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Flix ~ Ludacris’ Ralph Lauren Charity Event
Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges hosted a charity event for the Ludacris Foundation last week at the Ralph Lauren Store at Lenox Square Mall. The store closed it’s doors to the general public at 6:00pm for a three hour private shopping event.
The patrons became the largest crowd in the event’s three year history, Ludacris told the crowd.
“The turnout was amazing and the event was above expectation,” said Chaka Zulu, CEO and co-founder of Disturbing Tha Peace Records. “We know the Atlanta community is rich in so many ways and they constantly support DTP on so many levels.” (Source)
The event began at Luda’s new restaurant, Straits, with a $100 per plate private dinner that offered guests a taste-testing of the restaurant’s cuisine. The dinner and the shopping event raised tens of thousands of dollars to go towards HIV/AIDs testing and research.
KD Patrick
April 29, 2008 @ 2:43 amThis is a very good cause, and I would like to encourage people to also consider supporting the AIDS service organization in Guam called the GUAHAN Project (http://www.guahanproject.org/index.php). With very limited funds, the GUAHAN Project provides HIV prevention and care services to impoverished people who live in the U.S. affiliated Pacific region–American Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam–which suffers enormous health disparities due in part to limited Federal assistance, and in part due to the post-colonial era annual per capita income: for example, it is only $2,900 in the Marshall Islands, and $2,300 in the Federated States of Micronesia. For comparison, the U.S. annual per capita income is $46,000. This organization and the fragile societies of incredibly unique, indigenous people it serves really need support.
Dana T.
April 30, 2008 @ 10:00 amVery informative KD.
I have to say though Luda you look very dashing.
I am continuously impressed.
Dana T.