Today - Headwear for the Homeless event

December 10 -- To help disadvantaged people keep warm this winter, The Headwear Association will donate today thousands of hats to homeless shelters and non-profits nationwide.

Participants in this year's campaign includes:

Artex Knitting Mills, Bollman Hats, Dorfman-Pacific, Grace Hats, Modern Millinery, NES Enterprises, Outdoor Cap, Philadelphia Rapid Transit, San Diego Hat and Swan Hats.

THA Celebrates 102nd Year Anniversary

The Headwear Association (THA) celebrates its 102nd year anniversary with a gala dinner at the Central Park Boathouse, E. 72nd St & Park Drive in New York on Thursday, March 18th at 6pm.

Highlights of the evening include:

-- Induction of new members of the Headwear Hall of Fame. 2010 inductees are: Humphrey Bogart, Brad Pitt, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Jessica Parker, Audrey Hepburn and Jennifer Lopez

-- To honor outgoing THA president David Goldman, with the David Lieberman Award

-- To present the annual Hat Retailer of the Year Award to Martin Mann of Hats Plus in Chicago

-- To present the Ben Rosenthal Award to S.H. Baik of Young An, a leader in the headwear industry

For more information, please contact THA's publicist Susan W. Littman, SWPR at 312-222-1337 or susan@swpr.biz