Halos & Handbags | Boys & Girls Club | Sammy & Marlys

On Saturday, May 1st, Sammy Glassman and Marlys Lazarus (Mother & Daughter Real Estate Team at The Williams Real Estate Company), joined Lisa Haffner, host of “Your Life A to Z” on KTVK-3TV, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale for a fabulous afternoon of fashion, food, and fun at the 2nd annual Halos & Handbags luncheon and auction at the newly remodeled El Chorro Lodge in Paradise Valley.

Sammy Glassman & Marlys Lazarus

From clutches to carryalls, and from vintage to designer, event attendees had the opportunity to bid on more than 100 unique gift items and handbags. They enjoyed a sophisticated afternoon browsing through some of the most stylish handbags available from Coach, Fendi, Kate Spade, and many others.

Halos & Handbags is a celebration of one-of-a-kind vintage clothing and modern accessories with a special fashion show by Fashion by Robert Black – Phoenix fashion icon and former owner of FORD/Robert Black modeling agency.



This event raised more than $40,000 to support children and teens in our community.

Proceeds from Halos & Handbags are invested in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Angels for Kids, Mentors for Life campaign which benefits our more than 16,000 youth members.

Angels for Kids, Mentors for Life helps to support youth development programs for our Club kids and is built around five core areas: the arts, character & leadership development, education & career development, health & life skills, and sports,
fitness & recreation.

With the continued help of Real Estate Agents like Sammy & Marlys, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale we can continue to provide a safe, positive place for our youth to go both after-school and during the summer.




ABOUT THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - http://www.bgcs.org/

Since 1954, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale has provided quality programs to Northeast Valley youth. In that time, more than 100,000 children and teens have been served. Today, more than 16,000 community youth ages 6 to 18 are served through the organization's nine branches and 12 outreach sites located in Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Hualapai Indian Community and other Northeast Valley neighborhoods.

The Club offers more than 100 quality after-school and summer programs in a positive, safe, supervised environment. Programs offered at the Club are built around five core areas: the arts, character & leadership development; education & career development; health & life skills; and sports, fitness & recreation.

Adopt-A-Family | Phoenix Day | Christmas 2009

"Dear Davy,

You [Davy Yee, Realtor, The Williams Real Estate Company] and Thuy [Designated Broker, The Williams Real Estate Company] and the rest of the good folks at The Williams Real Estate Company, were instrumental in the success of Phoenix Day's 2009 Adopt-A- Family Program.





I took over the program in 2005, and at that time we were working with Make-a- Difference, which they are now known as HandsOn Greater Phoenix.



Their role was to get sponsors for the Adopt-a-Family Program and Phoenix Day would sign-up families in need that would benefit from being adopted for the holidays.



It was a wonderful collaboration and year after year we would have their support and many Phoenix Day and HealthLinks families benefited from this program.



Long story short, last year HandsOn told us they were unable to take on this project due to lack of staff and the demands of the project.



So what I turned to the Board Members for their assistance and support in helping me get sponsors for the 69 families that needed help. Needless to say, they were all very supportive and helped by adopting a family or recruiting their family, friends, co-workers to adopt a family.



But Davy, being the amazing person that you are, got your company [The Williams Real Estate Company] involved and hyped up this project!



Thanks to you and The Williams Real Estate Companyís support, 28 families had a wonderful Christmas!î


Bernice Medina
HealthLinks and Case Director
Phoenix Day

http://www.phoenixday.org/

At Phoenix Day, we believe that every child, no matter what their socio-economic background, deserves the highest quality early education program. Early childhood education empowers the way children think, learn and behave for the rest of their lives. Established in 1915, Phoenix Day provides a safe, nurturing and diverse environment with age-appropriate curriculum that promotes a lifetime of learning. We welcome you to explore our website and learn more about Arizona's oldest early education and childcare center.

Handprints of Hope | Phoenix Children's Hospital

Julia drew her dream home.

And now, thanks to a group of caring business leaders, her beautiful art will be sold for a donation and hung in a caring corporate donor’s office, which in turn benefits the very hospital which saved her life.

The Williams Real Estate Company and its founder, Daniel Williams, came up with the idea after having his own office walls adorned with Phoenix Children’s Hospital patient artwork.

Williams kicked-off a program and assembled a dedicated group of business leaders that will take PCH children’s art to a new level, creating a year round business-to-business fundraising opportunity for Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

For more than 23 years, the Art Project at Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation started with just greeting cards designed by young patients, only available during the holidays. All proceeds benefit the Hospital’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, helping fund medical and family support programs, research equipment, school re-entry programs, lodging at the Ronald McDonald House, and patient camps and retreats.

But, with funding cuts and hospital costs continually rising, the need for more creative and long-term fundraising endeavors are being created by committed Phoenix Children’s business leaders like Dan Williams.

“Our Real Estate Company is based on Philanthropy, and we always donate through every real estate transaction. Yet, there’s always more that can be done with business associates that I work with every day,” says Art Advisory Chairman, Williams.

Dan invited industry associate, Bill Rogers, President of Homeowners Financial Group to be the Co-Chairman of the business community “Art Advisory – Handprints of Hope”.

Together they launched an initial 50-member team of business leaders with a kick-off event at the W Hotel last July.


Business leaders will promote and sell “Handprints of Hope” artwork for PCH fundraising, while conducting their own daily business.

From City of Phoenix employees to business owners – each will help fundraise.




The Art Advisory goal is to raise $250,000, by selling framed PCH children’s art that ranges from $250 to $5000.

The large 5-piece format is for a collage of patient art, which also includes a tour of Phoenix Children’s, reception with the CEO, Bob Meyers, Foundation Directors and Doctors.

Proceeds benefit Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Phoenix Children's Hospital has provided hope, healing, and the best healthcare for children and families since it was born in 1983. Today, Phoenix Children's is one of the ten largest children's hospitals in the country and provides specialty and sub-specialty inpatient, outpatient, trauma, and emergency care to patients throughout Arizona and other Southwestern states.

http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/