Georgetown for Haiti featured in New York Social Diary
The “Georgetown for Haiti” fundraiser was featured in the New York Social Diary on newyorksocialdiary.com. Screenshots are posted below, but you can click here to read the article, which includes more pictures and information.
“Georgetown for Haiti” was organized by Jefferson Prep founder and CEO, Richard Bahar. Full Text is below screenshots.
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FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS, THE MID-TERMS ARE ON!
by Carol Joynt
It was literally one week ago that a mutual friend, James Packard-Gomez, invited me to Georgetown Cupcake for coffee and sweets and to meet Richard Bahar. “He wants to pull together a fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders on behalf of their work in Haiti.” That was Monday.
On Friday night Richard’s fundraiser, “Georgetown for Haiti,” happened in the expansive studio space above an M Street retailer.
Bahar, who is founder and CEO of the Jefferson Prep educational services company, managed to pull together the donated space, food, wine, booze, a volunteer deejay and dozens of valuable gift certificate donations from an array of popular Georgetown merchants – as diverse as Erwin Gomez salon, Bacchus Wine Cellar, A Mano, the L2 private nightclub, Bourbon Steak, Spiral Flight Yoga and a night at the Ritz Carlton. He also received more than 800 acceptances to his online invitation.
Those who crowded into the party above Lululemon – a swarm, though not quite the 800 expected – reflected all the demographics that comprise Georgetown: established residents, students from Georgetown University, young professionals, the always charitable, assorted party fiends.
There was Haitian rum, Reggae mixed in with the Kanye, much handing over of checks to buy donated items and, when the party wound down around 9 pm, a reported $11,000 was raised. Not bad for a pop up fundraiser.
