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"  Chances With Wolves; Photo: hanukhanuk Where can you find drinks, designer donations, and a bevy of well-manicured beards all under a disco ball? At the Freemans Sporting Club holiday party, of course. At last night&amp;#039;s event (which was described by guest Victoria Bartlett as a &amp;quot;fantastical venture&amp;quot;), more than 200 attendees showed up for cocktails and some good old fashioned charity work. Rachel Comey, Thakoon, and other notables contributed items to the Sandy Relief Gift Shop, where 100 percent of each sale was given to Renegade Sandy Relief and Waves for Water. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m always into giving to charity,&amp;quot; said Thakoon, who provided a collared, long-sleeved, buttoned-down dress and has worked with UNICEF, AIDS charities, and animal rights initiatives in the past. &amp;quot;Anytime I get to participate, I feel good about it. It&amp;#039;s the least I can do.&amp;quot; Other apparel and accessories for purchase included beanies, socks, handbags, iPad cases, and Made Her Think jewelry. The philanthropic aspect of the event appropriately fit the holiday season, said Taavo Somer, Freemans Sporting Club founder and event co-host, who estimated that about 30 items were donated in, addition to cash contributions. Though Somer expected the night&amp;#039;s fundraising to be a success, attendees and organizers were involved with projects beyond party planning. Event co-host Poppy de Villeneuve&amp;#039;s New Year&amp;#039;s resolution is to care less about what people think, but the Rockaway Needs Us creator was considerately thinking of others when she developed the short documentary to inspire financial assistance for victims in Queens, NY. &amp;quot;I was like, &amp;#039;What can we do?&amp;#039;&amp;quot; explained de Villeneuve. &amp;quot;Well, we make films. So, we made a film to raise money.&amp;quot;  Get involved with Superstorm Sandy relief efforts here.   Russ Spina, Thakoon Panichgul and Justin Giunta; Photo: hanukhanuk "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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