ALTRUISM

LUTZ & PATMOS HAS BEEN DEDICATING AT LEAST ONE STYLE PER SEASON TO A CHARITY / A MAJOR PART OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE IS DONATED TO NUMEROUS CHARITIES / SUCH AS:

AL GORE'S THE CLIMATE PROJECT / MOVEMENT TO EDUCATE AND CHALLENGE CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENTS INTO ACTION AGAINST THE GROWING CRISIS OF GLOBAL WARMING / WORKING TO BRING EDUCATION, COMMUNITY INFORMATION, RESEARCH AND CITIZEN ACTION PROGRAMS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY / TRAINING OF 1,000 LECTURERS WHO WILL PRESENT THE INFORMATION DELIVERED IN 'AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH' TO AUDIENCES ACROSS AMERICA / WWW.THECLIMATEPROJECT.ORG

FREE ARTS / INSPIRING THE CREATIVE SPIRIT OF ABUSED, HOMELESS AND AT-RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES / TRANSFORMING THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION / PLANTING THE SEEDS OF HOPE / HEALING TO HELP CHILDREN BUILD SELF-ESTEEM / IMPROVING SOCIAL SKILLS / DEVELOPING TRUST WITH CARING ADULTS / EXPRESSING EMOTIONS IN A POSITIVE WAY / THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND FREE ARTS IS SIMPLY THAT 'ART HEALS!' / WWW.FREEARTS.ORG

CARE / EMPOWERING WOMEN TO CREATE LASTING SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY / WOMEN ARE AT THE HEART OF CARE'S COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS / IMPROVING BASIC EDUCATION / PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF HIV / INCREASING ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION / EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY / PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES / WWW.CARE.ORG

7TH ON SALE / FIGHTING AGAINST HIV/AIDS / THROUGH WORLD'S LARGEST SAMPLE SALE OF DESIGNER ITEMS FOR WOMEN, MEN, CHILDREN AND HOME / FUNDRAISING EVENT INITIATED BY THE CFDA-VOGUE INITIATIVE / BENEFITING THE NEW YORK CITY AIDS FUND

TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ALLIANCE / HELPING TO FIND A CURE FOR TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX (TSC) / A DEVASTATING GENETIC DISORDER CAUSING TUMORS TO FORM ON VITAL ORGANS / PRIMARILY IN THE BRAIN, EYES, HEART, SKIN, AND LUNGS / TSC IS LIKE HAVING EPILEPSY, AUTISM, AND KIDNEY DISEASE ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE / 1 IN 6,000 LIVE BIRTHS ARE AFFECTED / WWW.TSALLIANCE.ORG

OPERATION SMILE / WORLDWIDE VOLUNTEER SURGEONS ARE REPAIRING CHILDHOOD FACIAL DEFORMITIES / BUILDING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADVOCATE FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES / CREATING SMILES / CHANGING LIVES / HEALING HUMANITY / WWW.OPERATIONSMILE.ORG

DIFFA / DESIGN INDUSTRIES FOUNDATION FIGHTING AIDS / LARGEST SUPPORTERS OF DIRECT CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS / PREVENTIVE EDUCATION FOR THOSE AT RISK / MERGING CARE AND COMMERCE / SUPPORTERS OF DIFFA COME FROM ALL FIELDS OF FINE DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE / FASHION DESIGN / INTERIOR DESIGN / PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN / WWW.DIFFA.ORG

PLANNED PARENTHOOD / OFFERS HIGH-QUALITY SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE / FAMILY PLANNING / GYNECOLOGICAL CARE / STI/STD TESTING AND TREATMENT / PREGNANCY TESTING AND ABORTION SERVICES / WWW.PLANNEDPARENTHOOD.ORG

ROCKHOUSE FOUNDATION / NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION / IMPROVING SCHOOLS / IN JAMAICA / ASSEMBLING RESOURCES FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENT, AND FOREIGN DONORS / REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE / BUILDING SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES / INSTALLING COMPUTERS / IMPROVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES / WWW.ROCKHOUSEFOUNDATION.ORG

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY / A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS TO HUMANITARIAN CRISES AND BRINGS DESIGN SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED / WWW.ARCHITECTUREFORHUMANITY.ORG

THE ART OF ELYSIUM / THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ENCOURAGES ACTORS, ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS TO DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND TALENT TO CHILDREN WHO ARE BATTLING SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS / THROUGH WORKSHOPS IN ACTING / ART / COMEDY / FASHION / MUSIC / RADIO / SONG WRITING AND CREATIVE WRITING / WWW.THEARTOFELYSIUM.ORG

THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION / PDF WAS FOUNDED IN 1957 / LEADING PRESENCE IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY / SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S, THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS / THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES / FUNDED OVER $70 MILLION IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD / TO FIND A CURE FOR THE NEARLY ONE MILLION PEOPLE LIVING WITH PARKINSON'S IN THE U.S. ALONE / WWW.PDF.ORG

AMERICAN FORESTS / AMERICAN FORESTS WORKS TO PROTECT, RESTORE AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL CAPITAL OF TREES AND FORESTS / HEALTHY FORESTS FILTER WATER, REMOVER AIR POLLUTION, SEQUESTER CARBON, AND PROVIDE HOMES FOR WILDLIFE / HELP PLANT TREES TO RESTORE AREAS DAMAGED BY WILDFIRE, WHERE CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT HAS BEEN LOST AND CLEAN OUR AIR AND WATER / WWW.AMERICANFOREST.ORG