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John Varvatos Stuart House benefit final tally tops $1.135 million

Designer John Varvatos, left, and musician Ziggy Marley at the Stuart House benefit on April 26.

Designer John Varvatos, left, and musician Ziggy Marley at the Stuart House benefit on April 26.

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With the final gavel coming down on the online charity auction, the amount raised at this year’s John Varvatos Stuart House benefit has topped a cool million dollars for the second consecutive year.

This year’s event, hosted by honorary chair Chris Pine and featuring a musical performance by Ziggy Marley, was the 12th that the menswear designer organized to raise funds for the UCLA Rape Treatment Center’s program for sexually abused children. It brought in a total of $1.135 million.

According to Varvatos representatives, the five top-performing auction items included a studio visit with Howard Stern during a show taping; back-to-back KISS concerts and a flight with the band on its personal jet; a private meet-and-greet with Rush and tickets to its Irvine 40th anniversary tour show; a three-night-stay in the private Maui residence of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler; and a private meet-and-greet with Eddie Van Halen at a fall 2015 North American Van Halen show.

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Chrysler and Hasbro were the presenting sonsors of this year’s event, which took place April 26 in a tented space adjacent to the John Varvatos boutique in West Hollywood. The amount raised this year brings the total funds raised to more than $6.2 million.

More information about Stuart House and the services it offers can be found at the Rape Foundation’s website therapefoundation.org.

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