Valentine’s Day Gifts to Benefit V-Day

V-Day Unveils A Range Of New Products From iTunes to eCards, Chocolates to Vagina Warrior Jewelry, Salon Treatments to V-Tea

Perfectly timed for your Valentine’s Day gift giving, V-Day announces products and services from iTunes to eCards, chocolates to jewelry, salon treatments to V-Tea via v-day’s online store, first book & DVD release, and partners. Proceeds benefit the movement to end violence against women and girls. Valentine’s Day is a special day for V-Day. The very first V-Day benefit took place on Valentine’s Day 1998 and seven years later, thousands of colleges and communities will stage benefits on and around V-Day 2005.

Following are new and exciting products and services – in a wide range of prices – that help stop violence while you shop this Valentine’s Day.

V-Gifts Featured At V-Day’s Online Store - http://www.vday.org/store

-Vagina Warrior Jewelry by GK DESIGNS for JEWELSERV
GK Designs creates sterling silver inspirational message jewelry. The new 'Warrior' jewelry designs are a collaborative effort between GK Designs and Jewelserv, born to serve as a reminder and to further raise awareness of violence against women.
The Vagina Warrior necklace is sterling silver and features a synthetic Ruby with 18" sterling silver oxidized rolo chain. $130.00. The Vagina Warrior charm bracelet features a sterling silver tag on 71/4" glass beaded double strand bracelet with sterling silver lobster claw closure. $40.00. http://www.store-vday.org

-Vagina Warrior Apparel (T-shirts and Ski Caps)
American Apparel T-shirts in black T with hot pink Vagina Warrior lettering ($17.99) and black and pink Vagina Warrior Ski Caps with hot pink lettering ($24.99) can be purchased at V-Day's online store. http://www.store-vday.org

-V Tea By Zhena’s Gypsy Tea
V-Tea, a white tea with vanilla, is a delicate, healing potion dedicated to helping end the cycle of violence against women and girls worldwide. Ingredients: Organic, high grown white tea, natural essence of Madagascar vanilla bean and sun-dried safflower blooms. $12. Pre-order today – Tea should be available to ship on Valentine’s Day. http://www.store-vday.org

-Give The Gift Of A V-Day eCard
This year, give your Valentine a gift that really means love. Give a gift of V-Day - Your gift, in honor of your loVed one, will be put to work through V-Day’s program partners who are working on-the-ground to address the most critical issues facing women around the world. Gifts range from $25-$500.00 and are tailored to benefit young women at the V-Day Safe House in Kenya, women in Juarez, Mexico, Iraq and Afghanistan. We will send a card letting your Valentine know of your gift. To read more about the individual gifts, visit http://www.vday.org/giving

V-Day’s First Book And DVD Available For Valentine’s Day

-V-Day’s First Book: Vagina Warriors
Vagina Warriors is a collaboration between V-Day founder Eve Ensler and world-renowned photographer Joyce Tenneson. The book features Ensler’s essay “Vagina Warriors: An Emerging Paradigm, An Emerging Species” alongside Tenneson’s portraits of V-Day activists, many of them well-known celebrities, with powerful statements and quotations from the subjects. The celebrities featured include Glenn Close, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, LisaGay Hamilton, Salma Hayek, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini, Gloria Steinem, Marisa Tomei and numerous others. Bulfinch Press, Time Warner Book Group; February 2005. Price: $40.00 Hardcover/$19.95 FPT Paperback.
To purchase, visit http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0821261835/103-5344943-5813443?v=glance

- DVD Of “Until The Violence Stops” With Additional Scenes and Content
V-Day’s Emmy award-winning documentary Until The Violence Stops will be released on DVD by Netflix with additional scenes and content added including segments on Juárez, Mexico and Afghanistan. “Until the Violence Stops” follows the grassroots impact of V-Day in five international communities while exposing the pervasive and cultural forms of violence that women experience all over the world. Directed by Abby Epstein and featuring appearances by Tantoo Cardinal, Rosario Dawson, Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda, LisaGay Hamilton, Salma Hayek, Rosie Perez, and Isabella Rossellini among others
Pre-order your copy today! The DVD is available for purchase beginning February 8th from Docurama, http://www.docurama.com, or wherever fine DVDs are sold. Price: $26.95.

V-Gifts Made Possible By Our Partners

- “Because You’re Beautiful” Available For Download Exclusively on iTunes
Composed by Toni Childs, David Ricketts and Eddie Free, “Because You’re Beautiful” is the original song featured in the V-Day documentary “Until The Violence Stops.” The song received the 2004 Emmy award for “Outstanding Music & Lyrics.” In early 2003, V-Day Founder/Artistic Director and Playwright (“The Vagina Monologues”) Eve Ensler met Toni Childs at V-Day Kauai. Ensler was already a big fan of Toni’s - the impact of Childs’ music on her life has been profound and a lifeline. By night’s end, Ensler found herself asking Toni to write an anthem for Until The Violence Stops. “ Because You Are Beautiful” is the result. To purchase a download of the song 99¢, visit http://www.itunes.com

- Vosges Haut Chocolat
Vosges Haut Chocolat is donating to V-Day 25% of the proceeds from the sale of their Sophie's Boite Chapeau, an elegant hatbox filled with exotic truffles, couture cocoas and haut-chocolat. The hatbox is filled with 16 pieces from the Exotic Collection, 9 piece Nouvelle Truffle Collection, 1 lb. of Caramel Toffee, 2 Exotic Candy Bars and our entire line of Couture Cocoas. $200.00
Visit http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/detail.aspx?ID=837

- “Gift Of Beauty” from Roy Teeluck Salon
For V-Day, Valentine’s Day, this year, the Roy Teeluck Salon challenges you to make a $75.00 tax-deductible donation to V-Day, and help put an end to violence against women. In return for your donation, the salon invites you to experience one of their very talented stylists for a complimentary haircut or a single color process with one of their fabulous colorists. The Roy Teeluck Salon is located at 38 E. 57th Street, directly across from the Four Seasons Hotel, in New York City. It is a relaxing environment where clients can come not only for beauty boosts but for some lighthearted fun. Roy Teeluck has been listed as one of NYC’s top stylists by Gotham Magazine and voted best stylist by Allure Magazine. The salon boasts some of the most talented stylists and colorists on the East Coast including the best eyebrow stylist, Duffy Neuberger, as voted by Allure Magazine. (Donations must be made before February 14th, 2005. Hair appointments can be booked anytime before June 30th, 2005. Complimentary services can be booked Mon – Thurs. Limited to one service per person and to the first $100,000 in donations.
Visit http://www.royteelucksalon.com/vday.html.