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Buy to Save women

 

You can be fashionable, and charitable, at the same time.

Mastercard and Unifem are joining hands to raise funds for women at risk from violence and exploitation through the 2010 UNIFEM Buyt to Save sale.

Mastercard holders can contribute by choosing to pay with their MasterCard cards.

At the Buy to Save charity sale to be held on 11 and 12 December 2010, MasterCard will donate $2 for every transaction made using a MasterCard card. Further to this, DBS will donate another dollar for every transaction made using a DBS MasterCard card. All proceeds collected from the MasterCard Purchase with Purpose initiative will go to support women's causes such as providing scholarships for girls in the Beautiful People Program, shelters for at-risk women at Andrew & Grace Home and Singapore Council of Women's Organisations' The Star Shelter, as well as other public education programs.

What:
2010 UNIFEM Buy  to Save sale
 
Where:
M Hotel
81 Anson Road
Shenton Room, Basement 1


When:
December 11-12 (Saturday & Sunday)
11am – 5pm

 
Details:
http://unifem-buytosave.com

Buy to Save is a second-hand luxury fashion sale held annually by UNIFEM Singapore, featuring a range of gently-worn designer items including apparels, shoes, bags and accessories donated by fashion personages and local artistes. This year, shoppers can expect a larger event with menswear and kids-wear added to the collection, along with a silent auction of designer items donated by local celebrities such as Nadya Hutagalung, Evelyn Tan, Beatrice Chia- Richmond, Fann Wong, which shoppers can bid for. Besides its involvement in Buy to Save, MasterCard is also donating $20,000 to UNIFEM Singapore towards its various causes supporting women's environment.

Singapore, 30 November 2010- MasterCard cardholders can contribute to a bigger effort to fight violence against women by simply choosing to pay with their MasterCard cards. As part of the MasterCard Purchase with Purpose TM social responsibility platform, MasterCard and UNIFEM Singapore have joined hands again through the 2010 UNIFEM Buy to Save sale to raise funds for women at risk from violence and exploitation.

At the Buy to Save charity sale to be held on 11 and 12 December 2010, MasterCard will donate $2 for every transaction made using a MasterCard card. Further to this, DBS will donate another dollar for every transaction made using a DBS MasterCard card. All proceeds collected from the MasterCard Purchase with Purpose initiative will go to support women's causes such as providing scholarships for girls in the Beautiful People Program, shelters for at-risk women at Andrew & Grace Home and Singapore Council of Women's Organisations' The Star Shelter, as well as other public education programs.

Details: At the Buy to Save charity sale to be held on 11 and 12 December 2010 at M Hotel, MasterCard will donate $2 for every transaction made using a MasterCard card. Besides its involvement in Buy to Save, MasterCard is also donating $20,000 to UNIFEM Singapore towards its various causes supporting women’s environment.

 

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