Once again, Cool Mom Picks was so happy to support our friends at Baby Buggy on June 4 at the annual Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash in Central Park, and helping them to raise close to $500,000 for at-risk families with young children in need.
Wow, did the celebs come out this year, all with their adorable kids.
[see lots of fun pics after the jump!]
Garcelle Beauvais, Organizers Jessica + Jerry Seinfeld and family, Mariska Hargitay + Debra Messing
Clockwise from top left: Nigel Barker; Ali Wentworth + Garcelle Beauvais; Rebecca Minkoff + Gavin Bellour; Molly Sims; Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks + Nicole Feliciano of MomTrends
Cool Mom Picks and Mom Trends together sponsored the face painting and glitter tattoo booth and wow, were there some amazing works of art that came out of our booth!
Cool Mom Picks editor Liz Gumbinner with her daughters, aka The Kitty and the Fire Dragon
Plus, we were so happy to see so many friends of Cool Mom Picks there (thanks for coming and saying hi, readers!) plus much blogger support from the likes of Rebecca Gruber of PopSugar Moms; Lance Somerfeld and Matt Schneider of the NYC Dads Group, Lyss Stern of Divalysscious Moms, Jessica Shyba of Mommas Gone City, and of course, our amazing partner Nicole Feliciano and the whole MomTrends team.
It was also nice to say hi to sponsor friends like Britax/BOB, Mrs. Myers Clean Day, and Plum Organics.
(Apologies, Plum, that my daughter tried to stuff her pockets with all the Yo’Drops samples. She really really likes them!)
But maybe the best part–besides managing to pedal a flying ride into the air for my six year-old in heels without losing one–was getting to chat with some of the VIP guests from the Fathers First Program in the Rockaways, who are among the many families that Baby Buggy serves. I asked one little boy his favorite part of the carnival and he didn’t even have to think about the answer: “EVERYTHING!”
Kudos to founder Jessica Seinfeld, everyone at Baby Buggy (Aubree Oakes, you’re a genius), and anyone who came out to make the fundraiser a big success. We’re already looking forward to topping it next year. –Liz + Kristen
You can learn more about Baby Buggy and their amazing work at their website, find out how to donate new and gently used baby products to support them, and follow them on Twitter at @loverecycled.
