Celebrity Style Swag Items for Vista Maria Girls Home

Entertainment marketing firm Celebrity Chitt is seeking product donations for Vista Maria, a shelter for girls in Dearborn Heights, Mich. Twenty-two gift bags will be created for the girls, ages 11-17 years old, who are abused (sexually, physically and mentally), runaways and foster children.

Terry Grahl of Enchanted Makeovers (formerly Terry’s Enchanted Cottage) enlisted the assistance of Celebrity Chitt in creating a celebrity style swag gift bag for the girls. There is no fee for participation. Participants will receive mentions in the press release and media contact regarding the gift bags, press release distribution and image of the gift-bag contents. Bonus distribution of the gift bags, as a token of thanks and appreciation, will go to three celebrity teens, including Miley Cyrus (”Hannah Montana”), Selena Gomez (”Wizards of Waverly Place”) and Keke Palmer (”True Jackson, VP”), and a possible media giveaway.

We are seeking products that will make the girls feel beautiful, loved, hopeful, spiritual, peaceful and worthy. All products are being accepted. We are seeking apparel, jewelry, shoes, books, makeup, loungewear, purses/bags/backpacks/totes, slippers, hair and skin products, accessories, electronics, etc. The only exception is razors. Razors must be electric. Any quantity product donation is appreciated, from a five-piece minimum to the entire 26 for all the girls and celebrities. No coupons. Gift certificates are OK as long as there is no minimum purchase required and they can be used in Michigan or online. The deadline is June 20.

A word from Terry Grahl of Enchanted Makeovers: Hopeful Haven Project at Grace Centers of Hope in Pontiac, Mich., was our first make-over project in 2007. We undertook the task of renovating the dorm where 30 women sleep. The project was a huge success and received many awards in 2008, including the United Way Heart of Gold Award, Magic 105.1’s Women Who Make Magic, Soroptimists Women Who Make A Difference and The Society of Decorating Professionals (SDP). The project was also featured in two national decorating magazines and a glimpse appearance on the “Oprah” show. Our 2008 project was a complete renovation of nine private bedrooms for the same shelter and will be featured in the February issue of Country Almanac.

You can view the scope of this project by visiting EnchantedMakeovers.org. Vista Maria is going to be an even bigger project than the Hopeful Haven/Cottage Lane projects and more costly. Our labor, material and household items come from donations and volunteers, not only locally, but from all over the United States. However, a project like this takes many, many months to complete and we are looking at early 2009 to begin.

Please e-mail Madison Chile at mchile@celebritychitt.com or call (866) 936-2448 for participation details.