Las Vegas Market Raises $9,500 For Gift For Life

Furniture World News Desk on 8/22/2016

Las Vegas Market recently announced that its sixth annual “Up on the Roof” gala raised $9,500 to benefit Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home décor industries' leading charitable organization. The fundraiser, widely recognized as a hallmark of the Summer Las Vegas Market, drew nearly 300 supporters to its 2016 edition.

“Las Vegas Market is pleased and proud to support to the industry’s chosen charity by raising awareness and funds for AIDS education, treatment, prevention and advocacy,” said Dorothy Belshaw, president of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers, and Gift for Life board member. “In six years, Las Vegas Market’s ‘Up on the Roof’ fundraiser has raised nearly $60,000 to benefit Gift for Life.”

The gala raised money both through ticket sales as well as a silent auction that offered nearly 20 unique experiential items and Las Vegas hotels, dining and attraction packages – valued between $200 to $4,850. Items available for bid included travel package prizes to Costa Rica and New Orleans, as well unique experiences such as the 50th Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, NASCAR Sprint Races and an ultimate “Top Gun” adventure allowing one lucky buyer to serve as a fighter pilot for a day in a military aircraft. Las Vegas-focused prizes included multi-night hotel stays at The Cosmopolitan, Golden Nugget, Hilton Grand Vacations, The D Hotel, SLS, Stratosphere, Treasure Island Hotel & Casino, Trump and Venetian; dinners at Giada (inside The Cromwell) and McCall’s Heartland Grill (inside Stratosphere); Happy Hour at High Roller; and tickets to shows including Geordie Brown, Marriage Can Be Murder, Mystère by Cirque du Soleil and The Pin-Up Show.

“We thank Las Vegas Market for its ongoing support for our industry charity,” said Frank Joens, Gift for Life chair. “At-market events are essential forums for industry-wide fundraising and awareness and ‘Up on The Roof’ is a stellar event on Gift for Life’s annual calendar.”

Gift for Life, the gift and home décor industry’s volunteer group raising funds for AIDS assistance and research through DIFFA: Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS, was founded in 1992. Since then, Gift for Life has raised more than $5 million through special events, cause-related marketing, promotions, and from corporate and individual donations. For more information, visit www.giftforlife.org.

Las Vegas Market is the leading furniture, home decor and gift marketplace in the western U.S., presenting 3,100+ gift, home décor and furniture resources in an unrivaled market destination. Las Vegas Market features thousands of gift, furniture and home décor lines, allowing for cross-category commerce among these industries. The Winter 2017 Las Vegas Market runs January 22-27, 2017. For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com.

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More about Las Vegas Market and International Market Centers, L.P.: Las Vegas Market is the most comprehensive furniture, home décor and gift market in the United States, presenting a unique cross-section of 3,100+ resources in an unrivaled market destination. With two markets each year, retailers and designers can shop a broad assortment of product from thousands of manufacturers of furniture, mattress, lighting, decorative accessories, floor coverings, home textiles, tabletop, general gift and more — delivering the most complete, cross-category wholesale tradeshow for the furniture, home décor and gift industries in the United States.

For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com.

Las Vegas Market is produced by International Market Centers, L.P. (IMC), the world’s largest operator of premier showroom space for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. International Market Centers owns and operates 12.1 million square feet of world-class exhibition space in High Point, N.C. and Las Vegas. IMC’s mission is to build and operate an innovative, sustainable, profitable and scalable platform for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. For more information on IMC, visit http://imcenters.com/.

More about Gift for Life and DIFFA: Gift for Life unites the gift and home industries against AIDS with more than $5 million raised since its inception in 1992. In 2008, Gift for Life selected DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, one of the largest funders of HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the U.S., as its sole charity partner. Since its founding in 1984, DIFFA has mobilized the immense resources of the design communities to provide more than $41 million to hundreds of AIDS organizations nationwide. For more information visit www.giftforlife.org and at www.diffa.org.