SAG Awards® Online Auctions

SAG Awards® Online Auctions to benefit the SAG Foundation to be managed by Clothes Off Our Back

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Contact: Carrie White
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Annual SAG Awards® Online Auctions to benefit the SAG Foundation
 to be managed by Clothes Off Our Back
www.sagawards.org/auction

Los Angeles, California (November 16, 2009) – For the first time, the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Online Auctions to benefit the Screen Actors Guild Foundation will be managed by Clothes Off Our Back. The auctions feature one of kind memorabilia, experiences and vacation packages.

The annual online SAG Awards Auctions benefits the SAG Foundation, currently celebrating its 25th year, to help make possible the Foundation's nationwide children's literacy programs now reaching 100,000 children per week through BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and Storyline Online, the Foundation’s Actors Center and Foundation programs providing emergency relief to members in economic distress, emergency funds for members with catastrophic illnesses, video and audio preservation of the creative legacy of SAG members and scholarships for performers and their children.

The Clothes Off Our Back Foundation is a 501c3 organization that hosts charity auctions showcasing today's hottest celebrity attire. Items are put up for bid to the public with proceeds going to benefit children's charities. Clothes Off Our Back was founded by actors and philanthropists Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm In The Middle," "Raising the Bar") and Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"), whose efforts, along with their celebrity and designer friends have helped improve the lives of children across the globe.

The SAG Awards Holiday Auction, which kicks off Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 and runs through Friday, Dec. 18, will feature one-of-a-kind holiday gift inspirations including a VIP SAG Awards ticket package, autographed movie posters, red carpet bleacher seats, gift baskets and vacation packages. The Red Carpet Bleacher Seat auction is from Monday, Jan. 4 to Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 offering fans the opportunity to cheer SAG Awards nominees and presenters as they make their way down the red carpet. The Ceremony Auction runs from January 21 to Jan 29 with SAG Awards memorabilia, collectibles and one-of-a kind experiences donated by studios, presenters and nominees and their films and television programs.

“The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards” will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. Jeff Margolis is the executive producer and director. Kathy Connell is the producer. JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Scott Bakula, Shelley Fabares and Paul Napier are producers for SAG. Gloria Fujita O’Brien and Mick McCullough are supervising producers. Benn Fleishman is executive in charge of production.  More information is available online at www.sagawards.org.

Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents more than 120,000 actors who work in film and digital theatrical motion pictures and television programs, commercials, video games, industrials, Internet and all new media formats.  The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. Headquartered in Los Angeles, SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. More information is available online at www.sag.org.

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