Banding Together
Banding Together is an annual battle of the bands fundraising event pitting members of D.C.’s legal community in competition to inspire the audience to donate to their favorite act. The money raised by Banding Together filters directly to goods and services for D.C.’s homeless community. The music goes from 7 to about midnight when the winner is crowned.
GFTH in Bisnow!
A few months ago, we posted this great article, “3700 Reasons to Love GFTH,” by Bisnow that profiled our most recent annual used clothing drive.
Among other things, the article stated:
In its 28th year, Gifts for the Homeless and nearly 400 volunteers sorted and delivered a whopping 3,700 bags of clothing to nearly 60 shelters and homeless service organizations in the DC area.
The article further mentioned:
Planning is already underway for next year’s GFTH Banding Together. The battle of the law firm bands gives lawyers a chance to be rock stars for the evening; it hopes to raise more than $250k for new clothing for area homeless in 2015.
Please stay tuned in to our website and social media once we have more information to share with you about our upcoming Banding Together live benefit concert in DC this summer!
THE UNNAMED PARTY CROWNED 2014 BANDING TOGETHER: BATTLE OF THE LAW FIRM BANDS CHAMPION
The grand totals are in! Gifts for the Homeless smashed its old record, raising approximately $303,000 from Banding Together: Battle of the Law Firm Bands!!!! Unnamed Party, represented by Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Arent Fox LLP Hunton & Williams, was crowned the champion two years in a row, with Sutherland Comfort as the honorable runner-up. Third place went to Attractive Nuisance represented by Steptoe & Johnson LLP. We cannot thank enough our top three bands and the 13 other contenders, our emcees, our dedicated sponsors, our voters, and all who came out to rock and contributed support for our charity benefit concert. Awesome music was played and it was a blast. All of you made this event a tremendous success and we are so awed by your enthusiasm and generosity!!!!
Coverage of the event can be found on the press section of our website, where you can also listen to CBS radio’s audio story on the event, as well as heading over to our social media accessible on the right hand side of this page. We encourage everyone to contribute photos, videos, and praiseworthy comments on those outlets. If anyone would like to submit an article to be posted on our blog and social media, please contact Lisa at Lbernstein@gfth.org