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The Sprout Fund's Hothouse Tickets on Sale Now!

date July 24 2008	The Sprout Fund will host its sixth annual Hothouse event on Saturday, August 23, 2008 on the upper floors of The Union Trust Building in Downtown Pittsburgh. Hothouse presents a sampling of some of the innovative projects and emerging leaders of successful community initiatives it has supported over the past year. As Sprout's "live annual report" to the community, the event celebrates the organization's accomplishments and features live music and performances, food and drink by Pittsburgh favorites, a silent auction, and a VIP reception. TICKETS NOW ON SALE VIP Admission includes a reception from 7:00pm to 9:00pm catered by big Catering, Sprout goodie bag with Hothouse T-Shirt, complimentary valet parking, and admission to main party (sold for $150) General Admission includes the main party from 9:00pm to 12:00am, complimentary food from Pittsburgh favorites, and complimentary beer, wine, and spirits (sold for $40 in advance/$50 at the door/$25 college students)  REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER We need fun, hard-working individuals to be among the more than 75 volunteers who will help make Hothouse a success. Last year's event was great opportunity for volunteers to mix, mingle, and help The Sprout Fund; this year promises to be bigger and even more fun! ABOUT HOTHOUSE Held annually at unique development sites, Hothouse is the premier civic, cultural, and community event to end the summer in Pittsburgh. Join more than 2,000 attendees from the wide cross-section of the region's business and social circles that come together each year to support of Sprout. Support for the event has been strong every year; last year 37 financial sponsors, 4 media sponsors, 40 in-kind supporters, 36 food & drink sponsors, and 75 silent auction donors joined hundreds of friends of the organization to raise more than $100,000 for The Sprout Fund. To learn more about The Sprout Fund and its programs and activities, visit http://www.sproutfund.org.
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