Favorite New Charity

Thank goodness for Twitter!  Connecting people around the world and letting everyone know what you think about the game, the movie or the President's SOTU speech.  But there are other great things about Twitter as well.  Take the account www.twitter.com/giveyoursole (you can visit their site here) This group organizes shoe collections at races.  Simple enough, donate moderately worn shoes to one of the collection sites this group puts together and help the shoe-less around our country.

LEAD Project

For those of you who are not familiar with the LEAD Project, it is a group of young leaders who are cultivating leadership skills in other young, urban professionals.

LEAD News and Updates

Thank you to those who attended the sold-out Board Boot Camp event in February. LEAD will be hosting 7 more Boot Camp events over the coming year - including two in April. These unique training events sell out fast, so be sure to mark your calendar and purchase tickets as soon as they are available.

Tickets are currently on sale for events on April 15th and April 22nd. Tickets for all other events will be available two weeks prior to the event.

2009 Board Boot Camp Schedule
All Board Boot Camp events begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Minneapolis Club.

• Wed. April 15th - Board Member Connect (This session is designed for young professionals who sit or have sat on nonprofit boards. MAP for Nonprofits will facilitate a discussion regarding the benefits and challenges of sitting on a board as a young professional. This is a great opportunity to network with peers and share your own experiences.)
Purchase tickets today!

• Wed. Apr. 22nd - Board Boot Camp: The Basics and Beyond Purchase Tickets Today!

• Wed. May 27th - Board Member Connect

• Wed. Aug. 26th - Board Boot Camp: The Basics and Beyond

• Wed. Sept. 23rd – Board Member Connect

• Wed. Oct. 28th - Board Boot Camp: The Basics and Beyond

• Wed. Nov 18th - Board Member Connect

Stayed Tuned

LEAD will be announcing a unique spring volunteer and fundraising event - stay tuned for details!

For more information please email info@theleadproject.org

MN Spring Fashion Week

Join the fashion-forward ladies of l'etoile magazine and Secrets of the City for an evening of networking and cocktailing at the Eitel Building's gorgeous Sky Park and Sky Club. Meet and mingle with style-minded locals and fashion professionals from the Fashion Group International and the local scene while enjoying complimentary apps from Joe's Garage and sips from Sacre Bleu wine and Crispin on Ice. Enter to win fabulous prizes and compare notes on the Twin Cities fashion scene with those in the know!

Wednesday April 22, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Free

Eitel Building City Apartments
1367 Willow Street
Minneapolis 55403

Sponsored by: l'etoile magazine, Secrets of the City, Village Green, Joe's Garage, Sacre Bleu Wine, & Crispin on Ice.

Walker After Hours Party

One of my favorite events that takes place in Minneapolis! I, unfortunately, will not be able to attend as my parents have picked this weekend to come visit their new grandson (NOT mine!) and I have the pleasure of driving them down to Faribault at 8 pm at night.

So in case you are reading and you've never been to this before, here are all the details for the very exciting, very fashionable event!

"What more could you want from a party? Walker After Hours celebrates the opening of Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton, a comprehensive survey of the painter’s jewel-like, unabashedly emotional portraits of rock idols such as Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain, as well as a host of other musicians, artists, and creative types. Join us for cocktails and complementary appetizers, karaoke by Arzu, tunes by Jake Rudh, a screening of the film Kurt Cobain: About a Son, a portrait making activity with a forensic artist, the ever-popular Party People Pictures- and all sorts of opportunities to see and be seen. "

For more details check out www.walkerart.org and my favorite place to skip to afterwards is definitely the Chambers' Red, White & F**cking Blue Bar upstairs.
I hope you enjoy it!!