{"id":25409,"date":"2012-10-26T17:38:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T07:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25409"},"modified":"2012-10-26T17:38:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T07:38:11","slug":"sony-foundations-wharf4ward-event-raises-520000-for-youth-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25409","title":{"rendered":"Sony Foundation\u2019s Wharf4Ward event raises $520,000 for youth cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sydney, 26 October, 2012 \u00a0\u2013 <\/strong>The stars were out in force yesterday for Sony Foundation\u2019s annual Wharf4Ward fundraising lunch. Woolloomooloo Wharf has never looked better, hosting 850 guests to a day of fine food, wine and entertainment all the while raising a staggering $520,000 for Sony Foundation\u2019s charity campaign \u2018You Can\u2019 \u2013 a national fundraising and awareness campaign set up by Sony Foundation and CanTeen to raise much-needed funds for specialised youth cancer care and services around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Music artists including Justice Crew, Timomatic and US band Hot Chelle Rae blew the guests away. A surprise performance from Jessica Mauboy ended the day and got everyone up and dancing. The X Factor finalists also put on a spectacular show which proved all of them are worthy of star status.<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by supporters from each major network:\u00a0 Channel Seven\u2019s <strong>Samantha Armytage<\/strong>, <strong>James Tobin<\/strong>, <strong>Natalie Bassingthwaite<\/strong> and <strong>Luke Jacobz<\/strong>; Nine Network\u2019s <strong>Peter Overton<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Wilkins<\/strong> and <strong>Georgie Gardner<\/strong> and Network Ten\u2019s <strong>Natarsha Belling<\/strong> and <strong>Hamish Macdonald<\/strong>. <strong>Peter Garrett<\/strong> made a surprise entrance at the end of the day, arriving in time to see Jess Mauboy perform and to thank everyone for coming.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of celebrities attended at the lunch, including <strong>Nikki Phillips<\/strong>, <strong>Charlotte Dawson<\/strong>, <strong>Kerri-Ann Kennerly<\/strong>, <strong>Ben Fordham<\/strong>, <strong>Nikki Phillips<\/strong>, <strong>Didier Cohen<\/strong> and <strong>Karl Stefanovic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Sony Foundation Australia, said: \u201c800 guests, six restaurants, 200m of wharf, five live music acts and 11 hosts \u2013 the recipe for an amazing day. It was also a great example of how people can come together to raise more than half a million dollars for a much-needed cause.<\/p>\n<p>This money goes to Sony Foundation\u2019s \u2018You Can\u2019 campaign to help young Australians survive cancer and we\u2019re ecstatic with the result.\u00a0 This money will make a measurable difference\u00a0to the lives of young Australians with cancer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Guests enjoyed a sparkling Pommery reception followed by lunch at some of Sydney\u2019s most celebrated restaurants: Aki\u2019s, China Doll, Manta, Otto Ristorante, Criniti\u2019s and Kingsley\u2019s Steak &amp; Crabhouse. The party continued into the evening at the VodkaO After Party at the Tilbury Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, 26 October, 2012 \u00a0\u2013 The stars were out in force yesterday for Sony Foundation\u2019s annual Wharf4Ward fundraising lunch. Woolloomooloo Wharf has never looked better, hosting 850 guests to a day of fine food, wine and entertainment all the while raising a staggering $520,000 for Sony Foundation\u2019s charity campaign \u2018You Can\u2019 \u2013 a national fundraising<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25409\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news","category-mind-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25412,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25409\/revisions\/25412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}