Los Angeles, New York-GINA ALEXANDER INC., creators of world-famous "Photo Handbags" (www.ginaalexander.com) popular with a huge celebrity-following (Halle Berry, Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, 50 Cent, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Green Day), will sponsor a Celebrity Benefit on Wednesday, April 11th, to launch the 1st Annual Center of HOPE worldwide Philippines Celebrity Benefit and Grief Recovery Plan for underserved children in the Philippines.

A big part of the fun will be the auction of a hand-copied replica of a "Gibson Flying V" guitar that was personally hand-painted by Jimi Hendrix. From the "Inspired By" series from Gibson Guitars, a limited run of 300 were created, no two alike. THIS GUITAR IS NUMBER 5 OUT OF SIX PROTOTYPES CREATED! The guitar, worth $15,000-$20,000 will be auctioned off at Gina Alexander's HOPE worldwide fundraiser. Bidders will also be able to take part in the fun by going online to try and secure this Collector's Item at http://www.ginaalexander.com/philanthropy.htm. The auction will go live on April 2nd, on the charity section of eBay.

Janie Hendrix, sister of Jimi and President/CEO of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. will be making an appearance at the Benefit presenting the Certificate of authenticity to the highest bidder. She will also sign the auctioned guitar, making it even more of Collector's Item and increasing its value!

For further information about the Flying V guitar auction or Gina Alexander's HOPE worldwide Celebrity Benefit, please contact:

CAROL LEGGETT PUBLIC RELATIONS
39 West 14th Street, Suite # 405
New York NY 10011
T: 212-727-2155 F: 212-229-9216 C: 917-575-2157
carol@carolleggettpr.com

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