AAJA-Los Angeles would like to thank the following for sponsoring this year’s Trivia Bowl:

HOSPITALITY

Wahoo’s Fish Taco (food and drinks)

Blackmarket Bakery (dessert)

PLATINUM

Southern California Edison

GOLD

ABC 7

KNBC 4

SILVER

Los Angeles Times

Verizon

BRONZE

CBS 2

KCAL 9

KTLA

Port of Long Beach

KTTV Fox 11 / KCOP UPN 13

Imada Wong Communications

COMMUNITY SPONSORS

Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Nguoi Viet Daily News / Do Family

Riverside Press-Enterprise

City News Service

Japanese American Bar Association

Immigration Law Offices of Fong & Chun

LIVE AUCTION DONORS

  • Fox TV – 2 Fox box tickets to a Clippers game
  • KTLA – Four VIP tickets a Kings game
  • KNBC – Four tickets to the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien
  • CBS 2/KCAL 9 – Four suite tickets to a Kings game
  • CBS 2/KCAL 9 – Four center luxury suite tickets to a Clippers game
  • Southwest Airlines – Two tickets to travel anywhere the flying bus goes
  • East West Players – Two or 4 tickets to a live theatre show

SILENT AUCTION DONORS

  • Alterna Inc. – Hair products all made with hemp including mousse, repair treatment conditioner, hair concrete, modeling clay, curls conditioner, repair shampoo, skin therapy lotion with spf 8.
  • Big Bang Jewelry by Anna Sheffield – Beautiful mixed chain cuff bracelet made of silver plate with brushed brass a chains and silver, dorado and jet Swarovski crystal detail.
  • Citizens of Humanity – Gift certificate for a pair of premium, bad-ass jeans to surely score a second date.
  • Earnest Sewn Denim – Gift certificate for a pair of premium, bootilicious jeans good for rocking out.
  • Forouk Systems USA – Chi flat iron, Chi oversized bag, Silk therapy, Biosilk shampoo and conditioner, four Chi nail polishes.
  • Investor’s Business Daily – One-year subscription to IBD online and a copy of “How to Make Money in Stocks” by legendary investor Bill O’Neil, who scored like Gordon Gecko but in an ethical manner.
  • Juice Beauty! – Gift basket of skin care products made from real fruit juices: lip moisturizers, eye serum, green apple peel, moisturizer, hydrating mist, spf 30 mineral sheer moisturizer, cleansing gel, blemish clearing serum.
  • Jurlique – Plant-based skin regimen including rosewater balancing mist, rose hand cream, nurturing mask, lemon body oil, moisture replenishing day cream and night lotion.
  • ‘Zen State of Being’ – Two 24” x 24” Framed Original Photographic collages. After capturing the images at the Lake Shrine Temple in the Pacific Palisades, she resculpts the physical shape of the photos in order to recreate the experience of a meditative mindset. Using these fragmented slices of beauty, she illustrates the individual deliberative parts of the thought process, as they intertwine and envelope into a zen state of being. Original artwork by Jennifer Ann Ogren Nguyen
  • Los Angeles Times – Obama election and inauguration newspapers, metal printing plates of both front pages, and T-shirts.
  • Lock & Mane – Gift box to spoil your hair with Philip B light-weight deep conditioning creme rinse, Klorane Laboratories nourishing treatment shampoo with mango butter, Marilyn the New York hair brush, Diamond BaByliss Pro hairdryer.
  • Murad – Murad professional gift box includes Activating Cleansing Emulsion, Immuno-Skin Age Inhibitor, Daily Moisture Charge SPF 30 Nightly Hydro-Lock.
  • Ulta, Burbank – MD Fomulations illuminating skin kit, Murad lip protector (set of two tubes, SPF 15), Bare Escentuals brand Chloe lip polish, Urban Decay Skyscraper brand Gotham mascara with shu extract, H20+ lemon lust shower and bath gel, H20+ moisturizing body balm, Blow travel kit (shampoo, conditioner, styling mist, thickening mist), Riviera flower pony pin, XOXO hair bands
  • Zojirushi – MD Fomulations illuminating skin kit, Murad lip protector (set of two tubes, SPF 15), Bare Escentuals brand Chloe lip polish, Urban Decay Skyscraper brand Gotham mascara with shu extract, H20+ lemon lust shower and bath gel, Blow travel kit, Riviera flower pony pin, XOXO hair bands.
  • ORIGINAL ARTWORK
  • Darlene Altemeier Dobbs – “5th and Los Angeles” 18” x 24” unframed original painting, oil on canvas
  • Darlene Altemeier Dobbs – Sunflowers on Yellow: inspired by Van Gogh” 18” x 24” unframed original painting, oil on canvas
  • Darlene Altemeier Dobbs – “Hope of Sunflower” 17” x 22” framed artist proof giclee print.
  • Emery Lambus – “I Have a Dream” 18” x 24” unframed original painting, oil on canvas
  • Vytautas Pliura – “Spring” 11” x 14” framed original painting, watercolor on paper
  • Vytautas Pliura – “Hang in There” 17” x 22” framed artist proof giclee print
  • Vickey “Lil Heta” Cookson – Untitled 18” x 24” unframed original painting, oil on canvas
  • Carl Bunker – “Fairy of Love” 18” x 24” unframed original painting, oil on canvas Gary Brown
  • “Cuban Girl Returns” – 18” x 24” framed original drawing, pastel on paper
  • Mariana Valles – Untitled 24” x 36” unframed original painting, acrylic on canvas
  • Jennifer Ann Ogren Nguyen “Fragmented Slices of Beauty”  –  Two 24″ x 24″ Framed Original Photographic collages

