The Windy (and humid) City played host to the latest GOOD Magazine event last Friday, August 22, at the eclectic Salvage One event center/art constellation/architectural salvage yard. Hope Equity set up amongst roman pillars and renovated church furnishings for an evening filled with lively discussions and introductions to a new way of giving. The more than 750 Chicagoans that attended showed a genuine interest in Hope Equity’s mission of providing sustainable giving to countries, non-profits and initiatives dedicated to ending hunger and poverty and caring for the Earth. We spoke to people from all walks of life, including lawyers, reporters, students, writers, artists and many others who were there to learn more and also have a good time. The bottom floor of Salvage One included Hope Equity, Virgin Mobile’s Re-Generation project, Peak Organic and many local non-profit and community outreach initiatives. Upstairs their was screen printing set up for on-the-spot t-shirt creation, a mini-theater set up showing GOOD short films about a host of important issues, as well as a dance floor that buzzed to the likes of Flostradamus, Hollywood Holt and Willy Joy. Choose GOOD Chicago once again showed that education and entertainment can go hand in hand.

Join Hope Equity at the GOOD Magazine Chicago Celebration on Friday, Aug. 22 at 7pm at Salvage One (1840 W. Hubbard in Chicago). The event will feature architectural artifacts, music, food and giveaways. Join us for an explosion of booth vendors, great talent and a unique combination of Chicago’s best at Salvage One! Musical performances will include FLOSSTRADAMUS, Hollywood Holt, Willy Joy and more to be announced! Visit us at the Hope Equity booth to learn how to set up a Micro-Endowment and then receive a free Hope Equity t-shirt after you set it up!

Bike valet will be provided, so ride your bike. Recycle stations will be available, so bring your old cell phones, pagers and pda’s.

You must RSVP to this event by Fri 22 Aug 2008 at 07:00PM at www.goodmagazine.com/events/chicago

Hope Equity joined GOOD Magazine in the streets of San Francisco with its 2nd Annual “Choose GOOD” Block Party with live musical performances, food, drink, games and activities for all ages. The celebration took place Sunday, July 20th from 1:00pm to 8:00pm at 111 Minna Gallery located at the corner of Minna Street and 2nd Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood.

Guests enjoyed live musical performances by The Morning Benders, The Mumlers, DJ Franki Chan, DJ Vin Sol and more on a solar-powered outdoor stage. The event featured food and drink, art installations, free giveaways and numerous interactive activities to keep the fun going throughout the afternoon.

Click here to see our San Francisco video of the event!

We’ll see you at the next GOOD Event in Chicago on August 22. For more information, visit: http://www.goodmagazine.com/events/chicago

And enjoy these pictures from the San Francisco event!

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Hope Equity joins GOOD Magazine in the streets of San Francisco with its 2nd Annual “Choose GOOD” Block Party with live musical performances, food, drink, games and activities for all ages. The celebration takes place Sunday, July 20th from 1:00pm to 8:00pm at 111 Minna Gallery located at the corner of Minna Street and 2nd Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood and is open to all subscribers of GOOD magazine. For non-subscribers, the price of admission is $20, all of which is directed to one of GOOD’s 12 nonprofit partners and adds you to GOOD’s subscription base. Party-goers must RSVP by visiting: http://www.goodmagazine.com/events/sf08.

Guests can take in all that the block party has to offer while enjoying live musical performances by The Morning Benders, The Mumlers, DJ Franki Chan, DJ Vin Sol and more on a solar-powered outdoor stage. The event will feature food and drink, art installations, free giveaways and numerous interactive activities to keep the fun going throughout the afternoon.

Come talk to us and receive a FREE Hope Equity Bamboo t-shirt!

While the staff of Hope Equity may not be directly responsible for the punishing heat that swept through New York City last weekend, we can’t help but notice that it coincided with our arrival. Regardless, GOOD Magazine once again pulled off another unique event along the East River waterfront on Saturday, June 7. Local farmers, cheese makers and honey producers provided an array of delicious and eclectic food while DJs and the British band These New Puritans kept people feeling good in the stifling heat.

The sustainable development that is a way of life for the farmers in attendance fit in nicely with Hope Equity’s mission of enabling donors to provide sustainable, long-term giving to causes and organizations dedicated to ending hunger and poverty and caring for the Earth.

Everyone in the Bay Area should mark your calendars for Saturday July 19, when GOOD Magazine returns to San Francisco for a repeat of last summer’s successful Block Party. Hope Equity will once again be a part of the festivities. We’ll post more details soon, so check back in the coming weeks.

View a short video from our recent trip to the GOOD Magazine Farmer’s Fair in New York City below.

Hope Equity returns to the greatest city in the world as a sponsor of GOOD Magazine’s Choose GOOD Greenmarket @ Solar One in Manhattan on June 7. Any Hope Equity supporters or those interested in sustainable, green initiatives should come out for what GOOD describes as “Food. Drinks. Music. Community.” All proceeds go to the Council on the Environment of New York City, which promotes environmental awareness and solutions to environmental problems. You can expect “Live bees, mozzarella making, local farmers, bamboo t-shirts, edible seedlings, greenmarket, a photobooth and much more!” Also, performances by Jacques Renault and Dave Prince.

When:
Sat 07 June • 5 pm to 10 pm (5 hours of education and party)

Where:
Solar One
2420 FDR Drive, Service Road East, 6 train to 23rd, L train to 1st Ave New York, NY 10010

How:
This is a 21+ event and for subscribers of GOOD Magazine only. You can subscribe either online at GOOD Magazine or you can purchase a subscription at the event.

For $20, subscribers get:
(1) 6 issues of GOOD
(2) Entry to a GOOD party & free drinks
(3) And all $20 goes to support Greenmarket, a program of Council on the Environment NYC (CENYC.org)

Hope Equity will be exhibiting at GOOD Magazine’s Celebration Party to be held Wednesday, March 12 in Austin, TX at the SxSW Festival. For more information on the event, click here to visit the site.

Come talk to us and get a free Hope Equity bamboo t-shirt!