WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 11, 2009) -- More than 100 Washington-area residents will celebrate this Valentine’s Day by raising money for a cancer charity and breaking a Guinness World Record™ – for kissing.
The event, Kiss Cancer Goodbye, is a dinner party which will feature an attempt to break the Guinness World Record™ for Most Kisses in a Minute.
The official judges of the contest will be local political and media celebrities. The judges include former Mayor Anthony Williams, DC council chairman Vincent Gray, DC council member Tommy Wells (who represents the Capitol Hill ward where the party will take place), Animal Planet chief oceanographic correspondent Philippe Cousteau Jr. (and grandson of the famed Jacques Cousteau) and Washington Post columnist John Kelly.
The event was the brainchild of Deborah Gist, a Capitol Hill resident who got the inspiration when a dear uncle died of pancreatic cancer. Gist is active in the DC community as an educator and volunteer.
All proceeds of Kiss Cancer Goodbye go directly to The Wellness Community, a cancer care organization based in Washington.
The Kiss Cancer Goodbye event will include dinner, an open bar, and live entertainment. But the evening will center around the world-record-breaking event.
To break the Guinness World Record™, 109 separate people must plant their lips on Gist’s face within 60 seconds. Guinness rules require that at least three judges of standing in the community must be on hand to certify that the record was broken.
The event will take place in the spectacular private penthouse residence of the Pierce School Lofts at 1375 Maryland Ave. NE.
Kiss Cancer Goodbye’s generous sponsors include Evolve Property Management and its founders Christopher Swanson and Jeff Printz, who own and manage the Pierce School Lofts. Another sponsor is Tryst, the popular Adams Morgan coffee house and bar. Guests will receive party favors from Kiss My Face, the personal care products company. The Washington Chorus will provide live entertainment.
More information can be found at the event’s web site, http://www.kisscancergoodbye.org/. From there, visitors can click through to the Kiss Cancer Goodbye donations page on The Wellness Community site to obtain tickets.
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