PAVE Gala Raises Over $100,000 for Education
Hollywood, Fla. (Dec. 21, 2006)—On Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, retailers and designers gathered at PAVE’s 10th Annual Fundraising Gala at the Essex House in New York City to celebrate and show their support for the future of the retail design industry. The Gala event drew a crowd of over 300 influential retailers, designers, and industry suppliers from companies including Federated Department Stores, the Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Target, Bloomingdale’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Macy’s, Ann Taylor, Bank of America, Harley-Davidson, FRCH Design Worldwide, Chute Gerdeman, RYA Design Consultancy, Gensler, Callison, and many others. The event raised over $100,000 for PAVE’s educational programs, making this most successful fundraising event in PAVE’s history. Fifteen seats donated by industry companies allowed students to attend and benefit from the event.
Following a cocktail reception, guests moved into the Essex House’s Grand Salon for dinner and the awards ceremony. At the awards presentation, PAVE recognized the winners of this year’s PAVE Student Design Competition, sponsored by Target, awarding $21,000 in grants to students and schools. For a complete list of student and school recipients, visit www.p-a-v-e.info.
Also during the ceremony, Federated Department Stores honored the memory of the late Rudy Javosky with a special tribute celebrating his life and accomplishments in the retail industry.
Other awards presented at the gala included:
The Best Windows of New York City, presented by DDI
1st Place Platinum Award - Macy's "The Trees of Wonder"
2nd Place Gold Award - Polo Ralph Lauren (Madison & 72nd St.)
3rd Place Silver Award – Bloomingdale’s "The World Celebrates"
Excellence in Visual Merchandising and Design, a new award to honor retail design excellent in New York City, presented by VM+SD and LIM: Laboratory of Merchandising Institute, New York City
Chanel (East 57th St.)
Anthropologie (Rockefeller Center) LIM Student choice award
Oilily (Soho)
The Best New York City Store of the Year, sponsored and presented by the Institute of Store Planners, New York Chapter
1st Place - Nokia (57th St.)
2nd Place - Longchamp (Soho)
3rd Place - Napapijri (Soho)
PAVE would like to thank all who sponsored and showed their support by attending the 10th Annual PAVE Fundraising Gala. Planning for the 2007 Gala has already begun and PAVE is looking forward to another record-breaking event!
PAVE 10th Annual Fundraising Gala Sponsors
FLAGSHIP SPONSOR: SEVEN CONTINENTS
AWARDS SPONSOR: Federated Department Stores Inc.
BOUTIQUE SPONSORS: DDI, DK Display Corp., and Progressive Fixtures Solutions Inc.
SPECIALTY SPONSORSHIPS: Target (Student Design Competition) and VM+SD
GALA PROGRAM SPONSORS: Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, Theory, TPG Architecture, and Trimco Display LLC
PAVE GALA PATRONS: Adel Rootstein USA Inc., Alu, Inc., Architectural Systems Inc., ASI Hardwood Flooring, Callison Architecture, The Design Compendium Inc., Elevations Inc., FixtureOne, Guild Visual Works, JP Metal America Inc., Lifestyles Forms & Displays, NASFM and NADI, The Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Richardson & Associates, SPACE dmc, Trimco Display LLC, and Van Stry Design Inc.
GIFT BAG DONATIONS: Christine Taylor Collection, FixtureOne, Macy’s North, The Neiman Marcus Group Inc., NYC & Company, Convention Services, SEVEN CONTINENTS, Sony Style, Target, and Toys "R" Us
GALA STUDENT SPONSORS: FRCH Worldwide Design, NASFM and NADI, Rose Displays Inc., Richardson & Associates, Showbest Fixture Corp., Target, and Van Stry Design Inc.
Note for Editors: Print-quality images from the Gala reception are available. Contact Pamela Presley at 954-893-7300, ext. 26 or e-mail pamelapresley@p-a-v-e.info
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