V-Day Salutes Its 2004 Corporate Sponsors, Launches Online Store
May 11, 2004 - New York, NY - V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls, salutes its 2004 corporate sponsors - Barneys New York, Bobbi Brown, Dramatist Play Service, Eileen Fisher, Fairmont Hotels And Resorts, Hearst, Lifetime Television, Luna, Marie Claire, Tampax, Time Inc. and Vosges Haut Chocolate - for their generous contributions to V-Day and the ongoing efforts to end violence against women and girls. Thanks to their creative and financial contributions alongside the many inspired V-Day activists, V-Day 2004 was V-Day's biggest season to date with over 2300 V-Day benefits taking place in over 1100 communities worldwide February - March 2004.
"V-Day's corporate sponsors set the bar with their philanthropy. We are honored to work alongside corporate partners who are each leaders in their field and to benefit from their marketing saavy and ideas. Each helps expand our outreach and efforts to end violence against women and girls worldwide," states V-Day Executive Director Jerri Lynn Fields.
Also today, V-Day announced the launch of its first online store - http://www.vday.org/store. Created in conjunction with Object, the V-Day store features a selection of merchandise with the V-Day logo and messaging including "Vagina Warrior" T-shirts and caps as well as links to products from corporate sponsors which benefit the movement.
In addition to financial contributions, each V-Day corporate sponsor works to advance V-Day's mission to raise awareness and funds to end violence against women and girls. Following are some examples:
Barneys New York: