Millennium Promise Announces New Auction with charitybuzz

All-Expense Paid Trip to Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Week Show, Meditation with Deepak Chopra, Alberto Contador Jersey Among Featured Items

NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Millennium Promise, the leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to the Millennium Development Goals and the end of extreme poverty, is teaming up with charitybuzz, the leader in online charity auctions, to launch a new auction to benefit Millennium Promise's work in Africa. The auction will run from August 16 - September 13 exclusively at www.charitybuzz.com/millenniumpromise.

Auction items have been donated by a diverse cross-section of Millennium Promise friends and supporters, and include:

The Ultimate Tommy Hilfiger Experience (Notice: auction closes August 31)

• 2 seated tickets to the September 2011 Tommy Hilfiger Spring Summer 2011 women's wear runway show at Lincoln Center
• 2 backstage passes for pre- and post-show (not during)
• 2 economy flights to New York including transfer to and from hotel
• 1 hotel room for 2 nights
• 1 $500 Voucher to spend in the New York's 5th Avenue Store

Meditation and Private Audience with Deepak Chopra

• Attend Deepak's signature 6-day meditation and yoga retreat "Seduction of the Spirit" in La Jolla, CA
• Includes a 30-minute one-on-one  private meeting with Deepak Chopra
• Available for October 2011 or April 2012 retreats

Team SaxoBank-Sungard Cycling Jersey Signed by Tour de France Champion Alberto Contador

• Signed by all nine members of the 2011 Tour de France squad, including three-time Tour de France Champion Alberto Contador
• Signatures include Jesus Hernandez, Daniel Naurro, Ben Noval, Richie Porte, Nicki Sorensen, Chris Ankee Sorenson, Matteo Tosatto, and Brian Vendburg

Ten Tickets to Comedian Lewis Black

• 10 tickets and First Tier, Luxury Seating for Lewis Black's "In God We Trust" at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on October 27, 2011
• Lewis Black is a stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor, and makes regular appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

About Millennium Promise
Millennium Promise is the leading international nonprofit organization solely committed to supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015. In partnership with the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Millennium Promise oversees the Millennium Villages Project, which empowers more than 500,000 people in rural communities across 10 countries in Africa. For more information, visit www.millenniumpromise.org.

SOURCE Millennium Promise