When Americans Give Respect, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ with a $500,000 Challenge to Help End Abuse

Leading designer menswear brand supports the Family Violence Prevention Fund's RESPECT! Campaign℠; to encourage Acts of Respect on GiveRespect.org

Respect is an essential building block for healthy families and communities and strong societies. Today, most people sympathize with victims of domestic violence, and with children who witness violence in their homes, but few know what to do to help. Giving respect is something everyone can do to be part of the solution

At Geoffrey Beene, we believe everyone has a right to a life free from violence. For too long, these issues have been largely hidden from public view as millions of women, children, and men suffered alone in silence

We are proud to be a catalyst in support of the FVPF that encourages individuals everywhere to practice acts of respects to help prevent family violence.

One in three women worldwide1 and countless families across this country experience domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. People want to participate, they want to help solve these devastating social problems but too often they don't know what they can do to help

We are so grateful to Geoffrey Beene for joining this Rally for Respect and making it possible for everyone to give back with just the click of a mouse.

Dress Up The Man You Respect

DRESS UP THE MAN YOU RESPECT

Dress Up the Man You Respect

Dress Up the Man You Respect

San Francisco, California (PRWEB / PRWEB) November 7, 2008 -- The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) -- the nation's leading organization working to prevent domestic, dating and sexual violence and protect adult and child victims -- has teamed up with Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ to offer Americans a novel way to give back to a great cause during challenging economic times.

Geoffrey Beene Gives Back(TM)

In support of the RESPECT! Campaign℠, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ today announced that starting on Monday, Nocember 10, it will donate $5 to the FVPF every time individuals offer an "act of respect" on the campaign's site, GiveRespect.org, up to a total $500,000 through December 31.

Acts of Respect dignify the individual, families, communities, and in this case, help a worthy cause. Site visitors can take part by donating and be matched, or giving respect in a number of cost-free ways like signing the online declaration of respect, sending an e-mail or celebrity voicemail to tell a friend about the campaign, or listening to the rally speeches and pressing their exclamation key to applaud the speaker. Each of these will result in a $5 donation.

"Respect is an essential building block for healthy families and communities and strong societies. Today, most people sympathize with victims of domestic violence, and with children who witness violence in their homes, but few know what to do to help. Giving respect is something everyone can do to be part of the solution," said Esta Soler, Founder and President of the FVPF.

"At Geoffrey Beene, we believe everyone has a right to a life free from violence. For too long, these issues have been largely hidden from public view as millions of women, children, and men suffered alone in silence" said Geoffrey Beene Chairman and CEO, G. Thompson Hutton. "We are proud to be a catalyst in support of the FVPF that encourages individuals everywhere to practice acts of respects to help prevent family violence."

By joining forces with founding national partner Macy's and Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ ,the Family Violence Prevention Fund hopes to advance a new national conversation about the everyday ways in which everyone can be part of the solution to end abuse.

"One in three women worldwide1 and countless families across this country experience domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. People want to participate, they want to help solve these devastating social problems but too often they don't know what they can do to help," Soler added. "We are so grateful to Geoffrey Beene for joining this Rally for Respect and making it possible for everyone to give back with just the click of a mouse."

Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ has also offered a $500 Geoffrey Beene "Dress Up The Man You Respect" shopping spree at Macy's. Additional details are available at GiveRespect.org

Funds raised from the RESPECT! Campaign will support education, awareness and training programs that prevent and end family violence by building strong, healthy families and communities.

Visit GiveRespect.org today through December 31, 2008, to join the rally and add to the Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ donation.

About the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)
For more than two decades, the Family Violence Prevention Fund has been one of the world's leading organizations working to prevent violence against women and children. Instrumental in developing the landmark Violence Against Women Act passed by Congress in 1994, the FVPF remains at the forefront of breaking new ground by reaching and working with new audiences including men and youth, promoting leadership within communities to ensure that violence prevention efforts become self-sustaining, and transforming the way health care providers, police, judges, employers and others address violence.

About Geoffrey Beene, LLC
Geoffrey Beene, an American fashion icon and design pioneer for women and men, is also in the philanthropic forefront with Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™. All net profits from Geoffrey Beene, LLC are donated to support critical causes. Ranked in the top "Slate 60" for philanthropy, Geoffrey Beene has committed $140 million to causes from Cancer Research, Alzheimer's and Heart Disease to Educational Scholarships, Programs to Protect Women and Children and Animal Welfare.

Special thanks to other partners of the RESPECT! Campaign:

Founding national partner, Macy's

Social media partner, Sugar, Inc.

Collegiate partners Alpha Chi Omega

California business partner Blue Shield of California

Workplace training partners Blue Shield of California Foundation

And special thanks to the Mobile Giving Foundation and Mobile Accord, Inc. for their generous support in making Text RESPECT!℠ possible.

1 Heise, L., Ellsberg, M. and Gottemoeller, M. Ending Violence Against Women. Population Reports, Series L, No. 11., December 1999.

FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND GEOFFREY BEENE, LLC "DRESS UP THE MAN YOU RESPECT" CONTEST OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

1. ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Nominators must be legal residents of the 50 United States, or District of Columbia ("U.S.") 13 years of age or older. Nominees must be legal U.S. residents 18 years of age or older. Employees of Family Violence Prevention Fund ("Sponsor"), Geoffrey Beene, LLC, their respective subsidiaries, promotional partners, agencies, affiliates and members of the immediate families (spouses and parents, children, and siblings) and persons living in the same household of such individuals (whether related or not) are not eligible as Nominators or Nominees. Void where prohibited.

2. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Geoffrey Beene "Dress Up the Man You Respect" Contest has been established to encourage and reward male role models of respect. It begins on November 7, 2008 and ends on December 15, 2008.

3. TO ENTER:

Visit www.GiveRespect.org ("Web Site") beginning 12:01 am Eastern Time ("ET") on 11/7/08 through 11:59 pm ET on 12/15/08 and follow the online directions to access the official entry form.

Provide all the information required, including your name, complete address, email address, daytime telephone number, and date of birth. Also include the nominee's full name, complete address, email address (optional) and telephone number. Nominees must be 18 years of age or older.

Submit a statement (250 or words or less) telling why the man you have nominated is a great role model of respect.
Entries must be received by Sponsor's server by 11:59 pm ET on 12/15/08. Sponsor's server is the official clock of this contest. All entries become the sole property of Sponsor, and will neither be acknowledged or returned.

Please get the Nominee's permission before submitting your entry. You may nominate as many different Nominees as you wish, but each entry must include a different original statement, and must meet all entry requirements. Nominations must be in English. By submitting an entry, Nominator (and his/her parent/legal guardian if a minor) warrant and represent that Nomination Statement and entry materials ("Entries") are Nominator's own original work, are true and verifiable, have not been previously published, that Nominator owns or otherwise controls all of the rights to such materials and that the materials do not violate any law, regulation or any right of any third-party, including but not limited to rights of copyright, publicity and privacy. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in Sponsor's opinion, is offensive, contains unsuitable material, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or if it is determined the Nominator has not complied with these Official Rules.

4. JUDGING: Eligible entries will be judged by a panel of judges selected by and from the Family Violence Prevention Fund and Geoffrey Beene, LLC. Ages of Nominators will be taken into account during judging.
Entries will be judged equally on the following criteria:

Explanation of why the nominee is a role model of respect and someone who, like Geoffrey Beene, LLC, gives back to society

Explanation of how the nominee is teaching others that respect is fundamental in healthy relationships

Compelling reasons why the nominee deserves the $500 wardrobe from Geoffrey Beene

Sincerity (believability/credibility) of statement
Nominators and Nominees will be notified by mail no later than December 31, 2008.

5. PRIZE: The following prize will be awarded: a $500 Geoffrey Beene wardrobe. Prize will be awarded as a gift card. Prize is subject to terms and conditions stated on gift card.

6. GENERAL: All taxes on prize and all expenses related to acceptance and use of prize and not specified are the sole responsibility of winner. By participating, each Nominator and Nominee (and their respective parent/legal guardians if minors) agree: [a to these rules and decisions of Sponsor and judges which shall be final in all respects relating to this promotion; and [b to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, its subsidiaries, promotional partners, agencies, affiliates and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind resulting from their participation in the promotion or their acceptance, use or misuse of a prize including, without limitation, personal injury, death and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, copyrights, trademark, defamation or invasion of privacy. Winner (and parent/legal guardian if a minor) may be required to complete an affidavit or declaration of eligibility/liability and (where legal) publicity release, which must be returned within time period specified by Sponsor of attempted notification or an alternate winner will be selected. Nominators and Nominees (and their respective parent/legal guardians if minors) by submitting a Nomination agree to grant Sponsor all rights of ownership, reproduction and use of entry for any purpose whatsoever without compensation or further permission, including but not limited to an irrevocable and perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide right, in all media (now known or later developed) to use, publish, alter or otherwise exploit entries and waive any moral rights in such entry. Winner (and parent/legal guardian if a minor) agree to use of name, likeness, voice, statements, address (city and state only), and biographical information, and/or photographs/video for advertising, publicity and promotional purposes in all media without compensation (unless prohibited by law) and without prior approval or inspection, and agree to execute specific consent to such use, or an alternate winner will be selected. Sponsor, promotion partners, and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, agents and representatives and their respective officers, directors and employees are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: [a telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, technical error, failures, or difficulties of any kind, including without limitation, server malfunction of by any human error which may occur in the processing of entries; [b failed, incomplete, garbled, corrupted or delayed computer transmissions; [c late, lost, misdirected, illegible, postage-due, damaged or incomplete entries; or [d any condition caused by events that may cause the promotion to be disrupted or corrupted. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the promotion or any portion thereof should computer or software malfunction (such as but not limited to virus, bugs, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures), or any other causes corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the promotion, in which case prize will be awarded from among all eligible entries received prior to cancellation. If an insufficient number of eligible entries are received or don't meet the qualifications established by the judges, prize may not be awarded. Entry information becomes property of Sponsor. Sponsor is under no obligation to correspond about entries nor will entries be acknowledged or returned. No prize transfer or cash redemption. No prize substitution except by Sponsor due to unavailability, in which case a prize of comparable or greater value will be awarded. All federal, state and local regulations apply.

7. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS: Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web Site users, tampering, hacking or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or technical error or unauthorized access to the Web Site. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or Web Site; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in violation of the terms of the Web Site, or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any attempt by any person to obtain more entries than the maximum number permitted, using multiple/different email accounts or any other methods will void all of that person's votes and/or entries and that person or that person's votes will be disqualified. Entry information and entry materials become property of Sponsor.

IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF INTERNET SITE www.GiveRespect.org OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OR LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

8. PRIVACY: Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the Web Site.
9. WINNERS LIST: For winner's name, city and state mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by 12/15/08 to: Family Violence Prevention Fund "Dress Up the Man You Respect" Contest Winner, Attn: Mindy Nakashima, 383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Sponsor: Family Violence Prevention Fund, 383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304, San Francisco, CA 94103.

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