Local Manhattan Beach Moms, raise $77,133 (and still counting ) for Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles with their First Annual Halloween Monster Ball scheduled on October 24th, 7:30 pm at the El Segundo Automobile Driving Museum. The Halloween Monster ball will bring together 250-300 attendees that will include affluent South Bay and West L.A. community members, a variety of distinguished professionals and professional athletes (such as NBA Legend Steve Nash), and tastemakers within the area. The evening will be a night filled with fun, food, dancing, drinks, entertainment and philanthropy! Guests will enjoy food stations from some of the best restaurants in the South Bay (including Craft Shack and HopDoddy Burger Bar). 100% of the proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that fulfills the wishes of children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 18 who confront life-threatening medical conditions. On average it costs about $7,500 to grant a wish. A wish is fulfilled by the organization on average every 38 minutes.
Hosts of the Halloween Monster Ball:
Karina Kraines, Jennifer Ozar and Kat Zimmerman: Like-minded Southern Californian Mom’s who have a passion for helping other kids and families not as fortunate. Living in the beautiful city of Manhattan Beach these Mom’s are abundantly aware of how blessed and fortunate they are raising 7 healthy beautiful kids collectively. In April, these moms teamed up to create “Hunt For A Wish” -an Easter Egg Hunt that brought local together families together to participate in a family day filled with fun, photo-ops with the Easter Bunny, and of course a massive Easter egg hunt. At the event, a “Wish Family” was gifted with a trip to disneyland and given special easter baskets filled with awesome toys. The “wish kid” spoke to the crowd about her appreciation and love for the Charity. On the heels of “Hunt For A Wish’s” success, Karina Jennifer and Kat, had an overwhelming desire to plan something even bigger and raise even more money and so the first annual Halloween Monster Ball was spawned.
Details about the Halloween Monster Ball:
HGTV Design Star Finalist, Mark Diaz has come on board to help create a unique experience to remember at this year’s Halloween Monster Ball. When approached by the Halloween Monster Ball committee he was not only eager and passionate about getting behind such a worthy charity, but was excited to employ his creative designs in order to transform the Automobile Driving Museum into a Halloween Masterpiece. Mark is quickly becoming the revolutionist king of creating distinctive structures with thoughtful, edgier design. From developing and designing many of the most popular nightclubs in Miami, to leaving his mark on New York City’s destination retail landmarks, Diaz has an aggressive passion to design and develop the “first” of anything within his industry. Mark has also partnered with yoga artist of Ra Yoga, Jenny Vande Hei to assist him with the design layout for this year’s event.
Former Wish Kid, Travis Flores will be guest speaking at the Halloween Monster Ball to remind guests why everyone is there: to help kids like him! In 2004, Travis published a children’s book, “The Spider Who Never Gave Up”, with the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation as his “wish.” Travis began a 3 year book tour to share his story of perseverance and his received national recognition. Travis suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, a life-long genetic disease that attacks the respiratory & digestive systems.
The Halloween Monster Ball is at the Automobile Driving Museum: 610 Lairport Drive. El Segundo Ca. at 7:30pm. Tickets are limited and cost $150.00 which includes photo-ops, cocktails, food, dancing and entertainment. All guests are required to come dressed in their favorite Halloween attire. The evening will begin with a cocktail/appetizer hour where guests can bid on auction items such as Jennifer Meyer Jewelry, The Weeknd VIP concert experience, a private basketball clinic with legend Steve Nash, Autographed L.A. Kings Memorabilia, VIP Coachella Tickets, a Maui vacation etc. All auction items are live and can be bid on even if you can’t attend the event: http://halloweenmonsterball.auction-bid.org/micro2.php
Contributers to the Halloween Monster Ball:
Tesla
Steve Nash
Live Nation
The Forum
MediaLink
Ra Yoga
Anheuser-Busch
Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Tito’s Vodka
Duckhorn Vineyards
HopDoddy Burger Bar
Craft Shack restaurant
Krispy Kreme Donuts
Silvo’s Restaurant
Petros Restaurant
Nick’s Restaurant
Fresh Brothers
Cabbage Patch
Shop House Kitchen
Rock & Brews Restaurant
Jennifer Meyer Jewelry
Rock & Gems Jewelry
Cochella Music Festival
Roc Ventures
Ozar & Gauss Real Estate Partners
Miller Family Foundation
Young Family Jewelers
Holly Socrates Art
Pier Medical Esthetics
Shade Hotel
Mogrgan’s Jewelers
Dustin Brown