GIFT BAG DONORS

RAFFLE DONORS

  • Dawn MacDonald, Pilates and Yoga Instructor – One-hour private training session
  • Sprinkles Cupcakes – Gift certificate for one dozen delectable cupcakes
  • Bristol Farms, Rolling Hills Estates – Gift card for groceries
  • Ear Worms: Musical Brain Trainer – Rapid Japanese Volume 1 CD “Listen to the earworms mbt® Rapid Languages program a few times to be able to hold a simple conversation.”
  • Peggy Li Creations – “Pearl and Black” necklace made of sterling silver, freshwater pearls and tektite lava stone

TEAM PRIZES

  • Prizes courtesy of People Magazine and Verizon
  • First Place: Verizon duffle bag; American Idol Where Are They Now book; Holiday Special Puzzler books; Twilight special issues; Celebrate the 80s hardbound books; People Magazine 2009 Yearbook;People’s iCarly special issue; People’s November 2009 Country Music special issue
  • Second Place: Celebrate the 80s book; People Magazine 2009 Yearbook;People’s iCarly special issue; People’s November 2009 Country Music special issue
  • Third Place: People Magazine 2009 Yearbook, iCarly special issue, November 2009 Country Music issue.
  • Last Place: Box of ramen

ALL DONORS

Amanda Feusner

American Electrology Association

Accomplishment Coaching

Alterna

American Eagle Outfitters

Annie Jennings Public Relations

Bar Method LA

Bang Studios

Besame Cosmetics

Bing Bang Jewelry by Anna Sheffield

Bristol Farms, Rolling Hill Estates

California Pizaa Kitchen, Beverly Hills

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Citizens of Humanity

Cline Cellars/Jacuzzi Family Vineyards

City News Service and David Iwata

Dawn MacDonald, Pilates and Yoga Instructor

Don Corsini and KTLA

Earnesh Sewn Denim

Ear Worms: Musical Brain Trainer

Farouk Systems USA

Fox TV

Frank Buckley

Graf & Lantz

Hello! Lucky

Hemloq, LLC

O West Theatre & Training Center

Investor’s business Daily

James Grace

Jerry’s Famous Deli

Jinah Kim

Jennifer An Ogren Nguyen

Jon Lawrence

Jurlique

Juara Skin Care

Juice Beauty!

Kathryn Hansen

KCAL 9/KCBS 2 News

Kiehl’s, Santa Monica

Korres Natural Products

Lamp Community

Los Angeles Times

Lock & Mane

Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day

Murad

Norm Maxwell

Peggy Li Creations

Philosophy

Poketo.com

People Magazine

reVamp Vintage

Rotem Gear Shop

Save Your World

Sebago Footwear

SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills

Sprinkles Cupcakes, Beverly Hills

Staples

Susan Johnston

The Shave Beverly Hills

the Soap Kitchen

thi cosmetics

Topo Ranch Organic Cotton

Way Basics

Whole Foods, El Segundo

Ulta, Burbank

Verizon Wireless

Zojirushi

Zondervan

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