We routinely donate to a few fundraisers and have lovely relationships with some local organizations and event planners. Having recently learned the results from two fall events, we’d like to share their good works.

SAHELI for Asian Families

The Silk Road: An Asian Epicurean Journey is a wine and food event that raised $13,200 for those in need. SAHELI represents six words that define their services: Support, Advocate, Heal, Empower, Listen, and Inform.

The Silk Road

Bollywood 2011

“Bollywood Nights keeps getting better and better! This year we had a band, multiple dance performances, henna, a big silent auction, delicious food, and a Bollywood dance lesson for all to round out the night. We raised $4,500, topping our past two years!”

Bollywood by Room to Read Austin

Consider As You Wish

If you are helping with a fundraiser, we might be able to make a donation. See if your group is a good fit for us!

View images from our little photobooth at the 2011 Austin Twestival, which benefited Meals On Wheels And More (MOWAM).

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2011 Austin Twestival, a set on Flickr.

2011 Austin Twestival, benefiting Meals On Wheels And More, photobooth by As You Wish photography

For Thursday, September 16, 2010, you can get a very, very, very special deal from GivShop and As You Wish: a two-hour, on-location portrait session, which is perfect for high school seniors, bridals, boudoir, or large multi-generational family sessions. You get all this for just $149. But wait! There’s more! You’ll also get to select a local charity and GivShop will reward them, too! So, that’s for 2 hours, is on-location, and helps a local cause? What a great deal. Online operators are standing by!

As You Wish photography of Seniors, Brides, Boudoir, and Families

Ever wish you could capture a multi-generational portrait right in your own backyard? Do you secretly yearn for a professional photo with your dogs at town lake? Or a romantic boudoir portrait for your beloved? No problem! Now you can have a professional portrait session taken, exactly as you wish. Our deal today for an on-location photo session with As You Wish Photography is perfect for brides, high school seniors, and family portraits for your next holiday card. Rather than making a trip to a photo studio, the staff at As You Wish will meet you at your home or the location of your choice in the greater Austin area for a two hour portrait session.

Lori Luza and the staff at As You Wish photography are passionate about making their clients happy. Lori defines her photography style as down-to-earth which allows authentic emotion and personality to come through in the photos. This philosophy holds true whether  photographing a wedding, shooting a senior portrait, or capturing the love in a family. What more could you wish for?

Visit: http://www.givshop.com/ today to purchase one of these amazing deals!

We donated a gift certificate for a portrait session to the Davis Elementary School fundraiser in early March. Well, we just got the final total and learned that they raised over $20,000 for the Davis PTA and to support programs at the school.

Congratulations, Davis PTA, on such a successful event.

As You Wish can manage your charity’s silent auction!

As the founder and coordinator of a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity and chair for five years, Lori Luza has much experience with Silent Auctions. Our setup allows your volunteers to input data as the donations are procured. This data is then used to create all the printed items needed for the auction: bid sheets for both the auction area and the cashier station, item tags, thank you notes for both donors and patrons, checkout slips, and receipts. Our system will ensure a smoothly running sale at your event, leaving your staff and volunteers to focus on the collection of items for the auction and ticket sales.

Contact As You Wish today for a customized bid.

As You Wish was lucky to have the chance to volunteer at South By Southwest Interactive working closely with the staff and volunteers of Knowbility, a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization whose mission is to "ensure barrier-free I.T. – supporting the independence of people with disabilities by promoting the use and improving the availability of accessible information technology."

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