30pm- 10:30pm  

Location: The Yale Club. 50 Vanderbuilt Avenue, New York, NY.

An InSpeyered Evening

The cocktails, entertainment, and over 150 items set to be sold off between the live and the silent auctions, are reason enough to attend this event. On top of that, all proceeds will benefit the Speyer Legacy School, Manhattan’s only independent K-8 school dedicated to advanced learners.

Date: May 9th, 2012   

Time: 6:00pm- 9:00pm  

Location: Speyer Legacy School. 24 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.