CHRISTMAS CHARITY DRINKS 2009

All proceeds will be donated to Operation Santa Claus

&

a Toast to

SANDI BUTCHKISS

Tuesday 8^th December 2009

Hughes Room, Foreign Correspondents' Club,

2 Lower Albert Road, Central

6:30 pm: Registration

7:00 pm: Networking and Cocktails

7:15 pm: Toast to Sandi Butchkiss

Admission: $100 (WiPS members); $200 (non-members)

Includes one drink and snacks. Additional drink coupons available.

Registration required. Please email to events@hkwips.org and write 'Christmas party' in the subject line. Payment can be made at the door by cash or cheque made out to "Women in Publishing Society".

Operation Santa Claus is an annual charity campaign jointly organised by South China Morning Post and Radio Television Hong Kong. The campaign seeks to raise funds and awareness for Hong Kong charities over the winter holiday season.

From a modest beginning in 1988, when HK$101,000 was raised, Operation Santa Claus has collected over HK$129 million in cash, goods and services for over 90 Hong Kong charities over the years.

All Operation Santa Claus campaigns are heavily community-focused. All through December, corporations, clubs, schools and individual donors organize a series of highly creative initiatives aimed at raising funds for each year's specially chosen good causes.

For further information, please visit their site:  osc.scmp.com

Sandi Butchkiss: Sandi left Madison Avenue, and then Malibu, for Hong Kong in l984, where she soon became a popular food, wine and travel writer with columns in the South China Morning Post, Epicure, Wine & Dine and others. She has written two major wine books, two food books and self-published the inspiring I Had Arthritis. She gives wine and advertising courses and sculpts in her spare time.

Sandi was for many years a WiPS member; she served tirelessly on the WiPS committee, rising to vice-president, and gave much of her time to Imprint from its beginning. After 25 years in Hong Kong, Sandi returns to the U.S. in January.

Cancellations can only be accepted up to 48 hours before an event. The Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society is a non-profit organisation devoted to promoting the status of women in publishing and other industries. It provides networking and training opportunities through events and workshops.