It’s hard to get out of the hot seat when you have Simon de Pury around. That’s the lesson that actress Michelle Monaghan got last week at the Portraits and Polaroids art auction to benefit Free Arts NYC, an organization that provides underprivileged children and their families with art and mentoring programs. Sponsored by 7 For All Mankind and Vanity Fair, the event is known for its high ...

Sometimes it's not enough just to talk the talk. On Monday night at Scott Harrison's charity: ball, celebrity co-hosts Adrian Grenier and Jessica Stam showed their commitment to raising money for freshwater wells in Africa by literally walking the walk. To help guests better understand the arduous task of transporting water (which many African women and children endure daily), Tripp Mixx Productions created the Water Walk. ...

Show how much you care about your loved ones this holiday season by choosing gifts that speak to their passions and causes. A wonderful, new web site called Changingthepresent.org has over 1000 gift ideas representing 33 different charities including those that support disaster relief, HIV/AIDS, environmental issues, poverty and child welfare. For a fun and philanthropic gift guide, we bundled a few of their donation ideas with ...

To some, Scott Harrison led an enviable life filled with A-list parties, exclusive access to New York nightlife and a rolodex filled with the city's most beautiful people. But, the former party promoter and celebrity event planner was left wanting more. In 2004, Harrison left behind his indulgent lifestyle and traveled to Africa to help the most impoverished people on Earth. What ...

For Julie Panebianco and Topaz Page-Green, the term power lunch may have been redefined. Concerned about the growing number of impoverished children that went hungry at school every day, the friends joined forces in 2005 to create The Lunchbox Auction to raise money for two hunger relief organizations. Celebrities, designers, musicians and artists were asked to design personalized lunchbox art to be donated to an online auction to ...

Over the years, I have planned many celebrity parties and I'll admit that I have been starstruck on a few occasions. But, who I consider to be my biggest celebrity sighting may surprise you - it's not a Hollywood actor or music superstar. I'd ...